A full CV in pdf format can be found here.
Jayshil A. Patel
Doctoral Researcher at Stockholm University
Contact Details:
Jayshil A. Patel
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, AlbaNova University Center, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: jayshil.patel@astro.su.se
Academics
- 2021-present: Stockholm University, Sweden
Doctoral Student in Astronomy
Advisor: Dr. Alexis Brandeker, Co-Advisor: Dr. Markus Janson
- 2020-2021: Université de Genève, Switzerland
Completed 65.5 ECTS (out of 120) towards Master's in Astrophysics.
- 2014-2019: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India
Master of Science in Physics (First Class with Distinction)
Thesis Advisor : Dr. Néstor Espinoza (then at Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany)
Thesis title : “Study of the limb darkening effect using exoplanet transit light curves from TESS data”
Observing Time as PI
- CHEOPS Guaranteed Time Observations (2023-present)
Title: Terminators — Constraining morning and evening terminators of exoplanets
Telescope: CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Total Observing Time: 214.3 orbits (~ 353 hours)
- CHEOPS Third Announcement of Opportunity (AO-3) Guest Observers Programme
Title: Constraining the morning and evening limbs of the hot jupiters WASP-79b and WASP-101b
Telescope: CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
Total observing time: 159 orbits (~ 261 hours)
Grants and Fellowships
- Gustaf and Ellen Kobbs Scholarship Foundation Travel Grant, June 2023
I have been awarded 15000 SEK to attend Extreme Solar Systems V in Christchurch, New Zealand during March 2024.
- C. F. Liljevalch Jr. Travel Grant, April 2023
I have been awarded 12000 SEK to attend Extreme Solar Systems V in Christchurch, New Zealand during March 2024.
- Alva and Lennart Dahlmark Research Grants, October 2022
I have been awarded 15000 SEK to attend symposium on Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life in the Era of JWST at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA during May 2023.
- Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship, June-August 2018
I received Focus Area Science Technology Summer Fellowship (FAST-SF) from the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru to attend summer school and internship at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Begaluru, India.
Talks & Poster Presentations
- Contributed Talk: Is it raining lava in the evening on 55 Cnc e?
Exoplanets by the Lake summer school and mini-conference in Munich, Germany.
- Poster: Is it raining lava in the evening on 55 Cnc e?
STScI Spring Symposium on Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life in the Era of JWST
- Talk: Ultra-short period planet TOI-561b
Ph.D. Conference at the Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University