Dr. Carolina von Essen

Dr. Carolina von Essen

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Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (ITPA)

Astrophysics

Senior Researcher

Exoplanet Research

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-1725

von Essen, C., Mallonn, M., Piette, A., Cowan, N. B., Madhusudhan, N., Agol, E., Antoci, V., Poppenhaeger, K., Stassun, K. G., Khalafinejad, S., & Tautvaišienė, G., TESS unveils the optical phase curve of KELT-1b. Thermal emission and ellipsoidal variation from the brown dwarf companion along with the stellar activity, 2021, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 648, A71.

von Essen, C., Lund, M. N., Handberg, R., Sosa, M. S., Gadeberg, J. T., Kjeldsen, H., Vanderspek, R. K., Mortensen, D. S., Mallonn, M., Mammana, L., Morgan, E. H., Villaseñor, J. N. S., Fausnaugh, M. M., & Ricker, G. R., TESS Data for Asteroseismology: Timing Verification, 2020, Astronomical Journal, 160, 34.

von Essen, C., Mallonn, M., Borre, C. C., Antoci, V., Stassun, K. G., Khalafinejad, S., & Tautvaišienė, G., TESS unveils the phase curve of WASP-33b. Characterization of the planetary atmosphere and the pulsations from the star, 2020, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 639, A34.

von Essen, C., Mallonn, M., Hermansen, S., Nixon, M. C., Madhusudhan, N., Kjeldsen, H., & Tautvaišienė, G., HST/STIS transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76 b confirms the presence of sodium in its atmosphere, 2020, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 637, A76.

von Essen, C., Wedemeyer, S., Sosa, M. S., Hjorth, M., Parkash, V., Freudenthal, J., Mallonn, M., Miculán, R. G., Zibecchi, L., Cellone, S., & Torres, A. F., Indications for transit-timing variations in the exo-Neptune HAT-P-26b, 2019, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 628, A116.

von Essen, C., Stefansson, G., Mallonn, M., Pursimo, T., Djupvik, A. A., Mahadevan, S., Kjeldsen, H., Freudenthal, J., & Dreizler, S., First light of engineered diffusers at the Nordic Optical Telescope reveal time variability of the optical eclipse depth of WASP-12b, 2019, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 628, A115.

von Essen, C., Mallonn, M., Welbanks, L., Madhusudhan, N., Pinhas, A., Bouy, H., & Weis Hansen, P., An optical transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33 b. First indication of aluminum oxide in an exoplanet, 2019, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 622, A71.

von Essen, C., Ofir, A., Dreizler, S., Agol, E., Freudenthal, J., Hernández, J., Wedemeyer, S., Parkash, V., Deeg, H. J., Hoyer, S., Morris, B. M., Becker, A. C., Sun, L., Gu, S. H., Herrero, E., Tal-Or, L., Poppenhaeger, K., Mallonn, M., Albrecht, S., Khalafinejad, S., Boumis, P., Delgado-Correal, C., Fabrycky, D. C., Janulis, R., Lalitha, S., Liakos, A., Mikolaitis, Š., Moyano D'Angelo, M. L., Sokov, E., Pakštienė, E., Popov, A., Krushinsky, V., Ribas, I., Rodríguez S., M. M., Rusov, S., Sokova, I., Tautvaišienė, G., & Wang, X., Kepler Object of Interest Network. I. First results combining ground- and space-based observations of Kepler systems with transit timing variations, 2018, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A79.

Principal Investigator and main manager of KOINet network.

Sub-chair of the Coordinated Activity 1, TESS Data for Asteroseismology group.

Invited talks

· 2018.09. First AlO evidences in the atmosphere of an ultra Hot Jupiter, Leibnitz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany.

· 2016.07. KOINet: Transit timing variations using a network of middle-sized telescopes, Exoplanets I Conference. Davos, Switzerland.

· 2016.03. Characterization of exoplanet atmospheres using ground-based observations, National University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Conference organizing

· 2018.07. 4th TESS Data for Asteroseismology workshop, Aarhus University, Denmark.

· Referee for the American Astronomical Society Journals.

· Referee for the New Astronomy Journal.

· Referee for the Observing Programmes Office, European Southern Observatory.

· Referee for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

· Member of the Gender Committee at the Department for Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University.

· Member of the Working Group 5 of MW-GAIA: Impact, Inclusiveness and Outreach.

Hamburger Sternwarte Stipend by Hamburg University, Germany, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

· Timing verification of TESS. https://casleo.conicet.gov.ar/4213-2/

· Potassium found in a hot Jupiter. https://www.aip.de/en/news/science/chemical-element-potassium-detected-in-anexoplanet-atmosphere https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/landeshauptstadt/ratsel-der-astrophysik-gelost-7895758.html

· Students study exoplanets. https://www.mn.uio.no/astro/om/aktuelt/aktuelle-saker/2019/horten-vgs-til-lapalma.html

· Aluminium oxide found in an Ultra Hot Jupiter. http://www.iac.es/divulgacion.php?op1=16&id=1471&lang=en

· Nordic Optical Telescope upgraded for planet hunting. http://sac.au.dk/currently/aticle/artikel/nordic-optical-telescope-upgraded-for-planethunting/

· SAC helps NASA set the clock on recently launched TESS telescope. https://dg.dk/en/2018/07/10/astronomers-from-sac-help-nasa-set-the-clock-on-launchedtess-telescope/?utm_source=DNRF+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ce622c8ab7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_11_12_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b2cf253bc6-ce622c8ab7-29388797 2017

· Extrasolar planets: a window of hope for mankind. Author on outreach article about exoplanetary science at magazine “Life without borders”, Colombia. https://issuu.com/gestiondeproyectos/docs/revista_vida_sin_fronteras

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