Selected recent results
Publications
Recent papers on planet formation and planetary atmospheres, including our 2026 results. Deep Dive explains the group-led studies; the list below also includes recent collaborations.
Group-led papersRecent collaborationsWhite papersFull publication list
Group-led papers
A Model to Map Brown Dwarf Companions to White Dwarfs in Partial Secondary Eclipse
Adams et al. · October 2026 · Preprint, submitted to the Open Journal of Astrophysics
Asymmetric Nightside CO2 Features, Inefficient Heat Transport, and Precise Evolutionary Constraints: Spectroscopic Phase Curves Reveal the Past and Present of a White Dwarf–Brown Dwarf Binary
Broski-Laing et al. · September 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal, 1009, 177
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Day and night on a brown dwarf beside a white dwarf
Photometric Variability and Rotation of β Pictoris b from JWST NIRCam Coronagraphic Imaging
Zhou et al. · September 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Measuring a nine-hour day on β Pictoris b
A Search for Wide-orbit Planets around M Dwarfs Using Deep MIRI 15 μm Images
Li et al. · July 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Searching existing JWST images for cold giant planets
Gray Spectral Variability in Three Brown Dwarfs Observed by HST/WFC3 Time-series Observations
Chapleski & Zhou · February 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: When brown dwarfs change brightness without much change in color
Characterizing the Time Variability of 2M1207 A + b with JWST NIRSpec/PRISM
Adams et al. · November 2025 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: Following a young planet's changing spectrum with JWST
Evidence for Variable Accretion onto PDS 70 c and Implications for Protoplanet Detections
Zhou et al. · February 2025 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Refereed paperRead the Deep Dive: PDS 70 c: a growing planet changes brightness
Recent collaborations
Deep Hα Imaging Survey of IC 348 with the Hubble Space Telescope. I. Accretion Properties of Stellar and Substellar Objects
Jiang et al. · October 2026 · The Astronomical Journal, 172, 286
Refereed paper
Searching for Circumplanetary Dust in the Cavity of the AB Aurigae Disk with ALMA
Jiang et al. · October 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Accepted for publication
Dynamically Coupled Three-dimensional Cloud-Chemistry in Rapidly Rotating Irradiated Atmospheres: an Application to the Compact White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf system ZTFJ0038+2030
Lai et al. · October 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal
Accepted for publication
J0404+1112: A 3 hr Eclipsing White Dwarf-Brown Dwarf Probing Multiple Atmospheric Regimes
de Wit et al. · October 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 1009, L40
Refereed paper
Mid-infrared Imaging of SR 12 c with JWST/MIRI: Grain Growth in an Evolved Circumplanetary Disk
Wu et al. · October 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal, 1010, 174
Refereed paper
The JWST weather report: Unravelling the atmospheric variability of isolated worlds using principal component analysis
Schrader et al. · September 2026 · Astronomy & Astrophysics
Refereed paper
Multi-Epoch Stability in the Rotational Modulation of the Planetary-Mass Companion Ross 458C
Manjavacas et al. · September 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Accepted for publication
Ultraviolet Imaging of SR 12 c with HST/WFC3: Accretion and Variability of a Giant Planet at the End Stages of Growth
Finley et al. · August 2026 · The Astronomical Journal
Refereed paper
The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems VIII: patchy forsterite and enstatite clouds in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, retrieval lessons learned and outlook to the future
Whiteford et al. · August 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Accepted for publication
Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant Exoplanet β Pictoris d: A Decade-long Game of Hide-and-seek
Sutlieff et al. · July 2026 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Refereed paper
A Scalable Path to Astrometric Exomoon Discoveries with the Nautilus Space Observatory
Wagner et al. · June 2026 · arXiv e-prints
Preprint
Disentangling auroral-, cloud-, and magnetic spot-driven variability in three early L dwarfs with HST/WFC3
O'Toole et al. · May 2026 · Astronomy & Astrophysics
Refereed paper
White papers
Nautilus Space Observatory: The Evolution of Planets and their Atmospheres
Pascucci et al. · June 2026 · White paper
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As of October 30, 2026, the CV lists 69 published papers and 4 accepted manuscripts. The published papers include 14 first-author and 6 mentee-led papers. Preprints, submissions, and white papers are listed separately. The curated ADS search covers all 76 indexed CV records.