Marta Bryan
University of California, Berkeley
Research Focus
About Marta
I am a 51 Pegasi b postdoctoral research fellow at UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy. I use a wide variety of observational techniques (high-resolution spectroscopy, direct imaging, radial velocities) to detect and characterize gas giant planets outside our solar system to explore how planetary systems form and evolve. Currently I am leading a NIR high-resolution spectroscopy survey to directly detect thermal emission of gas giant planets in their infancy. With these spectra I measure how fast these planets spin, a new and promising observable that provides a unique window into planet accretion histories and can give us clues as to how they formed.
To learn more, please visit my website: www.astro.berkeley.edu/~martalbryan/
Honors
2018, declined - NASA Hubble Fellowship Program Sagan Fellowship
2018 - 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship
Education
Postdoc
University of California, Berkeley, 09/2018
Ph.D.
Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 06/2018
Master's
Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 06/2014
Bachelor's
Astrophysics, Harvard University, 05/2012
