Beth Biller

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Professor A Biller

Position: Professor
Category: Academic staff
Location: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room R4

School research affiliations

Beth is a member of the following School research institute:

Institute for Astronomy

Biography

Research interests

I am a Chancellor's Fellow at the Institute for Astronomy, part of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.

My research interests center around direct imaging detection and characterization of extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs. I am particularly interested in statistical analysis of large-scale planet surveys and developing techniques to monitor cloud patterns on brown dwarfs and exoplanets through photometric variability I am also active both in current observational efforts and development of future instruments, including the SPHERE planet-finder at the VLT, the Near-IR Coronagraphic Imager (NICI) at Gemini-South, and the LEECH survey using LMIRCam at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT).

PhD project opportunities

Beth currently offers the following PhD project opportunities:

True and false signatures of habitability and life on exoplanets

Recent news

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Publications

Recent publications

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High-contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2 to 16 μm DOI
JWST Early Release Science program 1386 collaboration, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951, 1, p. 1-29 (2023)
Applying a temporal systematics model to vector Apodizing Phase Plate coronagraphic data: TRAP4vAPP DOI
Pengyu Liu, Alexander J. Bohn, David S. Doelman, Ben J. Sutlieff, Matthias Samland, Matthew A. Kenworthy, Frans Snik, Jayne L. Birkby, Beth A. Biller, Jared R. Males et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 674, p. 1-15 (2023)
The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b DOI
JWST Early Release Science program 1386 collaboration, Brittany E. Miles, Beth A. Biller, Polychronis Patapis, Kadin Worthen, Emily Rickman, Kielan K. W. Hoch, Andrew Skemer, Marshall D. Perrin, Niall Whiteford, Trent J. Dupuy et al., Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946, 1, p. 1-19 (2023)
X-SHYNE: X-shooter spectra of young exoplanet analogs: I. A medium-resolution 0.65-2.5 μ m one-shot spectrum of VHS 1256-1257 b DOI
S. Petrus, G. Chauvin, M. Bonnefoy, P. Tremblin, B. Charnay, P. Delorme, G. D. Marleau, A. Bayo, E. Manjavacas, B. Biller et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 670, p. 1-8 (2023)
Astrometric Accelerations as Dynamical Beacons: Discovery and Characterization of HIP 21152 B, the First T-dwarf Companion in the Hyades DOI
Kyle Franson, Brendan P. Bowler, Mariangela Bonavita, Timothy D. Brandt, Minghan Chen, Matthias Samland, Zhoujian Zhang, Anna Lueber, Kevin Heng, Beth Biller, Trent J. Dupuy et al., Astronomical Journal, 165, 2, p. 1-32 (2023)

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This article was last updated on Jun 16, 2021.