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Ben Montet is a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the School of Physics. His research focuses on detecting and characterizing exoplanets around nearby stars, with an emphasis on understanding the evolution of stellar magnetic activity, starspots, and flares. He employs data from space-based facilities such as NASA's Kepler and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) as well as ground-based observations from Australia and abroad. Montet is keen on applying machine learning techniques to analyze large datasets that will become available in the coming years. He leads the NEarby Worlds and Their Stars (NEWTS) research group and is enthusiastic about working with students at various stages of their academic careers, including undergraduates, Honours, and PhD students, encouraging them to engage with current projects and future research plans in exoplanets and stellar astrophysics.
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