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Jorge Fernández is a postdoctoral researcher in the Astronomy Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick. His work focuses on the evolution of close-in exoplanets affected by high-energy x-rays emitted from their host stars. He is the Operations Manager for the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), which is an astronomical observatory located at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. Fernández's research interest was notably sparked by the surprising findings of the Kepler mission, which uncovered a significant number of planets ranging from Earth to Neptune sizes in our Solar System. His investigations include studying the phenomena of photoevaporation mechanisms affecting the evolution of young close-in mini-Neptunes and super-Earths due to the high-energy radiation emitted by host stars such as x-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation. Over the course of his academic career, Fernández has published numerous papers on the topic, contributing to the scientific understanding of how these traits translate into ambient atmospheric conditions for exoplanets.
University of Warwick • Coventry, UK
Conduct research on the evolution of exoplanets and manage operations of NGTS.
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