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Erik Petigura

Congrats, Luke!

Very happy to celebrate Luke Handley's graduation from UCLA with a B.S. in astrophysics! Luke joined the group in 2021 as a third-year...

Erik Petigura

Bon Voyage, Dr. MacDougall!

So thrilled for our group at UCLA to celebrate our first conferral of a Ph.D. to Dr. Mason MacDougall. Mason joined my group in 2019 and...

Erik Petigura

How Stars Sculpt the Super-Earth / Sub-Neptune Dichotomy

In our solar system, there are no planets between the size of Earth and Neptune and none reside inside Mercury's orbit. Yet the Kepler...

Erik Petigura

Measuring the Moon's Orbit – Another At Home Lab

Almost a year ago to the day, I was gearing up to teach my first course at UCLA. With only a few weeks before the start of the Spring...

Erik Petigura

On the Shoulders of Eratosthenes — A Silver Lining to Remote Instruction

Fall quarter begins this week, and I've been getting ready to teach another course over Zoom. It's one that I'm particularly excited...

Erik Petigura

A Deep Dive into the Fulton Gap

A common saying in my field is “know thy star.” Often, when we discover a new planet our understanding of its properties is limited by...

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Erik Petigura

Farewell Caltech. Hello UCLA.

After four wonderful years as a postdoc, my time at Caltech has come to a close. Thank you so much to everyone who made this time...

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Erik Petigura

Congratulations Samuel Yee

Over the last couple years, I've had the privilege to work with Samuel Yee, an exceptionally talented undergraduate. Last week, Sam...

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Exploring the Planet-Metallicity Connection with CKS

Happy to announce that the latest paper in California-Kepler Survey has been published in the Astronomical Journal (Petigura et al....

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