Dr
Duncan Christie
Postdoctoral Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)
Duncan is an astrophysicist interested in how chemical processes within exoplanetary atmospheres can impact their dynamics. His recent work is on how ion chemistry interacts with the planetary magnetic field to alter the global circulation.
Duncan is an astrophysicist interested in how chemical processes within exoplanetary atmospheres can impact their dynamics. His recent work is on how ion chemistry interacts with the planetary magnetic field to alter the global circulation.
Previously, Duncan investigated how assumptions about atmospheric mixing in cloud models impact the atmospheric structure of hot Jupiters and the associated observational diagnostics, using the EddySed cloud code coupled to the Unified Model. Before that, Duncan has worked on atmospheric escape from hot Jupiters as well as on non-ideal magnetohydrodynamics in the early stages of star formation.