First Author Papers
Understanding the Mass-Radius Relation for Sub-Neptunes: Radius as a Proxy for Composition Lopez, Eric D. & Fortney, Jonathan J., 2013, in prep.
The Kepler-36 Density Dichotomy: the Role of Core Mass in Controlling Mass Loss Lopez, Eric D. & Fortney, Jonathan J., 2013, ApJ, 776, 2
How Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss Sculpt Populations of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes: Application to the Kepler-11 System and Beyond Lopez, Eric D.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Miller, Neil K., 2012, ApJ, 761, 59
Co-Author Papers
All Six Planets Known to Orbit Kepler-11 Have Low Densities, Lissauer, Jack J.; Jontof-Hutter, Daniel; Rowe, Jason F.; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Lopez, Eric D.; Agol, Eric; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Deck, Katherine M.; Fischer, Debra A.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Howell, Steve B.; Isaacson, Howard; Jenkins, Jon M.; Kolbl, Rea; Sasselov, Dimitar; Short, Donald R.; Welsh, William F., 2013, Submitted to ApJ, 770, 131
A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet, Barclay, Thomas; Rowe, Jason F.; Lissauer, Jack J.; Huber, Daniel; Fressin, François; Howell, Steve B.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Chaplin, William J.; Désert, Jean-Michel; Lopez, Eric D.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Mullally, Fergal; Ragozzine, Darin; Torres, Guillermo; Adams, Elisabeth R.; Agol, Eric; Barrado, David; Basu, Sarbani; Bedding, Timothy R.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Charbonneau, David; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Ciardi, David; Cochran, William D.; Dupree, Andrea K.; Elsworth, Yvonne; Everett, Mark; Fischer, Debra A.; Ford, Eric B.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Geary, John C.; Haas, Michael R.; Handberg, Rasmus; Hekker, Saskia; Henze, Christopher E.; Horch, Elliott; Howard, Andrew W.; Hunter, Roger C.; Isaacson, Howard; Jenkins, Jon M.; Karoff, Christoffer; Kawaler, Steven D.; Kjeldsen, Hans; Klaus, Todd C.; Latham, David W.; Li, Jie; Lillo-Box, Jorge; Lund, Mikkel N.; Lundkvist, Mia; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Miglio, Andrea; Morris, Robert L.; Quintana, Elisa V.; Stello, Dennis; Smith, Jeffrey C.; Still, Martin; Thompson, Susan E., 2013, Nature, 494, 452
Kepler-68: Three Planets, One With a Density Between That of Earth and Ice Giants, Gilliand, Ronald L.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Rowe, Jason F.; Rogers, Leslie; Torres, Guillermo; Fressin, Francois; Lopez, Eric D.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Joergen; Desert, Jean-Michel; Isaacson, Howard; Jenkins, Jon M.; Lissauer, Jack L.; Chaplin, William J.; Basu, Sarbani; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Elsworth, Yvonne; Handberg, Rasmus; Hekker, Saskia; Huber, Daniel; Karoff, Christoffer; Kjeldsen, Hans; Lund, Mikkel N.; Lundkvist, Mia; Miglio, Andrea; Charbonneau, David; Ford, Eric B.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Haas, Michael R.; Howard, Andrew W.; Howell, Steve B.; Ragozzine, Darin; Thompson, Susan E., 2013, ApJ, 766, 40
Kepler-36: A Pair of Planets with Neighboring Orbits and Dissimilar Densities, Carter, Joshua A.; Agol, Eric; Chaplin, William J.; Basu, Sarbani; Bedding, Timothy R.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Deck, Katherine M.; Elsworth, Yvonne; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Ford, Eric B.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Hale, Steven J.; Handberg, Rasmus; Hekker, Saskia; Holman, Matthew J.; Huber, Daniel; Karoff, Christopher; Kawaler, Steven D.; Kjeldsen, Hans; Lissauer, Jack J.; Lopez, Eric D.;Lund, Mikkel N.; Lundkvist, Mia; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Miglio, Andrea; Rogers, Leslie A.; Stello, Dennis; Borucki, William J.; Bryson, Steve; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Cochran, William D.; Geary, John C.; Gilliland, Ronald L.; Haas, Michael R.; Hall, Jennifer; Howard, Andrew W.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Klaus, Todd; Koch, David G.; Latham, David W.; MacQueen, Phillip J.; Sasselov, Dimitar; Steffen, Jason H.; Twicken, Joseph D.; Winn, Joshua N., 2012, Science, 337, 556
A close-packed system of low-mass,low-density planets transiting Kepler-11, Lissauer, Jack J.; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Ford, Eric B.; Borucki, William J.; Fressin, Francois; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Orosz, Jerome A; Rowe, Jason F.; Torres, Guillermo; Welsh, William F.; Batlha, Natalie M.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Carter, Joshua A.; Charbonneau, David; Christiansen, Jesse L.; Cochran, William D.; Desert, Jean-Michel; Dunham, Edward W.; Fanelli, Michael N.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Gautier III, Thomas N.; Geary, John C.; Gilliland, Ronald L.; Haas, Michael R.; Hall, Jennifer R.; Holman, Matthew J.; Koch, David G.; Latham, David W.; Lopez, Eric D.; McCauliff, Sean; Miller, Neil; Morehead, Robert C.; Quintana, Elisa V.; Ragozzine, Darin; Sasselov, Dimitar; Short, Donald R.; Steffen, Jason H., 2011, Nature, 470, 53
Automated morphological classification of Sloan Digital Sky Survey red sequence galaxies Cheng, Judy Y.; Faber, S. M.; Simard, Luc; Graves, Genevieve J.; Lopez, Eric D.; Yan, Renbin; Cooper, Michael C., 2011, MNRAS, 412, 727
Talks Given
How Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss Sculpt Populations of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes, Aspen Winter Workshop, Aspen, CO, February 2013
How Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss Sculpt Populations of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes, AAS Winter Meeting, Longbeach, CA, January 2013
How Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss Sculpt Populations of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes, MPIA Summer Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2012
How Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss Sculpt Populations of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes, UC Berkeley, May 2012
Kepler 11: A System Of Super-Earths Or Mini-Neptunes? Constraints from Mass Loss, First Kepler Science Conference, NASA Ames, December 2011
Kepler 11: A System Of Super-Earths Or Mini-Neptunes?, Extreme Solar Systems 2, Jackson, WY, 2011
Kepler 11: Super-Earths Or Mini-Neptunes?, UCSC Summer SFLASH Series, 2011
Halo Mass, Residual Halo Mass, and Age on the Red Sequence, Santa Cruz Galaxy Workshop, UCSC, 2010
Halo Mass, Residual Halo Mass, and Age on the Red Sequence, UCSC FLASH Series, 2010
Posters Presented
Constraining the Composition of Kepler Super Earths with Mass Loss, NExScI Exploring Strange New Worlds: From Giant Planets to Super Earths, Flagstaff, AZ, 2011
The Potential for Extreme Mass Loss on Water Dominated Super Earths, AAS Winter Meeting, Seatle, WA, 2011
Tidal Driven Mass Loss on Water Planets, DPS, Pasadena, CA, 2010
Simulating Performance for CMB Polarization Interferometers, AAS Winter Meeting, Austin, TX, 2008