Will Misener

See this list on arXiv, ADS, and ORCID.

1. W. Misener, M. Schulik, H. Schlichting, and J. Owen, 2025. "Blowin' in the non-isothermal wind: core-powered mass loss with hydrodynamic radiative transfer", The Astrophysical Journal 980:152.   DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ada777   arXiv: 2405.15221   ADS: 2025ApJ...980..152M
2. W. Misener, H. Schlichting, and E. Young, 2023. “Atmospheres as windows into sub-Neptune interiors: coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water envelopes”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 524:981.   DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad1910   arXiv: 2303.09653   ADS: 2023MNRAS.524..981M
3. W. Misener and H. Schlichting, 2022. “The importance of silicate vapor in determining the structure, radii, and envelope mass fractions of sub-Neptunes”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514:6025.   DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1732   arXiv: 2201.04299   ADS: 2022MNRAS.514.6025M
4. W. Misener and H. Schlichting, 2021. "To cool is to keep: residual H/He atmospheres of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 503:5658.   DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab895   arXiv: 2103.09212   ADS: 2021MNRAS.503.5658M
5. W. Misener, S. Krijt, and F. Ciesla, 2019. "Tracking Dust Grains During Transport and Growth in Protoplanetary Disks", The Astrophysical Journal 885:118. DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4a13   arXiv: 1910.00609  ADS: 2019ApJ...885..118M

1. S. Barat, J.-M. Désert, et al. (inc. W. Misener) 2025. "A metal-poor atmosphere with a hot interior for a young sub-Neptune progenitor: JWST/NIRSpec transmission spectrum of V1298 Tau b", The Astronomical Journal in press.   arXiv: 2507.08837  

A comprehensive list is available on my CV.

• STScI Exoplanets, Star and Planet Formation Seminar "Sub-Neptunes from top to bottom: How interior-atmosphere coupling affects small exoplanets", Baltimore, MD, USA, April 22, 2025
• General Seminar, Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory "Connecting the silicate interiors and hydrogen atmospheres of sub-Neptune exoplanets", Washington, DC, USA, September 26, 2024
• Theoretical Astrophysics Center Seminar, University of California, Berkeley "Thermal and Chemical Coupling Between the Silicate Cores and Hydrogen Atmospheres of Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Exoplanets", Berkeley, CA, USA, September 23, 2024
• Earth and Planetary Science Seminar, Harvard University "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Cambridge, MA, USA [virtual], February 12, 2024
• Seminar, Density Matters 2024 "Coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water atmospheres", Ringberg, Kreuth, Germany, February 7, 2024
• Dissertation Contributed Talk, AAS 243 "Coupled chemistry and structure of sub-Neptune atmospheres: a window into the interior", New Orleans, LA, USA, January 8, 2024
• Invited Talk, ExSoCal 2023 "A Window into sub-Neptune Interiors: Coupled Chemistry and Structure of Hydrogen-Silane-Water Atmospheres", Pasadena, CA, USA, December 12, 2023
• Planetary Science Seminar, California Institute of Technology "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Pasadena, CA, USA, December 5, 2023
• Monday Afternoon Talk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Cambridge, MA, USA, October 23, 2023
• Yale Exoplanets and Stars Seminar "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", New Haven, CT, USA, September 11, 2023
• Invited Talk, ExoSS II, Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", La Cañada Flintridge, CA, USA, August 30, 2023
• Contributed Talk, ExoClimes VI “Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes”, Exeter, UK, June 28, 2023
• School of Mathematics Statistics and Physics Seminar, Newcastle University “A window into sub-Neptune interiors: coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water atmospheres”, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, June 23, 2023
• Contributed Talk, ERES Symposium “A window into sub-Neptune interiors: coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water atmospheres”, New Haven, CT, USA, June 20, 2023
• Astrophysics Group Seminar, Imperial College London “Effects of silicate vapour on sub-Neptune atmospheres”, London, UK, October 13, 2022
• Contributed Talk, Bay Area Exoplanet Meeting #41 “Effects of silicate vapor on sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, July 15, 2022
• Research Talk, MIAPbP Planet Formation Workshop “Formation and Evolution of Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Atmospheres”, Garching bei München, Germany, June 29, 2022
• Contributed Talk, Exoplanets IV Atmospheric Escape Splinter Session “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, Las Vegas, NV, USA, May 4, 2022
• Contributed Talk, Exoplanet Demographics “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], November 13, 2020
Video recording
• Honors Bachelor's Thesis Defense, University of Chicago “Modeling Dust Grain Growth and Transport in the Protoplanetary Disk”, Chicago, IL, USA, May 24, 2018

1. Origins of Solar Systems Gordon Research Conference “Sub-Neptunes as coupled magma-atmosphere systems”, Mount Holyoke, MA, USA, June 19, 2025
2. STScI Spring Symposium “Coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 18, 2023
Poster
3. Exoplanets in our Backyard 2 “Silicate vapor in sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Albuquerque, NM, USA, November 2, 2022
Poster
4. Exoplanets IV “Silicate vapor in sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Las Vegas, NV, USA, May 2, 2022.
Poster
5. TESS Science Conference II “Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], August 2, 2021.
Poster and video summary
6. Sagan Summer Workshop “Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], July 19, 2021.
7. Exoplanets III “Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], July 27, 2020.
Poster and short video explaining poster