Gregory P. Laughlin Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics ...

INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE
Gregory P. Laughlin
Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Extrasolar planets, numerical astrophysics, astrophysical phenomena of the extremely distant future
ACADEMIC HISTORY
1994 Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
1990 M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
1988 B.S. in Physics, University of Illinois
POSITIONS HELD
2007- Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
2005-06 Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
2001-04 Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz
1999-01 Space Scientist, Planetary Systems Branch, NASA Ames Research Center
1998-99 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley
1995-97 Postdoctoral Researcher, Lecturer, Dept. of Physics, University of Michigan
1994-95 JSPS/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, National Astronomical Observatory Tokyo, Japan
HONORS AND AWARDS
2005 NSF CAREER Awardee
2002 UCSC Natural Sciences Nominee: Packard Foundation Award
1998 Center for Star Formation Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
1994 NSF/JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
1988 Elected Member, Phi Beta Kappa
EXTERNAL RESEARCH SUPPORT ($20,000 and over)
2007-08 NASA (P.I.) Spitzer Space Telescope: “The Big Swing – Observing the Periastron $66,000
Passage of HD 80606b”
2005-09 NSF (P.I.) AST Division, Special Programs in Astronomy: “CAREER – The Detection and $517,532
Characterization of Extrasolar Planets”
2004-07 NASA (P.I.) Astronomy and Physics Division, Office of Space Science, Terrestrial Planet $787,000
Finder Foundation Science Mission: “A Consortium-based Theoretical Evaluation of the
Frequency of Habitable Planets”
2004-07 NASA (P.I.) Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, Office of Space Science: $43,686
“Toward an Understanding of the Radii of Extrasolar Giant Planets: An Observational and
Theoretical Study of the HD 209458 Planetary System”
2006-08 NASA (P.I.) Ames Research Center Cooperative Agreement: “Detection and $47,538
Characterization of Potentially Habitable Planetary Systems”
2006-07 NASA (P.I.) Ames Research Center Cooperative Agreement: “N-Bodies Simulations” $56,157
2006 NASA/UC Aligned Research Program (UARC): “Computational Imaging of Extrasolar $20,000
Planets”
2004-07 NASA (P.I.) Origins of Solar Systems Program: “The Detection of Intermediate-Period $146,700
Transiting Planets”
2004-06 NASA (P.I.) Ames Research Center Cooperative Agreement $60,000
2002-04 NASA (P.I.) Origins of Solar Systems Program, Office of Space Science: “The Evolution
and Dispersal of Protostellar Disks” $40,000
2000-01 NASA (P.I.) Director’s Discretionary Fund Award: “A Search for Planets Orbiting
Metal-Rich Stars.” (NASA Ames Funding) $40,000
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (selected)
“Observational Consequences of Hydrodynamic Flows on Hot Jupiters.” Jonathan Langton and Gregory Laughlin,
Astrophysical Journal Letters 657, 113-116 (2007).

“Silicon and Nickel Enrichment in Planet Host Stars: Observations and Implications for the Core Accretion Theory of
Planet Formation.” Sarah E. Robinson, Gregory Laughlin, Peter Bodenheimer, Debra A. Fischer, The Astrophysical
Journal, 643, pp. 484-500 (2006).
“The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a Large Dense Core.” Bun’ei Sato, Debra A.
Fischer, Gregory W. Henry, Gregory Laughlin, R. Paul Butler, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Steven S. Vogt, Peter Bodenheimer,
Shigeru Ida, E. Toyota, and 11 co-authors. The Astrophysical Journal, 633, pp. 465-473 (2005).
“A Comparison of Observationally Determined Radii with Theoretical Radius Predictions for Short-Period Transiting
Extrasolar Planets.” Gregory Laughlin, Aaron S. Wolf, Tonny Vanmunster, Peter Bodenheimer. Debra A. Fischer,
Geoffrey W. Marcy, R. Paul Butler, and Steven S. Vogt, The Astrophysical Journal, 621, pp. 1072-1078 (2005).
“The Core Accretion Model Predicts Few Jovian-Mass Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs.” Gregory Laughlin, Peter
Bodenheimer, and Fred C. Adams, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 612, L73-L76 (2004).
“On the Radii of Extrasolar Giant Planets.” Peter Bodenheimer, Gregory Laughlin, and D. N. C. Lin, Astrophysical Journal,
592, pp. 555-563 (2003).
“A Dynamical Analysis of the 47 Ursae Majoris Planetary System.” Gregory Laughlin, John Chambers, and Debra
Fischer, Astrophysical Journal, 579, pp. 455-467 (2002).
“Short-Term Dynamical Interactions Among Extrasolar Planets.” Gregory Laughlin and John Chambers, Astrophysical
Journal Letters, 551, pp. 109-113 (2001).
“Stability and Chaos in the Upsilon Andromedae Planetary System.” Gregory Laughlin and Fred Adams, Astrophysical
Journal, 526, pp. 881-889 (1999).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (selected)
Administrative appointments
2001-02 Chair, Curriculum Committee, member of the Friday Lunch Astrophysical Seminar Committee, mentor to
Regent’s and Pister Scholars.
2002-03 Chair, Curriculum Committee, CODEP seminar organizer, mentor to Regent’s and Pister Scholars.
2003-04 Fall Colloquium Committee, Curriculum Committee, Astronomy Faculty Search Committee, Earth and
Planetary Sciences Faculty Search Committee.
2004-05 Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Chair, Spring Colloquium Committee.
2005-06 Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Member, Ad-Hoc Promotion Review Committee, Fall Colloquium
Committee.
2006-07 Chair, Preliminary Exam Committee, Ad-Hoc Promotion Review Committee, Fall Colloquium Committee, Co-
Chair, Faculty Search Committee
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (selected)
2007 Member, NOAO Telescope Time Allocation Committee
2007 Scientific Consulting Director, OKLO Corporation
2007 Member, NASA-NSF ExoPTF Task Force
2007 Member, HST Time Allocation Committee
2006 Elected to the Committee, AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy
Five major presentations
2007 Morgan Stanley Process Driven Trading Group (New York City)
Navigator Program Forum (NASA Ames)
2006 Mitchell Institute at Texas A&M University (conference keynote and public talks)
Harvard University
NAS Frontiers of Science meeting
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STUDENTS AND FELLOWS SUPERVISED (lifetime)
Ph.D. Advisees Postdoctoral Fellows Senior Theses
Sarah Robinson Aaron Collett
Jonathan Langton Konstantin Batygin
Ryan Montgomery Matt Hewes
Stefano Meschiari
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