Publications, Professional Talks, and Poster Presentations

Publications

See this list on arXiv, ADS, and ORCID.

  1. W. Misener, M. Schulik, H. Schlichting, and J. Owen 2024. "Blowin' in the non-isothermal wind: core-powered mass loss withhydrodynamic radiative transfer", The Astrophysical Journal in review.   arXiv: 2405.15221  
  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
My PhD thesis, "Exploring the thermal and chemical coupling between the silicate cores and hydrogen atmospheres of super-Earth and sub-Neptune exoplanets", is also available online.

Professional Talks

Video recordings of my conference presentations are available for some conferences which occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are linked to at the end of each listing.

  1. Earth and Planetary Science Seminar, Harvard University "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Cambridge, MA, USA [virtual], February 12, 2024
  2. Seminar, Density Matters 2024 "Coupled chemistry and structure of hydrogen-silane-water atmospheres", Ringberg, Kreuth, Germany, February 7, 2024
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Planetary Science Seminar, California Institute of Technology "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Pasadena, CA, USA, December 5, 2023
  6. Exoplanet Journal Club Seminar, University of Chicago "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Chicago, IL, USA, October 30, 2023
  7. Exoplanet Pizza Lunch, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Cambridge, MA, USA, October 25, 2023
  8. Monday Afternoon Talk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Cambridge, MA, USA, October 23, 2023
  9. Exoplanets Journal Club Seminar, University of Maryland "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Collge Park, MD, USA, September 19, 2023
  10. Astrophysics Coffee Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Princeton, NJ, USA, September 15, 2023
  11. Yale Exoplanets and Stars Seminar "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", New Haven, CT, USA, September 11, 2023
  12. Invited Talk, ExoSS II, Jet Propulsion Laboratory "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", La Cañada Flintridge, CA, USA, August 30, 2023
  13. Invited Talk, EXCALIBUR Workshop “A Theorist’s Quest for EXCALIBUR”, Pasadena, CA, USA, July 29, 2023
  14. OWL Exoplanets Summer Program Seminar "Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes", Santa Cruz, CA, USA, July 19, 2023
  15. Contributed Talk, ExoClimes VI “Magma-atmosphere interactions in sub-Neptunes”, Exeter, UK, June 28, 2023
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. Planetary Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles “Effects of silicate vapor on sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Los Angeles, CA, USA, June 8, 2023
  19. AEThER Collaboration Workshop Flash Talk “Chemical equilibrium between magma oceans and hydrogen atmospheres”, Washington, DC, USA January 18, 2023
  20. Astrophysics Group Seminar, Imperial College London “Effects of silicate vapour on sub-Neptune atmospheres”, London, UK, October 13, 2022
  21. Contributed Talk, Bay Area Exoplanet Meeting #41 “Effects of silicate vapor on sub-Neptune atmospheres”, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, July 15, 2022
  22. Research Talk, MIAPbP Planet Formation Workshop “Formation and Evolution of Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Atmospheres”, Garching bei München, Germany, June 29, 2022
  23. 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
  24. Planetary Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles “The consequences of silicate vapor in determining the structure, radii, and evolution of sub-Neptunes”, Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 24, 2022
  25. Contributed Talk, Bay Area Exoplanet Meeting #38 “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths” [virtual due to COVID-19], September 17, 2021
  26. Lightning Talk, 12th EPSS Student Research Symposium “Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 14, 2021
  27. Planetary Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 23, 2021
  28. Open Engagement Session Contribution, Habitable Worlds 2021 “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/HeAtmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], March 22, 2021
    29. Video presentation
  29. Contributed Talk, Exoplanet Demographics “To Cool is to Keep: Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], November 13, 2020
    30. Video recording
  30. Contributed Talk, ExSoCal 2020 “Residual H/He Atmospheres of Super-Earths”, [virtual due to COVID-19], September 15, 2020
    31. Video recording
  31. Planetary Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles “Dust Grain Growth and Transport in Protoplanetary Disks”, Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 26, 2019
  32. Honors Bachelor's Thesis Defense, University of Chicago “Modeling Dust Grain Growth and Transport in the Protoplanetary Disk”, Chicago, IL, USA, May 24, 2018

Poster Presentations

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