Dr. Kielan K. W. Hoch
ASTROPHYSICIST
Giacconi Fellow
Space Telescope Science Institute
Hi, I'm Kielan.
I am a Giacconi Fellow at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I work on ground-based and space-based high contrast spectroscopy of directly imaged exoplanets to characterize and understand their atmospheres. One of the most fundamental questions in astronomy is how planets are formed. Using spectroscopy, we can begin to test what atmospheric properties can be used to trace planet formation history.
