Sebastian Zieba

(last year) PhD student at the MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany and Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

Later this year, I’ll be joining the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at the CfA as a Sagan Fellow to characterize the surfaces and atmospheres of rocky exoplanets using JWST.

My research revolves around the characterization of exoplanets with space telescopes like Spitzer, Hubble, JWST, and the discovery of exocomets with TESS.
My previous work includes:

• non-detection of a thick CO2 atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 c
• PACMAN: a pipeline to reduce and analyze Hubble WCF3 data
• Analysis of the lava planet K2-141 b
• Detection of exocomets around beta Pictoris with TESS

Contact

email:
zieba (at) mpia.de

address:
Sebastian Zieba
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Königstuhl 17
69117 Heidelberg
GERMANY

About me

I grew up in Salzburg, Austria. After finishing high school, I moved to Innsbruck (Austria) to do my bachelor’s and master’s in Physics and Astrophysics, respectively. I am currently living in Heidelberg and a PhD student at the MPIA (APEx department).

(last revised April 2th, 2024)