I am currently researching ‘on the habitability of Exomoons’ under the supervision of Dr Tansu Daylan, LSSTC Catalyst Fellow, Princeton University, former Fellow at Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, MIT & Fall 2023: incoming assistant professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Over the last 1 year I researched about the various energy sources that moons outside our solar system are exposed to. Mainly, stellar irradiance, tidal heating, and remnant energy have been explored. The goal of the project is to evaluate the equations for these heat sinks and perform forward modelling on a realistic distribution of exomoons based on the properties of moons in our solar system such as semi-major axis, eccentricity, albedo, etc. This will allow us to determine if an exomoon with specified physical and orbital parameters can sustain life.

I presented my research and findings during an Astro-coffee session at Princeton university in 2022 summer. This research paper will be submitted for publication in Nature Research Journals in 2023.