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2021-10-05 13:00: A High Resolution View of Exoplanet Atmospheres (Jayne Birkby (Oxford))

2021-10-12 13:00: Investigating the radial structure of exoKuiper belts (Sebastian Marino, IoA)

2021-10-19 13:00: Exoplanet group introduction (All of us exoplaneteers at Cambridge)

2021-10-26 13:00: (Exo)planetary Atmospheres in 3D (Nathan Mayne (University of Exeter))

2021-11-02 13:00: The EXPRES Stellar Signals Project (ESSP): Establishing the State of the Field in Disentangling Photospheric Velocities (Lily Zhao (Flatiron Institute, NY))

2021-11-09 13:00: Constraining the composition of exo-planetary material around white dwarf stars (Amy Steele (MSI Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill Space Institute))

2021-11-16 13:00: Exploring systems of low-mass planets with CHEOPS (Laetitia Delrez (Liège))

2021-11-30 13:00: Isotopologue ratios in exoplanet atmospheres (Yapeng Zhang, Leiden)

2022-01-18 13:00: Pandemonium in the Planetary Graveyard (Jay Farihi (UCL))

2022-01-25 13:00: Flares Stirring Up Planet Formation (Abygail Waggoner (University of Virginia))

2022-02-01 13:00: Holistic Characterization of Small Planets with the Magellan-TESS Survey (Johanna Teske (Carnegie))

2022-02-08 13:00: Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3 and Hipparcos astrometry (Pierre Kervella, Observatoire de Paris)

2022-02-15 13:00: Characterising the internal structures of exoplanets with CHEOPS (Thomas Wilson (St Andrews))

2022-02-22 13:00: Planets in a Bottle: The Role of Laboratory Experiments in the Search for Life (Sarah Hörst (Johns Hopkins University))

2022-03-01 13:00: Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Discs: A Vanishing Act (Sahl Rowther, Warwick)

2022-03-08 13:00: Retrieving the atmospheric properties of cloudy directly imaged planets (Paul Molliere, MPIA)

2022-03-15 13:00: Titanium chemistry in the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b (Jens Hoeijmakers (Lund))

2022-04-26 13:00: From gas turbulence to planets: the formation of rocky planets at the dead-zone inner edge. (Mario Flock - MPIA)

2022-05-10 13:00: What makes our solar system “tick”: A presentation of various forms of planetary activity in our solar system (Mohamed Ramy El-Maarry (Abu Dhabi))

2022-05-17 13:00: Sublimating ices feeding forming planets (Alice Booth - Leiden)

2022-05-24 13:00: How to accurately measure spin-orbit angles in planetary systems (Matthew Hooton (Cambridge))

2022-05-31 13:00: Gaussian Processes and Physical stellar properties  (Belinda Nicholson (Oxford))

2022-06-07 13:00: The LIFE mission - atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets in the mid-infrared with a large space-based nulling interferometer (Sascha Quanz (ETH Zurich))

2022-06-14 13:00: Understanding the stars in our search for another Earth (Annelies Mortier (Cambridge))

2022-07-22 13:00: Using Cheops to push beyond TESS’s orbital period barrier (Hugh Osborn (MIT / Bern))

2022-10-11 13:00: Modelling the Emission from Winds from Photoevaporating Protoplanetary Discs  (Andrew Sellek (Cambridge))

2022-10-18 13:00: Retrieval of initial planetary disk properties and the Radius Valley of Steam, Photoevaporation and Migration (Remo Burn (MPIA, Heidelberg))

2022-10-25 13:00: Exoplaneteer Introduction (All of us!)

2022-11-01 13:00: Cosmic dust as a planetary fertiliser: collisional evolution of the prebiotic Earth (Craig Walton (Cambridge, Earth Sciences))

2022-11-08 13:00: The multi-wavelength effects of stellar activity and the need for a public forecast (Lalitha Sairam (Birmingham))

2022-11-15 13:00: A deep radius valley revealed by Kepler short cadence observations (Cynthia Ho (UCL))

2022-11-22 13:00: Origins of Hot and Warm Jupiters from the Stellar Obliquity Distribution (Malena Rice (MIT))

2022-11-29 13:00: Debris Discs as Probes of Planetary Systems (Tim Pearce (Jena))

2023-01-17 13:00: Planet formation in circumbinary systems (Gavin Coleman (QMUL))

2023-01-31 13:00: White Dwarf Planetary Systems: a window onto exoplanetary composition (Andrew Buchan (IoA), Laura Rogers (IoA), Chris Manser (Imperial))

2023-02-07 13:00: Peering into the interiors of Earth-like planets (Tom Wilson (St Andrews))

2023-02-14 13:00: Radial Velocity Survey for Planets around Young stars (RVSPY): A transiting warm super-Jovian planet around HD 114082 (Olga Zakhozhay (MPIA Heidelberg))

2023-02-21 13:00: Constraining Stability Timescales in FGK Dwarf Planetary Systems with Kepler Observations (Christopher Lam (U of Florida))

2023-02-28 13:00: Revealing Multiple-planet Architectures with the ExoStriker toolbox (Trifon Trifonov (MPIA))

2023-03-07 13:00: Visualization of prebiotic chemistry (Ziwei Liu (Cambridge MRC LMB))

2023-04-25 13:00: Stellar winds and their interactions with exoplanets (Aline Vidotto (Leiden Observatory))

2023-05-02 13:00: Understanding and modelling activity-induced distortions in the absorption lines of Sun-like stars (Baptiste Klein (Oxford))

2023-05-09 13:00: The scattered light of debris disks (Julien Milli, IPAG)

2023-05-16 13:00: Characterising Polluted White Dwarfs with Machine Learning to Probe Extrasolar Geochemistry (Mariona Badenas-Agusti (MIT))

2023-05-23 13:00: Nonlinear Dynamics of Distorted Astrophysical Discs: Warps and All (Callum Fairbairn (DAMTP))

2023-09-19 13:00: Pathway to study molecular oxygen in exoplanet atmosphere with FIOS (Surangkhana Rukdee (MPE Garching))

2023-10-03 13:00: 3D simulations of oxygenated rocky exoplanet atmospheres and observational predictions (Gregory Cooke (IoA))

2023-10-10 13:00: Interior dynamics of tidally locked super-Earths (Dr. Tobias Meier, University of Oxford)

2023-10-19 13:00: Decoding Exoplanet Personalities Big and Small while Inspiring the Next Generation (Nataliea Lowson (U. Southern Queensland))

2023-10-24 13:00: Population level study of the influence of planetesimal fragmentation on planet formation (Nicolas Kaufmann, University of Bern)

2023-10-31 13:00: Detection of planetary signals in cases of extreme stellar activity (Oscar Barragán, University of Oxford)

2023-11-07 13:00: Direct detection of cold exoplanets with JWST (Elisabeth Matthews (MPIA))

2023-11-14 13:00: Co-evolution of (Proto)Planets and Substructures in Disks (Haochang Jiang (ESO))

2023-11-21 13:00: The future of ground-based Astronomy?  (from a transit hunting perspective) (Peter Pedersen (ETH Zurich))

2023-11-28 13:00: Exoplanets in the Galactic Context (Dolev Bashi (Cavendish))

2024-01-23 13:00: From dust to planets: The ALMA and VLA view of planet formation (Francesco Zagaria (IoA))

2024-01-30 13:00: Planetary debris at white dwarfs (Andrew Swan (Warwick))

2024-02-13 13:00: Disc evolution in young intermediate-mass stars (Daniela Iglesias Vallejo (Leeds))

2024-02-20 13:00: Uncovering Long-Period Transiting Exoplanets with TESS and CHEOPS (Amy Tuson (Cavendish))

2024-02-27 13:00: Protoplanetary disc: what can we learn by combining theory and observations? (Claudia Toci (ESO))

2024-03-05 13:00: Reassessing the Evidence for Time Variability in the Atmosphere of the Exoplanet HAT-P-7b (Maura Lally (Cornell))

2024-03-12 13:00: Relative contribution from comets and carbonaceous asteroids to the Earth's volatile budget (Sarah Joiret (U Bordeaux))

2024-05-14 13:00: Attractor reconstruction of active stellar light curves (Emily Sandford (Cavendish))

2024-06-04 13:00: First steps of planet formation in the VLT, ALMA  and JWST era (Paola Pinilla (MSSL))

2024-06-11 13:00: Setting the stage for planet-formation (Anna Miotello (ESO))

2024-10-08 13:00: Habitability of terrestrial planets: study with 1D and 3D climate models (Guillaume Chaverot)

2024-10-22 13:00: Exo-mineralogy: Predicting the interior compositions of rocky exoplanets (Rob Spaargaren)

2024-10-29 13:00: The Road to the Radius Valley (James Rogers)

2024-11-05 13:00: Insights into the birth and death of exoplanetary systems from polluted white dwarfs (Andy Buchan (Warwick))

2024-12-03 13:00: An observational perspective on white dwarf planetary systems (Laura Rogers (IoA))

2025-01-28 13:00: From Small Worlds to Giant Planets: Uncovering New Exoplanets with Ground-Based Observations (Mathilde Timmermans (Birmingham))

2025-02-04 13:00:  Uncovering the stellar impact on planetary systems through population demographics (Ed Bryant (UCL))

2025-02-12 10:00: Towards Habitable Worlds: Detailed Characterization of the Nearest Planetary Systems (Prof. Andrew Vanderburg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2025-02-18 13:00: TOI-2407b: A hot Neptune in the Neptune Desert discovered with the SPIRIT Infrared Detector (Clàudia Jano Muñoz (Cavendish))

2025-02-25 13:00: Early results from observing aligned vs misaligned hot Jupiters with JWST as a testbed for planet formation and migration models (Eva-Maria Ahrer (MPIA))

2025-03-04 13:00: Devolatilization during rocky planet formation: Observations, theories, and implications (Haiyang Wang (Copenhagen))

2025-03-18 13:00: An Early Heavy Bombardment of the Inner Solar System (Craig Walton (ETH))

2025-04-29 13:00: Formation of planetary cores in spontaneously generated dust traps during the secular evolution of magnetized protoplanetary disks (Timmy Delage (Imperial))

2025-05-06 13:00: The Dynamic Chemistry of Planet-Forming Disks (Luke Keyte (UCL))

2025-05-13 13:00: Deciphering giant planet formation (Olja Panic (Leeds))

2025-05-20 13:00: On Activity and Planets of Low-Mass Stars: Towards the Tenth Anniversary of CARMENES (Lev Tal-Or (Ariel))

2025-05-27 13:00: Understanding the initial stages of planet-driven gap formation  (Amelia J. Cordwell (DAMTP))

2025-06-03 13:00: Hints of Planet Formation Signatures in a large-cavity disk in Upper Scorpius (Anibal Sierra (UCL))

2025-06-10 13:00: The Response and Observability of Exo-Earth Climates to Cometary Impacts (Felix Sainsbury-Martinez (Leeds))

2025-06-11 10:00: JWST Debris Disks: Transforming our Understanding of Exoplanetary Systems (Christine Chen, STScI)

2025-06-17 13:00: Exoplanet Demographics: A Journey Through Space and Time (Timothy Hallatt (MIT))

2025-09-23 13:00: Planetary Evolution Across Stellar Lifetimes (Sydney Jenkins, MIT)

2025-10-21 13:00: The architecture of planetary systems: from physical models to AI (Professor Yann Alibert (Bern))

2025-10-28 13:00: Atmospheres as Probes of the Interiors and Formation pathways of Earth, super-Earths and sub-Neptunes (Professor Hilke Schlichting (UCLA))

2025-11-04 13:00: White dwarfs as tracers of evolved planetary systems (Dr Paula Izquierdo (Warwick))

2025-11-13 13:30: How massive are exo-Kuiper Belts? (Dr Tim Pearce (Warwick))

2025-11-25 13:00: The challenge of stellar activity in the era of PLATO (Dr Pia Cortes Zuleta (St Andrews))

2025-12-02 13:00: Most Rocky Sub-Neptunes are Molten: Mapping the Solidification Shoreline for Gas Dwarf Exoplanets (Robb Calder (Cambridge))

2026-01-20 12:00: The time evolution of the disc properties as a proxy for accretion models (Alice Somigliana (MPIA))

2026-02-03 12:00: Reducing the problem: Photochemical Pathways in Prebiotic Chemistry on Early Earth (Theresa Drobnik (Cavendish))

2026-02-17 12:00: On the hunt for warm giants (George Dransfield (Oxford))

2026-03-03 12:00: Cold Giants in the Gaia Era and Multi-Technique Synergies (Anne-Marie Lagrange (Observatoire de Paris))

2026-04-28 12:00: Title to be confirmed (Nathan Hara (Marseille))

2026-05-26 12:00: Title to be confirmed (Yamila Miguel (Leiden))

2026-06-09 12:00: Title to be confirmed (Erik Meier Valdes (Oxford))

2026-06-09 13:00: Title to be confirmed (Erik Meier Valdes (Oxford))

2026-06-23 12:00: Title to be confirmed (Michelle Kunimoto (UBC))