Nicholas Wogan

Degree/Major: PhD Earth and Space Science and Astrobiology, University of Washington. B.S. Physics, University of Oregon.

Role: VPL Team Member

Biography

Nick Wogan uses atmospheric photochemistry and climate models to understand observations of exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope. Through this work, Nick has developed several open-source modeling tools, including Photochem (https://github.com/Nicholaswogan/photochem), used by the community to study exoplanets and Solar System planets. Nick received his PhD at the University of Washington (UW), where he used the same kinds of atmospheric simulations to study the early Earth atmospheres to aid understanding of the origin of life.