#28 Néstor Espinoza - JWST, Exoplanet Atmospheres, Molecule Detection

About this episode

In this episode, David interviews Néstor Espinoza about his research on exoplanet atmospheres and molecule detection using JWST.

Use code COOLWORLDS at https://novium.shop/coolworlds to get an exclusive 15% off for the next 72 hours. In this week's episode, David is joined by Néstor Espinoza - Associate Astronomer and Mission Scientist of Exoplanet Science at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Néstor is a prolific researcher, developing state-of-the-art statistical tools and performing some of the most exciting analyses of exoplanets with JWST. To support this podcast and our research lab, head to https://coolworldslab.com/support Cool Worlds Podcast Theme by Hill [https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hdkvBtRdOW4SPsnxCXOjK]

People in this episode

Host: David

Guest: Néstor Espinoza

Topics covered

• JWST
• exoplanet atmospheres
• molecule detection
• astronomy
• research
• statistical tools

Keywords

• JWST
• exoplanets
• atmospheres
• molecule detection
• astronomy
• Néstor Espinoza
• Space Telescope Science Institute

Sponsors

Novium

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Space Telescope Science Institute, coolworldslab

Products: COOLWORLDS

Places: Baltimore

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