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I am a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in the EAPS department investigating exoplanet climate and habitability with GCM simulations with Dr. Stephanie Olson. I am part of the PHAB lab at Purdue, check out our lab website here!
I investigate how ocean salinity and orbital characteristics of exoplanets (both Earth-like and planets around different types of stars) impact their climate, the potential habitability of the planet for both basic and complex life, and how these parameters impact future observations.
I have multiple manuscripts in preparation. Linked below is my published work:
1) Climatic Effects of Ocean Salinity on M Dwarf Exoplanets by Kyle Batra and Stephanie L. Olson (2024)
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Reach out if you have any questions on my research or ideas for collaboration!
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As an undergraduate I did research with Dr. Brad Foley at Penn State university. We published research modeling the interiors of stagnant-lid planets and developed new scaling laws for the mantle convection of these worlds. This paper can be found here:
Scaling laws for stagnant-lid convection with a buoyant crust Free by Kyle Batra and Bradford Foley (2022)
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