Associate Professor
- Address:
- ERC 541
- Phone:
- (773) 702-9568
- Email:
- jbean@astro.uchicago.edu
- Website:
- http://astro.uchicago.edu/~jbean/index.html
Background
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
Research Fields
- Exoplanets
- Instrumentation
Research Groups
Scientific Projects
- Magellan Telescopes
- MAROON-X: M dwarf Advanced Radial velocity Observer Of Neighboring eXoplanets
Students
- Adina Feinstein (graduate/Astronomy and Astrophysics)
- Megan Mansfield (graduate/Geophysical Sciences)
Research
Jacob Bean's current research focuses on the study of extrasolar planetary systems. He uses a variety of ground- and space-based facilities to detect and characterize planets around nearby stars. His particular interests are in studying planets around low-mass stars and in probing the atmospheres of the smallest known exoplanets.
News & Highlights
- “Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth”, by Louise Lerner, UChicago News, March 4, 2021
- Astronomers Propose a Novel Method of Finding Atmospheres on Rocky Worlds, December 2, 2019
- UChicago News