Michael Endl
Research Scientist
McDonald Observatory
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C1402
Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.
e-mail: mike[at]astro.as.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-8312
Hello! Willkommen! Bemvindo!
Research: Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets
Current activities:
Observations to confirm planet candidates from
KEPLER and
CoRoT
A Search For Earth-mass Planets In The Alpha Centauri System
M-dwarf planet survey at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope
Long-term Doppler survey at the Harlan J. Smith 2.7m Telescope
Teaching:
AST s309L: Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life
(Summer 2012)
AST s309L: Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life
(Summer 2011)
Research Results:
Kepler-15b: A Hot Jupiter Enriched In Heavy Elements And The First Kepler Mission Planet Confirmed With The
Hobby-Eberly Telescope. (July 2011)
Our Keck/HIRES program contributed to the discoveries of CoRoT-11b, 12b, 14b and 15b.(June 2010)
The spin-orbit angle of the transiting hot jupiter CoRoT-1b (with F.Pont)
Toward detection of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of our closest neighbor: Proxima Centauri
An m sin i = 24 Earth Mass Planetary Companion To The Nearby M Dwarf GJ 176.(Update! 09/2008)
A Planetary System Around HD 155358: The Lowest Metallicity Planet Host Star
Exploring The Frequency Of Close-In Jovian Planets Around M Dwarfs
Determination Of The Orbit Of The Planetary Companion To The Metal Rich Star
HD 45350
A giant planet around the massive giant star HD 13189
Detection of a Neptune-mass planet in the rho 1 Cancri system
The Planet Orbiting HD 37605: The First HET Planet
HD 137510: An Oasis In The Brown Dwarf Desert
A Planetary Companion to the Binary Star Gamma Cephei
Private Interests:
Mike and Babsie's personal homepage
(with many photos from our trips around the world...)
Mountain Climbing
(includes images and journals of my climbing trips in the
Andes, Rockies, Alps and Himalaya)