Dr. Amaury Triaud
PRIZE WINNERS
BEST DOCTORAL THESIS MERAC PRIZES 2014
Observational Astrophysics
Dr. Amaury Triaud of the Observatory of Geneva at the University of Geneva
for his thesis in the field of exoplanets. During his doctorate, Dr. Triaud conducted the radial velocity confirmation of transiting exoplanet candidates produced by the WASP survey, confirming 48 new systems. By measuring the angle between the stellar rotation spin and the planet’s orbital spins, he discovered that many hot Jupiters occupy non-coplanar orbits, a result that has a big impact on planet formation and orbital evolution models.
