Dr. Leonardo A. Dos Santos is an Associate Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute working with the COS instrument team of the Hubble Space Telescope.
His main research topic is the characterization of extra-solar planetary systems. He is also interested in stellar atmospheres and developing scientific software for the astronomical community. The main instruments he uses in his research are high-resolution and/or space-based spectrographs.
Education
- Ph.D., 2021, Astronomy & Astrophysics, mention très bien (highest honors), University of Geneva, Switzerland. Advisor: David Ehrenreich
- M.Sc., 2017, Astronomy, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Advisor: Jorge Meléndez
Professional appointments
- 2025 – now: Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.
- 2023 – 2025: Assistant Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.
- 2021 – 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute, United States.
- 2017 – 2021: Research Assistant, University of Geneva, Department of Astronomy, Switzerland.
Publications
See a full publication list on the Astrophysics Data System and the SciX database. You can also find him on ORCID 0000-0002-2248-3838 and Google Scholar.
Software
p-winds(GitHub repository): Hydrodynamic models of atmospheric escape in transiting exoplanets (see Dos Santos et al. 2022 for more information)stissplice(GitHub repository): Co-add and splice echélle spectral orders obtained with HST/STIS.rocky-worlds-utils(GitHub repository): Various tools to analyze UV time-series observations with HST, Lyman-𝛼 reconstruction and generation of high-level science products.rocky-worlds-notebooks(GitHub repository): Various notebooks to analyze HST and JWST data from the Rocky Worlds DDT program.
Curriculum vitae
Find an abridged version of Dr. Dos Santos’s CV here. The full CV is available upon request.