Luis Welbanks
Assistant Professor at Arizona State University – School of Earth and Space Exploration studying the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System.
Leading the research of the Exoteric Lab.
Previously, 51 Pegasi b Fellow, Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, and NASA Sagan Fellow at ASU. PhD Gates Cambridge scholar at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, and Churchill College.
I develop statistical and theoretical tools that push spectroscopic analysis beyond simple chemical detections, toward a deeper understanding of atmospheric chemistry, dynamics, and interior interactions.
My research focuses on
- Determining the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres
- Providing plausible abundance estimates of these chemicals species
- Exploring trends in these compositions to inform our understanding of planet formation
- Devising next-generation Bayesian frameworks to maximize the information we derive from transmission spectra in a physically plausible way.
Last updated September 2025.