Author: Jacob White

Dr. Jacob White conducts research on circumstellar disks in the early to late stages of planet formation and the radio emission of stars. He received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada in 2018. From 2018-2020, he was a research fellow at the Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary. In 2020, he received the Jansky Fellowship and is currently based at the NRAO headquarters in Charlottesville, Virginia. In addition to research, Jacob is actively involved in both science outreach and working towards reducing the carbon footprint of the astronomy community.

Debris Disks: What Can We Learn from the Leftovers of the Planet Formation Process?

Posted on June 11, 2021July 1, 2021 | By Jacob White

This article was originally published in Medium on March 9, 2021. Some changes have been made to the original…

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