Prof. Dr. Katja Poppenhäger

Katja Poppenhaeger is director of the research branch "Stellar, Solar and Exoplanetary Physics", the leader of the research section on "Stellar Physics and Exoplanets" at AIP and a professor at the University of Potsdam. She investigates exoplanets and their atmospheres, particularly in the environment created by their host stars through irradiation and magnetic effects. Her group uses both observations in several wavelength regimes as well as numerical simulations to increase our understanding of exoplanets and their host stars. For an overview on the various scientific projects her section works on, please go directly to the section website.

Stellar, Solar and Exoplanetary Physics

Director

Stellar Physics and Exoplanets

Section Head

Office: KH/2.25
Phone: +49 331 7499 223
kpoppenhaeger@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Publications

Latest refereed publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Ground-breaking exoplanet science with the ANDES spectrograph at the ELT

Palle, E., ... Poppenhaeger, K., ... Pietrow, A. G. M., ..., 2025
Experimental Astronomy, 59, 3, 29; published June 2025

doi:10.1007/s10686-025-10000-4, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets, Solar Physics

The PLATO mission

Rauer, H., ... Barnes, S., ... Chiappini, C., ... Poppenhaeger, K., ... Strassmeier, K., ... Valentini, M., ... Weingrill, J., ..., 2025
Experimental Astronomy, 59, 3, 26; published June 2025

doi:10.1007/s10686-025-09985-9, NASA ADS

Participating AIP sections and groups: Stellar Physics and Exoplanets / Stellar Activity, Milky Way and the Local Volume, Stellar Physics and Exoplanets, Telescope Control and Robotics

Exploring coronal abundances of M dwarfs at moderate activity levels

Chebly, J. J., Poppenhäger, K., Alvarado-Gómez, J. D., Wood, B. E., 2025
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 695, A165; published March 2025

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202450209, NASA ADS