About Me

I am a member of the technical staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, currently using computational methods to perform space domain awareness research. Before joining MIT, I was a Ph.D. candidate in Caltech's astrophysics department, working with Andrew Howard. For my thesis, I used measurements of stellar velocities and probabilistic methods to discover and study extrasolar planets.

Before joining Caltech, I was a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, where I used numerical simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on galaxy formation. I obtained my B.S. at Haverford College.

Outside of research, I enjoy reading, biking, attending live music and comedy, and learning new things!

Research Interests

My thesis goal was to use probabilistic methods and radial velocity surveys to perform a rigorous census of nearby exoplanets. Here is some of my work, as well as personal projects outside of academia.

The California Legacy Survey

The first in a series of papers on planet occurrence, presenting a systematically generated exoplanet catalog.

Rosenthal et al. 2021

On The Shoulders of (Some) Giants

A probabilistic analysis of the relationship between inner small planets and outer gas giants.

Rosenthal et al. 2022

Lonely, Poor, and Eccentric

Survey-derived insights into the dynamics and formation history of giant planets.

Rosenthal et al. 2024

RoboRav

Transformer architecture and interpretability project, using PyTorch to train a small language model and sparse auto-encoder on pre-medieval texts. Precursor project submitted to the Powered by Sefaria open source challenge.

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