Caroline
DornShe/Her
Professor Caroline Dorn is a distinguished geophysicist and Assistant Professor at ETH Zürich. Prof. Dorn completed her Diploma Thesis at ETH, where she focused on imaging tectonic features. She then pursued her Ph.D. research, which centered on characterizing heterogeneous aquifer systems in Lausanne. Her exceptional work in this area earned her the Faculty Prize. Prof. Dorn has been dedicating her expertise to characterizing the interiors of exoplanets since 2013, marking a significant shift towards addressing challenges on a different scale. The common thread in her research lies in the utilization of probabilistic approaches to analyze data. As part of her Ambizione fellowship, she conducted postdoctoral research on exoplanets under the guidance of Professor Willy Benz at the University of Bern. Her research was aimed at exploring and enhancing the understanding of the characteristics and behavior of exoplanets. This experience gave her valuable insights into the field and helped her develop her expertise in exoplanet research. Since April 2023, Professor Dorn has held the position of Assistant Professor at ETH Zürich.
Prof. Dorn is a Visiting Investigator at EPL as part of our Global Visitors Fellowship Program. During her visit, she will collaborate closely with Dr. Anat Shahar and other Staff Scientists, focusing on the study of volatiles in melts and their significance in the context of super-Earth and sub-Neptune interiors. The collaboration is fundamental for understanding the ubiquitous deep volatile reservoirs on super-Earths and sub-Neptunes: How do we model them? How do we characterize them from observations? How do they evolve in time? These collaborations will allow them to derive and measure petrological properties relevant to volatile-melt mixtures, which are present deep in the interiors of planets. Her expertise will help to ensure that we provide cutting-edge models of high accuracy for both the exoplanet and mineral physics communities.