James Rogers

University of Cambridge

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I am a Kavli Institute Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Previously, I held a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship at UCLA, mentored by Hilke Schlichting. I attained my PhD from Imperial College London in 2022, supervised by James Owen.

My research is based on exoplanet formation and evolution, specifically the various processes that occur to highly irradiated planets. I use numerical simulations and statistical modelling to rewind the clock on planet evolution. For more details, please see a list of my publications or my CV.

You can also watch an invited talk I presented at “Know Thy Star, Know Thy Planet II” in Pasadena, February 2025.

If you interested in any of my work, please feel free to get in touch.

selected publications

  1. Redefining interiors and envelopes: hydrogen─silicate miscibility and its consequences for the structure and evolution of sub-Neptunes
    James G. Rogers, Edward D. Young, and Hilke E. Schlichting
    MNRAS, Dec 2025
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  2. On the road to the radius valley: distinguishing between gas dwarfs and water worlds with young transiting exoplanets
    James G. Rogers
    MNRAS, May 2025
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  3. Under the light of a new star: evolution of planetary atmospheres through protoplanetary disc dispersal and boil-off
    James G. Rogers, James E. Owen, and Hilke E. Schlichting
    MNRAS, Apr 2024
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  4. Unveiling the planet population at birth
    James G. Rogers, and James E. Owen
    MNRAS, May 2021
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