Extreme atmospheres
Using transmission and emission spectroscopy to reveal the chemistry, thermal structure and clouds of hot gaseous planets.
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Astrophysicist · University of Oxford
Exploring the atmospheres of distant worlds.
I’m Dr Jake Taylor, a Glasstone Fellow in Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and a Supernumerary Fellow at Exeter College. I use observations, atmospheric retrievals and new computational tools to understand what exoplanets are made of.
Research
From hot Jupiters to potentially rocky worlds.
I study how light carries information about the temperature, chemistry and clouds of planets beyond our Solar System.
Smaller worlds
Working to separate planetary signals from their host stars and test whether nearby terrestrial planets retain atmospheres.
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Developing computational methods that make atmospheric inference faster, more robust and easier to compare.
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Selected work
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Recent first-author papers.
JWST NIRISS transmission spectroscopy of the super-Earth GJ 357b, a favourable target for atmospheric retention
Taylor, Jake, Radica, Michael, Chatterjee, Richard D., Hammond, Mark et al. (2025)
Are There Spectral Features in the MIRI/LRS Transmission Spectrum of K2-18b?
Taylor, Jake (2025)
Another look at the dayside spectra of WASP-43b and HD 209458b: Are there scattering clouds?
Taylor, Jake, Parmentier, Vivien (2023)
Meet ROBERT.
A pure-Python framework for atmospheric retrieval intercomparison, built to make it easier to test how modelling choices shape what we infer from exoplanet spectra.
Explore ROBERTAstrophysics, without the jargon.
I make short videos about exoplanets, JWST, life at Oxford and the science stories behind the headlines.
Contact & consulting
Let’s work together.
I’m open to research collaborations and selected consulting projects across astrophysics, exoplanet atmospheres, atmospheric retrievals, scientific machine learning and AI.
Email me jake.taylor@physics.ox.ac.uk
Research collaboration
Exoplanet atmospheres
Atmospheric retrievals
Scientific machine learning
Astrophysics & AI consulting
Technical review & communication