Dr. Marrick Braam

I am Marrick Braam, a CSH Fellow at the Center for Space and Habitability of the University of Bern. Previously, I completed a joint PhD degree at the University of Edinburgh and KU Leuven, as part of the Marie Curie ITN CHAMELEON. I am fascinated by rocky (exo)planets and the complex chemistry happening in their atmospheres.

In my work, I use and develop comprehensive models to describe atmospheric chemistry and elucidate the coupled effects of planetary orbits, climates, photochemistry, electrical processes, and atmospheric dynamics. Through this, I aim to contribute to the broader efforts to understand exoplanet habitability: Which exoplanets might support life? Could these exoplanet environments foster the formation of prebiotic compounds? And what molecules can we detect with current and future observatories, and what do they reveal about these distant worlds? I am a member of the Exoclimatology Theory Group (ETG), collaborating on the development of numerical models for exoplanet atmospheres. For the observational aspect, I am Science Community co-lead for the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) Space Mission, designed to search for life outside the solar system and investigate the diversity of other worlds.

Marrick Braam
marrick.braam@unibe.ch