Dr. Marrick Braam

I am Marrick Braam, a CSH Fellow at the Center for Space and Habitability of the University of Bern. Previously, I was a joint PhD student 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 this atmospheric chemistry—investigating 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? 

Marrick Braam
marrick.braam@unibe.ch