Research

Atmospheric chemistry, planetary climate, surface-atmosphere interaction, and Venus astrobiology.

Selected papers

Proposed energy-metabolisms cannot explain the atmospheric chemistry of Venus
Jordan, S., Shorttle, O., Rimmer, P.B. NComms (2022).

Photochemistry of Venus-like Planets Orbiting K- and M-dwarf Stars
Jordan, S., Rimmer, P.B., Shorttle, O., Constantinou, T. ApJ (2021)

Hydroxide Salts in the Clouds of Venus: Their Effect on the Sulfur Cycle and Cloud Droplet pH
Rimmer, P.B., Jordan, S., Constantinou, T., Woitke, P., Shorttle, O., Hobbs, R., Paschodimas, A. PSJ (2021).

Growth and evolution of secondary volcanic atmospheres: I. Identifying the geological character of warm rocky planets
Liggins, P., Jordan, S., Rimmer, P.B., Shorttle, O. JGR Planets (2022).

Growth and evolution of secondary volcanic atmospheres: II. The Importance of Kinetics
Liggins, P., Jordan, S., Rimmer, P.B., Shorttle, O. JGR Planets (2023).

Direct Evidence of Photochemistry in an Exoplanet Atmosphere
(JWST ERS Tier 1 authors:) Shang-Min Tsai, Elspeth K. H. Lee, Diana Powell, Peter Gao, Xi Zhang, Julianne Moses, Eric Hébrard, Olivia Venot, Vivien Parmentier, Sean Jordan, Renyu Hu. Nature (2023).

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): X. Assessing the Impact of Clouds on Atmospheric Retrievals at Mid-Infrared Wavelengths with a Venus-Twin Exoplanet
B. S. Konrad, E. Alei, S. P. Quanz, P. Mollière, D. Angerhausen, J. J. Fortney, K. Hakim, S. Jordan, D. Kitzmann, S. Rugheimer, O. Shorttle, R. Wordsworth, the LIFE Collaboration. A&A (2023).

A mineralogical reason why all exoplanets cannot be equally oxidising
Guimond, C.M., Shorttle, O., Jordan, S., Rudge, J. MNRAS (2023).

Qualifications

PhD candidate: Astronomy - Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (2020 - present)
MSci: Natural Sciences (Astrophysics) - University of Cambridge (2016-2020)

Awards and Prizes

Murdin Prize 2022
Proposed energy-metabolisms cannot explain the atmospheric chemistry of Venus