Research

Through my research, I aim to understand the diverse processes that sculpt the properties of planetary systems. My research synthesizes physical constraints from stars, planets, and minor planets, drawing connections between subfields to characterize the processes of planet formation and evolution. A list of my refereed publications can be found on NASA/ADS here.

I maintain a repository of bite-sized summaries for my lead-author research publications. These are each linked below.

1. Rice, Gerbig, & Vanderburg 2024, The Orbital Geometries and Stellar Obliquities of Exoplanet-Hosting Multi-Star Systems [paper]
2. Rice, Wang, Wang, et al. 2023, Evidence for Low-Level Dynamical Excitation in Near-Resonant Exoplanet Systems [paper] [summary]
3. Rice, Wang, Gerbig, et al. 2023, The Orbital Architecture of Qatar-6: A Fully Aligned 3-Body System? [paper] [summary]
4. Rice, Wang, Wang, et al. 2022, A Tendency Toward Alignment in Single-Star Warm-Jupiter Systems [paper] [summary]
5. Rice, Wang, & Laughlin 2022, Origins of Hot Jupiters from the Stellar Obliquity Distribution [paper] [summary]
6. Rice, Wang, Howard, et al. 2021, SOLES I: The Spin-Orbit Alignment of K2-140 b [paper] [summary]
7. Rice & Laughlin 2020, Exploring Trans-Neptunian Space with TESS: A Targeted Search for Planet Nine and Distant TNOs in the Galactic Plane [paper] [summary]
8. Rice & Brewer 2020, Stellar Characterization of Keck HIRES Spectra with The Cannon [paper] [summary]
9. Rice & Laughlin 2019b, Hidden Planets: Implications from ’Oumuamua and DSHARP [paper] [summary]
10. Rice & Laughlin 2019a, The Case for a Large-Scale Occultation Network [paper] [summary]

I am interested in a broad range of topics related to exoplanets and planetary science. Read more about a few of my specific research interests using the links below.