Harrison Nicholls

What happened to rocky planets? This is the question which my research aims to answer. I apply numerical modelling to understand the physical and chemical processes which shape (exo)planets throughout their billion-year lifetimes, with a particular focus on atmospheric processes. My work spans sub-Neptune exoplanets with giant hydrogen envelopes, super-Earths with deep magma oceans, and smaller terrestrial planets with the prospect of habitable surfaces — including Earth itself.

Curriculum vitae

Can be viewed online here: resumé.

External profiles

Oxford Physics
GitLab
GitHub
LinkedIn
Bluesky
ORCiD
NASA/ADS library
Google Scholar

Software

AGNI open-source model for extreme atmospheres on rocky exoplanets
SOCRATES radiative transfer suite from UK Met Office
PROTEUS interior-atmosphere evolution framework for simulating planetary evolution
Wisteria RGB ray-tracing code

Other pages

Websites of interest

Contact

Please drop me an email at: harrison.nicholls[at]physics.ox.ac.uk
You can also contact me using via LinkedIn or on Bluesky.