brief history

2014 (expected): Ph.D. Astrophysics
The Ohio State University
Advisor: B. Scott Gaudi

2009: M.S. Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Design Considerations for a Space-based Transit Search for Earth Analogs
Advisor: Sara Seager

2006: B.A. (with honors) Astronomy & Astrophysics
Harvard University

selected awards

2009-2014: Distinguished University Fellowship
Ohio State University

2007-2008: Whiteman Fellowship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2007: Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize
Harvard University

research interests

My research interests focus on the detection and characterization of exoplanets. Specifically, I have been involved in the design and operational aspects of several space-based (Kepler, TESS, ExoPlanet Sat) and ground-based (HAT, KELT) transit surveys. I currently work on Ohio State's KELT-North transit survey.

I am also interested in space and general science policy.

publications

The Structure of the Broad Line Region in AGN: I. Reconstructed Velocity-delay Maps
C. J. Grier, B. M. Peterson, Keith Horne, M. C. Bentz, R. W. Pogge, K. D. Denney, G. De Rosa, Paul Martini, C. S. Kochanek, Y. Zu, B. Shappee, R. Siverd, T. G. Beatty, S. G. Sergeev, S. Kaspi, C. Araya Salvo, J. C. Bird, D. J. Bord, G. A. Borman, X. Che, C. Chen, S. A. Cohen, M. Dietrich, V. T. Doroshenko, Yu. S. Efimov, N. Free, I. Ginsburg, C. B. Henderson, A. L. King, K. Mogren, M. Molina, A. M. Mosquera, S. V. Nazarov, D. N. Okhmat, O. Pejcha, S. Rafter, J. C. Shields, J. Skowron, D. M. Szczygiel, M. Valluri, J. L. van Saders
Astrophys. J. 764, 47 (2013)

KELT-2Ab: A Hot Jupiter Transiting the Bright (V=8.77) Primary Star of a Binary System
Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Robert J. Siverd, Jason D. Eastman, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L. N. Jensen, Mark Manner, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berlind, Michael L. Calkins, Karen Collins, Darren L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gould, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K. Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Rachel Street, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood and Amelia M. Stutz
Astrophys. J. L. 756, L39 (2012)

KELT-1b: A Strongly Irradiated, Highly Inflated, Short Period, 27 Jupiter-mass Companion Transiting a mid-F Star
Robert J. Siverd, Thomas G. Beatty, Joshua Pepper, Jason D. Eastman, Karen Collins, Allyson Bieryla, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Eric L. N. Jensen, Justin R. Crepp, Rachel Street, Keivan G. Stassun, B. Scott Gaudi, Perry Berlind, Michael L. Calkins, D. L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Benjamin J. Fulton, Gabor Furesz, John C. Geary, Andrew Gould, Leslie Hebb, John F. Kielkopf, Jennifer L. Marshall, Richard Pogge, K. Z. Stanek, Robert P. Stefanik, Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi, Mark Trueblood, Patricia Trueblood, Amelia M. Stutz and Jennifer L. van Saders
Astrophys. J. 761, 123 (2012)

Very Low-mass Stellar and Substellar Companions to Solar-like Stars from MARVELS II: A Short-period Companion Orbiting an F Star with Evidence of a Stellar Tertiary And Significant Mutual Inclination
Scott W. Fleming, Jian Ge, Rory Barnes, Thomas G. Beatty, Justin R. Crepp, Nathan De Lee, Massimiliano Esposito, Bruno Femenia, Leticia Ferreira, Bruce Gary, B. Scott Gaudi, Luan Ghezzi, Jonay I. González Hernández, Leslie Hebb, Peng Jiang, Brian Lee, Ben Nelson, Gustavo F. Porto de Mello, Benjamin J. Shappee, Keivan Stassun, Todd A. Thompson, Benjamin M. Tofflemire, John P. Wisniewski, W. Michael Wood-Vasey, Eric Agol, Carlos Allende Prieto, Dmitry Bizyaev, Howard Brewington, Phillip A. Cargile, Louis Coban, Korena S. Costello, Luis N. da Costa, Melanie L. Good, Nelson Hua, Stephen R. Kane, Gary R. Lander, Jian Liu, Bo Ma, Suvrath Mahadevan, Marcio A. G. Maia, Elena Malanushenko, Viktor Malanushenko, Demitri Muna, Duy Cuong Nguyen, Daniel Oravetz, Martin Paegert, Kaike Pan, Joshua Pepper, et al.
Astron. J. 144, 72 (2012)

Reverberation Mapping Results for Five Seyfert 1 Galaxies
C. J. Grier, B. M. Peterson, R. W. Pogge, K. D. Denney, M. C. Bentz, Paul Martini, S. G. Sergeev, S. Kaspi, T. Minezaki, Y. Zu, C. S. Kochanek, R. Siverd, B. Shappee, K. Z. Stanek, C. Araya Salvo, T. G. Beatty, J. C. Bird, D. J. Bord, G. A. Borman, X. Che, C. Chen, S. A. Cohen, M. Dietrich, V. T. Doroshenko, T. Drake, Yu. S. Efimov, N. Free, I. Ginsburg, C. B. Henderson, A. L. King, S. Koshida, K. Mogren, M. Molina, A. M. Mosquera, S. V. Nazarov, D. N. Okhmat, O. Pejcha, S. Rafter, J. C. Shields, J. Skowron, D. M. Szczygiel, M. Valluri, J. L. van Saders
Astrophys. J. 755, 60 (2012)

A Reverberation Lag for the High-Ionization Component of the Broad Line Region in the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Mrk 335
C. J. Grier, B. M. Peterson, R. W. Pogge, K. D. Denney, M. C. Bentz, Paul Martini, S. G. Sergeev, S. Kaspi, Y. Zu, C. S. Kochanek, B. J. Shappee, K. Z. Stanek, C. Araya Salvo, T. G. Beatty, J. C. Bird, D. J. Bord, G. A. Borman, X. Che, C. Chen, S. A. Cohen, M. Dietrich, V. T. Doroshenko, Yu. S. Efimov, N. Free, I. Ginsburg, C. B. Henderson, Keith Horne, A. L. King, K. Mogren, M. Molina, A. M. Mosquera, S. V. Nazarov, D. N. Okhmat, O. Pejcha, S. Rafter, J. C. Shields, J. Skowron, D. M. Szczygiel, M. Valluri, J. L. van Saders
Astrophys. J. L. 744, L4 (2012)

Transit Probabilities for Stars with Stellar Inclination Constraints
Thomas G. Beatty and Sara Seager
Astrophys. J. 712, 1433 (2010)

Defining a US Architecture for Environmental Monitoring From Space
Zoe Szajnfarber, Thomas G. Beatty, Matthew W. Peterson, Anna Vasilyeva, D. Brent White and Annalisa L. Weigel
Proceedings of AIAA SPACE 2009, AIAA-2009-6698

The Transit Light Curve Project. XI. Submillimagnitude Photometry of Two Transits of the Bloated Planet WASP-4b
Joshua N. Winn, Matthew J. Holman, Joshua A. Carter, Guillermo Torres, David J. Osip and Thomas G. Beatty
Astron. J. 137, 3826 (2009)

Balanced Approach Doubted
Thomas G. Beatty
Aviation Week and Space Technology, Feb. 11 2008

Predicting the Yields of Photometric Surveys for Transiting Extrasolar Planets
Thomas G. Beatty and B. Scott Gaudi
Astrophys. J. 686, 1302 (2008)

The Mass and Radius of the Unseen M Dwarf Companion in the Single-Lined Eclipsing Binary HAT-TR-205-013
Thomas G. Beatty, Jose M. Fernandez, David W. Latham, Gaspar A. Bakos, Geza Kovacs, Robert W. Noyes, Robert P. Stefanik, Guillermo Torres, Mark E. Everett and Carl W. Hergenrother
Astrophys. J. 663, 573 (2007)