Elisabeth Matthews
Astronomer at the max-planck-institute-for-astronomy in Heidelberg; lead author of the 2026 jwst MIRI coronagraph study of epsilon-indi-ab reporting water-ice-clouds on a Jupiter analogue (src-jwst-ice-clouds-exoplanet-2026-04).
Notable contributions
- 2026 Nature / equivalent: Direct-imaging detection of patchy water-ice clouds on Epsilon Indi Ab via anomalously low NH₃ retrieval.
- Frames the result as the first time JWST has allowed solar-system analogue planets to be studied “in detail” — a Jupiter-equivalent observation from external vantage.