Shubham Kanodia

Astronomer at the carnegie-institution-for-science; co-lead of the JWST Cycle 2 GEMS Survey (Red Dwarfs and the Seven Giants) with caleb-canas and jessica-libby-roberts.

Work

• 2023: Led ground-based follow-up confirming toi-5205-b from TESS candidate data.
• 2026: Co-led the JWST atmosphere characterization of toi-5205-b reported in src-sciencedaily-forbidden-exoplanet-atmosphere-2026-04. Provided the interpretive frame for interior–atmosphere decoupling and inward heavy-element migration.
• Co-developed (with Wallack) a starspot-correction technique for M-dwarf transmission spectra now extended to a follow-on JWST program.

“We observed much lower metallicity than our models predicted… its heavy elements migrated inward during formation and now its interior and atmosphere are not mixing.” — Shubham Kanodia