Ana Glidden

Welcome!

I am Dr. Ana Glidden, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. My research focuses on the atmospheres of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than our Sun. By studying these distant worlds, I uncover clues about planetary habitability and formation processes. Before graduate school, I worked on NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, which has discovered thousands of new exoplanets. Now, I explore the nature of those worlds and to understand what makes Earth unique.