Dr Philip J Carter
University of Bristol
Team
Students working with me:
Dr Jingyao Dou
CSC PhD student, University of Bristol (2025)
Jingyao studied the consequences of giant impacts for dense rocky planet compositions.
Dou et al. (2024b); Dou et al. (2024a); Naponiello et al. (2023); Damasso et al. (2023).
Harrison Davies
MSci graduate, University of Bristol (2024)
Harrison worked on giant impacts and the origin of our Moon via multiple impacts.
Harrison is now a PhD student at Imperial.
Students who have worked with me in the past:
Dr Lewis Watt
STFC PhD student, University of Bristol (2023)
Lewis studied the properties of extreme debris disks formed from giant impact ejecta.
Watt et al. (2024).
Dr Thomas Denman
STFC PhD student, University of Bristol (2022)
Thomas studied erosion of super Earth atmospheres by giant impacts.
Denman et al. (2022); Denman et al. (2020).
Dr Erik Davies
PhD student, University of California, Davis (2020)
Erik used shock experiments to study the thermodynamics of planet-forming impacts.
Davies et al. (2020).
Dr Stefan Lines
PhD student, University of Bristol (2016)
Stefan studied the formation of circumbinary planets.
Lines et al. (2016); Lines et al. (2015).
Dr Jack Dobinson
PhD student, University of Bristol (2015)
Jack studied the observational signatures of exoplanet formation.
Dobinson et al. (2016).
Oscar Zimmerman
MSci student, University of Bristol (2025)
Oscar worked on giant impacts and the origin of our Moon.
Gregor Hartl Watters
BSc student, University of Bristol (2023)
Gregor wrote an N-body code to study tidal disruption of comets for his research project.
Josefine Jensen
BSc student, University of Aberdeen (2018)
Josefine studied the dynamics of planetesimals influenced by gas giants during a summer internship at Bristol.
Dr Lewis Watt
STFC PhD student, University of Bristol (2023)Lewis studied the properties of extreme debris disks formed from giant impact ejecta.
Watt et al. (2024).
Dr Thomas Denman
STFC PhD student, University of Bristol (2022)Thomas studied erosion of super Earth atmospheres by giant impacts.
Denman et al. (2022); Denman et al. (2020).
Dr Erik Davies
PhD student, University of California, Davis (2020)Erik used shock experiments to study the thermodynamics of planet-forming impacts.
Davies et al. (2020).
Dr Stefan Lines
PhD student, University of Bristol (2016)Stefan studied the formation of circumbinary planets.
Lines et al. (2016); Lines et al. (2015).
Dr Jack Dobinson
PhD student, University of Bristol (2015)Jack studied the observational signatures of exoplanet formation.
Dobinson et al. (2016).
Oscar Zimmerman
MSci student, University of Bristol (2025)Oscar worked on giant impacts and the origin of our Moon.
Gregor Hartl Watters
BSc student, University of Bristol (2023)Gregor wrote an N-body code to study tidal disruption of comets for his research project.
Josefine Jensen
BSc student, University of Aberdeen (2018)Josefine studied the dynamics of planetesimals influenced by gas giants during a summer internship at Bristol.
