Research Interests:
Astronomy, Planetary Science, Adaptive optics and Radio Observations of the giant planets, their rings and satellites.

Research Interests
Professor de Pater's research interests include: infrared observations using adaptive optics on the Keck, Gemini and VLT telescopes of e.g., the giant planets, their ring systems, and the satellites Titan and Io. She also continues to observe the giant planets at radio wavelengths using the (recently upgraded) Very Large Array, ALMA, and LOFAR.
Many exciting discoveries, including e.g., impacts on Jupiter, volcanism on Io, clouds on Titan and Uranus, and planetary rings are described on her webpages.