T. (Tim) Lichtenberg, Dr

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 34073

E-mail:

tim.lichtenberg rug.nl

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Publications

Onset of Habitable Conditions on the Hadean Earth Set by Feedback between Tides and Greenhouse Forcing

van Dijk, M. R., Nicholls, H. & Lichtenberg, T., Apr-2026, In: Planetary Science Journal. 7, 4, 16 p., 94.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Volatile-rich evolution of molten super-Earth L 98-59 d

Nicholls, H., Lichtenberg, T., Chatterjee, R. D., Guimond, C. M., Postolec, E. & Pierrehumbert, R. T., Jun-2026, In: Nature Astronomy. 10, 6, p. 809-817 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Water Enrichment of Forming Sub-Neptune Envelopes Limited by Oxygen Exhaustion

Kimura, T. & Lichtenberg, T., 1-Apr-2026, In: Astrophysical Journal. 1000, 2, 14 p., 220.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Absence of a Runaway Greenhouse Limit on Lava Planets

Boer, I. D., Nicholls, H. & Lichtenberg, T., 10-Jul-2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 987, 2, 13 p., 172.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

AGNI: A radiative-convective model for lava planet atmospheres

Nicholls, H., Pierrehumbert, R. & Lichtenberg, T., 30-May-2025, In: Journal of Open Source Software. 10, 109, 6 p., 7726.

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A Terminology and Quantitative Framework for Assessing the Habitability of Solar System and Extraterrestrial Worlds

NExSS Quantitative Habitability Science Working Group, Apai, D., Barnes, R., Murphy, M. M., Lichtenberg, T., Tuchow, N., Ferrière, R., Wagner, K., Affholder, A., Malhotra, R., Journaux, B., Vazan, A., Ramirez, R., Méndez, A., Kane, S. R. & Klawender, V. H., Jul-2025, In: Planetary Science Journal. 6, 7, 27 p., 165.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A Thick Volatile Atmosphere on the Ultrahot Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Teske, J. K., Wallack, N. L., Piette, A. A. A., Dang, L., Lichtenberg, T., Plotnykov, M., Pierrehumbert, R., Postolec, E., Boucher, S., McGinty, A., Peng, B., Valencia, D. & Hammond, M., 20-Dec-2025, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 995, 2, 14 p., L39.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Bioverse: Potentially Observable Exoplanet Biosignature Patterns under the UV Threshold Hypothesis for the Origin of Life

Schlecker, M., Apai, D., Affholder, A., Ranjan, S., Ferrière, R., Hardegree-Ullman, K. K., Lichtenberg, T. & Mazevet, S., 1-Jul-2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 987, 1, 19 p., 24.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Constraining exoplanet interiors using observations of their atmospheres

Lichtenberg, T., Shorttle, O., Teske, J. & Kempton, E. M. R., 9-Oct-2025, In: Science. 390, 6769, 11 p., eads3360.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Convective shutdown in the atmospheres of lava worlds

Nicholls, H., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Lichtenberg, T., Soucasse, L. & Smeets, S., Jan-2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 536, 3, p. 2957-2971 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review