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							<p>PhD Student<br />
							<a href="http://www.api.uva.nl/">Anton Pannekoek Instituut</a>,<br />
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								<h2>Characterization of Exoplanetary Atmospheres</h2>
								<p>I am broadly interested in topics in search and characterization of exoplanetary systems.<br/ >
									I currently work with my advisor <a href="http://www.uva.nl/en/profile/d/e/j.m.l.b.desert/j.m.l.b.desert.html">Dr. Jean-Michel Désert</a> on characterization of atmospheres of close-in gas giants.</p>
                                                                  
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							<div class="image"><img src="images/wasp121_exeter.jpg" alt="" /><figcaption> <p>Artist's concept of the hot Jupiter WASP-121b, which presents the best evidence yet of a stratosphere on an exoplanet.
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								<h2>Research</h2>
								<p>I am currently working on atmospheric characterization of exoplanet atmospheres
								with my advisor Dr. Jean-Michel Désert. The advances in studying the 
                                                                atmospheres of giant exoplanets using existing space and ground based surveys, including the Hubble and Spitzer space 
								telescopes have paved the way for characterization of atmospheres of exoplanets across the range of their diversity 
								from upcoming facilities like James Webb Space Telescope and ground based extremely large telescopes. 
								This will help us answer some of the most fundamental questions about the nature, formation,
                                                                and evolution of the observed exoplanetary systems, and also contribute to the search for biosignatures on terrestrial exoplanets in the habitable zone of their host.
								My work is aimed towards understanding how exoplanetology can explain
								the origin and characteristics of our Solar System and the Earth, and how we can identify the signatures of life 
								on exoplanets by learning more about their atmospheres.<a href="http://vatsalpanwar.github.io/Research.html">Read more here</a> 
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								<h2>ExoShastra</h2>
								<p>ExoShastra (portmanteau of <i>exoplanet</i> and <i>shastra</i> (from <i>Śāstra</i>(Sanskrit), meaning <i>compendium</i>) is a periodical
								   blog that talks about important topics in exoplanet science, along with the latest developments in search and characterization
								   of exoplanets and their atmospheres.</p>
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							<br>	<b>Anton Pannekoek Instituut</b> 
								  <br>Universiteit van Amsterdam
								  <br>Science Park 904
								  <br>1098 XH Amsterdam
								  <br>The Netherlands 
								  <br>v.panwar at uva.nl <br />
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