I am actively doing research in the following areas with • Greg Laughlin:

This work is also carried in collaboration with Eugenio Rivera, • Steve Vogt and Paul Butler.

I am working with • Doug Lin on various topics concerning the dynamical evolution of planetary systems; in particular, I am interested in researching how the observed eccentricity distribution of extrasolar planets might emerge and whether any predictions can be made on the to-be-discovered terrestrial planets. [• Preliminary results talk]

As a side project, I am developing a tree-SPH code to be used to compare against the grid codes I am currently running. I will mantain a page listing my progress on this subject:

⊕ Writing a tree-SPH code

Publications, Posters & Abstracts

• Systemic: a testbed for characterizing the detection of extrasolar planets. I. The Systemic Console Package
• Meschiari, S., Rivera, E., Wolf, A. S., Laughlin, G.
• 2008, in prep
• Global Response of the Extrasolar Planet HD 80606b to Very Rapid Heating
• Laughlin, G., Drake, D., Langton, J., Kasen, D., Vogt, S., Butler, P., Rivera, E., Meschiari, S.
• 2008, Nature, submitted
• The Potential Impact of Groove Modes on Type II Planetary Migration
• Meschiari, S., Laughlin, G.
• 2008, ApJL 679, in press
• ADS
• Groove modes in self-gravitating protoplanetary disks
• Meschiari, S., Laughlin, G.
• Poster, presented at "The Early Phase of Planet Formation", Germany

Awards

• Regent's Fellow, 2006
• "Overseas" Scholarship, 2005