Noah Tuchow works on preparing for the next generation of space telescope missions to discover planets around other stars. His research focuses on the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and recently on the Nautilus mission concept.  Noah has a background in stellar and planetary astrophysics. During his time as a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center, Noah led the creation of the Habitable Worlds Observatory Preliminary Input Catalog (HPIC), identifying the stellar targets that HWO will be able to search for Earth-sized planets around, and constraining their stellar properties.  Noah's other main research area is in statistical comparative planetology, identifying what we can learn about underlying planetary populations from the results of direct imaging and transit spectroscopy surveys.  Noah is currently working with Professor Daniel Apai's group to simulate potential science use cases for HWO and Nautilus.  Noah is also interested in the long-term habitability of exoplanets. His past research has focused on how the evolution of stars affects the sustained habitability and evolution of their exoplanets.

Areas of interest: exoplanets, stellar astrophysics, mission simulation, direct-imaging, astrobiology