Bartosz Gauza

• Search and research of brown dwarfs and massive exoplanets
• Characterization of the coldest substellar objects in stellar systems, clusters, and young stellar associations
• Instruments and observational techniques in the optical, near, and mid-infrared range
• Direct imaging of exoplanets and brown dwarfs

My scientific work focuses on the least massive stars and substellar objects – brown dwarfs and massive exoplanets. I am particularly interested in the coldest brown dwarfs (types T and Y) and the so-called 'benchmark substellar objects,' for which it is possible to precisely determine physical parameters such as mass, temperature, age, and metallicity. I engage in the search for such objects as companions in stellar systems and their study using direct imaging methods and spectroscopy in the optical and infrared range. I am also interested in observational techniques and data processing methods used to achieve high contrasts and high angular resolutions.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

(CLASS SCHEDULE)

• Observation methods and data analysis in astrophysics (lecture)
• Laboratory of basic optical astronomy (laboratory)
• Monographic lecture

I am currently not teaching any classes. I am the supervisor of Mr. Kamil Rączka's master's thesis titled 'The search and study of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in stellar systems using the Gaia catalog.