Linn Eriksson is a Research Scientist in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Her research broadly focuses on the formation of planets, which she studies using computer simulations. Her primary research interests include dust evolution in the protoplanetary disks, planetesimal formation, planet-disk interactions and giant planet formation. Recent research projects include investigating how the first planets and planetesimals in the universe may have formed; how spiral waves generated by growing giant planets influence the dust distribution in protoplanetary disks; and how the Solar System’s ice giants might have formed.
Timeline
- 2025—present: Research Scientist, Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History
- 2023—2025: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Advanced Computational Science, Stony Brook University
- 2018—2022: Ph.D., Lund University