Desch is a professor of astrophysics in the School of Earth and Space Exploration. His research is in star and planet formation, meteoritics, exoplanets, and astrobiology.

Megan is an Astrophysics PhD student at the School of Earth and Space Exploration. Her research interests include thermodynamic studies of exoplanet atmospheres, exploring this with experimental work in cosmochemistry.

Yoav Rotman is a graduate student in the School of Earth and Space Exploration working on exoplanetary atmospheric characterization.