Dr Zoe Leinhardt

Summary

I am a computational astrophysicist. My research interests focus on the formation and evolution of planets and small bodies, such as asteroids and comets through the use of numerical simulations. There is more information on my group's research page.

Biography

I am a Lecturer in the Astrophysics Group in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol. Please see my group webpage for more details.

Teaching

I am actively involved in both teaching and research in the School of Physics. This year I am teaching two undergraduate lecture courses -- the Planets module of Stars and Planets and Electricity and Magnetism. I am also supervising a number of research projects (both undergraduate and postgraduate) investigating various aspects of planet formation.

Keywords

• planetary astrophysics
• solar system evolution
• collisional physics
• numerical methods

Memberships

Organisations

Interface Analysis Centre

School of Physics

Physics staff

• Physics academic staff

Research areas

• Fundamental Physics
• Light and Matter: Physics at the Interface

Research groups

• Astrophysics

Research interests

• Planet Formation and Collisional Evolution
• Astro Theory and Particle Phenomenology

Links

• Group Research Page

Recent publications

• Carter, PJ, Leinhardt, ZM, Elliott, T, Stewart, ST & Walter, MJ, 2018, ‘Collisional stripping of planetary crusts’. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 484., pp. 276-286
• Hin, RC, Coath, CD, Carter, PJ, Nimmo, F, Lai, Y-J, von Strandmann, PAEP, Willbold, M, Leinhardt, ZM, Walter, MJ & Elliott, T, 2017, ‘Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions’. Nature, vol 549., pp. 511-515
• Veras, D, Carter, PJ, Leinhardt, ZM & Gaensicke, BT, 2017, ‘Explaining the variability of WD 1145+017 with simulations of asteroid tidal disruption’. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 465., pp. 1008-1022
• Dobinson, J, Leinhardt, ZM, Lines, SM, Carter, PJ, Dodson-Robinson, SE & Teanby, NA, 2016, ‘Hiding in the shadows. II.: Collisional dust as exoplanet markers’. Astrophysical Journal, vol 820.
• Lines, S, Leinhardt, Z, Carter, P, Paardekooper, S-J & Baruteau, C, 2016, ‘Modelling circumbinary protoplanetary disks: II. Gas disk feedback on planetesimal dynamical and collisional evolution in the circumbinary systems Kepler-16 and 34’. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 590.
• Bonsor, A, Leinhardt, ZM, Carter, PJ, Elliott, T, Walter, MJ & Stewart, ST, 2015, ‘A collisional origin to Earth's non-chondritic composition?’. Icarus, vol 247., pp. 291-300
• Veras, D, Leinhardt, ZM, Eggl, S & Gaensicke, BT, 2015, ‘Formation of planetary debris discs around white dwarfs - II: Shrinking extremely eccentric collisionless rings’. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol 451., pp. 3453-3459
• Leinhardt, ZM, Dobinson, J, Carter, PJ & Lines, S, 2015, ‘Numerically Predicted Indirect Signatures of Terrestrial Planet Formation’. Astrophysical Journal, vol 806., pp. 1 - 9
• Carter, PJ, Leinhardt, ZM, Elliott, T, Walter, MJ & Stewart, ST, 2015, ‘Compositional evolution during rocky protoplanet accretion’. Astrophysical Journal, vol 813.
• Lines, SM, Leinhardt, ZM, Baruteau, C, Paardekooper, S-J & Carter, PJ, 2015, ‘Modelling circumbinary protoplanetary disks: I. Fluid simulations of the Kepler-16 and 34 systems’. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol 582.

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system

Courses

Dr Leinhardt currently teaches 4 courses: