Kristo Ment

Kristo Ment is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds at Pennsylvania State University. He previously collaborated with the Charbonneau Astronomy Group at Harvard University, focusing on exoplanet discovery and stellar physics.

His research centers on identifying and characterizing terrestrial planets transiting mid-to-late M dwarf stars, with a 2023 PhD thesis addressing their occurrence rates and habitability constraints. His work leverages transit detection methods and statistical analysis of exoplanetary systems.

The Harvard University scholar profile links to his publications, which emphasize exoplanet demographics and stellar host characteristics. Current affiliations include Penn State's Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds.