Rocio Kiman

Rocio Kiman is a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Associate in Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), within the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. Her research focuses on stellar astrophysics, brown dwarf studies, and exoplanet characterization, leveraging advanced observational facilities like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). She specializes in analyzing spectral energy distributions, stellar dynamics, and magnetic phenomena in low-mass stars and substellar objects.

Key research areas include the evolution of cold worlds such as brown dwarfs and exoplanets, the application of machine learning to stellar pulsation studies, and the exploration of comoving stellar groups like the Oceanus moving group. Her work bridges observational astronomy with theoretical modeling, contributing to catalogs such as VizieR and developing tools like the Spectral Energy Distribution Analyzer (SEDA).

Rocio's affiliations include collaborations with Caltech's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) and contributions to citizen science projects like Backyard Worlds: Planet 9. Her email is rkiman@caltech.edu.