Selected Journal Articles
150+ refereed papers, more than 7,500 citations
*Indicates an advisee
Grant, David, Lewis, Nikole K., Wakeford, Hannah R. et al. (2023) “JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b”. ApJL, 956:L29
*Landgren, Ekaterina, Nadeau, Alice, Lewis, Nikole, et al. (2023) “A Shallow-water Model Exploration of Atmospheric Circulation on Sub-Neptunes: Effects of Radiative Forcing and Rotation Period”. PSJ, 4:106
Gomez Barrientos, Jonathan, MacDonald, Ryan, J., Lewis, Nikole K., Kaltenegger, Lisa (2023) “In Search of the Edge: A Bayesian Exploration of the Detectability of Red Edges in Exoplanet Reflection Spectra”. ApJ, 946:96
*Foote, Trevor O., Quintana, Elisa V., Dotson, Jessie L. and 25 co-authors including Lewis, Nikole K. (2022) “Pandora SmallSat data simulation and target selection”. Proceedings of SPIE, 121802X
*MacDonald, Ryan J., Lewis, Nikole K. (2022) “TRIDENT: A Rapid 3D Radiative-transfer Model for Exoplanet Transmission Spectra”. ApJ, 929:20
Bruno, Giovanni, Lewis, Nikole K., Valenti, Jeff A., et al. (2022) “Hiding in plain sight: observing planet-starspot crossings with the James Webb Space Telescope”. MNRAS, 509:5030-5045
*Foote, Trevor O., Lewis, Nikole K., Kilpatrick, Brian M., et al. (2022) “The Emission Spectrum of the Hot Jupiter WASP-79b from HST/WFC3”. AJ, 163:7
*Goyal, Jayesh, M., Lewis, Nikole K., Wakeford, Hannah R., et al. (2021) “Why is it So Hot in Here? Exploring Population Trends in Spitzer Thermal Emission Observations of Hot Jupiters Using Planet-specific, Self-consistent Atmospheric Models”. ApJ, 923:242
*Mishra, Ishan, Lewis, Nikole, Lunine, Jonathan, et al. (2021) “A Comprehensive Revisit of Select Galileo/NIMS Observations of Europa”. PSJ, 2:183
*Mishra, Ishan, Lewis, Nikole, Lunine, Jonathan, et al. (2021) “Bayesian analysis of Juno/JIRAM's NIR observations of Europa”. Icarus, 357:114215
Lewis, N. K., Wakeford, H. R., *MacDonald, R. J., *Goyal, J. M., et al. (2020) “Into the UV: The Atmosphere of the Hot Jupiter HAT-P-41b Revealed”., ApJL, 902:L19
He, Chao, Hörst, Sarah M., Lewis, Nikole K., et al. (2020). “Haze Formation in Warm H2-rich Exoplanet Atmospheres”. PSJ, 2:51
He, Chao, Hörst, Sarah M., Lewis, Nikole K., et al. (2020) “Sulfur-driven haze formation in warm CO2-rich exoplanet atmospheres” Nature Astronomy, 4:986-993
*MacDonald, Ryan J. , *Goyal, Jayesh M., Lewis, Nikole K. (2020) “Why Is it So Cold in Here? Explaining the Cold Temperatures Retrieved from Transmission Spectra of Exoplanet Atmospheres” ApJL, 893:L43
*Bruno, G., Lewis, N. K., Alam, M., López-Morales, M., et al. (2020) “WASP-52b: The effect of starspot correction on atmospheric retrievals” MNRAS, 491:5361-5375
*Kilpatrick, B. M., Kataria, T., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2020) “Evaluating Climate Variability of the Canonical Hot Jupiters HD 189733b & HD 209458b Through Multi-Epoch Eclipse Observations” AJ, 159:51
Mayorga, L. C., Batalha, Natasha E., Lewis, Nikole K., Marley, Mark S. (2019) “Reflected Light Phase Curves in the TESS Era” AJ, 158:66
Batalha, N. E., Marley, M. S., Lewis, N. K., Fortney, J. J. (2019) “Exoplanet Reflected Light Spectroscopy with PICASO” ApJ, 878:70
He, C., Hörst, S. M., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2019) “Gas Phase Chemistry of Cool Exoplanet Atmospheres: Insights from Laboratory Simulations”. ACS Earth Space Chem., 3:39-50
Nagler, P. C., Edwards, B., *Kilpatrick, B., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2019) “Observing Exoplanets in the Near-Infrared from a High Altitude Balloon Platform” JAI, 8:1950011
*Wakeford, H. R., Lewis, N. K., Fowler, J., et al. (2019) “Disentangling the Planet from the Star in Late Type M Dwarfs: A Case Study of TRAPPIST- 1g”. AJ, 157:11
*Moran, S. E., Hörst, S. M., *Batalha, N. E., Lewis, N. K., *Wakeford, H. R. (2018) “Limits on Clouds and Hazes for the TRAPPIST-1 Planets”. AJ, 156:252
*Batalha, N. E., Smith, A. J. R. W., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018) “Color Classification of Extrasolar Giant Planets: Prospects and Cautions”. AJ, 156:124
*Bruno, G., Lewis, N. K., Stevenson, K. B., et al. (2018) “Starspot Occultations in Infrared Transit Spectroscopy: The Case of WASP-52b”. AJ, 156:124
*Kilpatrick, B. M., Cubillos, P. E., Stevenson, K. B., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018) “Community targets for JWST’s early release science program: evaluation of WASP-63b”. AJ, 156:103
He, C., Hörst, S. M., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018) “Photochemical Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes”. AJ, 156:38
MacDonald, R. J., Marley, M. S., Fortney, J. J., Lewis, N. K. (2018) “Exploring H2O Prominence in Reflection Spectra of Cool Giant Planets”. ApJ, 858:69
*Batalha, N. E., Lewis, N. K., Line, M. R., et al. (2018) “Strategies for Constraining the Atmospheres of Temperate Terrestrial Planets with JWST”. ApJL, 856:L34
Hörst, S. M., He, C., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018). “Haze production rates in super-Earth and mini-Neptune atmosphere experiments”. Nature Astronomy, 2:303-306
de Wit, J., *Wakeford, H. R., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018). “Atmospheric Reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1’s Habitable-zone Earth-sized Exoplanets”. Nature Astronomy, 2:214-219 Note: de Wit, Wakeford, & Lewis are identified as co-first authors on this manuscript.
He, C., Hörst, S. M., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2018). “Laboratory Simulations of Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earth and mini-Neptunes: Particle Color and Size Distribution”. ApJL, 856:L3
*Bruno, G., Lewis, N. K., Stevenson, K. B., et al. (2017) “A Comparative Study of WASP-67b and HAT-P-38b from WFC3 Data”. AJ, 155:55
*Wakeford, H. R., Sing, D. K., Deming, D., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2017). “The Complete Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b with a Precise Water Constraint” AJ, 155:29
*Batalha, N. E., Mandell, A., Pontoppidan, K., Stevenson, K. B., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2017). “PandExo: A Community Tool for Transiting Exoplanet Science with JWST & HST”. PASP, 129:064501
*Wakeford, H. R., Visscher, C., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2017). “High-temperature condensate clouds in super-hot Jupiter atmospheres”., MNRAS, 464, 4247-4254
*de Wit, J., Lewis, N. K., Knutson, H. A., et al. (2017) “Planet-induced Stellar Pulsations in HAT-P-2’s Eccentric System”. ApJL, 836:L17
Lewis, N. K. (2017) “Exoplanets: Weather forecast for a hot Jupiter”. Nature Astronomy, News & Views, 1:0013
*Wakeford, H. R., Stevenson, K. B., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2017). “HST PanCET program: A Cloudy Atmosphere for the promising JWST target WASP-101b”. ApJL, 835:L12
*Kilpatrick, B. M., Lewis, N. K., Kataria, T., et al. (2017). “Spitzer Secondary Eclipse Depths with Multiple Intrapixel Sensitivity Correction Methods Observations of WASP-13b, WASP-15b, WASP-16b, WASP-62b, and HAT-P-22b”. AJ, 153:22
Lupu, R. E., Marley, M. S., Lewis, N. , et al. (2016). “Developing Atmospheric Retrieval Methods for Direct Imaging Spectroscopy of Gas Giants in Reflected Light. I. Methane Abundances and Basic Cloud Properties”. ApJ, 152:127
Stevenson, K. B., Lewis, N. K., Bean, J. L., et al. (2016). “Transiting Exoplanet Studies and Community Targets for JWST’s Early Release Science Program”. PASP, 128:094401
*de Wit, J., *Wakeford, H. R., Gillon, M., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2016). “A combined transmission spectrum of the Earth-sized exoplanets TRAPPIST-1 b and c”. Nature. 537, 67-72.
Kataria, T., Sing, D. K., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2016). “The Atmospheric Circulation of a Nine-Hot Jupiter Sample: Probing Circulation and Chemistry Over a Wide Phase Space”., ApJ, 821:9
*de Wit, J., Lewis, N. K., Langton, J., et al. (2016). “Direct Measurement of the Radiative and Dynamical Properties of an Exoplanet Atmosphere”., ApJL, 820:L33
Wong, I., Knutson, H. A., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2015). “3.6 and 4.5 μm Phase Curves of the Highly-Irradiated Eccentric Hot Jupiter WASP-14b”., ApJ, 811:122
*Webber, M., Lewis, N. K., Marley, M. S., et al. (2015). “Effect of Longitude-dependent Cloud Coverage on Exoplanet Visible Wavelength Reflected-Light Phase Curves”., ApJ, 804:94
Showman, A. P., Lewis, N. K., Fortney, J. J. (2015). “3D Atmospheric Circulation of Warm and Hot Jupiters”., ApJ, 801:95
Lewis, N. K., Showman, A. P., Fortney, J. J., et al. (2014). “Atmospheric Circulation of Eccentric Hot Jupiter HAT-P-2b”., ApJ, 795, 150
*Zellem, R. T., Lewis, N. K., Knutson, H. A., et al. (2014). “The 4.5 μm Full-orbit Phase Curve of the Hot Jupiter HD 209458b”., ApJ, 790, 53
Demory, B.-O., de Wit, J., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2013). “Inference of Inhomogeneous Clouds in an Exoplanet Atmosphere”., ApJL, 776, L25
Kataria, T., Showman, A. P., Lewis, N. K., et al. (2013). “Three-dimensional Atmospheric Circulation of Hot Jupiters on Highly Eccentric Orbits”. ApJ, 767, 76
Lewis, N. K., Knutson, H. A., Showman, A. P., et al. (2013). “Orbital Phase Variations of the Eccentric Giant Planet HAT-P-2b”. ApJ, 766, 95
Showman, A. P., Fortney, J. J., Lewis, N. K., Shabram, M. (2013). “Doppler Signatures of the Atmospheric Circulation on Hot Jupiters”. ApJ, 762, 24
Knutson, H. A., Lewis, N. K., Fortney, J. J., et al. (2012). “3.6 and 4.5 μm Phase Curves and Evidence for Non-equilibrium Chemistry in the Atmosphere of Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b”. ApJ, 754, 22
Jackson, B. K., Lewis, N. K., Barnes, J. W., et al. (2012). “The EVIL-MC Model for Ellipsoidal Variations of Planet-Hosting Stars and Applications to the HAT-P-7 System”. ApJ, 751, 112
Koskinen, T. T., Yelle, R. V., Lavvas, P., Lewis, N. K. (2010). “Characterizing the Thermosphere of HD209458b with UV Transit Observations”. ApJ, 723:116-128
Lewis, N. K., Showman, A. P., Fortney, J. J., et al. (2010). “Atmospheric Circulation of Eccentric Hot Neptune GJ436b”. ApJ, 720:344-356
Lewis, N. K., Cook, T. A., Wilton, K. P., et al. (2009). “Far-Ultraviolet Dust Albedo Measurements in the Upper Scorpius Cloud Using the SPINR Sounding Rocket Experiment”. ApJ, 706:306-318
Lewis, N. K., Cook, T. A., Chakrabarti, S. (2005). “A Study of Far-Ultraviolet Extinction in the Upper Scorpius Cloud Using the SPINR Sounding Rocket Experiment”. ApJ, 619:357-367
Franklin, F. A., Lewis, N. K., Soper, P. R., Holman, M. J. (2004) “Hilda Asteroids as Possible Probe of Jovian Migration”. AJ, 128:1391-1406