Papers
14
Total Citations
422
H-Index
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About
Artem Burdanov is a prominent observational astronomer specializing in exoplanet detection, robotic telescope networks, and the search for habitable worlds around ultracool dwarf stars. He is best known for his central contributions to the SPECULOOS (Search for Habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) project, an international network of six 1-meter robotic telescopes targeting nearby late M-dwarf stars and brown dwarfs in pursuit of transiting terrestrial planets. His 2020 overview of the SPECULOOS survey has accumulated over 105 citations, reflecting its significance as a foundational reference for next-generation atmospheric characterization studies of Earth-sized exoplanets. Burdanov has been instrumental in establishing and characterizing both the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory at ESO Paranal, Chile, and its Northern counterpart, contributing key work on photometric performance and survey strategy. Earlier in his career, he contributed to Russia's MASTER-II robotic telescope network, focused on gamma-ray burst detection and sky surveys, demonstrating a broad expertise in time-domain astronomy. His involvement in the Kourovka Planet Search further highlights his commitment to ground-based transit surveys. With nearly 400 cumulative citations across his most prominent works, Burdanov's research is shaping humanity's best opportunities to find and characterize potentially habitable rocky planets beyond our solar system.
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Top Papers
- 1SPECULOOS: Ultracool dwarf transit survey105 citations · 2020
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- 3The MASTER-II network of robotic optical telescopes. First results63 citations · 2013
- 4Photometry and performance of SPECULOOS-South41 citations · 2020
- 5The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory Begins its Hunt for Rocky Planets33 citations · 2018
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- 7Global analysis of the TRAPPIST Ultra-Cool Dwarf Transit Survey19 citations · 2020
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- 10Development of the SPECULOOS exoplanet search project5 citations · 2020