Publications

For a complete list see my CV and publications list.

*member of my research group

Refereed Publications:

2025:

Shields, A. L., Wolf, E. T., Agol, E., & Tremblay, P.-E. (2025). Increased Surface Temperatures of Habitable White Dwarf Worlds Relative to Main-sequence Exoplanets. The Astrophysical Journal, 979(45). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9827

Venkatesan, V., Shields, A. L., Deitrick, R., Wolf, E. T., & Rushby, A. (2025). A one-dimensional energy balance model parameterization for the formation of CO₂ ice on the surfaces of eccentric extrasolar planets. Astrobiology, 25(1). https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2023.0103

2024:

Silverman, M., Shields, A.L, Howard, J. N., Venkatesan, V., Whitfield, K. (2024). Rising Stargirls: Benefits of a Creative Arts-Based Approach to Astronomy Education for Middle-School Girls from Underrepresented Groups. Astronomy Education Journal, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.32374/2024.4.1.089ra

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Lobo, A., Shields, A.L. (2024) Climate Regimes Across the Habitable Zone: a Publications Comparison of Synchronous Rocky M- and K-dwarf Planets, ApJ, 972, 71. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad58bb

Venkatesan, V., Shields, A.L., Deitrick, R. The Radiative Effects of Carbon on the Climate Stability of Extrasolar Planets. Astrobiology, in press.

2023:

Lobo, A.*, Shields, A. L., Palubski, I., Wolf, E.T. (2023) Terminator Habitability: the Case for Limited Water Availability on M-dwarf Planets, ApJ, 945, 161.

Kossakowski, D., Kürster M., Trifonov, T., Henning, Th., Kemmer, J., Callabero, J.A., Burn, R., Sabotta, S. Crouse, J.S., Fauchez, T.J., Nagel, E., Kaminski, A., Herrero, E., Rodríguez, E., González,-Álvarez E., Quirrenbach, A., Amado, P.J., Ribas, I., Reiners, A., Aceituno, J., Béjar, V.J.S., Baroch D., Bastelberger, S.T., Chaturvedi, P., Cifuentes, C., Dreizler, S., Jeffers, S.V., Kopparapu, R., Lafarga, M., López-González, M.J., Martín-Ruiz, S., Montes, D., Morales, J.C., Pallé, E., Pavlov, A., Schlecker, M., Schöfer, P., Schweitzer, A., Shan, Y., Shields, A., Stock, S., Wolf, E., Zapatero Osorio, M.R., and Zechmeister, M. (2023) The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs Wolf 1069 b: Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of a nearby, very low-mass star, Astronomy & Astrophysics.

2022:

Haqq-Misra, J., Wolf, E.T., Fauchez, T.J., Shields, A.L., and Kopparapu, R.K. (2022) The Sparse Atmospheric Model Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) Intercomparison: Motivations and Protocol Version 1.0: A CUISINES Model Intercomparison Project, Planet. Sci. J., 3, 260.

2020:

Rushby, A.*, Shields, A. L., Wolf, E. T., Lague, M., and Burgasser, A. (2020) The Effect of Land Albedo on the Climate of Land-dominated Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System, ApJ, 904, 124.

2018: 

Shields, A.L., Carns, R.C., (2018) Hydrohalite Salt-albedo Feedback Could Cool M-dwarf Planets, ApJ, 867,1.

2017:

Wolf, E.T., Shields, A. L., Kopparapu, R. K., Haqq-Misra, J., Toon, O. B. (2017) Constraints on Climate and Habitability for Earth-like Exoplanets Determined from a General Circulation Model, ApJ, 837, 2.

2016:

Shields, A. L., Barnes, R., Agol, E., Charnay, B., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S.(2016) The Effect of Orbital Configuration on the Possible Climates and Habitability of Kepler-62f, Astrobiology, 16, 6.

2014:

Shields, A. L., Bitz, C. M., Meadows, V. S., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2014) Spectrum- driven Planetary Deglaciation Due to Increases in Stellar Luminosity, AspJL, 785, 9.

2013:

Shields, A. L., Meadows, V. S., Bitz, C. M., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Joshi, M. M., Robinson, T. D. (2013)  The Effect of Host Star Spectral Energy Distribution and Ice-Albedo Feedback on the Climate of Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, 13, 8.

2011: