Nikku Madhusudhan is an Indian Professor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge.
He is credited with developing the technique of atmospheric retrieval to infer the compositions of exoplanets, and with coining the term “hycean planet” to describe a theorised class of planet which hosts a liquid water ocean beneath a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.
Tech at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi before pursuing an MS and PhD at MIT.
[5] In 2012, Madhusudhan showed that the mass and radius of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e was consistent with a carbon-rich interior.
[9] They found that in certain cases, liquid water may exist on the planet's surface, albeit at temperatures and pressures higher than STP.