First-author publications

  1. Werlen A., Young E. D., Schlichting H. E., Dorn C., & Shahar A. (2026). The Effects of Non-ideal Mixing in Planetary Magma Oceans and Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal. 999. 178. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae434d
  2. Werlen A., Dorn C., Burn R., Schlichting H. E., Grimm S. L., & Young E. D. (2025). Sub-Neptunes Are Drier Than They Seem: Rethinking the Origins of Water-Rich Worlds. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 991. L16. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adff73
  3. Werlen A., Dorn C., Schlichting H. E., Grimm S. L., & Young E. D. (2025). Atmospheric C/O Ratios of Sub-Neptunes with Magma Oceans: Homemade Rather Than Inherited. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988. L55. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adf185

Co-authored publications

  1. Steinmeyer M. L., Dorn C., Werlen A., & Grimm S. L. (2026). Coupled thermal-chemical evolution models of sub-Neptunes reveal atmospheric signatures of their formation location. in press at ApJ. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.21377
  2. Young E. D., Werlen A., Marcum S. P., Stixrude L., & Dullemond C. P. (2025). Differentiation, the Exception Not the Rule: Evidence for Full Miscibility in Sub-Neptune Interiors. The Planetary Science Journal. 6. 251. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae1012
  3. Lee E. K. H., Werlen A., & Dorn C. (2025). Mineral Cloud Formation Above Magma Oceans in Sub-Neptune Atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 990. L43. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adfe62
  4. Mousis O., Werlen A., Benest Couzinou T., & Schneeberger A. (2025). Primordial Origin of Methane on Eris and Makemake Supported by D/H Ratios. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 983. L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adc134