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Publications

Full list of first-author publications, collaborative publications, and pre-prints.

First-author publications

Werlen A., Burn R., Dorn C., Felix L., & Salmi A. (2026). The Role of Formation Location in Shaping Sulfur-, Nitrogen-, and Carbon-Bearing Species in Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Atmospheres. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.
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.
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.
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.

Co-authored publications

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. The Astrophysical Journal. 1001. 36.
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.
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.
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.

Pre-prints

Dorn C., Werlen A., & Jordan S. (2026). Atmospheric diversity of sub-Neptunes from formation with rock, water, and soot. arXiv.
Young E. D., Marcum S. P., Werlen A., & Wulff P. N. (2026). Ice Giants Revisited: Uranus and Neptune as Magma Ocean Worlds. arXiv.
Grimm S. L., Steinmeyer M.-L., Werlen A., Dorn C., Schlichting H. E., & Young E. D. (2026). A New Global Chemical Equilibrium Code: Refractory Element Signatures in Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes. arXiv.
Young E. D. & Werlen A. (2026). The Influences of Hydrogen-Silicate-Iron Miscibility on the Demographics of Sub-Neptunes and Super-Earths. arXiv.