Curriculum Vitae

Education
• Oct. 2016 – Dec. 2020: Ph.D. (Dr.Sc.Nat.) in Theoretical Astrophysics
 Institute of Computational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
 Dissertation: The Composition and Internal Structure of Intermediate-mass Exoplanets
 Supervisor: Ravit Helled

• Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2016: M.Sc. in Planetary Science
 Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
 Thesis: The Formation of Jupiter and Its Primordial Internal Structure
 Supervisor: Ravit Helled

• Oct. 2010 – Jun. 2014: B.Sc. in Physics
 Department of Physics, Technion, Israel
 Bachelor project with Hagai Perets

Academic Appointments
• Sep. 2022 – Present: Post-doctoral Researcher
 Astrophysics Research Center of the Open University, Open University of Israel
 Supervisor: Allona Vazan

• Feb. 2021 – Dec. 2022: Post-doctoral Researcher
 Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University
 Supervisors: Morris Podolak and Dina Prialnik

• Oct. 2016 – Sep. 2020: Teacher Assistant
 Institute of Computational Science, University of Zurich

• Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2016: Teacher Assistant
 Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University

Teaching Experience
• Sep. 2014 – Aug. 2015: Plasma Physics (graduate and undergraduate) – Tel Aviv University
 Teacher Assistant

• Sep. 2015 – Feb. 2016: Remote Sensing (undergraduate) – Tel Aviv University
 Teacher Assistant

• Feb. 2016 – Aug. 2016: Radiative Transfer (graduate) – Tel Aviv University
 Teacher Assistant

• Jan. 2017 – Aug. 2017: Planet Formation (undergraduate and graduate) – University of Zurich
 Teacher Assistant

• Sep. 2017 – Aug. 2019: Sun and Planets (undergraduate) – University of Zurich
 Teacher Assistant

Presentations in Conferences
• 2024: EPSC2024, Brelin, Germany
 “Internal structure of Water-rich planets” – Oral presentation

• 2019: EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
 “Exoplanet Radius Dependence on Host Star Type” – Oral presentation

• 2019: JUniors Researcher Assembly 2 (JURA), Vitznau, Switzerland
 “Constraining the compositions of exoplanets” – Oral presentation

• 2019: Extreme Solar Systems IV, Reykjavik, Iceland
 “Threshold Radii of Volatile-rich Planets” – Poster

• 2018: European Planetary Science Congress, Berlin, Germany
 “Threshold Radii for Water Worlds and Neptune-like Planets” – Oral presentation

• 2018: NCCR PlanetS General Assembly 4, Grindelwald, Switzerland
 “Threshold Radii for Water-rich Planets” – Oral presentation

• 2018: JUniors Researcher Assembly (JURA), Sainte-Croix, Switzerland
 “Constrains on the compositions of exoplanets” – Oral presentation

• 2017: NCCR PlanetS General Assembly 3, Grindelwald, Switzerland
 “Jupiter’s Formation and Its Primordial Internal Structure” – Poster

Invited Talks
• 2023: Astrolunch & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
 “Formation of Ice-Rich Super-Earths”

• 2022: Theoretical Astrophysics & Computational Science Seminar, Zurich, Switzerland
 “The Effect of Accretion Rate and Composition on the Structure of Ice-rich Super-Earths”

• 2018: Planetary Sciences Seminar, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Publications

1. Lozovsky, M., Allona Vazan (under review for ApJ). “The uncertainty in water mass fraction of wet planets.”

2. Lozovsky, M., HB. Perets (under review for ApJ). “On Hierarchical Structure of Exoplanet Systems.”

3. Lozovsky, M., D. Prialnik, M. Podolak (2023). “About the loss of a primordial atmosphere of super-Earths by planetesimal impacts.”
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 521(1)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slad019

4. Lozovsky, M., D. Prialnik, M. Podolak (2022). “The Effect of Accretion Rate and Composition on the Structure of Ice-rich Super-Earths.”
    The Astrophysical Journal
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7806

5. Lozovsky, M., Helled, R., C. Dorn, J. Venturini, R. Feldmann (2021). “Why do more massive stars host larger planets?”
    A&A
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140563

6. Armstrong, D. J. et al. (2020). “A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert.”
    Nature
    DOI: https://doi.org/s41586-020-2421-7

7. Lozovsky, M., Helled, R., C. Dorn, J. Venturini (2018). “Threshold Radii of Volatile-rich Planets.”
    ApJ
    DOI: https://doi.org/0.3847/1538-4357/aadd09

8. Lozovsky, M., Helled, R., Rosenberg, E. D., Bodenheimer, P. (2017). “Jupiter's Formation and Its Primordial Internal Structure.”
    ApJ
    DOI: https://doi.org/1538-4357/836/2/227

9. Helled, R., Lozovsky, M., Zucker, S. (2015). “A possible correlation between planetary radius and orbital period for small planets.”
    MNRAS
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slv158

Press Releases

1. “Like star, like planet” – Nature, 597, 11 (2021)
    DOI: https://doi.org/0.1038/d41586-021-02300-4

2. “The Stuff that Planets Are Made of” – NCCR PlanetS (2018)

Updated: Apr. 2025