Publications

Papers I led

1. JWST NIRSpec finds no clear signs of an atmosphere on TOI‑1685 b

   Fisher, Hooton, Gressier et al. · Monthly Notices of the RAS · 2026 · joint first author

2. Spi-OPS: Spitzer and CHEOPS confirm the near-polar orbit of MASCARA‑1 b and reveal a hint of dayside reflection

   Hooton, Hoyer, Kitzmann et al. · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2022 · first author

3. Storms or systematics? The changing secondary eclipse depth of WASP‑12b

   Hooton, de Mooij, Watson et al. · Monthly Notices of the RAS · 2019 · first author

4. A ground-based near-ultraviolet secondary eclipse observation of KELT‑9b

   Hooton, Watson, de Mooij et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2018 · first author

Second-author papers

1. On-sky performance and prospects of near-infrared CMOS detectors in exoplanet detection: first year of SPIRIT

   Janó Muñoz, Hooton, Pedersen et al. · arXiv preprint · 2026 · led by my PhD student

2. TOI‑2407 b: a warm Neptune in the desert

   Janó Muñoz, Hooton, Pedersen et al. · Monthly Notices of the RAS · 2025 · led by my PhD student

3. TOI‑1685 b is a hot rocky super-Earth: updates to the stellar and planet parameters of a popular JWST Cycle 2 target

   Burt, Hooton, Mamajek et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2024

4. The atmosphere and architecture of WASP‑189 b probed by its CHEOPS phase curve

   Deline, Hooton, Lendl et al. · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2022

Selected collaborations

Papers from larger teams, on which I am a co-author.

1. Gas-depleted planet formation occurred in the four-planet system around the red dwarf LHS 1903

   Wilson et al. · Science · 2026

2. Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS‑3

   Gillon et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2024

3. A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067

   Luque et al. · Nature · 2023

4. Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν² Lupi d with CHEOPS

   Delrez et al. · Nature Astronomy · 2021

5. Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI‑178

   Leleu et al. · Astronomy & Astrophysics · 2021