I am a 2nd year PhD candidate studying the discovery and characterisation of planets via direct imaging at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg, Germany. I am interested in searching for young planets via protoplanetary disk substructure, dynamical mass estimation of planets, and characterisation of planet formation with hot- and cold-start models.

I work as part of the Atmospheric Physics of Exoplanets (APEx) group at MPIA, under the supervision of Wolfgang Brandner.

Pronouns: he/they

Employment

2023 - present: PhD candidate, MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany

2021 - 2023: Research Assistant (X-ray Imaging), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Education

2020-2021: Honours (Astrophysics), Monash University

2017-2020: Bachelor of Science, Monash University

Publications

• Differentiating Formation Models with New Dynamical Masses for the PDS 70 Protoplanets, A&A (2025)
• Formation of eccentric gas discs from sublimating or partially disrupted asteroids orbiting white dwarfs, MNRAS (2021)

Contact

Email: trevascus@mpia.de

Bluesky: @dtcupcakes.bsky.social