Work over the last decade reveals that not only are the inner regions of protoplanetary disks (&lt; 10 AU) remarkably rich in molecular emission at infrared wavelengths, but they also produce exoplanets at an unexpectedly prodigious rate. I will review the properties of molecular emission from the planet-forming regions of disks and discuss how they can provide valuable clues to the planet formation status of disks (e.g., whether they have formed planetesimals, protoplanets, or giant planets) and to other long-standing questions in star and planet formation (e.g., the nature of the mechanism that drives disk accretion).

Molecular clues from inner planet-forming disks

254th National Meeting (2017)

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