4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109My research focuses on developing new instruments and techniques to detect and characterize exoplanets, primarily using the Doppler radial velocity technique. I am broadly interested in pushing the measurement limits of exoplanet detection using both ground and space-based astronomical facilities to search for planets of all shapes and sizes. This involves developing new methods for modeling stellar activity, improving spectral data analysis techniques, and removing instrumental systematics. The majority of my instrumentation research revolves around developing new photonic technologies and astronomical spectrometers in both the optical and near-infrared to precisely measure the radial velocities of stars to search for orbiting planets.
Exoplanet detection and characterization, high resolution spectroscopy, stellar activity, photonic systems, frequency standards.