
I'm a third year graduate student in the Astronomy Department at UCLA, where I coordinate the UCLA Astronomy Journal Club talk series. My interests lie in exoplanet formation, detection, and characterization, and the development of instrumentation to further those pursuits. I am currently studying extrasolar planets using both photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy. with Brad Hansen. I worked for three years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for three years on various space and ground telescopes, including the Space Interferometry Mission, the Gemini Planet Imager, and the Thirty Meter Telescope. I received my Master's Degree in Astronomy from UCLA in June 2009, and intend to graduate with my doctorate in 2012.
Ian J. Crossfield
Office: KH 3-145 J
Physics and Astronomy Building
430 Portola Plaza, Box 951547
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547