Postdoctoral Researcher
IGPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Macintosh
In the Caltech Sub-mm Observatory sidecab webcam!
Research Interests:
I currently work with Dr. Bruce Macintosh on the Gemini Planet
Imager (GPI), an instrument scheduled to go on Gemini South in
2011. I also work on follow-up observations of the HR 8799
multi-planet system using the Keck Observatory adaptive optics
system. Our group monitors the HR 8799 planets
astrometrically in order to further constrain their orbits. I
have also been involved in the spectroscopic follow-up program
on these objects. For more information, please see:
As a graduate student, I worked with Prof. Andrea Ghez on
star formation and evolution using high spatial and spectral
resolution techniques. In
particular, I used Keck Observatory's adaptive optics system to monitor the
orbital motion of very low mass binary stars and binary brown
dwarfs in an effort to determine their masses dynamically. These
mass measurements are used to calibrate models that
predict masses of low mass objects based on their temperatures
and luminosities. In addition, I investigated the multiplicity
of very low mass objects at young ages using the high
resolution capabilities of the Keck telescopes.
