My areas of research cover both sides of the coin when it comes to exoplanets and their host stars .

Starspots

I have extensive experience in studying the effect of starspots in photometric light curves from space-based telescopes. To learn more, click here.

Exoplanet Detection

During my time in Geneva, I was responsible for the detection of hot- and warm-Jupiters from the K2 mission, the follow-on mission of the Kepler space-based telescope. Find out more here.

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Publications

A list of publications can be found at ADS, with a small selection of key publications available in the two sections above.

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Talks & Posters

Talk: Hijacking exoplanet missions for the stellar cause - [PDF]
RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting - 8 Nov 2019 - London, UK

Invited Talk: I found a monotransit, what next? - [PDF]
TESS Data Workshop - 11 Feb 2019 - Baltimore MD, USA

Invited Splinter Talk: Starspots and their longer lives on cool stars - [PDF]
Cool Stars 20 - 31 July 2018 - Boston MA, USA

Poster: The Longest Period Transiting Planet Candidate from K2 - [PDF]
Sagan Workshop 2018 - 23-27 July 2018 - Pasadena CA, USA

Poster: The Longest Period Transiting Planet Candidate from K2 - [PDF]
Exoplanets II - 1-6 July 2018 - Cambridge, UK

Talk: Determining Starspot Lifetimes from Photometry to feed Models of Stellar Activity in Exoplanet RV Surveys - [PDF]
Know Thy Star, Know Thy Planet - 12 October 2017 - Pasadena CA, USA

Talk: K2 Discoveries as Precursors for CHEOPS Follow-Up Candidates - [PDF]
CHEOPS 5th Workshop - 24 July 2017 - Schloss Seggau, Austria

Poster: EPIC 228735255b: A tale of an eccentric transiting hot Jupiter - [PDF]
Transiting Exoplanets - 21 July 2017 - Keele, UK

Talk: Determining Starspot Lifetimes from Photometry to feed Models of Stellar Activity in Exoplanet RV Surveys - [PDF]
UK Exoplanet Meeting - 16 March 2017 - St Andrews, Scotland

Poster: A Transit-Searching Pipeline for CHEOPS Candidates in K2 - [PDF]
UK Exoplanet Meeting - 16 March 2017 - St Andrews, Scotland

Invited Talk: “What’s eating those starspots?”: Determining a Relationship Between Starspot Size and Their Decay Timescale With Respect to Stellar Spectral Type - [PDF]
CHEOPS 4th Workshop - 23 June 2016 - Geneva, Switzerland

Plenary Talk: “What’s eating those starspots?”: Determining a Relationship Between Starspot Size and Their Decay Timescale With Respect to Stellar Spectral Type - [PDF]
Cool Stars 19 - 7 June 2016 - Uppsala, Sweden