Current Research Projects
I'm currently leading multiple projects to study red giant stars and their transiting planet population with the NASA/MIT TESS Mission.
Finding new systems
I'm supported by the NASA TESS Guest Investigator program to find planet candidates transiting giant stars. Studying these planet population can solve decades-old mysteries of planet evolution.
Ground-based followup
I also coordinate the confirmation of these planet candidates using ground-based facilities around the world. So far, my team and I have confirmed more than 10 giant planets transiting giant stars using 5 different ground-based observing facilities.
Beyond the planetary
I'm also interested in asteroseismic characterization of red giant stars to probe the formation and evolution of our Galaxy.