Introduction

Exoplanet science is an explosive new field catalyzed by the discovery of over 6000 planets orbiting other stars via ground-based observations and the NASA Kepler and TESS space telescopes.  Among these discoveries, the planets in multi-planet and multi-star systems offer a unique but relatively unexplored lens for understanding the solar system.  My research group uses telescopes to discover new planets and characterize their fundamental properties in dynamically rich, multi-body planetary systems.

My group's research highlights include:

• Discovered the transition between rocky and volatile-enveloped planets at 1.5 Earth radii

• Discovered the similar sizes and regular spacings of planets in coplanar multi-planet systems (the "peas in a pod" pattern)

• Led multi-semester Radial Velocity (RV) survey to measure the masses of sub-Neptune sized transiting planets and search for long-period, non-transiting giant planets,

If you are interested in joining my group, please check out the Group page on this site.