“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” Carl Sagan
You can obtain a PDF version of this CV here (19 pages, Updated Dec. 2024)
Research Associate, Cornell University, 2018 – current
Independent Researcher, 2021–current
Supervisor (2018–2021): Ray Jayawardhana
NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 2021 – 2024
Visiting PhD Student, LPC2E/CNRS - University of Orleans, France, Jean-Mathias Grießmeier, 2015 – 2017
Research Technician, University of Arizona, Caitlin Griffith, 2010 – 2013
Research Assistant, Steward Observatory, Paul Smith, 2009
Ph.D./M.S., Astronomy, University of Virginia, 2013 – 2018
Supervisor: Robert E. Johnson
Dissertation: Studying the magnetic fields and atmospheres of exoplanets
B.S., Astronomy & Physics, University of Arizona, 2007 – 2011
NASA Hubble/Sagan Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021-2024
Project: Studying exoplanetary magnetic fields using radio and high-resolution spectropolarimetry observations
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015-2018
Project: Studying the Magnetic Fields of Exoplanets Through Radio Observations
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Honorable Mention), 2015
Total Grant Amount (PI and unfunded co-I): $3,955,429
PI Grants:
Total Grant/Fellowship Amount: $993,458
Future Grants:
SETI Technosignature Science & Technology Grants, 2025-2027
Project: Can natural planetary and stellar radio emission be a false-positive for SETI searches?
JWST General Observer - Cycle 3
Project: Probing the internal structure of WASP-103b (GO-05022)
PI: Susana Barros, US Admin PI: Jake D. Turner
Current Grants:
TESS General Investigator - Cycle 6 Grant, 2024-2025
Project: Searching for transit timing variations with TESS
Funding: Two summer graduate students, one postbac student, and partial support for two postdocs
Past Grants:
AAS International Travel Grant (Science at Low Frequencies IV), 2017
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute Travel Grant (AASTCS 5), 2017
University of Virginia NASA Space Grant, 2014 & 2015
Project: Studying the magnetic fields of exoplanets
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, 2015
Project: Studying the magnetic fields of exoplanets through Radio observations
The University of Virginia Double Hoo Grant, 2015
Project: Constraining the magnetic fields of transiting exoplanets
Co-I: Robin Leiter (University of Virginia Undergraduate)
Allan T. Gwathmey Award (Nominated), 2014
University of Virginia Huskey Exhibition, 3rd Place (Poster), 2010
University of Arizona NASA Space Grant, 2010, 2011
Project: Studying the surface and atmosphere of Titan
Associated Students of the University of Arizona Travel Grant (AAS), 2010, 2011, 2012
Non-funded Co-I Grants:
Total Grant Amount: $2,961,971
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II, PI: Mary Knapp, 2024 -- 2025
Project: The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)
NASA KECK PI Data Award, PI: Adam Langeveld, 2024
Project: Inferno-Dynamics: Unmasking Chemical Inhomogeneities in the Hottest Exoplanet Atmosphere
NASA WIYN PI Data Award, PI: Andrew Ridden-Harper, 2022
Project: First atmospheric characterization of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-17b
European Research Council Advanced Grant, PI: Philippe Zarka, 2020 -- 2025
Project: Low frequency radio search and study of exoplanet magnetospheres and star-planet plasma interactions (EXORADIO)
Funding: Construction of the NenuFAR telescope, two graduate students, two post-docs
I have been the PI/Co-PI of 4 teams and have been involved in 23 scientific teams/committees.
Future Moon Missions:
LFT3 (Lunar Farside Technosignature & Transients Telescope), Science team
FARSIDE (Farside Array for Radio Science Investigations of the Dark ages & Exoplanets), Science Committee
FarView (Lunar Far Side Radio Observatory), Science Advisor
ROLSES 2 (Radiowave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron Sheath), Science Advisor
Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT), Science Advisor
Future Telescopes:
LOFAR2.0 Exoplanet Science, Member
SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Cradle of Life, Member
GO-LoW (Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths), Member
HADES (HI Absorption in the Dark agES) Lunar CubeSat, Member
Giant Magellan Telescope-Polarimeter (GMT-Pol), Science Advisor
Current Telescopes:
Exoplanets with Gemini Spectroscopy (ExoGemS) Team, PI
Transit Timing Variations with TESS team, PI
Radio Exoplanets with LOFAR, Co-PI
NenuFAR Radio Exoplanets GTO Team, Key Member
JWST NIRISS Exploration of Atmospheric diversity of Transiting exoplanets (NEAT) GTO, Member
JWST Transiting Exoplanet Early-Release Science, Member
ROLSES (Radiowave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron), Science Advisor
Past Teams:
Arizona Ground-based Observing of Exoplanets Team, PI
LBT-PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey, Member
New Horizons and Lucy Occultation, Member
Arizona Titan Cassini-VIMS, Member
VLA VLITE Survey for Exoplanets, External Member
KELT Exoplanet Follow-up survey, External Member
uFUN-PLANET Microlensing Exoplanet Survey, External Member
Committees:
Staff Committee member, Climate and Diversity Committee (Cornell), 2024 – current
Steering Committee, NHFP Anti-Racism Initiative, 2022 – current
Local Organising Committee, ERES IX Symposium (Cornell) 2024
External Committee member, Graduate Admissions Committee (Cornell), 2022
Local Organizing Committee, ERES V Symposium (Cornell), 2019
Service:
Mentor, NHFP Fellow-Graduate Student Mentorship Program, 2023 – current
Resource/Website Manager, NHFP Anti-Racism Initiative, 2022 – current
Organize, weekly exoplanet journal club (Cornell), 2022 – 2024
Organize, JWST Exoplanet Proposal Workshop (Cornell), 2023
Co-organize, JWST Exoplanet Hackathon (Cornell), 2022
Co-organize, bi-weekly exoplanet journal club (Uni. of Virginia), 2017 – 2018
Service observer, Large Binocular Telescope (Uni. of Virginia), 16 nights, 2014 – 2018
Service observer, 1.5-m Kuiper telescope (Uni. Of Arizona), 20 nights, 2009 – 2011
Service observer, 2.3-m Bok Telescope (Uni. Of Arizona), 60 hours, 2009 – 2011
Reviewer:
Reviewer, ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, and Nature Astronomy, 2018 – current
Reviewer, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (A Semester), 2024
Reviewer, HST Cycle 31 (Planets & Planet Formation), 2023
Reviewer, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (A & B Semesters), 2023
Reviewer, ESO Telescopes, 2022
100+ total selected competitive proposals on 26 different telescopes
PI selected proposals: 31
Total observing time awarded: 15,000 hours
PI observing time awarded: 1800 hours
On-site Observing:
• 1.54-m Kuiper Telescope 191 nights (PI-120) • LBT: 22 nights (PI- 6)
• 6.5-m MMT Observatory: 50 hours (PI-25) • 2.3-m Bok Telescope: 70 hours (PI-10)
• 12-m radio telescope: 200 hours • 10-m Keck II Telescope: 10 hours
• SwRI-NH Skywatcher 16”: 35 hours
Remote Observing:
• 0.5-m ARCSAT Telescope: 35 nights (PI) • ARC 3.5-m: 98 hours (PI-74)
• SOAR: 14 nights
Queue Observing:
• Gemini-N & S: 454 hours (PI: 224) • LWA: 100 hours (PI)
• CFHT: 55 hours (PI: 50) • Very Large Array: 28 hours (PI: 22)
• SWIFT: 8 hours (PI) • NenuFAR: 11000 hours
• LBT: 40 nights • LOFAR: 230 hours
• CHEOPS: 165 hours • JWST: 75 hours
• TBL: 27 hours • LCO: 24 hours
• LDT: 20 hours • HST: 13 hours
• 3.5-m WIYN: 10 hours • Subaru: 5 hours
PI Proposals:
JWST, 35 hrs, Cycle 3, 2025
Probing the internal structure of WASP-103b
PI: S. Barros, US Admin PI: J.D. Turner
Gemini-N/S (Long & Large Program), 224 hrs, 2020 – current
Exploring the Diversity of Exoplanet Atmospheres at High Spectral Resolution
Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), 50 hrs, 2020 – 2024 (5 proposals)
Detecting the Magnetic Field of a Hot Jupiter via Spectropolarimetry of the He I Line
ARC 3.5-m, 24 hrs, 2023 – 2024
Using near-UV transit observations to study the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-1b
Long Wavelength Array (LWA), 100 hrs, 2019
Radio emission from Tau Bootis: following up a tentative signal
Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), 8 hrs (1 night) 2017
Potassium, water, and titanium oxide in one of the hottest giant exoplanet atmospheres
Large Binocular Telescope, 40 hrs (5 nights) 2015 – 2017
Constraining the elementary abundances of the transiting exoplanet XO-2b through coordinated space-based and ground-based observations
ARC 3.5-m, 10 hrs, 2015 – 2017
Constraining the elementary abundances of the transiting exoplanet XO-2b through coordinated space-based and ground-based observations
ARC 3.5-m, 40 hrs, 2014 – 2018 (4 proposals)
Atmospheric characterization of exoplanets with transmission spectro-photometry
0.5-m ARCSAT, 280 hrs (35 nights), 2014 – 2015 (5 proposals)
Constraining the magnetic fields of transiting exoplanets through ground-based near-UV observations
VLA, 12 hrs, 2016
Constraining the magnetic fields of close-in exoplanets
Very Large Array (VLA), 10 hrs, 2015
Constraining the magnetic field of HAT-P-11b with secondary eclipse observations
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, 8 hrs (DDT), 2012
Near-UV observations of WASP-12b to constrain its magnetic field
1.54-m Kuiper Telescope, 960 hrs (120 nights), 2009 – 2015 (8 proposals)
Constraining the magnetic fields of exoplanets using near-UV observations
Co-I Proposals (Selected):
NenuFAR (Key Science Program), 11000+ hrs, 2019 – current
Exoplanets and Stars
PIs: P. Zarka & L. Lamy
Key Members: J.-M. Grießmeier, J.D. Turner
NenuFAR (Key Science Program), 100 hrs 2019 – current
Lightning and Radio Emission from Solar System Planets
PI: J.-M. Grießmeier
Gemini-S (Long & Large Program), 219 hours, 2024 – current
SPECTRE-GHOST: Spectroscopically Probing Extremely (hot) Climates of TRansiting Exoplanets with GHOST
PI: A. Langeveld and E. Deibert
HST Cycle 32, 13 hrs (8 orbits), 2025
Detecting the UV Accretion Signatures from PDS-70b
PI: L. Flagg
Keck, 20 hours, 2024
Inferno-Dynamics: Unmasking Chemical Inhomogeneities in the Hottest Exoplanet Atmosphere
PI: A. Langeveld, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, L. Flagg
Lowell Discovery Telescope, 10 hours 2024
Atmospheric characterization of the inflated hot Jupiter KELT-4 A b
PI: M. Nixon, Main Co-Is: A. Langeveld, J.D. Turner, L. Flagg
Gemini-S, 6 hours, 2024
Diving into the Ultra-Hot Atmosphere of HAT-P-70 b with GHOST.
PI: A. Langeveld, Main Co-Is: E.K. Deibert, A. Langeveld, J.D. Turner
Gemini-S, 21 hours, 2024
A Comparative Study of Ultra-Hot Jupiter Dayside Atmospheres
PI: E.K. Deibert, Main Co-Is: A. Langeveld, J.D. Turner
Gemini-S, 5 hours, 2024
Completing the Picture: Dayside Spectroscopy of an Ultra-Hot Jupiter Atmosphere
PI: E.K. Deibert, Main Co-Is: A. Langeveld, J.D. Turner
Lowell Discovery Telescope, 10 hours, 2024
Unveiling the atmosphere of the highly irradiated ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109b
PI: A. Savel, Main Co-Is: Deibert E.K., A. Langeveld, J.D. Turner
LOFAR, 40 hours, 2024
How deep and low can we go? Hunting exoplanets below 40 MHz
PI: J. Callingham, Main Co-Is: P. Zarka, J.D. Turner
JWST, 21.22 hrs, Cycle 3, 2024 – 2025
T-Dwarf auroral physics: atmospheric impact, total power, and energy partition function
PI: J.S Pineda, Main Co-Is: M. Kao, J. Saur, D. France, J.D. Turner
Large Binocular Telescope (Large Program), 320 hrs, 2021 – 2024
PEPSI/LBT Exoplanet Transit Survey
PI: K.G. Strassmeier
Bernard Lyot Telescope, 27 hrs, 2023
Magnetic maps of Tau Boo
PI: J.-M. Grießmeier, Main Co-Is: Rim Fares, J.D. Turner
Las Cumbres Observatory, 45 hrs, 2023
Simultaneous transit light curves and photometric monitoring to unlock the full potential of Gemini-North’s GRACES exoplanet transmission spectra
PI: A. Ridden-Harper, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, Laura Flagg
3.5-m WIYN, 10 hrs, 2022
First atmospheric characterization of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-17b
PI: A. Ridden-Harper, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, R. Jayawardhana
Subaru, 5 hrs 2022
The first detailed atmospheric characterization of an exceptional new Earth-sized world
PI: A. Ridden-Harper, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, R. Jayawardhana
LOFAR, 72 hrs, 2020
Radio emission from Tau Bootis: following up a tentative signal
PI: J.-M. Grießmeier, Co-Is: J.D. Turner, P. Zarka
SOAR Telescope (Large Program), 240 hrs, 2018 - 2020
Atmospheric Survey of Giant Exoplanets Discovered by TESS
PI: K. Hardegree-Ullman, Co-Is: J.D. Turner, K. Pearson
CHEOPS, 165 hrs, 2019
KELT-22A b: An ideal candidate for the first definitive detection of orbital tidal dissipation and determination of the Love number
PI: A. Ridden-Harper, Co-Is: J.D. Turner, R. Jayawardhana
LOFAR, 28 hrs 2017
Radio observations of the planetary system Tau Bootes
PI: J.-M. Grießmeier, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, P. Zarka
LOFAR, 24 hrs (DDT), 2016
Search of radio emission from the 55 Cnc exoplanetary system
PI: J.-M. Grießmeier, Main Co-Is: J.D. Turner, P. Zarka
ARC 3.5-m, 24 hrs, 2015
DIS Observations of the Io Plasma Torus
PI: C. Schmidt, Main Co-I: J.D. Turner
38. Keck II, 16 hrs, 2012
How Humid is Titan?
PI: C. Griffith, Main Co-I: J.D. Turner
Undergraduate (Cornell):
Guest Lecturer, ASTRO 2202: A Spacecraft Tour of the Solar System, 2024
Created and gave an intro lecture on how to detect exoplanets
Guest Lecturer, ASTRO 2212: Solar System Planets, Small Bodies, & New Worlds, 2023
Created and gave an intro lecture on exoplanets
Guest Lecturer, ASTRO 1101: From New Worlds to Black Holes, 2022
Supervisor, Diana Solano-Oropeza, Cornell, 2024 – current
Project: Characterizing ultra-hot Jupiter with TESS observations
Supervisor, Skylar Larsen, Cornell, 2024 – current
Project: Searching for orbital decay with TESS observations
Mentor, Johnny Jones, CU Boulder, 2023 – current
Project: Simulating Earth as an exoplanet from ROLSES Lunar Observations
Mentor, Joshua Hibbard, CU Boulder, 2023 – current
Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES
Mentor, Quentin Duchene, Paris Observatory 2023 – current
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR
Mentor, Ky Putnam, CU Boulder, 2023 – 2024
Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES
Mentor, Lucy Dolan, Queen’s University Belfast 2022 – 2024
Project: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Scott Robinson, Queen’s University Belfast 2022 – 2024
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Emilie Mauduit, Paris Observatory 2021 – 2024
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR
Mentor, Emily Deibert, University of Toronto 2018 – 2022
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Rodrigo Jolly, Paris Observatory 2021 – 2022
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Engin Keles, AIP, 2019 – 2020
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Miranda Herman, University of Toronto 2018 – 2021
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Xanthippi Alexoudi, AIP, 2018
Project: Studying the atmospheres of exoplanets from the ground
Mentor, Kyle Pearson, University of Arizona 2018 – 2020
Project: Studying the transits of exoplanets
Supervisor, Gillis Lowry, Cornell, 2024 – current
Project: Studying orbital decay with TESS
Co-Supervisor, Yasmine Meziani, Cornell (Senior Thesis), 2022 – current
Project: Effects of varying the ephemeris on exoplanet high-resolution observations
Co-Supervisor, Nicole Hao, Cornell Nexus Scholars Program, 2022 – 2024
Project: Characterizing stellar activity using machine learning
Supervisor, Andrea Reye, Cornell REU, 2023
Project: Radio observations of brown dwarfs and exoplanets
Supervisor, Antonia Peters, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (UOP), 2022
Project: Studying the orbital decay of KELT-22A b
Co-Supervisor, Charlotte Minsky, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (MIT), 2019 – 2020
Project: Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in high-resolution observations
Supervisor, Robin Leiter, University of Virginia, 2014 – 2015
Project: Studying the physical properties of transiting exoplanets
Co-Mentor, University of Virginia Astronomy Mentorship Program, 2014 – 2018
Role: 20 students, Undergraduate group workshops and trainings
Co-Supervisor, University of Arizona Astronomy Club Exoplanet Project, 2011 – 2013
45 students including Kyle Pearson, Lauren Biddle, & Brianna Smart
Project: Constraining the magnetic fields of exoplanets using near-UV observations
Supervisor, Central Virginia Governor’s High School (Research Class), 2014 – 2015
3 students: Andrew Vaneaton, Rebecca Cate, & Jake Smith
Project: Exoplanets Transits
Astronomy Camp Counselor (University of Arizona), 20 students, 2008
Role: Advise students on research projects
Supervisor, Alicia Lopez, University of Arizona Astronomy Middle School Research, 2012
Project: Exoplanet Transits
Machine Learning: Cornell Certificate Program, 2024 – current
Courses taken:
CIS531 - Problem-Solving with Machine Learning
CIS532 - Estimating Probability Distributions,
CIS533 - Learning with Linear Classifiers
Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students & Postdocs Workshop (Cornell), 2024
Research Mentoring Strategies for a Rewarding REU Experience (Webinar), 2023
Introduction to Equity Minded Mentoring (Webinar), 2022
Teaching to Support Student Learning Workshop (Cornell), 2022
AAS Astronomy Ambassadors Workshop, 2018
NSF SciComm Workshop, 2017
Understanding the Planets of other Stars, Lake Como School, 2016
Ground-based 21st Century Radio Instruments, Young Astronomers School, 2015
Cloudy Summer School, Queen’s University Belfast, 2014
Staff Committee Member, Cornell’s Climate & Diversity Committee, 2024 – current
Website/Resource Manager & Steering Committee, NHFP Anti-Racism Initiative, 2022 – current
Co-organize, Cornell Astronomy Post-doc Peer Support Network, 2018 – current
Advocate to Improve Workplace Environment, 2013 – current
Supporting peers and students (mostly privately) during many different harassment concerns
Majority of mentees from underrepresented populations, 2011 – current
DEI Series Talk - University of Michigan 2023
Implementation of an inclusive name change policy, Boycott (reviewer) of A&A, 2021
#ShutDownSTEM Movement, 2020
Walk-out of the PhD defense of known UVA departmental harasser, 2018
Active with Astronomers for Planet Earth, 2020 – current
Active on Reddit (r/science, r/exoplanets, r/space contributor), 2020 – current
Active on Twitter (@Astro journey): 300+ million impressions, 2015 – 2024
Active on BlueSky (@astrojaket.bsky.social): ~1000 followers, 2024
Social Media Team Leader, Carl Sagan Institute: 100+ million impressions, 2018 – current
Member, Carl Sagan Institute video production team: 1 million+ Youtube views, 2019 – current
Contributor, Cornell Ask an Astronomer webpage, 2019 – current
Volunteer, Fuertes Observatory Public Nights (Weekly), 2018 – current
Fuertes Observatory Coordinator, Cornell Adult University, 2019
Science Advisor, Blended Worlds Exhibition - Exoplanet Light Experience, 2024
Science Advisor, Vermilion Sunrise Sci-Fi book by Lydia P. Brownlow, 2022
Volunteer, Museum in the Dark Halloween event at the Museum of the Earth, 2021 - 2024
Coordinator, 4-H Career Explorations (Alien Worlds Workshop), 2021
Co-organize, ExoCup 2020 Winning Twitter Campaign - WD 1856 b, 2020
Telescope Coordinator, Catching the Stars: A Lighting, Music & Dance Extravaganza, 2019
Volunteer, Dark Skies, Bright Kids: weekly events at local schools, 2014 – 2018
Volunteer, Fan Mountain Astronomy Public Nights (Monthly), 2013 – 2018
Volunteer, McCormick Observatory Astronomy Public Nights (Weekly), 2013 – 2018
Telescope Coordinator, Star party to support the New Horizons Occultation (Dakar, Senegal), 2018
Speaker, Introduction to Engineering High School Camp, 2014
Volunteer, Sabino Canyon Public Star Party (Monthly), 2007 – 2013
Volunteer, Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 2007 – 2013
Volunteer, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter open nights, 2007 – 2013
Volunteer, University of Arizona Astronomy Club outreach events, 2007 – 2013
Co-founded, University of Arizona Astronomy Club, 2007 – 2013
Exoplanets
The northern lights brighten up the Southern Tier night sky. NPR-WSKG. October 22, 2024
Earth to be exhibit A for lunar exoplanet research. Cornell Chronicle. February 14, 2024
Exoplanets Could Help Us Learn How Planets Make Magnetism. Quanta. August 7, 2023
Eureka! Celebrating Recent Scientific Achievements. NPR. January 8, 2021
My exoplanet radio detection was highlighted as one of 2020's best scientific discoveries
Cornell postdoc detects possible exoplanet radio emission. Cornell Chronicle. December 16, 2020
How Jupiter Is Helping the Hunt for Habitable Alien Worlds. Space.com. June 11, 2018
Radio astronomers try to tune in exoplanets. Daily Camera. June, 7, 2018
Grad Student Assists in Search for Potential Life-Hosting Planets Beyond Earth. UVA Today. June 1, 2018
UA Astronomy Club student research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Arizona Daily Wildcat. February 27, 2013.
University of Arizona astronomy club sees its research published in major publication. Arizona Daily Star. February 24, 2013.
For UA Astronomy Students, the Sky is Not the Limit. University Communications. April 12, 2012.
Webb telescope shows exoplanet atmosphere as never seen before. Cornell Chronicle. Nov. 22, 2022
Cornell helps detect CO2 for first time on faraway world. Cornell Chronicle. August 25, 2022
Spectrum reveals extreme exoplanet is even more exotic. Cornell Chronicle. October 5, 2021
Peering Into the Atmosphere of the Hottest Planet Known. AAS Nova. April 3, 2020
The Wonder Of Exoplanet Skies. Forbes. March 21, 2016.
One of The Blackest Planets in The Galaxy Is Headed For a Fiery Death. Science Alert/ December 8, 2020
Outreach
'Pale Blue Dot' shines anew in Carl Sagan Institute video to mark iconic photo's 30th anniversary. SPACE.com. Feb. 19, 2020
Titan
Welcome To Titan, Saturn's 'Deranged' Earth-Like Moon Beginning To Show Signs Of Life. Forbes. April 30, 2019
Researchers find ice feature on Saturn's giant moon. AAAS. April 29, 2019
Saturn's Moon Titan Has a Weird Ice Formation Thousands of Miles Long. SPACE.com. April 30, 2019
Titan has a belt of ice 6300 kilometres long that shouldn't be there. NewScientist. April 29, 2019
Titan’s Tropical ”Oases”. Sky and Telescope. June 19, 2012.
Cassini sees tropical lakes on Saturn moon. Astronomy Magazine. June 15, 2012.
Giant Tropical Lake Found on Saturn Moon Titan. SPACE.com. June 13, 2012.
Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon. NASA/JPL News Release. June 13, 2012.
Tropical lakes on Saturn moon could expand options for life. Nature News. June 13, 2012.
Saturn Moon Has Tropical ”Great Salt Lake,” Methane Marshes. National Geographic. June 13, 2012.
I’m the active PI on two software packages and have been the Co-I on one software package.
Github: astrojake
Code Development:
PI: EXOMOP (EXO Planet Modeling Package)
Purpose: Model exoplanet transit light curves
Use: 6 papers, used on data from 6 telescopes (1.5-m Kuiper, 0.5-m ARCSAT, ARC 3.5-m, DCT, TESS, JWST)
Co-PI with Phillipe Zarka & Jean-Mathias Grießmeier: BOREALIS (BeamfOrmed Radio Emission AnaLysIS)
Purpose: Analyse and reduce radio beamformed data
Use: 4 papers, data from 4 telescopes (LOFAR, NenuFAR, UTR-2, LWA)
Co-PI with Kyle Pearson: ExoDRPL (Exoplanet Data Reduction PipeLine)
Purpose: Reduce images and create light curves using transit photometry
Use: 6 papers, data from 3 telescopes (1.5-m Kuiper, 0.5-m ARCSAT, ARC 3.5-m)
Languages:
Advanced: IDL, Python, Latex
Intermediate: Fortran, C
Beginner: C++, MATLAB
Data Processing:
Advanced: Transit photometry, Transit modeling, Image processing, Optical spectroscopy,
Radio beamformed, MCMC techniques
Intermediate: IR spectroscopy
Beginner: machine learning, shell scripting, large data, Radio imaging
Operating Systems:
Advanced: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), MAC, Windows
I have given 42 invited international colloquia and seminar talks.
Selected Talks:
Astro Colloquium, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA 2024
Astro Seminar, Carnegie - Earth and Planets Laboratory, DC, USA 2023
Science Seminar, LASP, UC Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA 2023
STA Seminar, NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA, USA 2023
PLUNCH Seminar, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA 2023
Astrophysics Luncheon Seminar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA 2023
CEHW Seminar, Penn State, State College, PA, USA 2023
TESS Science Team Meeting #27 (online) 2022
LuSEE-Night Group Meeting (online) 2022
Special Lunch seminar, John Hopkins University - APL, Laurel, Maryland, USA 2022
Special Lunch seminar, UC Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA 2022
Radio Pizza Lunch, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA 2022
Theoretical Astrophysics Program Seminar, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA 2022
SKA Cradle of Life webinar, (online) 2021
Astronomy Colloquium, Cornell University (online) 2021
Astronomy Colloquium, Bordeaux Observatory, Bordeaux, France 2018
Astronomy Colloquium, Tartu Observatory, Tartu, Estonia 2017
Astronomy Colloquium, AIP, Potsdam, Germany 2017
Astronomy Colloquium, University College London, London, UK 2017
Huskey Research Symposium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2015
Astronomy Colloquium, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland 2014
Bob Rood Memorial Symposium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2013
Astronomy Lunchtime Talk, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA 2013
Colloquium, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, USA 2012
I have given 31 conference talks or posters, including 6 invited conference talks.
Selected Talks:
243rd AAS: Radio Science from the Moon, New Orleans, Louisiana (invited) 2024
2023 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop, Pasadena, California (contributed) 2023
Gemini Science Conference, Seoul, South Korea (invited) 2022
Life Around a Radio Star, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands (invited) 2022
Exoplanets IV, Las Vegas, NV (contributed) 2022
TESS Science Conference: USPs Splinter Session, online (invited) 2021
Exoplanets III, online (contributed) 2020
Science at Low Frequencies VI, Phoenix, Arizona (contributed) 2019
Extreme Solar Systems IV, Reykjavik, Iceland (contributed) 2019
AAS Special Session: Radio Observations from Space, Denver, CO (invited) 2018
Science at Low Frequencies IV, Sydney, Australia (contributed) 2017
Radio Exploration of Planetary Habitability, California (contributed) 2017
Exoplanets I, Davos, Switzerland (contributed) 2016
Space Exploration of Planetary Environments, Paris, France (invited) 2016
European Planetary Science Congress, Nantes, France (contributed) 2015
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California (contributed) 2015
Cool Stars 18, Flagstaff, AZ (contributed) 2014
222nd AAS Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (contributed) 2013
44th DPS Meeting, Reno, NV (contributed) 2012
218th AAS Meeting, Boston, MA (contributed) 2011
See publications here.