Fields of Research

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A Jovian analogue orbiting a white dwarf star; Nature
Adaptive optics imaging can break the central caustic cusp approach degeneracy in high-magnification microlensing events; The Astronomical Journal
Combining Spitzer parallax and Keck II adaptive optics imaging to measure the mass of a solar-like star orbited by a cold gaseous planet discovered by microlensing; Astronomical Journal
Confirmation of the stellar binary microlensing event, Macho 97-BLG-28; Astrophysical Journal
Keck observations confirm a super-Jupiter planet orbiting M dwarf OGLE-2005-BLG-071L; Astronomical Journal
MOA-2007-BLG-400 A super-Jupiter-mass planet orbiting a galactic bulge K-dwarf revealed by Keck adaptive optics imaging; The Astronomical Journal
MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb: A sub-saturn planet inside the predicted mass desert; Astronomical Journal
OGLE-2017-BLG-1434Lb: Confirmation of a cold super-Earth using Keck adaptive optics; The Astronomical Journal
Revisiting MOA 2013-BLG-220L: a solar-type star with a cold super-Jupiter companion; Astronomical Journal
WFIRST Exoplanet Mass-measurement Method Finds a Planetary Mass of 39+-8 M_⊕ for OGLE-2012-BLG-0950Lb; The Astronomical Journal

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision