We Were the Discoverers: Witnessing the Exoplanet Revolution
Inside secrets and stargazing with astronomers. Come hang out at our (free!) events this spring at Caltech.
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Outreach & Talks
Outreach & Talks
Astronomy On Tap
Gave a talk on "Connecting the Pale Blue Dots" at the popular beer and bite-sized astronomy event at Der Wolfskopf in Old Town Pasadena.
India's First Exoplanet
After long years of work on PARAS, last year we published its first exoplanet confirmation.
Did I Really Just Find an Exoplanet?
Taught a session at the Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop on "Breaking the 1 m/s Barrier: Data Collection and Data Analysis"
Worlds Without End
Gave the Astronomy Colloquium at CSUN to a very enthusiastic bunch.
AstroFest
Developed "How to Find an Exoplanet" room of activities, and volunteered at Penn State's large annual Open House event for 7 years.
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Presenting our NIR spectroscopy demo at the "largest celebration of science and engineering in the US".
The Secret History of the Moon
Dr. Jason Wright and I appear on Discovery Channel's "How the Universe Works" S4E6 to talk about our moonwork.
The Moon Comes Around Again
My work on the influence of Earthshine on an infant moon makes it to the New York Times!
Discover Magazine's Top 100 Stories of 2014
My work appeared twice(!) in the top stories of 2014: #59 Beneath the Moon’s Two Faces and #100 Meet the Exoplanet Class of 2014.
Extremely Precise Radial Velocities III Conference
Giving an invited talk on "The Deleterious Effects of Spectral Contamination"; presenting the Keck Planet Finder as its new Project Scientist; and leading a breakout session on "The Path to 10cm/s."
One of the Most Earthlike Planets Ever Found May Not Exist
National Geographic story of our work, led by Dr. Paul Robertson, where we showed that the purported habitable-zone exoplanet Gliese 581g is an insidious artefact of stellar activity.