Lecturer of astronomy, University of Galway
The main focus of my work is high contrast imaging of extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks.
I use all kinds of instruments around the globe, but chiefly the extreme adaptive optics instrument SPHERE at the ESO Paranal observatory located in the Atacama desert in northern Chile.
Our survey of the sky is uncovering the secrets of how planets are born
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When we look out to the stars, it is typically not a yearning for the distant depths of outer space that drives us. When we are looking out there, we are truly looking back at ourselves. We try to understand our place in...
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