My CV
Last Updated: October 2021
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INTERESTS
My main scientific interests lie in understanding and characterizing
atmospheric dynamics and composition with a focus on
applications to brown dwarfs and exoplanet observations. Other
astronomical interests include planet formation and dynamics,
along with protoplanetary disk evolution.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Atmospheric Characterization of T/L Dwarfs: The presence of various
condensate species in the atmospheres of both brown dwarfs and exoplanets
has presented a challenging theoretical modeling task when attempting to
match observational spectra. While we are able to constrain the atmospheric
abundances of cloud-free, late-T and early-Y brown dwarfs (Zalesky et al. 2019,
Line et al. 2015/2017), modeling atmospheres strongly impacted by these cloud
species still remains a challenge. My current work focuses on applying the
CHIMERA radiative transfer code combined with several cloud prescriptions available
in the literature to fit T/L dwarf ground-based spectra.
This work is the subject of my FINESST award.
High Resolution Cross Correlation Spectroscopy (HRCCS): HRCCS has emerged as a way
to robustly detect molecular signatures using high-resolution (R~10^4/5)
ground based observations. This technique has been vetted to work for almost a decade
(e.g. Snellen et al. 2010). However it wasn't until recently that such a technique
could be used to constrain abundances of individual molecules in a robust statistical
framework (e.g. Brogi & Line 2019). My current work focuses on using this novel
statistical framework to jointly fit multiple high and low-resolution observations
of two benchmark planets, HD209458b and HD189733b.
TEACHING & OUTREACH
SESE Open House
Currently I am part of the SESE Open House Committee which
opens the doors of SESE to the public several times a semester in
order to show the public the current research
that is happening within the department and why this impacts their
lives through hands-on activites.
IDL Decal
While at UC Berkeley I led and developed most of the current course
content for the IDL Decal. This course taught new
astrophysics majors the basic, practical programming skills they
would need in order to begin conducting research with faculty and
also prepare them for future observationally-based upper division
courses. I and my co-facilitarors wrote a 100-page textbook
that has since been used to teach others within and outside the
US the basics of progamming.
