About My Work

Along with a team of wavefront scientists, I am building an expertise in wavefront sensing and control, mainly focusing on the steps required to align the segmented mirrors of JWST.

I am also involved heavily in coronagraphy, where my main interests lie in the operational optimization of JWST coronagraphs using numerical simulations.

Current Projects

JWST Wavefront Sensing & Control:
• Development of procedures for ground testing and commissioning of JWST.
• Software verification and validation for commissioning of JWST.

JWST Coronagraphs:
• Optical numerical simulations of various JWST instruments aimed at optimizing their operations.

R. Makidon Optics Laboratory:
• JWST tabletop transmissive analog with IRISAO segmented mirror developed to exercise different steps of the JWST commissioning.

Past Projects

• Binary Star Evolution
• Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
• Spectroscopy of White Dwarfs (see publications)