Magnetic activity and the formation of stars and planets
News & Research
Welcome to my homepage! You'll find an overview of the research that I am doing, as well as research from other groups that has grabbed my attention [much more research content coming soon...]. I work with some fun and very active graduate students here at ESO, you can find a little more about them here too - as well a very brief summary of my career to date.
Mapping the surfaces of stars
The power of astrotomography.Losing Your Magnetic Field
If "you" are a pre-main sequence intermediate mass (1.5-4Msun) star.Stellar Coronae & Space Weather
[Image courtesy of NASA/SOHO]Cool Papers...
[On the path to imaging planets: reconstructions of Jupiter's surface using Hubble Space Telescope lightcurves]Group & Visitors
PhD students
Masters/postgraduate students
Visiting Faculty (2015/2016)
CV
Current positions, duties & roles
2014-19 IDEX Chaire, IRAP/OMP, Toulouse, FR
2007- ESO Astronomer, Garching, DE
Since 2015: Deputy Head of the Office for Science, Garching Since 2007: Observing Programmes Office Astronomer & Editor of the Call for Proposals
Since 2007: ESO Survey Team Member
Past Experience
2005-07 Research Fellow at St Andrews, UK
2003-05 ESA Research Fellow, NL
2000-03 Harvard Smithsonian CfA Fellow, USA
1999-00 Postdoctoral assistant at St Andrews, UK
1995-99 PhD in Astronomy at Univ. St Andrews, UK
1992-95 BSc in Astronomy & Physics at UCL, UK
Links
Work
MATYSSE: Project on Canada France Hawaii Telescope to study magnetism and star/planet formationSPIRou (nIR) Legacy Survey wiki
BINAMICS: Studying magnetism in binary stars
Astronomy glossary
ERP
ADS abstract service
Astronomical Data Analysis a la Keith Horne
Phase 1
ESO Public Survey Target Protections
ToO Policies - Paranal
ToO Policies - Phase 2
Outreach/Education
ESOCastsAstronomy Picture of the Day
Space Girls Space Women
Space Girls Space Women - Gaitee
Science Fuse
Science in School
Garage School in PK
Science Podcasts
RadiolabGuardian science weekly