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
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JWST Wavefront Sensing & Control:
- Development of procedures for ground testing and commissioning of JWST.
- Software verification and validation for commissioning of JWST.
- Optical numerical simulations of various JWST instruments aimed at optimizing their operations.
- JWST tabletop transmissive analog with IRISAO segmented mirror developed to exercise different steps of the JWST commissioning.
- Binary Star Evolution
- Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
- Spectroscopy of White Dwarfs (see publications)
JWST Coronagraphs:
R. Makidon Optics Laboratory: