“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”Isaac Newton
Advising & Mentoring
Over my career, I have had the privilege to be the science mentor of over 70 students (graduate, undergraduates, high school, and middle school).
I find that mentoring is deeply reciprocal. My mentees/padawans, no matter their career stage, consistently teach me about the practice of science, but also about curiosity, seeing problems from a new perspective, communication, and coding. Their perspectives have shaped how I approach both research and collaboration. They also inspire me everyday.
Please reach out if you’d like to collaborate. Availability will vary.
Cornell Group Dinner | Ithaca, NY
Friendsgiving with friends and students | Ithaca, NY
On top of Montparnasse with French colleagues | Paris, France
Current
Undergraduate:
Supervisor, Nadia Scharfstein, Cornell University, 2025 - current
Project: Studying the decaying orbit of the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109
Supervisor, Giselle Gutierrez, Cornell University, 2025 - current
Projects: Studying the decaying orbit of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b and Search for radio technosignatures from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with NenuFAR
Graduate:
Supervisor, Gillis Lowry, San Franscio State University (Master’s), 2025 - current
Project: Search for radio technosignatures from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with NenuFAR
Supervisor, Diana Solano-Oropeza, Cornell University, 2024 – current
Project: Characterizing ultra-hot Jupiters with TESS observations
Supervisor, Skylar Larsen, Cornell University, 2024 – current
Project: Searching for orbital decay with TESS observations
Mentor, Quentin Duchene, Paris Observatory, 2023 – current
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR
Excited about getting data | 90" Telescope | Kitt Peak, AZ
Dinner and music | Ithaca, NY
Presenting their REU poster | Ithaca, NY
Past
Graduate
Mentor, Johnny Jones, CU Boulder, 2023 – 2025
Project: Simulating Earth as an exoplanet from ROLSES Lunar Observations
Paper: Hibbard et al. 2026
Mentor, Joshua Hibbard, CU Boulder, 2023 – 2025
Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES
Paper: Hibbard et al. 2026
Press: “Lunar Radiotelescope Detects Our Milky Way Galaxy From Moon’s South Pole” | Forbes
Mentor, Ky Putnam, CU Boulder, 2023 – 2024
Project: Radio observations from the Moon with ROLSES
Mentor, Lucy Dolan, Queen’s University Belfast, 2022 – 2024
Project: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Scott Robinson, Queen’s University Belfast, 2022 – 2024
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Emilie Mauduit, Paris Observatory, 2021 – 2024
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets with NenuFAR
Papers: Mauduit et al. 2023, Turner et al. 2023, Turner et al. 2024
Mentor, Emily Deibert, University of Toronto, 2018 – 2022
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Press Release: Spectrum reveals extreme exoplanet is even more exotic. Cornell Chronicle | October 5, 2021
Mentor, Rodrigo Jolly, Paris Observatory, 2021 – 2022
Project: Radio observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Engin Keles, AIP, 2019 – 2020
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Papers: Keles et al. 2019, Keles et al. 2020
Mentor, Miranda Herman, University of Toronto 2018 – 2021
Project: High-resolution observations of exoplanets
Mentor, Xanthippi Alexoudi, AIP, 2018
Project: Studying the atmospheres of exoplanets from the ground
Papers: Alexoudi et al. 2018
Mentor, Kyle Pearson, University of Arizona, 2018 – 2020
Project: Studying the transits of exoplanets
Students at the telescope on campus | Tucson, AZ
Celebration of a studnet's first author paper being accepted | Tucson, AZ
Students and the 61" Telescope | Tucson, AZ
Postbac:
Supervisor, Gillis Lowry, Cornell, 2024 – 2025
Project: Studying orbital decay with TESS
Undergraduate:
Co-Supervisor, Yasmine Meziani, Cornell (Senior Thesis), 2022 – 2025
Project: Effects of varying the ephemeris on exoplanet high-resolution observations
Paper: Meziani el al. 2025
Co-Supervisor, Nicole Hao, Cornell Nexus Scholars Program, 2022 – 2024
Project: Characterizing stellar activity using machine learning
Supervisor, Andrea Reye, Cornell REU, 2023
Project: Radio observations of brown dwarfs and exoplanets
Supervisor, Antonia Peters, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (UOP), 2022
Project: Studying the orbital decay of KELT-22A b
Co-Supervisor, Charlotte Minsky, Cornell REU & Senior Thesis (MIT), 2019 – 2020
Project: Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in high-resolution observations
Supervisor, Robin Leiter, University of Virginia, 2014 – 2015
Project: Studying the physical properties of transiting exoplanets
Paper: Turner et al. 2017
Co-Mentor, University of Virginia Astronomy Mentorship Program, 2014 – 2018
Role: 20 students, Undergraduate group workshops and trainings
Co-Supervisor, University of Arizona Astronomy Club Exoplanet Project, 2011 – 2013
45 students: Kyle Pearson, Lauren Biddle, and Brianna Smart; Alejandro Thompson, Allison McGraw, Allison Towner, Amanda Walker-LaFollette, Amy Robertson, Ashley Wilson, Benjamin Crawford, Blythe Guvenen, Brandon Raphael, Brent Sanford, Carmen Austin, Carter-Thaxton Smith, Cassandra Lejoly, Chi Nguyen, Christen Jones, Christian Villegas, Cory Crossen, Curtis Jorgensen, Daniel Collura, Ian Cates, James Romine, Jeffrey Hume, Joanna Taylor, Kamber Schwarz, Kathryn Cunningham, Kendall Cook, Lindsay Small, Logan Richardson, Marco Rocchetto, Matthew Lichtenberger, Megan Nieberding, Michael Weinand, Michael Daugherty, Michael Berube, Robert Thompson, Robin Leiter, Ryan Hofmann, Ryan Tombleson, Shelby Hoglund, Timothy Carleton, Triana Henz, Zachary Watson.
Project: Constraining the magnetic fields of exoplanets using near-UV observations
Papers: Pearson et al. 2013, Biddle et al. 2014, Turner et al. 2013, 2016, 2017
Press:
The Wonder Of Exoplanet Skies. Forbes | March 21, 2016.
For UA Astronomy Students, the Sky is Not the Limit. University Communications | April 12, 2012
University of Arizona astronomy club sees its research published in major publication. Arizona Daily Star | February 24, 2013
UA Astronomy Club student research published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Arizona Daily Wildcat | February 27, 2013
Observing on the 12 meter radio telescope | Kitt Peak
We have a light curve! | Tucson, AZ
Working on data | Tucson, AZ
Students at AAS | Long Beach, CA
Observing at the 61" Telescope
The hot Jupiter TrES-3b will live forever
High School:
Supervisor, Central Virginia Governor’s High School (Research Class), 2014 – 2015
3 students: Andrew Vaneaton, Rebecca Cate, & Jake Smith
Project: Exoplanets Transits
Astronomy Camp Counselor (University of Arizona), 20 students, 2008
Role: Advise students on research projects
Middle School:
Supervisor, Alicia Lopez, University of Arizona Astronomy Middle School Research, 2012
Project: Exoplanet Transits
Astronomy Camp | Collecting data at the SMT | Mt. Graham, AZ
Astronomy Camp | At the LBT | Mt. Graham
Astronomy Camp | In front of the SMT | Mt. Graham, AZ