Planet occurrence in the Galaxy
How metallicity, α-abundance, kinematics, and Galactic component membership change planetary rates and architectures.
Research
Systems in Galactic context.
I connect planetary and stellar systems to the Galactic populations they come from, using large astronomical surveys and spectroscopic datasets.
Research Themes
Exoplanets, substellar companions, multiple-star systems, and compact objects.
Planetary system architectures
Metrics for comparing full planetary systems, including the Weighted Energy Distance approach.
From planets to substellar companions
Empirical signatures across companion masses, orbital architectures, and host properties that constrain formation theories.
Binary and multiple stars
Demographics across Galactic populations, compact hierarchical triples, and tidal circularization physics.
Compact objects in survey data
Finding black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs in large astrometric and spectroscopic datasets, then using their orbital parameters to probe binary evolution and formation channels.