Research

I am a PhD student in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick. My supervisor is David Armstrong and my project is investigating transiting planets in the Neptunian Desert.

• Member of the TESS Follow-up working group SG1, using seeing-limited photometry to identify false positives due to eclipsing binaries that contaminate the TESS image of a candidate transiting planet.
• Member of the NGTS Consortium for TESS follow-up observations.
• Member of the ATREIDES Collaboration, observing the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect of Neptune desert planets with ESPRESSO.
• Member of the HARPS-Nomads, characterising Neptune desert planets.

Conferences

UK EXOplanet Meeting 2025	Apr 2025	University of Leeds	Talk -
PG Women in Physics Conference	Mar 2025	University of Nottingham	Poster (2nd Place)
NGTS Consortium Meeting 2024	Sept 2024	Université de Genève
TESS Science Conference III	July/Aug 2024	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Poster
UK EXOplanet Meeting 2024	Apr 2024	University of Birmingham	Poster
Spring MIST	Apr 2023	University of Birmingham	Poster

Teaching and Outreach

• Physics and Astrophysics Laboratory I (PX151 and PX152) Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) 2023-2025.
• Orbyts Support Fellow: Teaching secondary school children at disadvantaged schools about transiting planets and leading them in an exoplanet discovery project.
• Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI) Copy Editor 2024-2025: Editing manuscripts submitted to JEI, an open-access journal that publishes original science research by middle and high school students. Editing for clarity, formatting, and presentation.
• Planetarium Volunteer: Taking the University of Warwick inflatable planetarium to schools and presenting shows for primary school children.
• Big Bang Fair 2024: Hosting the University of Warwick interactive Astro Table at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham for home-schooled and school children.

Previous Education

LLM Master of Laws (Space Law) - Northumbria University: Mitigating the effects of satellites and constellations on observational astronomy

MPhys Physics and Astrophysics - University of Leeds: An in-depth spectroscopic study of four Herbig Ae/Be binaries

Year abroad, Masters in Particle Physics and Astrophysical Sciences - University of Helsinki: Study of massive star formation and evolution: X-ray and UV-excess emission from Herbig Ae/Be stars.