A great deal of my work has centered on planetary atmospheres for both Solar System objects and exoplanets.
In graduate school I started learning to use radiative transfer code by modeling the mid IR of Uranus to compare to high resolution data from Gemini North and the AAT [preliminary constraints from the AAT data] [final D/H measurement from GN in thesis]. I am returning to this line of research now with a plethora of new data in hand including the Gemini North data, very high resolution MINERVA Australis visible light spectra, and new polarimetric imaging of the ice giants, as well as upgraded radiative transfer code. I’ve also applied these models and observational data to characterize the atmosphere of Venus and several other exoplanets in polarized (using HIPPI, PICSARR, and POLISH series polarimeters) and unpolarized light (using GROND, GNIRS, MINERVA, and multiple HST and Spitzer spectrometers and imagers). Occasionally this work lends to explorations of brown dwarfs and stellar objects, or airless worlds like Europa [forthcoming].