I'm a postdoc and engineer at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, where I am a member of the Adaptive Optics Lab and the Planet and Star Formation Group under Prof. Thomas Henning. My interest is in high mass star formation. I'm involved in several high-profile infrared instrumentation projects, where my expertise lies in performance simulations and instrument testing and calibration.
I studied and obtained my PhD at University College London. I've previously worked at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (2006) and Leiden University (2007-2010).
Projects
GRAVITY, a 2nd generation near-infrared instrument for the VLT Interferometer (VLTI): systems engineering/science.
MIRI, the mid-infrared instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): test team/science.
Milky Way Project, finding bubbles in the interstellar medium with citizen science.
More
Check out the MPIA Postdoc Wiki.
See my cv and publications (or search ADS)
Find out more about .Astronomy
Visit my blog or one of the others I occasionally write for (The Guardian science blogs, Astrobetter)