Mentoring
Research Supervision
| Megan Cuevas | TTU Graduate Student (co-adv. Kupfer) | 2023-present |
Rahul Jayaraman | MIT Graduate Student (co-adv. Ricker) | 2019-present |
| Blind Search for Short-Timescale Transients in TESS FFIs |
| Akshata Krishnamurthy | MIT Graduate Student (co-adv. Vanderspek) | 2019 |
| Characterization of the Systematic Error Floor in TESS Photometry |
| Manan Agarwal | Birla Inst. of Tech./MIT (Post-Bac) | 2020-present |
| Calibrating Multisector TESS Light Curves |
| Classification of Gaia Variable Stars Using TESS Photometry |
| Jason Yang | MIT Undergraduate | 2019-2022 |
| Search for Tidal Disruption Events in TESS Light Curves of Passive Galaxies |
| Muhammad Abdullah | MIT Undergraduate | 2021 |
| Unsupervised Clustering of Candidate TESS Transient Light Curves |
| Vicky Li | MIT Undergraduate | 2021 |
| TESS Light Curves of Gamma-ray Sources |
| Ally Hong | MIT Undergraduate | 2019 - 2021 |
| Machine Learning Methods Applied to TESS Light Curves |
| Nadia Dimitrova | MIT Undergraduate | 2017 |
| A Python Module for the TESS Exposure Time Calculator |
Research Contributions
Provided data, analysis, and advice to students.
| Anna Payne | University of Hawai'i Graduate Student | 2019-present |
| Jason Hinkle | University of Hawai'i Graduate Student | 2019-present |
| Lena Treiber | Amherst College Undergraduate | 2021-2022 |
| Tyler Barna | Rutgers University Undergraduate | 2020-2021 |
Selected Outreach
- Texas Tech Annular Eclipse Event, YWCA of Lubbock. Oct 2023
- MIT IAP session: Data Visualization Clinic and Hack Day Jan 2020
- MIT IAP session: Constellation Hunt with TESS FFIs Jan 2020
- Guided tour of the MIT TESS Payload Operations Center July 2018
- AAS #231: TESS Hyperwall Presentation, Jan 2018
- Upper Arlington, OH: Library Summer Astronomy Series June 2014, 2015, 2016
- OSU Planetarium: Presented 2-4 planetarium shows per month. 2013-2016
- OSU Planetarium: 2013-2015
- Developed content for planetarium shows.
- Scripted digital presentations in Starry Night 8
- OSU Planetarium Grand Reopening, The Sky Tonight.
- Journey through the Solar System.
- The Autumn Sky: Hidden Treasures.
- Spitz Summer Institute planetarium workshop. Chadds Ford, PA July 2013
