Medical Imaging Instrumentation:
Borrowing many strategies from astronomical imaging, I lead the development of novel medical imaging instrumentation, such as the one shown in the left frame, to achieve low-cost, single snapshot 3D imaging, for helping prevent terminal cancers in underserved regions of the world.
Investigations into the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution:
I and collaborators carry out observational monitoring studies of young stars, and combine the resulting data with computational simulations, to better understand how short-term (like on the order of days or weeks) stellar activity can impact orbiting planets, including factors important for habitability.
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets and Circumstellar Disks with Large Ground-Based Telescopes:
I collaborate on observational studies to conduct direct imaging searches for extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks, using large ground-based telescopes.
Research Team Photo Archive:
Research Team Alumni:
Yared Reinarz:
Algorithm Development for Combining Multiple, 3D, Shape-From-Focus Images, for Medical Applications
DJ Guarino:
Investigating the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Evolution
Julia Wakefield:
A Bendable Next Generation Endoscope for 3D Medical Imaging
Logan Oxener: Investigating the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Evolution
Katrina Bynum (SURF Fellow):
A CubeSat Feasibility Study for Monitoring Episodic Stellar Activity
Blake Mino
(NASA Palmetto Fellow, NASA USRF Fellow, Sigma Xi GIAR Awardee):
Investigating the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution
Will Ceva (NASA Palmetto Fellow):
Investigating the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution
Lucy Williamson (SURF Fellow): Investigating the
Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution
Quinn Williams:
A 3D Imaging System for Screening and Diagnosing Cervical Cancer
Austin Purtell:
Exoplanet Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope
Dereck Morgado: Investigating the Impact of
Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution
David Melnick (NASA USRF Fellow, SURF Fellow, MAYS Fellow):
A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses; Exoplanet Imaging With the Hubble Space Telescope
Elyana Crowder (SURF Fellow, MAYS Fellow): Investigating the Impact of Episodic Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution; A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses
Maxwell Rabe (SURF Fellow):
A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses
Rafael Hurtado (Sigma Xi GIAR Awardee): Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Vianny Estrada: Spectroscopic Monitoring of Young Stars with Circumstellar Disks, to Investigate the Impact of Stellar Activity on Planet Formation and Evolution
Lennart Langouche: A Fiber-Based Liquid Lens Endoscope
Jerson Huerfano: Exoplanet Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope
Wendell Roberson: Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Adam Fletcher: Exoplanet Imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope
Ariane McKiernan (HHMI Fellow):
A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses
Hannah Wilson (SURF Fellow, AYRA Awardee):
A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses
Laura Stevens (NASA USRF Fellow):
Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Jameson Sanders: Imaging Extrasolar Planets and Circumstellar Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope
Clay Gardner: Imaging Extrasolar Planets and Circumstellar Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope
Nathan Gunzenhauser:
Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Kellen Lawson (MAYS Fellow, SURF Fellow):
Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Zachary Griggs: Imaging Exoplanets and Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope
Benjamin Wilson (Boeing Scholar, MAYS Fellow):
Imaging Exoplanets and Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope
David McDaniel:
A Novel 3D Imaging Technique for Cancer Diagnoses
Brittany Yeager:
Imaging Exoplanets and Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope
Kara Perrino:
The Hubble Exoplanet Classroom
Thea Kozakis (MAYS Fellow, SURF Fellow):
Searching for Exoplanets and Disks with Hubble Space Telescope Imaging
David Ruwadi:
The Hubble Exoplanet Classroom
Palmer Wong:
Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Jesica Trucks:
Monte Carlo Orbital Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
J. Alex Greene:
Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Andrei Zorilescu:
Lucky Imaging with the College of Charleston Observatory
John Bent:
Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Carolin Schnupp:
Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Gregorio Villar:
An Adaptive Optics Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to TPF Candidate Targets
Michael Blaschak:
An Adaptive Optics Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to TPF Candidate Targets
Kyle Hiner:
A Distance-Limited Imaging Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to Solar Neighborhood Stars
Lilit Abramyan:
Palomar Hale Telescope Adaptive Optics Instrumentation
Jeffrey Smith (JPlus Scholar):
A Monte Carlo Population Study of Wide Separation Brown Dwarf Companions
to Main Sequence Stars
Funding: My 2023 research is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Science Foundation (NSF), South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE), Pensievision C-Corp, and the College of Charleston.
webpage modified: July 2023