Dr. Joseph Carson
Assistant Professor
Office: 122 RHSC
Phone: (843) 953-3643
Email: carsonjc@cofc.edu
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Extrasolar Planet Imaging with the Spitzer Space Telescope
I work on several Spitzer Space Telescope observational investigations that use new and archival data from the telescope's IRAC camera in an effort to image extrasolar planets in wide orbits.
SPHERE Exoplanet Survey
SPHERE is an adaptive optics, coronagraphic, differential imager and integral field spectrograph designed to directly image extrasolar planets around nearby stars. It is scheduled to be installed late 2012 on one of the 8.2 meter unit telescopes of the Very Large Telescope in Chile. In preparation for this upcoming survey, I work on target selection planning and reconnaissance science studies.
K-12 Teacher Education & Training
In collaboration with the Lowcountry Hall of Science and Math at the College of Charleston, I co-lead NSF-funded and NASA-funded teacher education programs to implement astronomy and physics lesson plans, including web-based applications, in K-12 classrooms in South Carolina and elsewhere.
Current Research Team
Thea Kozakis (CofC SURF Fellow): Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Laura Stevens (NASA USRF Fellow): Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Kevin Gainey: Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Research Team -- Summer 2011
Back Row (left to right): Thea Kozakis, Laura Stevens.
Front Row (left to right): me, Palmer Wong, John Bent.
Past Team Members
Jeffrey Smith (JPlus Scholar): A Monte Carlo Population Study of Wide Separation Brown Dwarf Companions to Main Sequence Stars
Lilit Abramyan: Palomar Hale Telescope Adaptive Optics Instrumentation
Kyle Hiner: A Distance-Limited Imaging Survey of Sub-Stellar Companions to Solar Neighborhood Stars
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
Carolin Schnupp: Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
John Bent: Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Palmer Wong: Exoplanet Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
Andrei Zorilescu: Lucky Imaging with the College of Charleston Observatory
Jesica Trucks: Monte Carlo Orbital Studies with the Subaru SEEDS Survey
J. Alex Greene: Brown Dwarfs Around Radial Velocity Planet Systems
Funding: my current research is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and the Research Corporation.
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