My research
I study the inter -and circumstellar medium and star formation in the Milky Way
and nearby galaxies. My primary focus is on large carbonaceous molecules (such as
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAHs, and fullerenes), carbon nano-particles, and dust.
Most of my research involves infrared spectroscopy and imaging.
Together with Emilie Habart and Olivier Berné, I am leading the JWST Early Release
Science Program "PDRs4All: Radiative feedback from massive stars". For more information on this program, see
the program's website and the
STScI
website on this program.
Current group members:
- Dries Van De Putte: postdoc (2024 - ...)
- Bethany Schefter: Ph.D. student (2022 - ...)
- Nicholas Clark: Ph.D. student (2024 - ...)
- Simon Van Schuylenbergh: Ph.D. student (2024 - ...)
- Charlotte Smith-Perez: M.Sc. student (2023 - ...)
- Erica Roscue: M.Sc. student (2024 - ...)
- Cedric Baerts: undergraduate student (2024 - ...)
- Congcong Zhang: visiting Ph.D. student (fall 2023, now remote, University of Science and Technology of China)
- Baria Khan: Research Assistant (2024 - ...)
Former group members:
- Postdocs:
- Ryan Chown
- Collin Knight
- Alexandros Maragkoudakis
- Elisabetta Micelotta
- Matt Shannon
- Ameek Kaur Sidhu
- Dave Stock
- Graduate students:
- Arnab Chowhan (remote)
- Amy Fare
- Dimuthu Hemachandra
- Nina Ivkovich
- Baria Khan
- Collin Knight
- Jacqueline Otaguro
- Sofia Pasquini
- Rajib Saha
- Ruma Samadder
- Matt Shannon
- Ameek Kaur Sidhu
- Luis Giuliano Victorero Moya
- Undergraduate students:
- Ben Abbott
- Vipul Baghel
- Amolika Bansal
- Sam Barber
- Josh Bazeley
- Dong Yup Choi
- Arnab Chowhan
- Rajarshi Choudhury
- Patrick Cookson
- Samuel Alejandro Daza Rodriguez
- Dhruvil Doshi
- Ian Fare
- Joelene Hales
- Aidan Hembruff
- Raphaela Kestler
- Khaledi Ramzi
- Asad Khan
- Danial Khan
- Heather McIsaac
- Colin Metrow
- Holly Raynor
- Charlotte Smith-Perez
- Saied Sorkhou
- Jason Sung
- Ronak Toprani
- Roy Zang
- Research Assistants:
- Laila Ladhani
- Dimuthu Hemachandra
- Roy Zang
- Visiting students:
- Laura Finazzi (Radboud University, the Netherlands)
- Alice Guerras (University of Paris-Saclay, France)
- Pernille Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
- Haruka Suzuki (University of Tokyo, Japan)