I am an assistant professor at the Physics & Applied Physics department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Prior to that I was an Astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
My research involves interdisciplinary studies covering wide range of topics from Solar & Space Physics and Planetary Science to Astrophysics and Exoplanets. My research approach is based on the assumption that plasma physics processes are universal, and that we should use the detailed information we have from our own solar system to study astrophysical problems that are less constrained.
Heliophysics, Exoplanets, Stellar astrophysics, Space weather, Planetary atmospheres
2024:
Why New England could see more of the Northern Lights — including this weekend
What would happen if we didn’t have leap day?
Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere
Possible atmospheric destruction of a potentially habitable exoplanet
2023:
Highest-energy sunlight ever recorded is far beyond what
Earth’s magnetic field protects life on Earth from radiation, but it can
move, and the magnetic poles can even flip
2022:
One exciting way to find planets: Detect the signals from their magnetospheres
Coronal Dimmings Shine Light on Stellar CMEs
Simulating the space weather in the AU Mic system: stellar winds and
extreme coronal mass ejections
2020:
Violent space weather could limit life on nearby exoplanets
Proxima Centauri c – potentially habitable planet orbiting our nearest neighbor
2019:
Energetic Particles Can Bombard Exoplanets
Breezing Through The Space Environment of Barnard’s Star b
Synthetic Radio Imaging in Quiet and Eruptive Solar Cases
2018:
The Sun Is Spitting Out Strange Patterns of Gamma Rays—and
2017:
Exo-Earths With Global Magnetic Fields Most Likely To Have
Alien Planet Likely Can’t Support Life
Stellar Winds Could Be Bad News for Life on TRAPPIST-1 Planets
An Earth-like Atmosphere May Not Survive Proxima b’s Orbit
2016:
This Planet Just Outside Our Solar System Is ‘Potentially Habitable’ – NPR
The space weather on the closest Earth-like exoplanet – Physics Today
2015:
Radio Telescopes Could Spot Stars Hidden in the Galactic Center – CfA
2014:
Harsh Space Weather May Doom Potential Life on Red-Dwarf Planets – CfA
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