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LATEST PublicationS

First Detection of an Ultracool Dwarf at 340 MHz: VLITE Observations of EI Cancri AB
Silverstein et al. 2025 | NASA ADS (arXiv)

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Are We There Yet? Challenges in Quantifying the Frequency of Earth Analogs in the Habitable Zone
Fernandes et al. 2025 | NASA ADS (arXiv)

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A Radio Flaring, Chromospherically Inactive K Dwarf
Frail et al. 2025 | NASA ADS

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Ground-based transits of LHS 1678 b, c, and d (left, center, right). The multiple colors correspond to different epochs of observations. The stacking of light curves makes the dip in flux during exoplanet more visually apparent. The multiple colors correspond to different epochs of observation using LCO and MEarth. The white circles are observations binned to 10-minute durations, and the black lines are the orbital model fits for each transit overplotted on top of each other. The ground-based time series photometry pictured here are combined with radial velocity data (HARPS) and space-based time series photometry (TESS) to derive fundamental properties and ephimerides for these three rocky exoplanets, including newly discovered LHS 1678 d.

Validation of a Third Planet in the LHS 1678 System
Silverstein et al. 2024 | NASA ADS

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Two multicolor plots of Galactic Latitude vs. longitude. In each figure are 4FGLJ1753.2-2848 and PSRJ1753-2851. From published figure caption: "Stokes I (left) and Stokes V (right) cutout images centered on our circularly polarized source J175306.50−285126.2 (red circle). We show the error circles for the Fermi source 4FGL J1753.2−2848 and the known pulsar PSR J1753−28. A possible association is suggested but not proven between our polarized radio source, the known pulsar, and the gamma-ray source."

An Image-Based Search for Pulsar Candidates in the MeerKAT Bulge Survey
Frail et al. 2024 | NASA ADS

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Past PResentation

Magnetic Radio Bursts from an Ultracool Dwarf Binary Detected Using VLITE
UMD Space & Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar Series
November 4th, 2024 | Virtual | Recording

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Education:

A blue flame symbol representing Georgia State University. Georgia State University — PhD, Astronomy — Summer 2019
A blue flame symbol representing Georgia State University. Georgia State University — MS, Physics — Spring 2016
Cornell Big Red "C" logo. Just a red, octagonal C with a white outline towards its outer edge. Cornell University — BA, Physics — Spring 2012