I've developed software for research in various fields of astrophysics, ranging from interstellar molecules to galaxies.
Astrochemistry
Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023
Developed Teas, a Python package to process data products and analyze spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Utilized the package to analyze carbon emission features in
star-forming regions to investigate
how the physical properties of these environments influence the characteristics of interstellar molecules.
Wrote Python scripts to automate validating object
classifications in literature-based astronomical databases using satellite
data. Expanded on the open-source project Galaxy Data Mines, a
command-line tool to crossmatch and compare object
classifications between astronomical databases, by updating match algorithms to include newly added object classifications.
Created a Python pipeline to extract light curves from satellite
data and measure stellar rotation periods using periodogram and
Gaussian process regression methods. Employed the pipeline on a
dataset of 3,726 stars to identify nearby stars with a high
probability of hosting habitable-zone exoplanets. A subset of these stars
will be used as the target catalog for POET, an upcoming
satellite for exoplanet astrophysics!