A full copy of my CV is available here (Last updated April 2022)
A complete list of my publications is available via ADS
A complete list of my publications is available via ADS
CV Summary
PhD in Astrophysics - University of Bristol
2020 - Summer 2024
Supervisor: Dr. Hannah Wakeford
Research Focus: Exoplanet Atmospheres with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
Master's Year Abroad - Center for Astrophysics | Harvard-Smithsonian
2019-2020
Supervisor: Dr. James Kirk
Thesis Title: LRG-BEASTS: Ground-Based Transmission Spectroscopy of the Atmosphere of the Highly Inflated Hot-Saturn WASP-21b
- The final year of my MPhys was spent at the CfA thanks to the University of Southampton's flagship scheme
MPhys Astrophysics with a Year Abroad - University of Southampton
2016 - 2020
Classification: First Class
- Awarded Best Project by a Year Abroad / Final Year Research Finalist and Most Outstanding Performance on an MPhys Degree by the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton
Talks, Seminars, and Colloquia Highlights:
- May 2022 - Planetary Lunch, University of California: Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- April 2022 - CIERA Science Happy Hour, Northwestern University, IL, USA
- April 2021 - UK Exoplanet Community Meeting, University of Birmingham, UK
- May 2020 - Exoplanet Presentation Seminar Series, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard Smithsonian, MA, USA
- May 2020 - STARGATE Collaboration Seminar
Publications:
- A Comprehensive Analysis of WASP-17b's Transmission Spectrum from Space-Based Observations
Alderson, L., et al. 2022, MNRAS, 512, 4185 - LRG-BEASTS: ground-based detection of sodium and a steep optical slope in the atmosphere of the highly inflated hot-saturn WASP-21
Alderson, L., et al. 2020, MNRAS, 497, 5182
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