A full copy of my CV is available here (Last updated December 2023)
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:
- December 2023 - Astrophysics Seminar, University of Bristol, UK
- October 2023 - Stars, Planets and ISM Seminar, UT Austin, TX, USA
- March 2023 - Special Seminar, NASA Goddard, MD, USA
- March 2023 - Special Seminar, University of Maryland, MD, USA
- November 2022 - Celebrating JWST's first six months of exoplanet data, Ringberg Castle, GermanyCe
- May 2022 - Astro Seminar, American Museum of Natural History, NY, USA
- 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:
First Author
- Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H
Alderson, L., Wakeford, H.R., Alam, M.K., Batalha, N.E., Lothringer, J.D., The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 664-669 - 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
Co-Author
- Double Trouble: Two Transits of the Super-Earth GJ 1132b Observed with JWST NIRSpec G395H
May, E. M., & MacDonald, R. J., et al. 2023, ApJL, in press - Quantifying the Transit Light Source Effect: Measurements of Spot Temperature and Coverage on the Photosphere of AU Microscopii with High-Resolution Spectroscopy and Multi-Colour Photometry
Waalkes, W.; Berta-Thompson, Z.; Newton, E.; Mann, A.; Gao, P.; Wakeford, H.; Alderson, L.; Plavchan, P.; 2023, ApJL, in press - JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b
Grant, D. et al. 2023 ApJL, in press - Detection of Carbon Monoxide's 4.6 Micron Fundamental Band Structure in WASP-39b's Atmosphere with JWST NIRSpec G395H
Grant, D. et al. 2023, ApJL, 494, L15 - Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM
Rustamkulov, Z.; The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al. 2023, Nature, 614, 659-663 - Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam
Ahrer, E-M.; The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al. 2023, Nature, 614, 653-658 - Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS
Feinstein, A.D.; The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al. 2023, Nature, 614, 670-675 - Photochemically-produced SO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-39b
Tsai, S-M.; The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al. 2023, Nature - Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere
The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team 2023, Nature, 614, 649-652 - Importance of Sample Selection in Exoplanet Atmosphere Population Studies,
Batalha, N. E.; Wolfgang, A.; Teske, J.; Alam, M. K.; Alderson, L.; Batalha, N. M.; López-Morales, M.; Wakeford, H. R.; 2022, ApJ
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