A full copy of my CV is available here (Last updated May 2023)
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:
  • 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:
  1. ​Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere
    The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team 2023, Nature, 614, 649-652
  8. A Comprehensive Analysis of WASP-17b's Transmission Spectrum from Space-Based Observations
    Alderson, L., et al. 2022, MNRAS, 512, 4185
  9. 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
  10. 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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