Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Cometary and asteroid observational research
- Spectroscopy of cometary bodies
- Spectroscopy and photometry of asteroidal objects
Public outreach & key achievements
- http://asteroidday.org/video/live-luxembourg-telescopes
Research students
| PhD Title | Observational studies of cometary solar system bodies |
| Name | Meabh Hyland |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Year of Study | 2014 - 2018 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Physical Properties of cometary nuclei and studies of distant activity |
| Name | Dr Stephen Lowry |
| Year of Study | 1998-2001 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK |
| PhD Title | Forms and Rotation States of the Nuclei of Ecliptic Comets |
| Name | Dr Colin Snodgrass |
| Year of Study | 2003-2006 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current Position | STFC Ernest Rutherford Senior Research Fellow, Open University, UK |
| PhD Title | Observational Constraints on the Steady-State Catastrophic Disruption Rate of Main Belt Asteroids measured using the Pan-STARRS Moving Object Processing System |
| Name | Dr Larry Denneau Jr |
| Year of Study | 2010 - 2015 |
| Country | USA |
| Current Position | Senior Software Engineer, Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, USA |