I specialize in working with time-series ultraviolet聽data to characterize exoplanetary systems. My initial work as a grad student聽quantified for ~40 stars the short-timescale variability of the stellar UV聽emission lines used to probe evaporating exoplanetary atmospheres. Following聽this, I turned up null results searching for light-reverberations in T Tauri聽disks and evidence of star planet interactions in the GALEX time series data.聽Currently, I am assembling a library of spectral energy distributions of 11聽low-mass planet hosts and studying the flaring behavior of these stars to聽assess the effect of flares on atmospheric evolution as my thesis work.
Selected Recent Publications:
Loyd, R. O. P., France, K., 2014. 鈥淔luctuations and Flares in the Ultraviolet Line Emission of Cool Stars: Implications for Exoplanet Transit Observations,鈥澛犔�()
Kulow, J. R., France, K., Linsky, J., Loyd, R. O. P., 2014. "Ly伪 Transit Spectroscopy and the Neutral Hydrogen Tail of the Hot Neptune GJ 436b."聽听()