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<h3 class="major">Exoplanets orbiting low-mass stars</h3>
<p>Currently, our best hope of finding habitable Earth-like planets lies in the search around stars significantly smaller and cooler than the Sun. The SPECULOOS project is carrying out a ground-based survey of nearby low-mass stars to find these worlds, with the aim of investigating their putative atmospheres with JWST and figuring out if they show any signs of habitabilty. As a member of the consortium, I led the discovery of TOI-715 b, a nearby super-Earth, and contributed to the discovery of several other super-Earths and mini-Neptunes.</p>
<p>But M-dwarfs don't just host little planets; some also host giants! While formation theories don't predict that the lowest mass stars should host giant planets in tight orbits, several have been detected in recent years. Since 2022, I have been PI of an ambitious programme of discovery, leveraging our network of telescopes to search for MANGOS (<b>M</b>-dwarfs <b>A</b>ccompanied by close-i<b>N</b> <b>G</b>iant <b>O</b>rbiters with <b>S</b>PECULOOS). I am also co-PI of follow-up programmes on ESPRESSO and NIRPS to measure the masses of our validated systems. The goal of MANGOS is to construct a statistical sample of these planets to probe formation and learn what is missing from our current models.</p>
<h3 class="major">Long period planets observed from Antarctica</h3>
<p>The southernmost observatory carrying out TESS follow-up is ASTEP, a 40cm telescope hosted by Concordia Station at Dome C on the Antarctic plateau. What makes the faff of a near-polar telescope worthwhile? Well, beyond the exceptional photometric conditions and the stable weather, there's the 3-month long night enjoyed during the winter. This means uninterrupted observing for weeks at a time, which allows ASTEP to observe long period planets with long duration transits. We've contributed to several discoveries where ASTEP has provided the only ground-based lightcurves, and I am using ASTEP's exquisite resources to pursue a programme investigation of warm Jupiters.</p>
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<h3 class="major">Discovery of TOI-715 b</h3>
<p>A super-Earth orbiting a nearby M-dwarf</p>
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<h3 class="major">Discovery of TOI-4860 b</h3>
<p>Our first MANGOS publication, a giant planet orbiting a small M-dwarf.</p>
<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.02253" target="_blank" class="special">Read the paper</a>
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