Teaching - Research For Credit

In addition to my traditional classes, I run a "Research for Credit" class most semesters. It is worth 3 credits and is done in a small group of ~ 4 undergrads, typically 1 masters student and 1 PhD student.

Fall 2026 - ​To spin or not to spin - investigating spin-orbit alignment in different exoplanet populations
Spring 2026 - Stars - The Dead and the Dying - Mahadevan et al. (in prep)
Spring 2025 - Rossiter-McLaughlin measurements of spin-orbit alignment in TESS - Spejcher et al. papers ONE and TWO
Fall 2024 - Discovery of circumbinary planets in TESS - Tubthong et al. (in prep), Stanley code public release
Spring 2024 - Orbital dyamics of exomoons of circumbinary planets - Gordon et al.

Teaching - Traditional Classes

Spring 2027: AST 51/151 - Astrophysics Laboratory​
Course syllabus: ​You can see previous years below - 2027 edition coming shortly.

Spring 2026: AST-61/161 Exoplanets and Their Orbits
Course syllabus: ​Download HERE

Fall 2025: Junior research leave (not teaching)

Spring 2025: AST 51/151 - Astrophysics Laboratory
Course syllabus: ​Download HERE
Papers published: Pratt et al.

Fall 2024: AST-31 - Stellar Structure & Evolution
Course syllabus: Download HERE

Spring 2024: AST 51/151 - Astrophysics Laboratory
Course syllabus: ​Download HERE
Papers published: Zhang et al.

Fall 2023: AST 191 - Special Topics in Astrophysics: Exoplanets and their Orbits.
Course syllabus: Download HERE