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LIONEL GARCIA
Astronomer & Research Fellow at CCA (Flatiron Institute, New York).
I develop computational methods and software to study exoplanets and their stars.
My research focuses on the smallest and coolest stars, called M dwarfs, and the variations in the light we receive from them (sometimes a planet).Highlights
- My work is open-source!
- I participate in the operatation and maintainance of the SPECULOOS telescopes.
- My collaborators and I will be observing a giant stellar spot with the JWST.
- I work with theorists to understand what cool stars might look like.
- I love teaching.
Software
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jaxoplanet: analytical models of stellar light curves powered by JAX (code)
nuance: efficient detection of planets transiting active stars (code, paper)
prose: modular image processing pipelines for Astronomy (code, paper)
twirl: local astrometric plate solving in Python (code)
spotter: approximate fluxes and spectra of non-uniform stars (code)
Curriculum
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2023 - now
Research fellow at CCA (New York, USA)
2023 - 2019
PhD in the TRAPPIST team + Teaching Assistant, University of Liège (Belgium)
2018 - 2017
Engineer at ESA (Noordwijk, Netherlands)
2017 - 2012
MSc in Optical Engineering + MSc in Computer Science, Master thesis at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)
Contact me if you know!
- Is there a linear/non-iterative connected component labeling algorithm? (for GPUs!)