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 are observing giant stellar spots with the JWST.
- I work with theorists to
understand what cool stars might look like.
⚙️ Software
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
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!