Last updated: May 2, 2025.

Dr. Ryan Cloutier (he/him)
Assistant professor of physics and astronomy
ryan.cloutier [at] mcmaster.ca

Dr. Ares Osborn (they/he)
Postdoctoral fellow
Exoplanet demographics, precision radial velocity, NIRPS, HARPS, TESS.
e.osborn [at] warwick.ac.uk

Erik Gillis (he/him)
PhD student
Exoplanet demographics, mid-to-late M dwarfs, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
gillie1 [at] mcmaster.ca

Nicole Gromek (she/her)
PhD student
Stellar spectroscopy, FGKM dwarfs, exoplanet composition, SPIRou.
gromekn [at] mcmaster.ca

Bennett Skinner
MSc student
(co-supervised by Prof. Ralph Pudritz)
Water world formation, M dwarf radius valley, population synthesis.
skinnb1 [at] mcmaster.ca

Phil Van-Lane
PhD student at the University of Toronto
(co-supervised by Prof. Gwen Eadie & Prof. Joshua Speagle)
Gyrochronology, exoplanet demographics, machine learning.
phil.vanlane [at] mail.utoronto.ca

Drew Weisserman (he/him)
MSc student
Super-Earth composition, M dwarfs, precision radial velocity, NIRPS.
weisserd [at] mcmaster.ca

Raven Westlake (she/her/he/him)
MSc student
(co-supervised by Prof. Alison Sills)
White dwarf atmospheres, M dwarf winds, UV/optical spectroscopy.
westlakr1 [at] mcmaster.ca
Alumni
Ana Molina Colina (Physics co-op student, Winter 2025)
Noah Fenlon (Undergraduate thesis 2024-25)
Caitlin Lloyd (Undergraduate thesis 2024-25)
Rohan Kumar (MITACS Globalink research student, Summer 2024)
Leo Wang (NSERC USRA student, Summer 2024)
Kareena Bhalla (Undergraduate thesis 2023-24 & NSERC USRA student, Summer 2023)
Audrey Burggraf (Undergraduate thesis 2023-24)
Dante Hunter (Undergraduate thesis 2023-24 & co-op student)
Omar Elmi (McWork student undergraduate, Summer 2023)
Victor Pop (Independent study undergraduate, Winter 2023)
Ava Whitehead (Integrated Science/iSci Level III undergraduate project, Winter 2023)
Madison VanWyngarden (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian REU student, Summer 2022, paper)
Collin Cherubim (Harvard Earth & Planetary Sciences PhD student project, 2021-22, paper)
Anna Simpson (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian REU student, Summer 2021)