I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
Research Interests
I am interested in extrasolar planets and their formation. In order to study these objects and processes, I am seeking to advance astronomical instrumentation and observational technique. Particularly interesting are indirect and direct techniques for detecting extrasolar planets with adaptive optics, coronagraphy, and interferometry. I am also studying dust disks around main sequence stars. High-contrast observations of circumstellar debris can reveal signatures of planet formation.
Chen, C. H., Fitzgerald, M. P., & Smith, P. S. "A Possible Icy Kuiper Belt around HD 181327." Astrophysical Journal, 689 (2008): 539-544
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Kalas, P., Graham, J. R., Chiang, E., Fitzgerald, M. P., Clampin, M., Kite, E. S., Stapelfeldt, K., Marois, C., & Krist, J. "Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light-Years from Earth," Science, 322 (2008): 1345-1348
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Maness, H. L., Fitzgerald, M. P., Paladini, R., Kalas, P., Duchêne, G., & Graham, J. R. "CARMA Millimeter-Wave Aperture Synthesis Imaging of the HD 32297 Debris Disk." Astrophysical Journal, 686 (2008): L25-L28
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Fitzgerald, M. P., Kalas, P. G., & Graham, J. R. "A Ring of Warm Dust in the HD 32297 Debris Disk." Astrophysical Journal, 670 (2007): 557-564
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Fitzgerald, M. P., Kalas, P. G., Duchêne, G., Pinte, C., & Graham, J. R. "The AU Mic Debris Disk: Multiwavelength Imaging and Modeling." Astrophysical Journal, 670 (2007): 536-556
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Kalas, P., Fitzgerald, M. P., & Graham, J. R. "Discovery of Extreme Asymmetry in the Debris Disk Surrounding HD 15115." Astrophysical Journal 661 (2007): L85-L88
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Fitzgerald, M. P., & Graham, J. R. "Speckle Statistics in Adaptively Corrected Images." Astrophysical Journal 637 (2006): 541-547
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prep_jour.py:
A script for processing a manuscript for submission to a journal. Operates in the GIGO regime.
refcounter.py:
A script for counting the number of citations for each reference in a LaTeX manuscript. Useful for deciding which references should have citation aliases.
