Laura Rogers

Research Associate: University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy, UK:

2022-Present
Research Focus: Using polluted white dwarfs to constain the bulk composition of exoplanetary material

Postgraduate: University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy, UK:

2016-2022
Thesis Title: Observational insights into White Dwarf Planetary Systems
Supervisors: Dr Amy Bonsor, Dr Simon Hodgkin and Prof. Mark Wyatt

Undergraduate: University of Bristol, UK:

MSci in Physics (2012-2016)
Grade: First
Research Project: Red, Green and Blue Galaxies Near Clusters
Supervisors: Prof. Steven Phillipps and Prof. Malcolm Bremer

Publications:

My ORCID page contains a full up to date list of all publications: 0000-0002-3553-9474

Selected Publications:

WD 0141−675: A case study on how to follow-up astrometric planet candidates around white dwarfs
Rogers, L.K., Debes, J., Anslow, R., et al., 2023., MNRAS
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Asynchronous accretion can mimic diverse white dwarf pollutants II: water content
Brouwers, M., Buchan, A., ...Rogers, L.K., 2022., MNRAS
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Host-star and exoplanet compositions: a pilot study using a wide binary with a polluted white dwarf
Bonsor, A., Jofré, P., Shorttle, O., Rogers, L.K., et al., 2020., MNRAS
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Serendipitous discovery of a dusty disc around WDJ181417.84-735459.83
González Egea, E., Raddi, R., Koester D., Rogers, L.K., et al., 2020., MNRAS, 501(3), p.3916.
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Near-infrared observations of dusty white dwarfs
Rogers, L.K., Xu, S., Bonsor, A., Hodgkin, S., Su, K.Y., von Hippel, T. and Jura, M., 2020, IAU. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 15(S357), 33-36.
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Near-infrared variability in dusty white dwarfs: tracing the accretion of planetary material
Rogers, L.K. , Xu, S., Bonsor, A., Hodgkin, S., Su, K.Y., von Hippel, T. and Jura, M., 2020., MNRAS, 494(2), p.2861.
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Infrared Variability of Two Dusty White Dwarfs
Xu, S., Su, K.Y., Rogers, L.K., et al., 2018, ApJ, 866(2), p.108.
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Talks:

UK Exoplanet Meeting: UCL, London (August 2023)
CCA Stars & Compact Objects group meeting: Flatiron, New York (July 2023)
Astronomy Seminar, University of Warwick: Warwick (March 2023)
Joint Exoplanet Seminar, University of Cambridge Cambridge (January 2023)
EuroWD, University of Tubingen Germany (August 2022)
Highlight Talk: UK Exoplanet Meeting University of Edinburgh (September 2022)
Rocky Worlds II, University of Oxford Oxford (July 2022)
Colloquium, University of Leicester online (June 2022)
Monday Science Seminar, University of Wisconsin online (April 2022)
Planetary Lunch Seminar, MIT online (March 2022)
STSci Exoplanets, Star and Planet Formation Seminar Series, STSci online (February 2022)
Brown Bag Lunch Talk, MIT Kavli Institute: online (November 2021)
Wednesday Seminar, Institute of Astronomy: University of Cambridge (October 2021)
Summer workshop on white dwarfs and related objects: University of Warwick, Virtual Meeting (July 2021)
Cambridge exoplanet and life day, University of Cambridge: online (June 2021)
STScI Symposia: Towards the Comprehensive Characterization of Exoplanets, STScI: online (April 2021)
UK Exoplanet Meeting: online (April 2021)
South East Exoplanet Meeting London (December 2019)
IAU 357 Symposium: White Dwarfs as probes of fundamental physics and tracers of planetary, stellar & galactic evolution: Hilo, Hawaii (October 2019)
Seminar at Gemini North Hilo, Hawaii (November 2019)
Seminar at ESO Santiago Chile (April 2019)
Colloquium at Gemini South La Serena, Chile (April 2019)
Seminar at ESO Garching Germany (June 2017)
NA62 CERN collaboration meeting Ferrara, Italy (September 2014)

Posters:

"Planetary Abundances for White Dwarfs with Gas Discs" Chemical and Dynamical Constraints on Planet Formation, GRC (June 2023)
"Planetary Abundances for White Dwarfs with Gas Discs", Exoplanet Systems and Stellar Life Cycles, Aspen Center for Physics (March, 2023)
"Near-infrared variability in dusty white dwarfs: tracing the accretion of planetary material", Exoplanets III, Virtual Meeting (July, 2020)
"Near-infrared variability in dusty white dwarfs: tracing the accretion of planetary material", Rocky Worlds: from the Solar System to Exoplanets, Cambridge, UK (January, 2020)
"Infrared Variability In Dusty White Dwarfs", Poster at the Exo-comets Workshop, Lorentz Centre (May, 2019)
"Infrared Variability In Dusty White Dwarfs", Poster at the UK Exoplanet Meeting, St Andrews (March, 2017)

Computing Experience:

Python, C and C++, LaTeX, Linux/UNIX, TOPCAT, HTML (beginner)

Teaching and Outreach:

Masters student advisor: University of Cambridge (2022-2024)
Undergraduate Lecturer: Introduction to Research Computing: University of Cambridge (2023)
Postgraduate Lecturer: Introduction to Computing: University of Cambridge (2022, 2023)
Summer student advisor: University of Cambridge (2023)
Supervisor: University of Cambridge, Supervised Part II Astronomy course: "Stellar structure and evolution" (2021)
International Women's Day: co-organised events for high school students
Assisted with supervising summer students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (summer 2021)
Make a planet workshop at The Cambridge Science Festival, University of Cambridge, online event (March 2021)
Guest astronomer on "Ask an Astronomer", Univeristy of Cambridge, online event (2020)
Talk: "Polluted white dwarfs: the dead stars that swallow dead planets", Ely Astronomy Club (December 2019)
Talk: "Polluted white dwarfs: the dead stars that swallow dead planets", Cambridge University Astronomy Society (December 2019)
Supervisor: University of Cambridge, Supervised Physics 1A Mechanics at Jesus College (2017)
Ran a stall on exoplanets for kids: IOA open day as part of Cambridge Science Festival (March, 2017)
Observing Helper: IOA public open evenings (Winter 2016-2017)
Author of popular science articles: Synapse Science Magazine, University of Bristol (2015-2016)

Academic Services:

Referee: MNRAS
Referee:: Nature
Co-lead of Work Life Balance Focus Group Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2022 - present)
Committee member: International Women's Day Committee Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2022 - present)
Committee member: Computer Users Committee Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2016 - present)
Committee member: Equality and Diversity Committee Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2020 - present)
Committee member: Postdoc Committee Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2022 - 2023)
Committee member: Graduate Student Forum Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2016 - 2021)
LOC: Rocky Worlds Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (January 2020)