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David Kent Sing

Work: Department of Physics and , 3400 N. Charles Street Bloomberg Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

Telephone: +1 (410) 410 925 0182 Email: [email protected] Personal: Born September 21, 1976 in Helena, Montana, USA Website: https://pages.jh.edu/~dsing3/

Education Ph.D. 2005 University of Arizona Physics with minor in Astronomy M.Sc. 2005 University of Arizona Physics B.S. 2000 University of Arizona Double Major: Physics & Astronomy

Current Status

2018 Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Departments of Physics & Astronomy and & Planetary Science

Previous Positions 2015 - 2018 Associate Professor of Astrophysics; , School of Physics 2013 - 2014 Senior Lecturer; University of Exeter, School of Physics, UK 2010 - 2012 Lecturer; University of Exeter, School of Physics, UK 2006 - 2009 FUSE Postdoctoral Research Associate; Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France; Extrasolar Team (Dr. A. Vidal-Madjar) 2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate; Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; (Dr. Gilda Ballester) 2000 - 2005 Graduate Associate; Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona; Doctoral Advisor: (Dr. Jay Holberg); Ph.D. dissertation: “Post Common Envelope Pre-Cataclysmic and Cataclysmic Variable Binaries” 2004 Research Assistant; National Optical and Astronomy Observatory, Tucson Arizona Cataclysmic Variables (Dr. Steve Howell) 2000 - 2005 Teaching Associate; Physics Department, University of Arizona

A. Research Research Grant Funding 2018 Program GO-15469 ($25,434) 2018 UK STFC Research Grant (£300,000) 2016 – 2019 Hubble Space Telescope Panchromatic Treasury Program P.I. D. Sing (NASA grant to USA-based Co-Is $2,106,000). 2014 – 2018 European Research Counsel Starting Grant Award (€1,495,824). CREATES Comparing the Range of Extrasolar using Emission and Transmission Spectroscopy.

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 1 of 22 One of eleven astrophysics starting grants for 2013 Europe wide. 2012 – 2015 UK STFC Research Grant (£293,704). 2012 – 2015 Large HST Program P.I. D. Sing (NASA grant to USA-based Co-I’s $546,430).

Affiliations and Organisational Memberships 2017 - JWST NIRSpec GTO exoplanet team associate member 2017 - TESS Atmospheric Characterization Working Group team member 2016 - Visiting Associate Professor. University of Arizona 2015 - American Astronomical Society 2012 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

B. Teaching

University of Exeter PHYM432 – Relativity and Cosmology, module leader for three years. The course aims to develop an understanding of Einstein's Special and General Theories of Relativity. 2010 - 2011: Enrollment of 27 students 2011 - 2012: Enrollment of 17 students 2012 - 2013: Enrollment of 51 students

Tutorials – Academic and personal tutor for 2nd year physics undergraduate students. 2010 – 2011: 2 groups of tutorials, 8 total students. 2011 – 2012: 4 groups of tutorials, 16 total students. 2012 – 2013: 5.5 groups of tutorials, 25 students for 2013, 27 students during 2013.

PHYM3112 & PHYM415 – Masters-level research projects, 2 year duration. The aim of this module is carry out a novel research project and foster the open-ended problem solving skills that are characteristic of the practising physicist. 2010 – 2012: Supervised 2 students, both are now are pursuing PhDs. 2011 – 2013: Supervised 4 students, 1 is now pursuing a PhD. 2012 – 2014: Supervised 2 students.

Summer Research Projects 2011 Supervised T. Louden on EPSRC summer bursary (£2,200) 2012 Supervised F. Sainsbury-Martinez on EPSRC summer bursary (£2,200)

PHYM411 – Independent study module. 2012 - Supervised Chris Riseley studying black holes.

PHYM428 – General Problems 2011, 2012, & 2013 - Provided & graded Relativity exam problems

University of Arizona 2001-2005: Taught 8 separate undergraduate introductory Physics laboratory classes, typical class size of 30 students.

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 2 of 22 Summer School Teaching 2017 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science, 7 Invited Lectures. Lectures to be published in 2018 by Springer International Publishing.

C. Postgraduate Personnel Supervision

PhD Student Supervision 2010 - 2013 Dr. Catherine Huitson “Transmission Spectroscopy: First Glimpses of Far-Off Worlds” Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado (2014-2018)

2010 - 2014 Dr. Paul Anthony Wilson “From Brown Dwarfs to Super-: An observational study of Weather and Atmospheric Composition” Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Leiden University

2011 - 2015 Dr. Hannah Wakeford “Cloudy With A Chance of Water: Investigating hot exoplanet atmospheres through observation and analysis. Currently a Giacconi Fellow at STScI (2017-2020).

2013 - 2017 Dr. Felix Sainsbury-Martinez. Stellar Activity. Co-supervisor.

2015 - 2019 Jayesh Goyal Co-supervisor. Exoplanet Theory and Modelling. Expected completion date 5/2019.

2015 - 2019 Jessica Spake Primary PhD supervisor. spectroscopy observations. Expected completion date 5/2019

2016 - 2020 Aarynn Carter Co-supervisor. Exoplanet Charterization with JWST Expected completion date 5/2020.

Post-Doctoral Fellows Supervision 2012 - 2018 Dr. Nikolay Nikolov Associate Research Fellow, funded through the ERC.

2014 - 2018 Dr. Tom Evans Associate Research Fellow, funded through the ERC.

2017 - 2017 Dr. Hannah Wakeford Associate Research Fellow, funded through the ERC.

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 3 of 22 2017 - 2018 Dr. Ben Drummond. Associate Research Fellow, funded through the ERC.

2014 - 2016 Dr. Tiffany Kataria. Research Fellow, funded through the ERC. 2016 - Faculty at NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Scientist III

D. PhD Examination

PhD External Examination 2011 - – Dr. Andrew Carter 2016 - University of Warwick - Tom Louden 2017 - Open University - Daniel Staab 2018 - University of Warwick - James Kirk

PhD Internal Examination 2010 - University of Exeter - Dr. Aude Alapini 2013 - University of Exeter - Dr. Joe Bulger 2017 - University of Exeter - Dr. Ben Drummond

E. Administration

Administrative responsibilities 2010 - 2013 Module leader for PHYM432 2012 - 2015 Administrative role of Disability Liaison Officer 2010 - 2017 Undergraduate and postgraduate applicant interviews

F. Community Service & External Recognition

International Recognition & Committees 2017 Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee, Cycle 26. Panel Chair. 2016 NASA NExSS JWST - ERS program, executive science council chair. 2016 Hubble Users Committee representative to ESA Astronomy Working Group Oct 2016 meeting regarding HST funding renewal 2015 - 2018 UK Science Technology Facilities Council Astronomy Advisory Panel. Invited Member. 2015 UK K Science Technology Facilities Council Exoplanet Research Review. Invited Panel Member 2015 - 2016 Hubble Space Telescope Exoplanet advisory committee. Invited Member. 2015 Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee, Cycle 23. Panel Chair. 2015 NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program. invited panel member 2013 - 2015 ESA representative for Hubble Space Telescope Users Committee 2013 - 2016 ING Time Allocation Committee, panel member 2010 Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation, Cycle 18. Panel member

Conference Organisation

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 4 of 22 2016 Exoclimes IV - Squamish Canada, organiser co-chair 2015 NASA STScI, Enabling Transit Exoplanet Observations with JWST - Science Organizing Committee member 2014 Frontiers of Stellar Spectroscopy - Science Organizing Committee member 2014 Exoclimes III - Science Organizing Committee member 2013 UK National Astronomy Meeting of the Royal Society, session organizer 2012 Exoclimes II - Science Organizing Committee member 2010 Exoclimes I - Science Organizing Committee member

Fellowships, Awards and International Grants 2017 NASA Exoplanet Research Program, panel member 2015 UK Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship Award, panel member 2014 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, grant reviewer 2014 China Telescope Access Program, grant reviewer 2013 UK Daphne Jackson Trust fellowship, grant reviewer 2011 Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, grant reviewer 2010 French Agence National de la Recherche, grant reviewer 2009 Netherlands NWO Council, grant reviewer 2008 Czech Science Foundation, grant reviewer

International Conferences 2017 Annual Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft 2017, Plenary Lecture 2017 Enabling Transiting Exoplanet Observations with JWST, Invited Talk. 2017 The atmospheres of disks and planets 2017 Ringberg Workshop, Invited Talk. 2017 Science with the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes V. Venice, Invited Talk 2017 UK Exoplanet Meeting 2017, St Andrews. Talk. 2016 Exofrontiers 2016. Cambridge UK. 2016 Exoclimes IV. Squamish Canada 2016 UK LUVOIR Surveyor meeting. Edinburgh UK. 2016 UK Exoplanet Meeting. Exeter UK 2016 American Astronomical Society meeting 227, Kissammee Florida 2015 Enabling Transiting Exoplanet Science with JWST, STScI Baltimore 2015 From super-Earths to brown dwarfs: Who’s Who?, Paris. Invited Review Talk. 2015 RAS Exoplanet Meeting, Chicheley Hall 2015 UK Exoplanet Meeting II, Warwick 2014 Characterizing Planetary Systems Across the Across H-R Diagram, Cambridge 2014 Science with the Hubble Telescope IV, Rome. Invited Review Talk. 2014 Project Planning Meeting on Transit Observing with JWST, Pasadena 2014 Cool 18, Flagstaff Arizona. Splinter session. Invited Review Talk. 2014 Exoclimes III. Davos Switzerland 2013 Challenges in UV Astronomy, ESO Garching. Invited Review Talk. 2013 Ground-based Spectroscopy of Exoplanet Atmospheres 2013, Heidelberg 2013 Mind the Gap, Hertfordshire. Invited Review Talk. 2012 Exoclimes II - Apsen CO 2012 Charaterizing & Modeling Extrasolar Planetary Atmospheres, Heidelberg 2011 Extreme Solar Systems II, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 2011 Exploring Strange New Worlds, Flagstaff 2010 Santa Barbara, KITP workshop, Exoplanets Rising

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 5 of 22 2010 Exeter, UK, Exoclimes I 2009 Pathways Toward Habitable Planets, Barcelona 2008 Transiting Planets, Boston, IAU 253 2008 Molecules in the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets, Paris 2008 Science with the new HST science after servicing mission 4; Bologna, Italy 2007 Extreme Solar Systems; Santorini, Greece 2007 209th AAS Meeting; Seattle 2004 Astrophysics in the Far UV: 5-Years of Discovery with FUSE; Victoria 2004 14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs; Kiel Germany 2002 13th European Workshop on White Dwarfs; Naples Italy 2002 198th AAS Meeting; Washington D.C. 2001 Continuing the Challenge of EUV Astronomy; Jenner California

Grants and Awards 2014 University of Exeter Merit Award 2013 European Research Council Fellowship, 5 year award 2013 University of Exeter Merit Award 2006 Outstanding Physics Department Graduate Student Colloquium Presentation 2004 Graduate Tuition Scholarship 2004 European White Dwarf Workshop Grant 2002 European White Dwarf Workshop Grant 1999 Carinoso Foundation Scholarship 1999 NASA Spacegrant - for work on the University of Arizona Student Satellite Project 1998 NASA Spacegrant - for work on the University of Arizona Student Satellite Project 1999 Glenn C Purviance Scholarship 1998 Glenn C Purviance Scholarship 1997 Lucas/San Diego Astronomy School Scholarship

Invited Departmental Seminars 2016 University of Geneva, Switzerland 2016 2015 Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France 2015 University of Southampton 2014 University of Bern, Switzerland 2014 University of Leicester, UK 2013 , UK 2013 University of Warwick, UK 2013 Imperial College, UK 2013 University of Aarhus, Denmark 2012 ETH Zurich, Switzerland 2010 Grenoble LAOG, France 2009 Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France 2009 Observatory de Paris, France 2008 Leicester University, UK

Referee Research Funding Referee:

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 6 of 22 UK STFC grants, French Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Czech Science Foundation, Netherlands NWO Council for Physical Sciences, UK STFC fellowships, Royal Society fellowships, Daphne Jackson Trust fellowships

Journal Referee: Nature, Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astrophysical Journal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Hubble Space Telescope Observations PI Programs HST-GO-15288. How small and how high? Enabling UV exoplanet cloud and exosphere science with WFC3/UVIS. 10 HST-GO-14767. The Panchromatic Comparative Exoplanetary Treasury Program. 498 orbits HST-GO-14110. Charaterizing the of the enlarged - planet HAT-P-26b. 10 orbits HST-GO-12473. An Optical Transmission Spectral Survey of hot-Jupiter Exoplanetary Atmospheres. 124 orbits HST-GO-11572. Charaterizing Atmospheric Sodium in the Transiting hot-Jupiter HD189733b. 12 orbits HST-GO-11117. The Search for Atmospheric Water in the Transiting Planet HD189733b. 16 orbits

Supervised PhD Student PI Programs HST-GO-14619. PI. J. Spake. Probing methane chemistry in a newly-discovered warm before JWST HST-GO-14619. PI. J. Spake. Characterising the atmosphere of a uniquely low-, sub- mass planet HST-GO-14169. PI. H. Wakeford. Measuring the absolute H2O abundance of WASP-39b's atmosphere HST-GO-13431. PI. C. Huitson. The First Spectroscopic Phase Curve of a Transiting Planet: Understanding the Deeper Atmosphere HST-GO-12956. PI. C Huitson. The First Transmission Spectrum of an Eccentric Cool Jupiter

Supervised Postdoc PI Programs HST-GO-15469. PI. N. Nikolov. Characterizing a new prototype Saturn-mass exoplanet with the clearest atmosphere yet HST-GO-14468. PI. T. Evans. Characterizing an extreme planet on the verge of tidal disruption HST-GO-14099. PI. T. Evans. Measuring the L-T transition for a warm Saturn exoplanet

Co-I HST-GO-14625. Connecting the lower and upper atmospheres of a warm-Neptune. Implications for planetary evolution. HST-GO-14797. Atmospheric Albedos, Alkalis, and Aerosols of Hot HST-GO-14642. A Preparatory Program to Identify the Single Best Transiting Exoplanet for JWST Early Release Science HST-GO-14625. Connecting the lower and upper atmospheres of a warm-Neptune. Implications for planetary evolution. HST-GO-13006. Measuring the Albedo of HD189733b at Optical Wavelengths HST-GO-12965. Properties and dynamics of the upper atmosphere of the hot-Neptune GJ 436b HST-GO/DD-12681. Search for a photodissociated evaporating ocean on the super-Earth e HST-GO-12537. Venus observed as an extrasolar planet HST-GO/DD-11817. Detecting the upper atmosphere of a transiting : A feasibility study

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 7 of 22 HST-GO-11740. A Complete Optical and NIR Atmospheric Transmission Spectrum of the Exoplanet HD189733b HST-GO-11673. Dynamics in the atmosphere of the evaporating planet HD189733b HST-GO-11576. Physical parameters of the upper atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD209458b HST-AR-11303. Search for atmospheric absorption signatures of the "" HD 209458b in HST archival data HST-GO-09769. STIS Observations of Orbital and Rotational Variations in the Unique Post-Common Envelope System HS1136+6646 G. Popular Press

Invited Popular Press & Television 2015 Interviewed by BBC as exoplanet expert for BBC Stargazing Live programme 2014 Stargazing live BBC. Series 4 episode 3. BBC Stargazing Live programme, discussed exoplanet science, with the programme viewed by nearly 3 million people in the UK. BBC & U. of Exeter University of Exeter joins BBC Stargazing Live event.

2014 Interviewed by ESA/Hubble’s education & public outreach office for an Hubblecast Webcast Episode and Hubble 25th anniversary special.

2011 David Sing, “Other Earths”, Aviation Week and Space Technology, 2011 Oct. 24/31, page 74. Solicited as one of the “sharpest scientific minds in academia” to write an article on the future and importance of exoplanets.

International Press Releases 2018 STScI & University of Exeter Hubble detects in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time 2018 University of Exeter Shadow of a clear sky 2017 STScI & University of Exeter Hubble observes pitch black planet 2017 NASA, STScI & University of Exeter Hubble Detects Exoplanet with Glowing Water Atmosphere 2017 NASA, JPL, Spitzer Science Center & University of Exeter Warm Neptune has Unexpectedly Primitive Atmosphere 2016 University of Exeter Blog Solving the mystery of missing exoplanet water 2015 University of Exeter and ESA/STScI Hubble reveals diversity of exoplanet atmospheres 2015 University of Exeter and STScI "Giant -like tail discovered on small exoplanet” 2014 University of Exeter “University of Exeter joins BBC Stargazing Live event” 2013 NASA, ESA, University of Exeter “Hubble Spots Azure Blue Planet”. This press release received the widest coverage of all Hubble Space Telescope News during 2013, with an estimated circulation of 550 million viewers (Source, Meltwater News). 2013 Royal Society, University of Exeter “Hubble Telescope reveals variation between hot extrasolar planet atmospheres”

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 8 of 22 2012 Space Telescope Science Institute & ESA “Dramatic change spotted on a faraway planet” 2012 Space Telescope Science Institute “Hubble to Use as Mirror to See Venus Transit” 2011 University of Exeter “Exoplanets team wins Hubble ‘coup’” 2010 University of Exeter & University of Florida “Breakthrough in the study of distant planet atmospheres” 2009 Astronomy & Astrophysics; Carnegie Institute of Washington “First ground-based detection of light from transiting exoplanets” 2008 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; INSU, France “Un disque cyan dans un ciel pourpre : coucher de soleil sur Osiris” 2007 Space Telescope Science Institute & University of Arizona “Hubble Probes Layer-cake Structure of Alien World’s Atmosphere” 2007 & European Space Agency “Nasa’s Spitzer Finds on a Hot, Alien Planet”

H. References

Prof. Drake Deming Dr. Alain Lecavelier des Etangs University of Maryland Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris Department of Astrononmy 98bis Bd Arago College Park, MD 20742-2421 Paris 75014 email: [email protected] France email: [email protected] Prof. Jonathan Fortney University of California, Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics 1156 High Street 205 Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) Santa Cruz, CA 95064 email: [email protected]

I. Publications

Five Representative Papers

1) A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets David K. Sing, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nikolay Nikolov, et al. 2016 Nature, 2016, 529, 59 244 Citations, currently in the top 25 cited astrophysics papers for 2016. Altmetric score 541

2) Hubble Space Telescope Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanet HD 189733b: high-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-UV with STIS D. K. Sing, F. Pont, S. Aigrain, et al. 2011, MNRAS, 416, 1443 232 citations, top 10 cited exoplanet papers in 2011 (with keyword ‘exoplanet’ ADS 9/17)

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 9 of 22 3) An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere Thomas M. Evans, David K. Sing, et al. 2017 Nature, 548, 58 First emission features resolved on an exoplanet. 36 Citations (New paper). Altmetric score 644.

4) HAT-P-26b: A Neptune-Mass Exoplanet with a Well Constrained Heavy Element Abundance Hannah R. Wakeford, David K. Sing, Tiffany Kataria, et al. 2017 Science, 356, 628-631 First well contained metallicity for a Neptune-mass exoplanet. 39 Citations (New paper). Altmetric score 709.

5) GTC OSIRIS Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheric Survey: Detection of potassium in XO-2b from spectrophotometry D. K. Sing, J.-M. Désert, J. J. Fortney, et al. 2011, A&A, 527, A73 First detection of potassium in an exoplanet atmosphere. 86 Citations.

Refereed Journal Publications 83 Total Refereed Journal papers, 16 as 1st author. 1st author papers by directly advised students and postdocs underlined. 5000 citations, 38 papers with 50+ citations, h-index of 43 (ADS 1/2019). ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-7645

Refereed Journal Publication List

2019 83) Goyal, Jayesh M.; Wakeford, Hannah R.; Mayne, Nathan J.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Drummond, B.; Sing, D. K. (2019). “Fully scalable forward model grid of exoplanet transmission spectra” MNRAS, 482, 4503

82) Gibson, Neale P.; de Mooij, Ernst J. W.; Evans, Thomas M.; Merritt, Stephanie; Nikolov, Nikolay; Sing, David K.; Watson, Chris (2019). “Revisiting the potassium feature of WASP-31b at high resolution” MNRAS, 482, 606

2018

81) Allart, R.; Bourrier, V.; Lovis, C.; Ehrenreich, D.; Spake, J. J.; Wyttenbach, A.; Pino, L.; Pepe, F.; Sing, D. K.; Lecavelier des Etangs, A. (2018). “Spectrally resolved helium absorption from the extended atmosphere of a warm Neptune-mass exoplanet”. Science, 362, 1384

80) Alam, Munazza K.; Nikolov, Nikolay; López-Morales, Mercedes; Sing, David K.; Goyal, Jayesh M.; Henry, Gregory W.; Sanz-Forcada, Jorge; Williamson, Michael H.; Evans, Thomas M.; Wakeford, Hannah R., et al. (2018). “The HST PanCET Program: Hints of Na I and Evidence of a Cloudy Atmosphere for the Inflated Hot Jupiter WASP-52b” AJ, 156, 298

79) Bourrier, V.; Lecavelier des Etangs, A.; Ehrenreich, D.; Sanz-Forcada, J.; Allart, R.; Ballester, G. E.; Buchhave, L. A.; Cohen, O.; Deming, D.; Evans, T. M.; García Muñoz, A.; Henry, G. W.; Kataria, T.; Lavvas, P.; Lewis, N.; López-Morales, M.; Marley, M.; Sing, D. K.; Wakeford, H. R. (2018) “Hubble PanCET: an extended upper atmosphere of neutral around the warm Neptune GJ 3470b” A&A, 620, 147

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 10 of 22 78) Sing, David K. (2018). “Observational Techniques with Transiting Exoplanet Atmosphers” Astrophyiscs of Exoplanetary Atmospheres, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Springer International Publishing (arXiv:1804.07357)

77) Drummond, Benjamin; Mayne, Nathan J.; Manners, James; Baraffe, Isabelle; Goyal, Jayesh; Tremblin, Pascal; Sing, David K.; Kohary, Krisztian (2008). “The 3D thermal, dynamical and chemical structure of the atmosphere of HD 189733b: implications of wind-driven chemistry for the emission phase curve” ApJ, in press

76) Evans, Thomas M.; Sing, David K.; Goyal, Jayesh; Nikolov, Nikolay; Marley, Mark S.; Zahnle, Kevin; Henry, Gregory W.; Barstow, Joanna K.; Alam, Munazza K.; Sanz- Forcada, Jorge; 17 additional co-authors (2008), “An optical transmission spectrum for the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b measured with the Hubble Space Telescope”. ApJ, in press

75) Gibson, Neale P.; de Mooij, Ernst J. W.; Evans, Thomas M.; Merritt, Stephanie; Nikolov, Nikolay; Sing, David K.; Watson, Chris (2018). “Revisiting the potassium feature of WASP-31b at high-resolution”, MNRAS, in press

74) Kempton, Eliza M.-R. and 41 coauthors including Sing, D. K. (2018). “A Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization” PASP, in press (arXiv:1805.03671)

73) Lines, S.; Manners, J.; Mayne, N. J.; Goyal, J.; Carter, A. L.; Boutle, I. A.; Lee, G. K. H.; Helling, Ch; Drummond, B.; Acreman, D. M.; Sing, D. K. (2018). “Exonephology: transmission spectra from a 3D simulated cloudy atmosphere of HD 209458b” MNRAS, 481, 194

72) J. J. Spake, D. K. Sing, T. M. Evans, A. Oklopčić, V. Bourrier, L. Kreidberg, B. V. Rackham, J. Irwin, D. Ehrenreich, A. Wyttenbach, H. R. Wakeford, Y. Zhou, K. L. Chubb, N. Nikolov, J. Goyal, G. W. Henry, M. H. Williamson, S. Blumenthal, D. Anderson, C. Hellier, D. Charbonneau, S. Udry, and N. Madhusudhan (2018) “Helium in the eroding atmosphere of an exoplanet” Nature, 557, 68

71) Nikolay Nikolov, David K. Sing, Jonathan J. Fortney, Jayesh M. Goyal, Benjamin, Drummond, Thomas M. Evans, Neale P. Gibson, Ernst de Mooij, Zafar Rustamkulov, Hannah R. Wakeford, Barry Smalley, Adam Burgasser, Coel Hellier, Christiane Helling, Nathan Mayne, Nikku Madhusudhan, Tiffany Kataria, Josef Baines, Aarynn Carter, Gilda E. Ballester, Joanna K. Barstow, Jack McCleery, Jessica Spake (2018). “An absolute sodium abundance for a cloud-free exoplanet” Nature, 557, 526

70) Bean, J., Stevenson, K. B., Batalha, Natalie M.; Berta-Thompson, Zachory; Kreidberg, Laura; Crouzet, Nicolas; Benneke, Björn; Line, Michael R.; Sing, David K., et al. 88 additional coathors (2018). “The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST” PASP, 130, 993

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 11 of 22 69) Drummond, Benjamin; Mayne, N. J.; Manners, James; Carter, Aarynn L.; Boutle, Ian A.; Baraffe, Isabelle; Hebrard, Eric; Tremblin, Pascal; Sing, David K.; Amundsen, David S.; Acreman, Dave (2018). “Observable signatures of wind--driven chemistry with a fully consistent three dimensional radiative hydrodynamics model of HD 209458b” ApJL, 855, 31

68) Goyal, Jayesh M.; Mayne, Nathan; Sing, David K.; Drummond, Benjamin; Tremblin,Pascal; Amundsen, David S.; Evans, Thomas; Carter, Aarynn L.; Spake, Jessica; Baraffe, Isabelle; Nikolov, Nikolay; Manners, James; Chabrier, Gilles; Hebrard, Eric (2018). “A library of ATMO forward model transmission spectra for hot Jupiter exoplanets” MNRAS, 474, 5158

67) Nikolov, N.; Sing, D. K.; Goyal, J.; Henry, G. W.; Wakeford, H. R.; Evans, T. M.; López- Morales, M.; García Muñoz, A.; Ben-Jaffel, L.; Sanz-Forcada, J.; Ballester, G. E.; Kataria, T.; Barstow, J. K.; Bourrier, V.; Buchhave, L. A.; Cohen, O.; Deming, D.; Ehrenreich, D.; Knutson, H.; Lavvas, P.; Lecavelier des Etangs, A.; Lewis, N. K.; Mandell, A. M.; Williamson, M. H. (2018). “Hubble PanCET: an isothermal -side atmosphere for the bloated gas-giant HAT-P-32Ab” MNRAS, 474, 1705

66) Wakeford, H. R.; Sing, D. K.; Deming, D.; Lewis, N. K.; Goyal, J.; Wilson, T. J.; Barstow, J.; Kataria, T.; Drummond, B.; Evans, T. M.; Carter, A. L.; Nikolov, N.; Knutson, H. A.; Ballester, G. E.; Mandell, A. M. (2018). “The Complete Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b with a Precise Water Constraint” AJ, 155, 29

2017 65) Thomas M. Evans, David K. Sing, Tiffany Kataria, Jayesh Goyal, Nikolay Nikolov, Hannah R. Wakeford, Drake Deming, Mark S. Marley, David S. Amundsen, Gilda E. Ballester, Joanna K. Barstow, Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, Vincent Bourrier, Lars A. Buchhave, Ofer Cohen, David Ehrenreich, Antonio García Muñoz, Gregory W. Henry, Heather Knutson, Panayotis Lavvas, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Nikole K. Lewis, Mercedes López- Morales, Avi M. Mandell, Jorge Sanz-Forcada, Pascal Tremblin & Roxana Lupu (2017) “An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere” Nature, 548, 58

64) Hannah R. Wakeford, David K. Sing, Tiffany Kataria, Drake Deming, Nikolay Nikolov, Eric Lopez, Pascal Tremblin, David S. Amundsen, Nikole Lewis, Avi Mandell, Jonathan J. Fortney, Heather Knutson, Bjӧrn Benneke, and Tom Evans (2017). “HAT-P-26b: A Neptune-Mass Exoplanet with a Well Constrained Heavy Element Abundance” Science, 356, 628-631

63) Taylor J. Bell, Nikolay Nikolov, Nicolas B. Cowan1, Joanna K. Barstow, Travis S. Barman, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Neale P. Gibson, Thomas M. Evans, David K. Sing, Heather A. Knutson (2017). "The Very Low Albedo of WASP-12b from Spectral Eclipse Observations with Hubble" ApJL, 847, 1

62) Snellen, I. A. G., Désert, J.-M.; Waters, L. B. F. M., Robinson, T., Meadows, V., van Dishoeck, E. F., Brandl, B. R., Henning, T., Bouwman, J., Lahuis, F., Min, M., Lovis, C., Dominik, C., Van Eylen, V., Sing, D., Anglada-Escudé, G., Birkby, J. L.,

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 12 of 22 Brogi, M. (2017). “Detecting Proxima b’s Atmosphere with JWST Targeting CO2 at 15 µm Using a High-pass Spectral Filtering Technique” AJ, 154, 77

61) Gibson, Neale P., Nikolov, Nikolay, Sing, David K., Barstow, Joanna K., Evans, Thomas M., Kataria, Tiffany, Wilson, Paul A. (2017). “VLT/FORS2 comparative transmission spectroscopy II: Confirmation of a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering in WASP-31b, but no potassium?” MNRAS, 467, 4591

60) H.R. Wakeford, K. B. Stevenson, N. K. Lewis, D.K. Sing, M. Lopez-Morales, M. Marley, T. Kataria, A. Mandell, G. E. Ballester, J. Barstow, L. Ben-Jaffel, V. Bourrier, L.A. Buchhave, D. Ehrenreich, T. Evans, A. Garcia Munoz, G. Henry, H. Knutson, P. Lavvas, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, N. Nikolov, J. Sanz-Forcada (2017). “HST PanCET Program: A Cloudy Atmosphere for the promising JWST target WASP-101b” ApJL, 835, 12

59) Barstow, J. K., Aigrain, S., Irwin, P. G. J., Sing, D. K. (2017). “A Consistent Retrieval Analysis of 10 Hot Jupiters observed in Transmission”. AJ, 834, 50

2016 58) Nikolov, N., Sing, D., Gibson, N. P., Evans, T. M., Barstow, J. K., Kataria, T., Wilson, P. A. (2016) “VLT FORS2 Comparative Transmission Spectroscopy: Detection of Na in the Atmosphere of WASP-39b from the Ground.” ApJ, 832, 191

57) Evans, Thomas M.; Sing, David K.; Wakeford, Hannah R.; Nikolov, Nikolay; Ballester, Gilda E.; Drummond, Benjamin; Kataria, Tiffany; Gibson, Neale P.; Amundsen, David S.; Spake, Jessica (2016). “Detection of H2O and Evidence for TiO/ VO in an Ultra-hot Exoplanet Atmosphere” ApJL, 822, 4

56) Stevenson, Kevin B.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Bean, Jacob L.; Beichman, Charles; Fraine, Jonathan; Kilpatrick, Brian M.; Krick, J. E.; Lothringer, Joshua D.; Mandell, Avi M.; Valenti, Jeff A.; and 42 coauthors including David K. Sing (2016). “Transiting Exoplanet Studies and Community Targets for JWST's Early Release Science Program” PASP, 128, 4401

55) Fischer, Patrick D.; Knutson, Heather A.; Sing, David K.; Henry, Gregory W.; Williamson, Michael W.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Burrows, Adam S.; Kataria, Tiffany; Nikolov, Nikolay; Showman, Adam P. (2016). “HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: Clear skies for cool Saturn WASP-39b” ApJ, 827, 19

54) Kataria, Tiffany; Sing, David K.; Lewis, Nikole K.; Visscher, Channon; Showman, Adam P.; Fortney, Jonathan J.; Marley, Mark S. (2016). “The Atmospheric Circulation of a Nine-hot-Jupiter Sample: Probing Circulation and Chemistry over a Wide Phase Space.” ApJ, 821, 9

53) H. R. Wakeford, D. K. Sing, T. Evans, D. Deming, A. Mandell (2016). “Marginalising Instrument Systematics in HST WFC3 Transit Lightcruves” ApJ, 819, 10

52) David K. Sing, Jonathan J. Fortney, Nikolay Nikolov, Hannah R. Wakeford, Tiffany Kataria, Thomas M. Evans, Suzanne Aigrain, Gilda E. Ballester, Adam S. Burrows,

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 13 of 22 Drake Deming, Jean-Michel Désert, Neale P. Gibson, Gregory W. Henry, Catherine M. Huitson, Heather A. Knutson, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Frederic Pont, Adam P. Showman, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, Michael H. Williamson, Paul A. Wilson (2016). “A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets’ Nature, 529, 59 Highlight: First spectroscopic comparative exoplanet comparison study. Press release by ESA, STScI. 168 citations, cited exoplanet paper of 2016 (ADS 4/2018).

2015 51) Ehrenreich, David, Bourrier, Vincent, Wheatley, Peter J., Lecavelier Des Etangs, Alain, Hébrard, Guillaume, Udry, Stéphane, Bonfils, Xavier, Delfosse, Xavier, Désert, Jean- Michel, Sing, David K., Vidal-Madjar, Alfred (2015). “A giant comet-like cloud of hydrogen escaping the warm Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ436b” Nature, 522, 459

50) Heng, K. Aurelien Wyttenbach, Babtiste Lavie, David K. Sing, David Ehrenreich, Chrostophe Lovis (2015). “A Non-isothermal Theory for Interpreting Sodium lines in transmission spectra of exoplanets” ApJL, 803, 9. Erratum, 2017 ApJ, 838, 24

49) P. A. Wilson, D. K. Sing, N. Nikolov, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Pont, J. J. Fortney, G. E. Ballester, M. Lopez-Morales, J.-M. Desert, A. (2015) “GTC OSIRIS transiting exoplanet atmospheric survey: detection of potassium in HAT-P-1b from narrowband spectrophotometry” MNRAS, 450, 192-200

48) N. Nikolov, D. K. Sing, A. S. Burrows, J. J. Fortney, G. W. Henry, F. Pont, G. E. Ballester, S. Aigrain, P. A. Wilson, C. M. Huitson, N. P. Gibson, J.-M. Desert, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal-Madjar, H. R. Wakeford, K. Zahnle (2014). “HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: Haze in the atmosphere of WASP-6b” MNRAS, 447, 463

47) D. K. Sing, H. R. Wakeford, A. P. Showman, A., N. Nikolov, J. J. Fortney, A. S. Burrows, G. E. Ballester, D. Deming, S. Aigrain, J.-M. Desert, N. P. Gibson, G. W. Henry, H. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Pont, A. Vidal-Madjar, M. W. Williamson, A. Wilson (2015). “HST hot-Jupiter Transmission Spectral Survey: A detection of potassium in WASP-31b, along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering” MNRAS, 446, 2428

46) H. R. Wakeford and D. K. Sing (2015), “Transmission spectral properties of clouds for hot Jupiter exoplanets” A&A, 573, 122

2014 45) C. Beichman, B. Benneke, H. Knutson, R. Smith, P.-O. Lagage, C. Dressing, D. Latham, J. Lunine, S. Birkmann, P. Ferruit, G. Giardino, E. Kempton, S. Carey, J. Krick, P. D. Deroo, A. Mandell, M. E. Ressler, A. Shporer, M. Swain, G. Vasisht, G. Ricker, J. Bouwman, I. Crossfield, T. Greene, S. Howell, J. Christiansen, D. Ciardi, M. Clampin, M. Greenhouse, A. Sozzetti, P. Goudfrooij, D. Hines, T. Keyes, J. Lee, P. McCullough, M. Robberto, J. Stansberry, J. Valenti, M. Rieke, G. Rieke, J. Fortney, J. Bean, L. Kreidberg, D. Ehrenreich, D. Deming, L. Albert, R. Doyon, D. Sing (2014). “Observations of Transiting Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope” PASP, 126, 1134

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 14 of 22 44) N. Nikolov, D. K. Sing, F. Pont, A. S. Burrows, J. J. Fortney, G. E. Ballester, T. M. Evans, C. M. Huitson, H. R. Wakeford, P. A. Wilson, S. Aigrain, D. Deming, N. P. Gibson, G. W. Henry, H. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal-Madjar, K. Zahnle (2014). “HST hot Jupiter Transmission Spectral Survey: A detection of Na and strong optical absorption in HAT-P-1b” MNRAS, 437, 46-66

43) P. A. Wilson, K. D. Colon , D. K. Sing , G. E. Ballester, J.-M. Desert , D. Ehrenreich, E. B. Ford, J. J. Fortney, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, M. Lopez- Morales, C. V., Morley, A. R. Pettitt, F. Pont, A. Vidal-Madjar (2014). “A Search for Methane in the Atmosphere of GJ 1214b via GTC Narrow-Band Transmission Spectrophotometry” MNRAS, 438, 2395 - 2405

2013 42) D. K. Sing, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J. J. Fortney, A. S. Burrows, F. Pont, H. R. Wakeford, G. E. Ballester, N. Nikolov, G. W. Henry, S. Aigrain, D. Deming, T. M. Evans, N. P. Gibson, C. M. Huitson, H. Knutson, A. P. Showman, A. Vidal-Madjar, P. A. Wilson, M. H. Williamson, K. Zahnle (2013). “HST hot Jupiter transmission spectral survey: evidence for aerosols and lack of TiO in the atmosphere of WASP-12b” MNRAS, 436, 2956-2973

41) Andres Jordan, Nestor Espinoza, Markus Rabus, Susana Eyheramendy, David K. Sing,Jean-Michel Desert, Gaspar A. Bakos, Jonathan J. Fortney, Mercedes Lopez- Morales, Pierre F.L. Maxted, Amaury H.M.J. Triaud, Andrew Szentgyorgyi (2013). “A Ground-Based Optical Transmission Spectrum of WASP-6b” ApJ, 778, 184, 13 pg

40) A. Vidal-Madjar, C. M. Huitson, V. Bourrier, J.-M. Desert, G. Ballester, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, D. K. Sing, D. Ehrenreich, R. Ferlet, G. Hebrard, and J. C. McConnell (2013). “Magnesium in the atmosphere of the planet HD 209458b: observations of the thermosphere-exosphere transition region” A&A, 560, 54, 12 pages

39) T. M. Evans, F. Pont, D. K. Sing, S. Aigrain, J. K. Barstow, J-M. Desert, N. Gibson, K. Heng, H. A. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Etangs (2013). “The Deep Blue Color of HD189733b: Albedo Measurements With HST/STIS At Visible Wavelengths” ApJL, 772, 16, 5 pages Highlight: First determination of the color of an exoplanet. Press Release by NASA, ESA, & University of Exeter - Hubble Spots Azure Blue Planet.

38) H. R. Wakeford, D. K. Sing, D. Deming, N. P. Gibson, J. J. Fortney, A. S. Burrows, G. Ballester, N. Nikolov, S. Aigrain, G. Henry, H. Knutson, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Pont, A.P. Showman, A. Vidal-Madjar, K. Zahnle (2013). “HST hot Jupiter Transmission Spectral Survey: detection of water in HAT-P-1b from WFC3 near-IR spatial scan observations” MNRAS, 435, 3481-3493

37) Pont, F., Sing, D. K., Gibson, N. P., Aigrain, S., Henry, G., Husnoo, N. (2013). “The prevalence of dust on the exoplanet HD 189733b from Hubble and Spitzer observations” MNRAS, 432, 2917-2944

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 15 of 22 36) C. M. Huitson, D. K. Sing, F. Pont, J. J. Fortney, A. S. Burrows, P. A. Wilson, G. E. Ballester, N. Nikolov, N. P. Gibson, D. Deming, S. Aigrain, G. Henry, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, A. Showman, A. Vidal-Madjar, K. Zahnle (2013). “An HST Optical to Near-IR Transmission Spectrum of the Hot Jupiter Wasp-19b: Detection of Atmospheric Water and Likely Absence of TiO” MNRAS, 434, 3252-3274

35) Bourrier, V., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Dupuy, H., Ehrenreich, D.; Vidal-Madjar, A.; Hébrard, G., Ballester, G. E., Désert, J.-M., Ferlet, R., Sing, D. K., Wheatley, P. J. (2013) “ from HD 189733b observed in H I Lyman-α: detailed analysis of HST/STIS September 2011 observations” A&A, 551, 63, 11 pages

2012 34) N. P. Gibson, S. Aigrain, F. Pont, D. Sing, J.-M. Desert, T. M. Evans, G. Henry, N. Husnoo and H. Knutson (2012). “Probing the haze in the atmosphere of HD 189733b with HST/WFC3 transmission spectroscopy,” MNRAS, 422, 753-760

33) C. M. Huitson, D. K. Sing, A. Vidal-Madjar, G. E. Ballester, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J.- M. Desert, F. Pont (2012). “-Pressure Profile of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b from HST Sodium Observations: Detection of Upper Atmospheric Heating,” MNRAS, 422, 2477-2488

32) D. K. Sing, C. M. Huitson, M. Lopez-Morales, F. Pont, P. A. Wilson, G. E. Ballester, J.-M. Desert, D. Ehrenreich, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, J. J. Fortney, A. Vidal-Madjar (2012). “GTC OSIRIS Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheric Survey: Detection of sodium in XO-2b from differential longslit spectroscopy,” MNRAS, 426, 1663-1670

31) Ehrenreich, D. Bourrier, V., Bonfils, X., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Hébrard, G., Sing. D. K., et al. (2012). “Hint of a transiting extended atmosphere on 55 Cancri b,” A&A, 547, 18, 8 pages

30) W. Hayek, D. Sing, F. Pont, and M. Asplund (2012). “Limb darkening laws for two exoplanet host stars derived from 3D stellar model atmospheres: Comparison with 1D models and HST light curve observations,” A&A, 539, 102, 15 pages

29) A. Lecavelier des Etangs, V. Bourrier, P. Wheatley, H. Dupuy, D. Ehrenreich, A. Vidal- Madjar, G. Hebrard, G. E. Ballester, J.-M. Desert, R. Ferlet, and D. K. Sing (2012). “Temporal variations in the evaporating atmosphere of the exoplanet HD189733b,” A&A, 543, L4, 4 pages Highlight: First clear detection of space-weather on an exoplanet. Press Release by STScI & ESA “Dramatic change spotted on a faraway planet”.

28) Kevin Heng, Wolfgang Hayek, Frederic Pont, and David K. Sing (2012). “On the effects of clouds and hazes in hot Jupiter atmospheres: semi-analytical temperature- pressure profiles,” MNRAS, 420, 20-36

2011 27) D. K. Sing, F. Pont, S. Aigrain, D. Charbonneau, et al. (2011). “Hubble Space

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 16 of 22 Telescope Transmission Spectroscopy of the Exoplanet HD 189733b: High-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-UV with STIS,” MNRAS, 416, 1443-1455 Highlight: Definitive confirmation of haze in a hot Jupiter atmosphere. 203 citations. Top 10 cited astrophysics paper of 2011 containing the keyword “exoplanet” (ADS 11/2016).

26) D. K. Sing, J.-M. Désert, J. J. Fortney, et al. (2011). “GTC OSIRIS Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheric Survey: Detection of potassium in XO-2b from spectrophotometry,” A&A, 527, A73, 10 pages Highlight: First detection of potassium in an exoplanet’s atmosphere and first exoplanet atmospheric feature detected with narrowband photometry. 78 citations. Press Release by Exeter: “Breakthrough in the study of distant planet atmospheres”

25) A. Vidal-Madjar, D. K. Sing, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, et al. (2011). “The upper atmosphere of the exoplanet HD209458b revealed by the sodium D lines. Temperature– Pressure profile, ionization layer and thermosphere,” A&A, 527, A110, 10 pages. Corrigendum, A&A, 533, C4, 2 pages

24) Desert, J.-M., Sing, D. K., Vidal-Madjar, et al. (2011). “Transit spectrophotometry of the exoplanet HD189733b. II. New Spitzer observations at 3.6µm,” A&A, 526, A12, 13 pages

23) Sing, D. K. (2010). “Stellar Limb Darkening Coefficients for CoRoT and Kepler,” A&A, 510, 21, 4 pages Highlight: 171 Citations. Top 10 astrophysics paper in 2010 as indexed by normalized citations (ADS 1/2014).

22) Lecavelier des Etangs, D. Ehrenreich, A. Vidal-Madjar, G. E. Ballester, J.-M. Desert, R. Ferlet, G. Hebrard, K.-O., D. K. Sing, Tchakoumegni, and S. Udry (2010). “Evaporation of the planet HD189733b observed in H I Lyman-α,” A&A, 514, A72, 10 pages

21) Lopez-Morales, Mercedes, Coughlin, Jeffery L., Sing, David K., et al. (2010). “Day-side z'-band emission and eccentricity of Wasp12b,” ApJL, 716, 36-40

20) G. Hebrard, et al. (27 co-authors including D. Sing) (2010). “Observation of the full 12-hour-duration transit of the exoplanet HD80606b Spitzer photometry and SOPHIE spectroscopy,” A&A, 516, A95, 14 pages

19) A. Vidal–Madjar, L. Arnold, D. Ehrenreich, R. Ferlet, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, F. Bouchy, D. Segrasan, I. Boisse, G. Hebrard, C. Moutou, J.-M. Desert, D. Sing, et al. (2010). “The Earth as an extrasolar transiting planet: Earth’s atmosphere composition and thickness revealed by Lunar eclipse observations,” A&A, 523, A57, 14 pages

2009 18) Sing, David K., & Lopez-Morales, M. (2009). “Ground-Based Secondary Eclipse Detection of the Very-Hot Jupiter OGLE-TR-56b,” A&A, 493, L31-L34

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 17 of 22 Highlight: First ground-based detection of an exoplanet’s thermal emission, a goal previously sought unsuccessfully by others for nearly a decade. 77 citations. Press Release by A&A: “First ground-based detection of light from transiting exoplanets”

17) David K. Sing, J.-M. Desert, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, et al. (2009). “Transit spectrophotometry of the exoplanet HD189733b. I. Searching for Water but Finding Haze with HST NICMOS,” A&A, 505, 891-899

16) J.-M. Desert, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, G. Hebrard, D. K. Sing, D. Ehrenreich, R. Ferlet, & A. Vidal-Madjar (2009). “Search for Monoxide in the Atmosphere of the Transiting Exoplanet HD189733b,” ApJ, 699, 478-485

15) J. C. Rogers, Daniel Apai, M. Lopez-Morales, David K. Sing, & A. Burrows (2009). “Ks- band detection of thermal emission and color constraints to CoRoT–1b: A low–albedo planet with inefficient atmospheric energy redistribution and a temperature inversion,” ApJ, 707, 1707-1716 ERRATUM: 2010, ApJ, 723,1825-1826

14) Koechlin, L., Serre, D., Deba, P., Pelló, R., Peillon, C., Duchon, P., Gomez de Castro, A. I., Karovska, M., Désert, J.-M., Ehrenreich, D., Hebrard, G., Lecavelier Des Etangs, A., Ferlet, R., Sing, D, Vidal-Madjar, A. (2009). “The Fresnel Interferometric Imager,” Experimental Astronomy, 23, 379, 24 pages

2008 13) Sing, David K., Vidal-Madjar, A., Lecavelier des Etangs, et al. (2008). “Determining Atmospheric Conditions at the Terminator of the Hot-Jupiter HD209458b,” ApJ, 686, 667-673 Highlight: First detection of an exoplanet’s thermosphere, and first measurement of absolute atmospheric abundances in an exoplanet. 100 citations.

12) Sing, David K., Vidal-Madjar, A., Désert, J.-M., et al. (2008). “Hubble Space Telescope STIS Optical Transit Transmission Spectra of the Hot-Jupiter HD209458b,” ApJ, 686, 658-666 Highlight: First complete exoplanet optical transmission spectrum. 68 citations.

11) Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Pont, F., Vidal-Madjar A., & Sing, David K. (2008). “Rayleigh Scattering in the Transit Spectrum of HD189733b,” A&A, 481, L83-L86

10) Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., J.-M. Désert, & Sing. D. K. (2008). “Rayleigh scattering by H2 in the extrasolar planet HD209458b,” A&A, 485, 865-869

9) Désert, J.-M., Vidal-Madjar, A., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Sing, D. K., et al. (2008). “TiO and VO absorption features in the optical spectrum of the atmosphere of HD209458b,” A&A, 492, 585-592

2007 8) Ballester, G., Sing, David. K., & Herbert, F. (2007). “The signature of hot hydrogen in

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 18 of 22 the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD209458b,” Nature, 445, 511-514 Highlight: First exoplanet transmission spectra. 74 citations.

7) D. Ehrenreich, G. Hebrard , A. Lecavelier des Etangs, D. K. Sing, et al. (2007). “A Spitzer Search for Water in the Transiting Exoplanet HD 189733b,” ApJ, 668, 179L-L182

6) G. Tinetti, A. Vidal-Madjar, M.-C. Liang, J.-P. Beaulieu, Y. Yung, S. Carey, R. J. Barber, J. Tennyson, I. Ribas, N. Allard, G. E. Ballester, David K. Sing, & F. Selsis (2007). “Water vapor in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet,” Nature, 448, 169-171

5) Sing, D. K., Green, E. B., Howell, S. B, Holberg, J. B, Lopez-Morales, M., & Shaw, J. S. (2007). “Discovery of a Bright Eclipsing Cataclysmic Variable Binary” A&A, 474, 951-960

2006 4) Liebert, J., Williams, K. A., Holberg, J.B., & Sing, D. K. (2006). “The Pre-cataclysmic Binary HS1136+6646 May Have a Companion” PASP, 118, 1528-1532

2004 3) Sing, David K., Howell, Steve B., Szkody, Paula, & Cordova, France A. (2004). “Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Spectroscopy of the Transitional Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable V405 Aurigae” PASP, 116, 1056-1060

2) Good, S. A., Barstow, M. A., Holberg, J. B., Sing, D. K., Burleigh, M. R., & Dobbie, P. D (2004). “Comparison of the effective , gravities and helium abundances of DAO white dwarfs from Balmer and Lyman line studies” MNRAS, 355, 1031-1040

1) Sing, D. K., Holberg, J. B., Burleigh, M. R., Good, S. A., Barstow, M. A., Oswalt, T. D., Howell, S. B., Brinkworth, C. S., Rudkin, M., Johnston, K., & Rafferty, S. (2004). “Spectroscopic and Photometric Analysis of HS 1136+6646: A Hot Young DAO+K7V Post-Common-Envelope, Pre-Cataclysmic Variable Binary” AJ, 127, 2936-2947

Conference Proceedings

2015 24) Beichman, C. et al. (47 additional authors including D. K. Sing). “Observations of Transiting Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP), December 2014, arXiv:1411.1754

2014 23) Colon, K. D., Gaidos, E., Wilson, P. A., Ford, E. B., Sing, D. K., Ballester, G. E., Desert, J., Ehrenreich, D., Fortney, J. J., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Lopez-Morales, M., Morley, C., Pettitt, A., Pont, F., and Vidal-Madjar, A., (2014). "Characterizing the

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 19 of 22 Atmospheres of Super-Earths and Hot-Jupiters with Narrow-Band Photometry" American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #223, #207.03

2013 22) López-Morales, M., Ribas, I., Sing, D. K., Huitson, C., Rodler, F., García-Melendo, E., Belu, A., and Cabrera-Lavers, A., (2013). "Results of the First Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Attempt with GTC" Fourth Science Meeting with the GTC (Eds. C. Muñoz-Tuñón & J. M. Rodríguez-Espinosa) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 42, pp. 10-11

2012 21) Bourrier, V., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Wheatley, P. J., Dupuy, H., Ehrenreich, D., Vidal- Madjar, A., Hébrard, G., Ballester, G. E., Désert, J.-M., Ferlet, R., and Sing, D. K., (2012). "Temporal variations in the evaporating atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733b" SF2A-2012: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Eds.: S. Boissier, P. de Laverny, N. Nardetto, R. Samadi, D. Valls-Gabaud and H. Wozniak, pp.231-235

2012 20) Pont, F., Sing, D., Huitson, C., Gibson, N., Gilliland, R., Knutson, H., Charbonneau, D., and Desert, J.-M., (2011). "The complete transmission spectrum of an exoplanet from UV to IR" EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. p.1602

19) Huitson, C., Sing, D. K., Vidal-Madjar, A., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Ballester, G. E., Desert, J., and Pont, F., (2011). "Temperature-Pressure Profile In The Upper Atmosphere Of HD 189733b: Detection Of The Thermosphere" American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #40.13

18) Sing, D., Desert, J., Wilson, P., Pont, F., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Ballester, G., Fortney, J., Lopez-Morales, M., Ehrenreich, D., and Vidal-Madjar, A., (2011). "GTC Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheric Survey: Comparative From Narrowband Spectrophotometry" AAS, ESS meeting #2, #12.02

17) Gibson, N., Aigrain, S., Roberts, S., Evans, T., Osborne, M., Pont, F., and Sing, D., (2011). "NIR Transmission Spectra of HD189733: Application of Gaussian Processes for Removing Systematics" AAS, ESS meeting #2, #11.06

16) Parmentier, V., Lecavelier Des Etangs, A., Désert, J.-M., and Sing, D., (2011). "Influence of stellar variability on the determination of the radius during a transit of an exoplanet" Research, Science and Technology of Brown Dwarfs and Exoplanets: Proceedings of an International Conference held in Shangai on Occasion of a Total Eclipse of the , Shangai, China, Edited by E.L. Martin; J. Ge; W. Lin; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 16, id.04002

2010 15) Rogers, J., Apai, D., Lopez-Morales, M., Sing, D., Burrows, A., and Sterzik, M., (2010). "Ks-band Detection of Thermal Emission and Color Constraints to the Hot Jupiter

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 20 of 22 CoRoT-1b" American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #328.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.426

2009 14) Sing, D. K., Lecavelier, A., Désert, J.-M., Vidal-Madjar, A., and Ballester, G., (2009). "Absorption Spectra of the Prototype Hot-Jupiters: determination of atmospheric constituents and structure" Transiting Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 253, p. 532-535

13) Désert, J.-M., Vidal-Madjar, A., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Sing, D., Ehrenreich, D., Hébrard, G., and Ferlet, R., (2009). "Atmospheric composition and structure of HD209458b" Transiting Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 253, p. 524-527

2008 12) Sing, D. K., Vidal-Madjar, A., Désert, J.-M., Lecavalier Des Etangs, A., Ballester, G., and Ehrenreich, D., (2008). "Clouds on the Dark Side of an Extrasolar Hot-Jupiter: Detailed Transit Analysis of Atmospheric Sodium in HD209458b" Extreme Solar Systems, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 398, proceedings of the conference held 25-29 June, 2007, at Santorini Island, Greece. Edited by D. Fischer, F. A. Rasio, S. E. Thorsett, and A. Wolszczan, p.379

2007 11) Tinetti, G., Liang, M., Beaulieu, J., Yung, Y. L., Carey, S., Ribas, I., Tennyson, J., Barber, B., Allard, N., Ballester, G., Sing, D., and Selsis, F., (2007). "Water Vapour In The Atmosphere Of An Extrasolar Planet" American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #39, #29.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.467

10) Sing, D. and Ballester, G., (2007). "Signatures of hot hydrogen in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD209458b" 2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #253.03; Bulletin of the AAS, Vol. 39, p.274

2006 9) Sing, D. K., Howell, S. B., Szkody, P., and Cordova, F. A., (2006). "FUSE Spectroscopy of the Transitional Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable V405 Aurigae" Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE ASP Conference Series, Vol. 348, Proceedings of the Conference held 2-6 August, 2004 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Edited by G. Sonneborn, H. Moos, and B-G Andersson, p.272

8) Sing, D. K., Holberg, J. B., Howell, S. B., Burleigh, M., Good, S., and Barstow, M., (2006). "FUSE Observations of the Young Pre-IP Candidate HS1136+6646" Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE ASP Conference Series, Vol. 348, Proceedings of the Conference held 2-6 August, 2004 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Edited by G. Sonneborn, H. Moos, and B-G Andersson, p.236

7) Holberg, J. B., Sing, D. K., Hubeny, I., Barstow, M. A., and Burleigh, M. R., (2006). "A FUSE Legacy Program of DA White Dwarf Observations" Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE ASP Conference Series, Vol. 348,

Prof. David Sing Curriculum Vitae 21 of 22 Proceedings of the Conference held 2-6 August, 2004 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Edited by G. Sonneborn, H. Moos, and B-G Andersson, p.230

2005 6) Sing, D. K., Holberg, J. B., Howell, S., Burleigh, M., Good, S., and Barstow, M., (2005). "Ultraviolet Observations of the Young Pre-IP Candidate HS1136+6646" 14th European Workshop on White Dwarfs, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 334 Proceedings of a meeting held at Kiel, July 19-23, 2004. Edited by D. Koester and S. Moehler. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005, p.393

2003 5) Sing, D. K., Holberg, J. B., Barstow, M. A., Burleigh, M., Good, S., Oswalt, T., Howell, S., and Brinkworth, C., (2003). "HS1136+6646: A Hot DAO.5+K6V Young Post-CE Pre-CV Binary" White Dwarfs, proceedings of the conference held at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy. Edited by D. de Martino, R. Silvotti, J.-E. Solheim, and R. Kalytis. Kluwer Academic Publishers. NATO Science Series II -- Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 105, p. 349."

4) Good, S. A., Barstow, M. A., Burleigh, M. R., Holberg, J. B., Sing, D., Napiwotzki, R., and Bruhweiler, F. C., (2003). "Spectroscopic determination of mass for a sample of DAO white dwarfs" White Dwarfs, proceedings of the conference held at the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Napoli, Italy. Edited by D. de Martino, R. Silvotti, J.-E. Solheim, and R. Kalytis. Kluwer Academic Publishers. NATO Science Series II -- Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 105, p. 143."

2002 3) Sing, D., Holberg, J. B., and Dupuis, J., (2002). "A Comparison of EUVE Fluxes with Absolute Stellar Calibration at Longer Wavelengths" Continuing the Challenge of EUV Astronomy: Current Analysis and Prospects for the Future. ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 264. Edited by Steve B. Howell, Jean Dupuis, Daniel Golombek, Frederick M. Walter, and Jennifer Cullison. ISBN: 1-58381-104-4. San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002., p.57

2001 2) Sing, D. K., Holberg, J. B., Howell, S., Barstow, M. A., and Burleigh, M., (2001). "HS1136+6646: A Bright Pre-CV System Containing a Very Hot DAO White Dwarf" American Astronomical Society, 199th AAS Meeting, #133.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.1501

1) Holberg, J. B., Sing, D., Barstow, M. A., and Good, S., (2001). "HS 1136+6646: A New Short Period DAO + dMe System" Astronomische Gesellschaft Abstract Series, Vol. 18. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at the Joint European and National Meeting JENAM 2001 of the European Astronomical Society and the Astronomische Gesellschaft at Munich, September 10-15, 2001, abstract #P106.

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