Curriculum Vitae: Francesca Faedi

Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana

Current Affiliations: Honorary visiting fellow INAF–OACT Catania | Board Member Fondazione Occhialini | Member of Women In Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) Rome local Group | Innovation Manager (list of the Ministry of Economic Development)

Employment: 2019 – 2020 Innovation Manager, Officine Creative Marchigiane (start-up), Pesaro, IT 2017 – 2018 Research Fellow, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, IT (PLATO grant) 2012 – 2017 Research Fellow, Warwick University, UK (named PDRA on STFC consolidated Grant) 2009 – 2012 Research Fellow, Queens University Belfast, UK

Education: 2009 PhD in Astrophysics - Marie Curie Fellow University of Leicester (UK) 2005 Master in Astrophysics & Planetology University P. Sabatier, Toulouse (FR) 2003 Degree in Physics University Tor Vergata, Roma (IT) - (grade 101/110)

Research Interest: Extrasolar planets, brown dwarfs and low mass . Formation, evolution and architecture of planetary systems; planetary atmospheres. Characterisation and mitigation of astrophysical noise in photometric and spectroscopic light-curves. Characterisation of planetary systems via high S/N photometry and high resolution spectroscopy. Planets and sub-stellar companions to white dwarfs, white dwarfs variability.

Main research activity: 2019/20 Referee for the NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowships (NPP) 2018– ... Co-I of 'The Gaia-LSST: from pulsating stars and formation history to WD planets' (PI Clementini) 2018– ... Member of NCORES project: large HARPS rocky planets program; within TFOP (PI Armstrong), NASA-TESS mission 2013– ... Co-I of GAPS: Global Architecture of Planetary Systems (INAF) 2012– ... International Collaboration for the exploitation of the NASA-K2 space mission 2012–18 Member of the ESA-PLATO consortium, Work Packages 111000: Filtering of instrumental and astrophysical noise; Detection of single transit events – Planets in binary stars 2011– ... PI of HoSTS: the Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems project 2011– ... PI of SOAPS: the Spin-Orbit Alignment of Planetary Systems project (NASA-K2 mission) 2011–17 PI of TTVs and planet detection in WASP data (co-Is: Dr. Garcia ES; Dr. Lopez-Morales USA) 2010–17 Planets around M dwarfs in UK-WASP data (co-Is: Dr. Ribas ES; Dr. Pagano/Micela IT) 2009–17 Leader of the UK-WASP follow up campaigns for discovery and charaterisation 2009– ... Collaboration with Dr. Queloz Nobel Prize winner, and S. Udry (Camabridge & Geneva groups) 2008– ... Co-I of project: Low-mass eclipsing binaries from UK-WASP - EBLMs 2010– ... PI of transiting planets around White Dwarfs in UK-WASP 2006– ... Member of the UK-WASP, NGTS, ESA-PLATO, consortia

- Referee for Nature, Science, AJ, MNRAS etc - Referee for the NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowships (NPP); OPTICON (EU-funded) and PATT (UK-funded) applications for Telescope time Allocation

Memberships: Member of the Royal Astronomical Society (UK) | Board Member Fondazione Occhialini | Women In Aerospace Europe WIA-E | Women Tech-makers Member

Programming Experience:

Software: IRAF, DS9, GAIA, FTOOLS, TOPCAT, LATEX, GIMP, etc. and astro dedicated software, MS Office package (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. ), OpenOffice package, Mac equivalent Programming: IDL, Python (basic), Fortran, Linux, some SQL Awards and Funding:

2019 – Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana – by initiative of Presidente Mattarella 2019 – “Citta' di Staffolo” Award – Staffolo, IT, STEM outreach activities for the Marche Region (AN, IT) 2019 – International Award “Woman of the 2019” (10K-Euro) – (Aosta, IT), STEM outreach 2014 – 2017 Named PDRA in the Consolidated Grant, Dept. of Physics, Warwick University, UK 2006 – 2009 Marie Curie Fellow University of Leicester UK (PhD) 2009 – Research contract (6-months), data processing XMM-Newton SSC (3.5K£) – Project: The XMM- Newton Wide Angle Survey (XWAS) - Director: Prof. M. G. Watson, Leicester. 2005 – ASI (Italian Space Agency) research contract (7.5K€), Project: A preparatory study for AGILE and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescopes. Supervisor: P. Caraveo/G. Bignami (CESR Toulouse, FR) 2004 – Award for a Masters course at a European University (6K€), funded by University of Bologna IT, Master in Astrophysics and Planetology (Universitée Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, FR) 2004 – Leonardo da Vinci scholarship (3K€), 3 months project: The Fermi Gamma-ray SpaceTelescope, Supervisor: Prof. P. Caraveo and Prof. G. Bignami (CESR–Toulouse, FR)

PI - Telescope Awards: about 100 nights, worth more than 80K€

- 2018B Atmospheres of Super-Earth planets in the transition region, LBT/LBC 8.4m – 3n - 2014A Discovery and charactersisation of WASP planets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 8n, OPTICON funded - 2013A,B Discovery and charactersisation of WASP planets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 15n, OPTICON funded - 2012A Spin-Orbit Alignment of transiting Planetary Systems – Subaru/HDS 8m – 1n - 2011B/2012A Homogenous characterisation of transiting planet hosts, MPG/FEROS, 2.2m – 7.5n - 2011B Determining Precise Radii for Transiting Exoplanets, INT/WFC 2.5m – 6n - 2011B Rotation Periods–Activity–Age Relation for Transiting planet K-Hosts, LT/RATCam 2m – 33h - 2011B Homogenous characterisation transiting planet hosts, MPG/FEROS 2.2m – 3.5n - 2011A/2010ABDiscovery and charactersisation of WASP planets, NOT/FIES 2.5m – and OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 32.7n total – 27.7 OPTICON funded - 2011A Disentangling the nature of secondaries in low–mass EBs in the WASP, SAAO 1.9m – 14n - 2011A Confirming new WASP planet candidates with the NOT/FIES 2.5m – 4h, OPTICON funded

Co - I Telescope awards: a summary, more than 310 nights

- 2019/21-AB Naked Cores: exploring planets internal structures with HARPS 3.6m – 93n - 2016/17-AB Characterising Hot Neptunes and Super-Earths from the NGTS, HARPS 3.6m – 17.1n - 2016/17-AB Characterising Hot Neptunes and Super-Earths from the NGTS Survey, FEROS 2.5m - 8n - 2014B/15A Discovery and charactersisation of WASP planets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 16n, OPTICON funded - 2013A Characterizing the Global Architectures of Planetary Systems – TNG/HARPS-N 3.6m – 360h - 2013A Testing spin-orbit alignment for a diverse sample of giant planets – TNG/HARPS-N 3.6m – 4n - 2013A Physical properties of five new transiting planets, LT/RISE 2m – 22h - 2012B HoSTS – Independent measurements of stellar temperatures, INT/IDS 2.5m – 4n - 2012B Continued discovery and characterization of WASP planets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 5n - 2012B Secondary Eclipses of J011351, Kitt Peak/FLAMINGO 4m – 4n - 2011B/2012A The HoSTS project, NOAO/Kitt Peak 4m – 6n - 2012A Detailedhemical abundance analysis of planet-hosting wide binaries, MMT/MAESTRO 6.5m – 1n - 2012A Low mass eclipsing binaries from the SuperWASP surveys, INT/IDS 2.5m – 14n - 2012A Low mass stars, Brown dwarfs and large planets from WASP, NOT/FIES, 2.5m – 7n - 2011B Low-mass eclipsing binaries from the SuperWASP surveys, NOT/FIES 2.5m – 7n - 2011B IR spectroscopy of planet-host stars, VLT/UVES 8.2m – 15h - 2011AB Near-Infrared Light Curves of Eclipsing M Dwarfs, NTT/SOFI 3.6m – 8n - 2011AB Radii for newly discovered transiting planets from the WASP Surveys, LT/RISE 2m – 60h - 2011A Characterisation and Follow-up of New Planets from WASP, LCOGT/FTN-FTS 2m – 54h - 2011A Characterisation and Follow-up of New Planets from WASP, DDT/FTN-FTS 2m – 25.2h - 2011A Dynamical histories of transiting planets via the RM effect, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 4n - 2011A Optical Light Curves of Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries, SAAO-1m – 7n - 2011A High resolution imaging of transiting planet host-stars, WHT-NAOMI/INGRID/OSCA 4m – 5n - 2011A Low mass eclipsing binaries from the SuperWASP surveys, INT/IDS 2.5m – 14n - 2010B Searching For Exoplanets Around Young Active Stars, NOT/FIES 2.5m – 7n - 2010B Characterisation and Follow-up of New Planets from WASP, LCOGT/FTN-FTS 2m – 107h - 2010B/2011AB Discovery and charactersisation of more WASP planets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 14n - 2010A Studying the histories of transiting exoplanets, OHP/SOPHIE 1.9m – 4n - 2010A Characterisation and Follow-up of New Planets from WASP, LCOGT/FTN-FTS 2m – 105h Teaching Experience: - 2019 Guest Teacher for 'Better Place project', teaching diversity and inclusion in the private sector (IT) - 2019 Astronomy Course: From the Solar System to Exoplanets; c\o Ist. Pirandello (GCSE-level, Pesaro - IT) - 2019 Astronomy Course: The Solar Systems and Exoplanets, @ World Space Week (Osimo, IT) - 2019 Courses on Image and Signal analysis – distant learning courses for ITC, Medical tech. And Engineers; Miscovalley srl (Ancona, IT) - 2019 Closing lecture Astrobiology Course: Discovery of new 'habitable' worlds; Univeristy of Urbino, IT Faculty of Biology, 1st/2nd year - 2018 Astronomy Course: From the Solar System to Exoplanets, c\o Ist. Pirandello (GCSE-level, Pesaro - IT) - 2012 Summer-project co-Supervisor, Queens University Belfast - 06/09 Teaching Assistant, Physics Degree at University of Leicester, UK - 2005 Math & Physics teacher - Rimini, Istituto Michelangelo Rimini-IT (A-level)

Seminars and Presentations (selected): 2020 University of Camerino, Il Bello di UniCam, Invited Speaker 2020 University Politecnica delle Marche, Aula Emprende, Invited Speaker 2019 University of Urbino, Final course lecture on Astrobiology 1st year 2019 GALASSICA 2 Astronomy festival, Scientific director & Speaker 2018 GALASSICA Astronomy festival, Invited Speaker 2017 10th GAPS meeting Palermo, Invited Contribution 2013 Osservatorio Astronomico di Catania, Invited Seminar 2013 University of Leicester, UK, Invited Seminar 2012 RoPACS Conference Munich, GE, Invited Contribution 2012 Cool Stars Barcelona, ES, Poster contribution 2011 National University of Ireland Maynooth, Rep. of Ireland, Invited Seminar 2010 PLATO-UK science meeting, London, UK, Oral contribution 2010 The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems, IAU Symposium, Turin, IT, Oral contribution 2010 Detection and dynamics of transiting exoplanets, OHP, FR, Oral contribution 2010 17th European White Dwarf Workshop, Tuebingen, GE, Oral Contribution 2010 Planetary Systems beyond the , Bamberg, GE, Oral Contribution 2008 Habitability in our , Edinburgh, UK, Oral Contribution 2008 16th European White Dwarfs Workshop, Barcelona, ES, Oral Contribution 2007 Young Astronomer meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 1st – prize Poster contribution

SCIENTIFIC Referees: 1) Professor Martin Barstow Chair, UK Space Agency Science Programme Advisory Committee Chair, Space Telescope Institute Council Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK Direct phone: +44 (0) 0116 252 3492 E-mail: [email protected]

2) Professor D. Pollacco Department of Physics and Astronomy/Centre for Habitability University of Warwick Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK Direct Phone: +44 (0)24765 74329 E-mail: [email protected]

3) Dr. Mike Goad (Reader in Observational Astronomy) Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK Direct phone: +44 (0)116 223 1293 E-mail: [email protected] 4) Professor Heike Rauer German Aerospace Centre (DLR) Head of the Institute of Planetary Research Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany

Direct Phone: +49 (30) 67055 430 E-mail: [email protected]

NON SCIENTIFIC Referees : 1) Dr. Annamaria Nassisi Manager Strategic Marketing OEN - Thales Alenia Space Chair a.i. and Communication’s Director Women In Aereospace Europe Via Saccomuro, 24 00131 Roma

Direct Phone: +390641512328 Mobile: +393346009518 E-mail: [email protected]

2) Dr. Ersilia Vaudo Scarpetta Chief Diversity Officier DG Services ESA 24 rue du Général Bertrand CS 30798 75345 Paris CEDEX 7, France Direct Phone: +33 (0)153698018 E-mail: [email protected]

3) Dr. Frida Paolella (Regione Marche) Servizio Sviluppo e Valorizzazione del Territorio via Gentile da Fabriano, 9 - 60125 Ancona, Italy Direct Phone: +39 071 806.2120 E-mail: [email protected]

Press Releases: SCIENTIFIC • Discovery of a new Planet April 2018 https://www.media.inaf.it/2018/03/26/una-super-terra-con-un-super-nucleo/ https://www.repubblica.it/scienze/2018/03/27/news/scoperto_sosia_di_mercurio_in_un_altro_sist ema_planetario-192354076/

• Discovery of a disintegrated minor body around WD1145, fall 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/21/nasa-images-of-cosmic-catastrophe-give- glimpse-of-earths-ultimate-fate https://www.rt.com/news/319357-nasa-death-star-earth/ https://www.alternet.org/2015/10/doomsday-scenario-heres-how-world-will-end-according-nasa/ https://www.i4u.com/2015/10/95973/earths-final-days-predicted https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1870813/images-solar-system-vaporised-real-life- death--reveal-earths-ultimate Outreach Activity: 2020 • World day of PMI webinar organised by OsimoLab (27/06/20) • Una Chiacchierata con l'Astrofisica (on-streaming, Scuola Urbani Padova, 5/6, A level) • Astrofisica questa sconosciuta – POSSO.it special contents (RAI media partner) • Interview E'tv Marche for the Space-X Demo-2 launch following NASA Launch America event (30/5) • Museum World day ICOM: La scienza per l'attrattivita' turistico-culturale webinar (18/05) • Festa dell'Europa, (the Europe Day) Ist. Scolastico Trillini Osimo Ancona (remotely, 9/5, Primary school) • Sulle vie della Parità – Gender Equality Commision of the Marche Region (8/5, remotly) • Interviewed by Marco Montemagno (remotely, Brighton, UK, 08/04) • Zoom lesson about COVID-19 e Fake news - Liceo Scientifico-Volta-Fellini Riccione (1/4, GCSE level) • Interview with Prof. Martin Barstow chair of the UK Space Agency science Programme Advisory Committee for the magazine COSMO (published in June 2020) • At school with an astrophysicist: the wonder of the Cosmo (Primary School Manzi Pesaro, IT 17/2) • Lesson on Exoplanets (Liceo Scientifico-Volta-Fellini, Riccione, IT 13/2, GCSE level) • Oltre il Sistema Solare: altri mondi, altre lune (Beyond the Solar System: other worlds - Circolo Bianchini, Fano, IT 14/2) • Interview to the Nobel Laureate for Physics 2019 Didier Queloz (Cambridge, UK, 30/01)

2019 • 'Citta' di Staffolo' AWARD, for STEM outreach activities (Staffolo, AN, IT, 11/19) • 'La Scienza per la Pace e lo Sviluppo', ONU event with schools and general public ('Science for Peace and development' - moderated by TV presenter P. Roversi Osimo, AN, IT, 10/11) • 'World Space Week', speaker and organizer, with the patronage of ESA, ASI, INAF, GSSI (Osimo, IT, 4 - 10 October 2019) • 'Stars & History', Invited Speaker Calascio and Castelvecchio, Abruzzo, IT, (29/09) • 'Penna chiama Luna', Invited Speaker, Penna S. Giovanni (MC, IT) an IAU event (17/08) – Interview with TGR 3 • 'Guidubaldo e le Stelle', Event promoter and Speaker. Guidubaldo del Monte and Galileo Galilei (Mombaroccio PU, IT, 11/08) • 'PopSophia', invited Speaker – Other Worlds other Moons (Civitanova, IT, 26/07) • 'Asteroid Day', invited speaker – OsimoLab (Osimo, IT, 30/06) • UNESCO Creative Cities Conference 'Beyond the confine of our Solar systems' (Fabriano, IT, 15/6) • Interview on National TV, during the news TG1, , for the Award Woman of the year (1/6) • School outreach activity within the framework of the 'XXI International Award Donna dell'Anno Valle D'Aosta' (Third prize, Euro 10,000, Aosta IT 29-30/6) • Rotary club Osimo invited speaker: 'meet the astrophysicist' (Osimo, AN, IT, 3/5) • Scientific Director of 'GALASSICA Festival of Astronomy' 2nd edition (Recanati, IT, 25-27/4) • 'Scienza e Umanesimo' event for all schools in the Marche Region (Moderator P. Roversi, Pesaro, IT, 09/04) • Outreach girls for STEM, Scuola Superiore Rinaldini (Ancona, IT, 25/03, GCSE level) • 'L’altra metà del cielo marchigiano' – International day of Women and girls in Science (11/2) (Organised by ISTAO, Ancona, IT) • 'Le Donne nella Scienza' – International day of Women and girls in Science (Ancona, IT – 11/02) • Interview @ TGR 3 Marche 'TG itinerante' Museo del Balì (interview on-line; Pesaro, IT, 19/01) • Interview @ E'tv Marche for the event IAU 100h of Astronomy (Recanati, IT, 12/01) • 'Lo spazio e il cosmo' (100h of Astronomy - IAU event for 100th anniversary - Recanati, IT,12/01) • Interview @ TGR 3 Marche for the event: Ultima Thule flyby by the New Horizons probe (Pesaro IT, 01/01, on-line edition of 19.30)

2018 • Startup Italia OpenSummit SIOS/Unstoppable Women: 'Science, innovation and leadership: the keys to the new feminism' (Milano, IT, 17/12) • XIV Giornata delle Marche: 'Donne, scienza e creatività: le Marche del futuro senza confini', Invited Speaker (Ancona, IT, 10/12) • Meeting Innovation with 'Officine Creative Marchigiane' @ ID106 Coworking (Pesaro, IT – 07/12) • 'GALASSICA, Festival of Astronomy', invited speaker (Macerata, IT – 24/06) • 'Spazio al Futuro', with the patronage of the Marche Region (San Marcello, Ancona, IT – 14/04) • National TV channel RAI 1, national TV, interview during the program UnoMattina – discovery of K2-229b (Roma, 02/04)

2011/2017 STEM outreach activities in local schools for Warwick University (UK), and schools in Italy (Liceo Scientifico G. Marconi, Pesaro)

• Press Releases: OUTREACH • Open Summit Startup Italia/Unstoppable Women 17/12/2018 - Link • TGR Marche edition h19:30 Ultima Thule flyby by New Hrizons 01/01/2019 - Link • IAU - 100th year anniversary Recanati, Article of Piero Bianucci – La Stampa, 12/01/2019 - Link • Press Release from The Marche Region 100th year IAU event Recanati, 12/01/2019 – Link • Science and business management @ school – Link • International Award Woman of the year: “Premio Internazionale Donna dell'Anno” - Valle D'Aosta, 01/06/2019 - Link-1 Link-2 Link-3 Link-4 Link-5 • Asteroid Day 30/06/2019 world day - Link • 50° anniversary of Moon landing – Link-1 • Interview event Guidubaldo e le Stelle 11/08/2019 – Link-1 Link-2 Link-3 • Interview event 'Penna chiama Luna' 17/08/2019 TGR Marche edition 18/08/2019 – Link • World Space Week (Osimo – AN 4-10 Oct. 2019) 45° min – Link 59° min link-2 • Interview TG1 Persone by the journalist Angelo Angelastro (19/10/2019) – Link • World Science day for Peace and Development (Osimo, IT, 10/11) – Link • Interview to the Nobel Laureate for Physics 2019 prof. Didier Queloz Link-1 Link-2 Link-3 • International Day of Education (Osimo, IT, 24/1) – cited on the local ONU website – Link • Interview TGR Marche (11/02/2020) – Link minute 10 • Article on the Alleyoop column of the 'Il Sole24h' ONU international day of Women and girls in Science Feb. 11th 2020 – Link • Activity advocating for the adoption of the ONU Sustainable Development Goals – Link • Interview by Marco Montemagno (9/4/2020) – Link • Interview TGR Marche (02/06/2020) – Link minute 12,44 • ONU world day of PMI (27/06/2020) – Link

NON SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

• Article of interview to Prof. D. Pollacco & Nobel laureate prof. D. Queloz 25th anniversary of 51 Pegasi b announcement (to be published on COSMO magazine, bfcSpace issue Oct 2020) • Article for Asteroid Day 2020 a bridge between Le Marche Region and the Space – on line Link • Referee for SciVPo – article interview of Nobel Laureate prof. Queloz (Are we going to Alpha Centauri?) – Link • Article Published on COSMO magazine (bfcSpace June issue) – Interview to Prof. M. Barstow • Article on the Alleyoop column of the ' Il Sole24h ' for the ONU international day of Women and girls in Science Feb. 11th 2020 – Link • 2019 29th December article for local press (Il Resto del Carlino Pesaro) • 2020 - Book for schools – title: “Col naso all' insù” - in preparation List of Publications: 61 publications, 6 first author of which 1 in Nature, h-index 26, 1,602 citations 28 co-authored with prof. Didier Queloz Nobel Prize winner for Physics 2019

Refereed Publications

1. Schanche, N.; Collier Cameron, A.; Almenara, J. M.; Alsubai, K. A.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barkaoui, K.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bochiński, J.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Burdanov, A.; Busuttil, R.; Deleuil, M.; Delrez, L.; Faedi, F.; [and 18 co-authors] – SuperWASP dispositions and false positive catalogue – 2019MNRAS.488.4905S

2. Gill, S.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Evans, J. A.; Evans, D. F.; Southworth, J.; Smalley, B.; Gary, B. L.; Anderson, D. R.; Bouchy, F.; Cameron, A. C.; Dominik, M.; Faedi, F.; [and 14 co-authors] – The EBLM project. VI. Mass and radius of five low-mass stars in F+M binaries discovered by the WASP survey – 2019A&A...626A.119G

3. von Boetticher, Alexander; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Queloz, Didier; Gill, Sam; Maxted, Pierre F. L.; Almleaky, Yaseen; Anderson, David R.; Bouchy, François; Burdanov, Artem; Collier Cameron, Andrew; Delrez, Laetitia; Ducrot, Elsa; Faedi, Francesca; [ and 18 co-authors] – The EBLM Project. V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars – 2019A&A...625A.150V

4. Schanche, N.; Collier Cameron, A.; Hébrard, G.; Nielsen, L.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Almenara, J. M.; Alsubai, K. A.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bouchy, F.; Boumis, P.; Brown, D. J. A.; Faedi, F.; [and 12 co-authors] – Machine-learning approaches to exoplanet transit detection and candidate validation in wide-field ground-based surveys – 2019MNRAS.483.5534S

5. Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Hebb, L.; Stempels, H. C.; Paat, A.; Stassun, K. G.; Faedi, F.; Street, R. A.; Rohn, G.; Hellier, C.; Anderson, D. R. – Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary – 2019A&A...623A..23G

6. Esposito, M.; Armstrong, D. J.; [and 74 co-authors including F. Faedi] – HD219666b: a hot- Neptune from TESS Sector 1 – 2019A&A...623A.165E

7. Lam, K. W. F.; Santerne, A.; Sousa, S. G.; Vigan, A.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brugger, B.; Adibekyan, V.; Almenara, J.-M.; Delgado Mena, E.; Dumusque, X.; Barrado, D.; Bayliss, D.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Ciardi, D.; Deleuil, M.; Demangeon, O.; Faedi, F.; [and 17 co-authors] – K2-265b: A Transiting Rocky Super-Earth – 2018A&A...620A..77L

8. A. Santerne, B. Brugger, D. J. Armstrong, V. Adibekyan, J. Lillo-Box, H. Gosselin, A. Aguichine, J.-M. Almenara, D. Barrado, S. C. C. Barros, D. Bayliss, I. Boisse, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, D. J. A. Brown, M. Deleuil, E. Delgado Mena, O. Demangeon, R. F. Dıaz, A. Doyle, X. Dumusque, F. Faedi; [and 24 co-authors] – An Earth-sized exoplanet with a Mercury-like composition – 2018NatAs...2..393S

9. Peter J. Wheatley, Richard G. West, Michael R. Goad, James S. Jenkins, Don L. Pollacco, Didier Queloz, Heike Rauer, Stephane Udry, Christopher A. Watson, Bruno Chazelas, Philipp Eigmuller, Gregory Lambert, Ludovic Genolet, James McCormac, Simon Walker, David J. Armstrong, Daniel Bayliss, Joao Bento, Francois Bouchy, Matthew R. Burleigh, Juan Cabrera, Sarah L. Casewell, Alexander Chaushev, Paul Chote, Szilard Csizmadia, Anders Erikson, Francesca Faedi; [and 19 co- authors] – The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) – 2018MNRAS.475.4476W

10. Daniel Bayliss, Edward Gillen, Philipp Eigmuller, James McCormac, Richard D. Alexander, David J. Armstrong, Rachel S. Booth, Francois Bouchy, Matthew R. Burleigh, Juan Cabrera, Sarah L. Casewell, Alexander Chaushev, Bruno Chazelas, Szilard Csizmadia, Anders Erikson, Francesca Faedi; [and 27 co-authors] – NGTS-1b: A hot Jupiter transiting an M-dwarf – 2018MNRAS.475.4467B

11. Demangeon, Olivier. D. S.; Faedi, F., Hébrard, G.; Brown, D. J. A.; [and 32 co-authors] The discovery of WASP-151b, WASP-153b, WASP-156b: Insights on giant planet migration and the upper boundary of the Neptunian desert – 2018A&A...610A..63D 12. Amaury H.M.J. Triaud, David V. Martin, Damien Ségransan, Barry Smalley, Pierre F.L. Maxted, David R. Anderson, François Bouchy, Andrew Collier Cameron, Francesca Faedi; [and 9 co-authors] – The EBLM Project IV. Spectroscopic orbits of over 100 eclipsing M dwarfs masquerading as transiting hot-Jupiters – 2017A&A...608A.129T

13. S. C. C. Barros, H. Gosselin, J. Lillo-Box, D. Bayliss, E. Delgado Mena, B. Brugger, A. Santerne, D. J. Armstrong, V. Adibekyan, J. D. Armstrong, D. Barrado, J. Bento, I. Boisse, A. S. Bonomo, F. Bouchy, D. J. A. Brown, W. D. Cochran, A. Collier Cameron, M. Deleuil, O. Demangeon, R. F. Díaz, A. Doyle, X. Dumusque, D. Ehrenreich, N. Espinoza, F. Faedi; [and 22 co-authors] Precise masses for the transiting planetary system HD 106315 with HARPS – 2017A&A...608A..25B

14. Doyle, Amanda P.; Smalley, Barry; Faedi, Francesca; Pollacco, Don; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; The Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS) - II. The influence of the line list on stellar parameters – 2017MNRAS.469.4850D

15. von Boetticher, Alexander; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Queloz, Didier; Gill, Sam; Lendl, Monika; Delrez, Laetitia; Anderson, David R.; Collier Cameron, Andrew; Faedi, Francesca; [and 13 co-authors] The EBLM project III. A Saturn-size low-mass star at the hydrogen-burning limit – 2017A&A...604L...6V

16. Lam, K. W. F.; Faedi, F.; [and 39 co-authors] From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b – 2017A&A...599A...3L

17. McCormac, James; Pollacco, Don; Wheatley, Peter; West, Richard; Walker, Simon; Bento, Joao; Skillen, Ian; Faedi, Francesca; [and 11 co-authors] The Next Generation Transit Survey - Prototyping Phase – 2017PASP..129b5002M

18. Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Hébrard, G.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Anderson, D. R.; Boumis, P.; Delrez, L.; Hay, K. L.; Lam, K. W. F.; Llama, J.; Lendl, M.; McCormac, J.; Skiff, B.; Smalley, B.; Turner, O.; Vanhuysse, M.; Armstrong, D. J.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Collier Cameron, A.; Faedi, F.; [and 19 co-authors] – WASP-113b and WASP-114b, two inflated hot Jupiters with contrasting densities – 2016A&A...593A.113B

19. Faedi, F.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Pollacco, D.; Brown, D. J. A.; Hébrard, G.; Smalley, B.; Lam, K. W. F.; Veras, D.; Anderson, D.; Doyle, A. P.; and 31 co-authors – WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets – 2016arXiv160804225F

20. Osborn, H. P.; Armstrong, D. J.; Brown, D. J. A.; McCormac, J.; Doyle, A. P.; Louden, T. M.; Kirk, J.; Spake, J. J.; Lam, K. W. F.; Walker, S. R.; Faedi F.; Pollacco D. – Single transit candidates from K2: detection and period estimation – 2016MNRAS.457.2273O

21. Spake, J. J.; Brown, D. J. A.; Doyle, A. P.; Hébrard, G.; McCormac, J.; Armstrong, D. J.; Pollacco, D.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bouchy, F.; Boumis, P.; Bruno, G.; Collier Cameron, A.; Courcol, B.; Davies, G. R.; Faedi, F.; [and 13 co-authors] – WASP-135b: A Highly Irradiated, Inflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a G5V Star – 2016PASP..128b4401S

22. West, R. G.; Hellier, C.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Deleuil, M.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; [and 16 co-authors] – Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters:. WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b – 2016A&A...585A.126W

23. Faedi, Francesca – Exoplanets: A glimpse of Earth's fate – 2015Natur.526..515F

24. Graczyk, D.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pietrzyński, G.; Pilecki, B.; Konorski, P.; Gieren, W.; Storm, J.; Gallenne, A.; Anderson, R. I.; Suchomska, K.; West, R. G.; ; Faedi, F.; Pojmański, G. – The Araucaria project. Precise physical parameters of the eclipsing binary IO Aquarii – 2015A&A...581A.106G

25. Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; [and 19 co-authors] – Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary – 2014MNRAS.445.1114A 26. Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Morales, J. C.; Faedi, F.; [and 16 coauthors] – The EBLM project. II. A very hot, low-mass M dwarf in an eccentric and long period eclipsing binary system from SuperWASP – 2014A&A...572A..50G

27. Armstrong, D. J.; Osborn, H. P.; Brown, D. J. A.; Faedi, F.; [and 4 co-authors] – On the abundance of circumbinary planets – 2014MNRAS.444.1873A

28. Smith, A. M. S.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; Faedi, F.; [and 22 coauthors] – WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits – 2014A&A...570A..64S

29. Brothwell, R. D.; Watson, C. A.; Hébrard, G.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Cegla, H. M.; Santerne, A.; Hébrard, E.; Anderson, D. R.; Pollacco, D.; Simpson, E. K.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Chew, Y. Gómez Maqueo; Cameron, A. Collier; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bento, J.; Bochinski, J.; Burwitz, V.; Busuttil, R.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; [and 22 coauthors] – A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b – 2014MNRAS.440.3392B

30. Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Faedi, F.; [and 11 co-authors] – Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP – 2014A&A...566A.128L

31. Holdsworth, Daniel L.; Smalley, B.; Gillon, M.; Clubb, K. I.; Southworth, J.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Cameron, A. Collier; Delrez, L.; Faedi, F.; [and 10 co-authors] – High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP – 2014MNRAS.439.2078H

32. Smalley, B.; Southworth, J.; Pintado, O. I.; Gillon, M.; Holdsworth, D. L.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; Faedi, F.; [and 11 coauthors] – Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey – 2014A&A...564A..69S

33. McCormac, J.; Skillen, I.; Pollacco, D.; Faedi, F.; Ramsay, G.; Dhillon, V. S.; Todd, I.; Gonzalez, A. – A search for photometric variability towards M71 with the Near-Infrared Transiting ExoplanetS Telescope – 2014MNRAS.438.3383M

34. Armstrong, D. J.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Faedi, F.; Pollacco, D. – A catalogue of temperatures for Kepler eclipsing binary stars – 2014MNRAS.437.3473A

35. Gaidos, E.; Anderson, D. R.; Lépine, S.; Colón, K. D.; Maravelias, G.; Narita, N.; Chang, E.; Beyer, J.; Fukui, A.; Armstrong, J. D.; Zezas, A.; Fulton, B. J.; Mann, A. W.; West, R. G.; Faedi, F. – Trawling for transits in a sea of noise: a search for exoplanets by analysis of WASP optical light curves and follow-up (SEAWOLF) – 2014MNRAS.437.3133G

36. Tyndall, A. A.; Jones, D.; Boffin, H. M. J.; Miszalski, B.; Faedi, F.; Lloyd, M.; Boumis, P.; López, J. A.; Martell, S.; Pollacco, D.; Santander-García, M. – Two rings but no fellowship: LoTr 1 and its relation to planetary nebulae possessing barium central stars – 2013MNRAS.436.2082T

37. Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Faedi, F.; Pollacco, D.; Brown, D. J. A.; Doyle, A. P.; Collier Cameron, A.; [and 35 co-authors] – Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii – 2013A&A...559A..36G

38. Armstrong, D.; Martin, D.V.; Brown, G.; Faedi, F.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Mardling, R.; Pollacco, D.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Udry, S. – Placing limits on the transit timing variations of circumbinary exoplanets – 2013MNRAS.434.3047A

39. Faedi, F.; Staley, T.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Pollacco, D.; Dhital, S.; Barros, S. C. C.; Skillen, I.; Hebb, L.; Mackay, C.; Watson, C. A. – Lucky imaging of transiting planet host stars with LuckyCam – 2013MNRAS.433.2097F

40. Desidera, S.; Sozzetti, A.; Bonomo, A. S.; Gratton, R.; Poretti, E.; Claudi, R.; Latham, D. W.; Affer, L.; Cosentino, R.; Damasso, M.; Esposito, M.; Giacobbe, P.; Malavolta, L.; Nascimbeni, V.; Piotto, G.; Rainer, M.; Scardia, M.; Schmid, V. S.; Lanza, A. F.; Micela, G.; Pagano, I.; Bedin, L.; Biazzo, K.; Borsa, F.; Carolo, E.; Covino, E.; Faedi, F.; [and 13 coauthors] – The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG II: No giant planets around the metal-poor star HIP 11952 – 2013A&A...554A..29D

41. Covino, E.; Esposito, M.; Barbieri, M.; Mancini, L.; Nascimbeni, V.; Claudi, R.; Desidera, S.; Gratton, R.; Lanza, A. F.; Sozzetti, A.; Biazzo, K.; Affer, L.; Gandolfi, D.; Munari, U.; Pagano, I.; Bonomo, A. S.; Collier Cameron, A.; Hébrard, G.; Maggio, A.; Messina, S.; Micela, G.; Molinari, E.; Pepe, F.; Piotto, G.; Ribas, I.; Santos, N. C.; Southworth, J.; Shkolnik, E.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Bedin, L.; Benatti, S.; Boccato, C.; Bonavita, M.; Borsa, F.; Borsato, L.; Brown, D.; Carolo, E.; Ciceri, S.; Cosentino, R.; Damasso, M.; Faedi, F.; [and 29 co-authors] – The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG I: Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting system Qatar-1– 2013A&A...554A..28C

42. McCormac, J.; Pollacco, D.; Skillen, I.; Faedi, F.; Todd, I.; Watson, C. A. – DONUTS: A Science Frame Autoguiding Algorithm with Sub-Pixel Precision, Capable of Guiding on Defocused Stars – 2013PASP..125..548M

43. Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Faedi, F.; Cargile, P.; Doyle, A. P.; Ghezzi, L.; Sousa, S.; [and 10 co- authors] – The Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS) I. The Pilot Study of WASP-13 – 2013ApJ...768...79G

44. Faedi, F.; Pollacco, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; [and 36 co-authors] – WASP-54b, WASP-56b and WASP- 57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP – 2013A&A...551A..73F

45. Hébrard, G.; Collier Cameron, A.; Brown, D. J. A.; Díaz, R. F.; Faedi, F.; Smalley, B.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D.; [and 25 co-authors] – WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets – 2013A&A...549A.134H

46. Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Hebb, L.; Anderson, D. R.; Cargile, P.; Collier Cameron, A.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; [and 14 co-authors] – The EBLM Project I-Physical and orbital parameters, including spin- orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the Brown Dwarf limit – 2013A&A...549A..18T

47. Armstrong, D.; Pollacco, D.; Watson, C. A.; Faedi, F.; [and 6 co-authors] – A transiting companion to the eclipsing binary KIC002856960 – 2012A&A...545L...4A

48. Debes, J.H.; Kilic, M.; Faedi, F.; Shkolnik, E. L.; Lopez-Morales, M.; Weinberger, A. J.; Slesnick, C.; West, R. G. – Detection of Weak Circumstellar Gas around the DAZ White Dwarf WD 1124-293: Evidence for the Accretion of Multiple Asteroids – 2012ApJ...754...59D

49. Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Kolb, U. C.; Anderson, D. R.; Faedi, F.; West, R. G. – Period decrease in three SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit – 2012A&A...542A.124L

50. Smalley, B; Kurtz, D. W.; Smith, A. M. S.; Fossati, L.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Butters, O. W.; Collier Cameron, A.; Christian, D. J.; Enoch, B.; Faedi, F.; [and 18 co-authors] – SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars – 2011A&A...535A...3S

51. Enoch, B.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Faedi, F.; [and 32 co-authors] – WASP-35b, WASP-48b, and HAT-P-30b/WASP-51b: Two New Planets and an Independent Discovery of a Hat Planet – 2011AJ....142...86E

52. Gillon, M.; Doyle, A. P.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bento, J.; Collier-Cameron, A.; Enoch, B.; Faedi, F.; [and 17 co-authors] – WASP-50b: a hot Jupiter transiting a moderately active solar-type star – 2011A&A...533A..88G

53. Simpson, E. K.; Pollacco, D.; Cameron, A. Collier; Hébrard, G.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Faedi, F.; [and 12 co-authors] – The spin-orbit angles of the transiting exoplanets WASP-1b, WASP-24b, WASP-38b and HAT-P-8b from Rossiter-McLaughlin observations – 2011MNRAS.414.3023S 54. Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; Anderson, D. R.; [and 31 co-authors] – WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G type star – 2011A&A...531A..40F

55. Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Collier Cameron, A.; Faedi, F.; [and 20 co-authors] – WASP-40b: Independent Discovery of the 0.6 M Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-27b – 2011PASP..123..555A

56. Simpson, E. K.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Pollacco, D.; Skillen, I.; Stempels, H. C.; Boisse, I.; Faedi, F.; [and 29 co-authors] – Independent Discovery of the Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-14b – 2011AJ....141..161S

57. Norton, A. J.; Payne, S. G.; Evans, T.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Butters, O. W.; Collier Cameron, A.; Christian, D. J.; Enoch, B.; Faedi, F.; [and 16 co-authors] – Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP – 2011A&A...528A..90N

58. Faedi, F.; West, R. G.; Burleigh, M. R.; Goad, M. R.; Hebb, L. – Detection limits for close eclipsing and transiting substellar and planetary companions to WDs in the WASP survey – 2011MNRAS.410..899F

59. Simpson, E. K.; Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; [and 39 co-authors] – WASP-37b: A 1.8 MJ Exoplanet Transiting a Metal-poor Star – 2011AJ....141....8S

60. Barros, S. C. C.; Faedi, F.; Collier Cameron, A.; [and 32 co-authors] – WASP-38b: a transiting exoplanet in an eccentric, 6.87d period orbit – 2011A&A...525A..54B

61. Faedi, F.; West, R.; Burleigh, M. R.; Goad, M. R.; Hebb, L. – Transit detection limits for sub- stellar and terrestrial companions to white dwarfs – 2009JPhCS.172a2057F

Non Refereed Publications:

1. Braker, I. P.; Burleigh, M. R.; Lawrie, K. A.; Faedi, F.; Goad, M. R.; West, R. G. - The Search for Transits Around White Dwarfs - 2015ASPC..493..295B

2. Tyndall, A. A.; Jones, D.; Boffin, H. M. J.; Miszalski, B.; Faedi, F.; Lloyd, M.; López, J. A.; Pollacco, D.; Santander García, M. - Two rings but no fellowship: LoTr 1 and its relation to planetary nebulae possessing barium central stars - 2014RMxAC..44...60T

3. Chew, Yilen Gómez Maqueo; Faedi, Francesca; Hebb, Leslie; Pollacco, Don; Stassun, Keivan; Cargile,Phillip; Smalley, Barry; Doyle, Amanda; Ghezzi, Luan; Barros, Susana C. C.; Cameron, Andrew Collier - The HoSTS Project: A Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems - 2014IAUS..299..285C

4. West, R. G.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Collier Cameron, A.; Deleuil, M.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; and 15 coauthors - Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b & WASP-90b -2013arXiv1310.5607W

5. Gomez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Hebb, Leslie; Faedi, Francesca; Keating, Katie M.; Stassun, Keivan; Pollacco, Don; Rodler, Florian; Collier Cameron, Andrew - Calibrating the Mass-Radius-Temperature Relation in the Low-Mass Regime - 2013noao.prop..503G

6. Faedi, F.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Fossati, L.; Pollacco, D.; McQuillan, A.; Hebb, L.; Chaplin, W. J.; Aigrain, S. - The SOAPS project: Spin-orbit alignment of planetary systems. Exoplanets' evolution histories in systems with different architectures - 2013EPJWC..4702001F

7. Gomez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Garcia-Melendo, Enrique; Hebb, Leslie; Faedi, Francesca; Lopez- Morales, Mercedes; Pollacco, Don - A SuperWASP Benchmark Eclipsing Binary with a Very Low-Mass Secondary in the Brown Dwarf Desert - 2012noao.prop..400G 8. Mack, Claude; Stassun, Keivan; Schuler, Simon; Bechtold, Jill; Ghezzi, Luan; Hebb, Leslie; Cargile, Phillip; Pepper, Joshua; Gomez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Faedi, Francesca; Barros, Susana - Detailed chemical abundance analysis of planet-hosting wide binaries - 2012noao.prop..572M

9. Gomez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Faedi, Francesca; Hebb, Leslie; Pollacco, Don; Stassun, Keivan; Ghezzi, Luan; Cargile, Phillip; Barros, Susana; Smalley, Barry; Mack, Claude – Homogeneous Characterization of Transiting Exoplanet Systems - 2012noao.prop..172G

10. Gomez Maqueo Chew, Yilen; Faedi, F.; Hebb, L.; Pollacco, D.; Stassun, K. G.; Barros, S. C. C.; Ghezzi, L.; Smalley, B.; Cargile, P.; Santos, N. C.; and 3 coauthors - Homogeneous Characterization of Transiting Exoplanet Systems - 2012AAS...21933905G

11. Faedi, Francesca; Barros, Susana C. C.; Pollacco, Don; Simpson, Elaine K.; McCormac, James; Moulds, Victoria; Watson, Chris; Todd, Ian; Keenan, F.; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Chew, Yilen Gómez Maqueo - New transiting exoplanets from the SuperWASP-North survey - 2011IAUS..276..143F

12. Burleigh, Matt R.; Barstow, Martin A.; Farihi, Jay; Bannister, Nigel P.; Dickinson, Nathan; Steele, Paul R.; Dobbie, Paul D.; Faedi, Francesca; Gaensicke, Boris T. - On the Origin of Metals in Some Hot White Dwarf Photospheres - 2011AIPC.1331..289B

13. Faedi, Francesca; West, Richard G.; Burleigh, Matt R.; Goad, Mike R.; Hebb, Leslie - Detection Limits for Close Eclipsing and transiting Sub-Stellar and Planetary Companions to White Dwarfs in the WASP Survey - 2011AIPC.1331..254F

14. Faedi, F.; Barros, S. C. C.; Pollacco, D.; Simpson, E. K.; McCormac, J.; Moulds, V.; Watson, C.; Todd, I.; Keenan, F.; Fitzsimmons, A. - New exoplanets from the SuperWASP-North survey - 2011EPJWC..1101003F

15. Xu, D.; Schulze, S.; Jakobsson, P.; Faedi, F. – GRB 110825A: optical afterglow candidate. – 2011GCN..12311...1X

16. Jones, D.; Pollacco, D.; Faedi, F.; Lloyd, M. – Using SuperWASP to find binary PN central stars - 2011apn5.confP.111J

17. Burleigh, M. R.; Barstow, M. A.; Farihi, J.; Bannister, N. P.; Dickinson, N.; Steele, P. R.; Dobbie, P. D.; Faedi, F. Gaensicke, B. T. - On the origin of metals in some hot white dwarf photospheres – 2010AIPC.1273..473B

18. Odzimek, A.; Clausen, L. B. N.; Kanawade, V.; Cnossen, I.; Edberg, N. J. T.; Faedi, F.; Del Moro, A.; Ural, U.; Byckling, K.; Krzaczkowski, P.; and 4 coauthors - SPARTAN Sprite-Watch 2007 Campaign – 2008ysc..conf...64O

19. Faedi, F.; West, R.; Burleigh, M.; Goad, M. R.; Christian, D. J.; Clarkson, W. I.; Collier Cameron, A.; Evans, A.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, C.; and 9 coauthors - Monitoring Variable White Dwarfs with WASP – 2007ASPC..372..157F STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTEREST

The multitude of planets orbiting other stars discovered in the last two decades and the diversity of their dynamical and structural properties have profoundly affected the perception of our own origins [1]. The vast majority of known extra-solar systems orbit stars similar to the in temperature (spectral type) and size. However, it is becoming increasingly apparent that our Solar System is not the norm [2]: although thousands of exoplanets have been discovered, none is Earth-analog. The most significant result from large exoplanet surveys, particularly NASA’s Kepler mission, is the discovery of a large population of short period (<100 days), small planets, with sizes between that of the Earth and Neptune (radii of 1–4REarth, and masses ≤ 20MEarth). These super- Earths and sub-Neptune planets are more common then Hot Jupiters (~40% of stars have at least one super-Earth [3]), they dominate the population of currently known exoplanets and may be the most common type of planet in our galaxy [4]. Yet they have no analogue in our Solar System.

Among the new class of Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes some objects have a wide range of densities: they may be terrestrial, or they can resemble water worlds, while others can have extended gaseous envelopes [5,6]. The precise compositions of these envelopes are unknown

[7,8]. Recently, Roger et al. [7] and Dressing et al. [9] proposed a transition region at ~1.5R Earth between rocky terrestrial planets and lower-density objects. Theoretical models treating the effect of stellar irradiation on planetary envelopes predict the presence of a bimodal distribution of planet radii, with a separation at around ≈2REarth [10]. Such a valley was recently observed [11,12], owing to Gaia DR2 improvement in the precision of stellar, and thus planetary radii. All known short-period super-Earths in this region, with measured masses and radii, are consistent with atmospheric evaporation, similar to that seen in Hot Jupiters. Distinguishing between these two scenarios is critical if we are to constrain the frequency of Earth-like bodies with just the right amount of volatiles to be habitable.

Among the known sample of rocky exoplanets some have been discovered orbiting their stars with periods less than 24 hours! These Ultra-Short-Period systems (USPs), most probably of Mercury-like composition [e.g.13], display highly asymmetric transits, suggesting evaporation of their surface layers. These planets fall within the dust sublimation radius for even the most refractive minerals (iron sublimates at T~2000K). USPs are found in multiple systems, and although rare (~0.5% [14]), can provide crucial observational constraints on planetary formation models, as they most certainly did not form in such orbits [15]. A key signature of these evaporating planets is that their transits evolve with time. I am currently developing a new algorithm to identify evolving transit morphologies (using Machine Learning [16, 17]).

Reconciling exoplanetary diversity with a unified formation theory remains challenging. Explaining the nature and origin of this class of planets currently represents the major bottleneck for theoretical planetary models [18,2], and its resolution is essential for understanding how our Solar System fits into the broader context of low-mass planet formation. The next five-to-ten will see a dramatic push in this direction as more results from transit surveys (e.g. NGTS, TESS), and space missions such as CHEOPS (just launched) and JWST (to launch 2021), are focusing on bright stars of later spectral types (smaller) than the Sun. The reduced planet-star size ratio will allow detection of smaller terrestrial planets and possibly grant access to temperate, habitable, Earth-like objects (although true Earth-Sun analogues will only be accessible with the launch of PLATO in 2026).

The projects I want to bring forward aim at tackling the following problems: (1) Improving the detection and characterization with dedicated observations: By means of precise masses and radii (observable parameters) I want to study the nature of low-mass planets investigating their formation channels and evolutionary history (do Super-Earths form in-situ or are undergoing planetary migration like their hot Jupiters cousins?). (2) Developing Machine Learning algorithms for transit signal analysis: Understanding USPs will be informative for theoretical models: some USPs may be tidally stripped remnants of hot Jupiters (e.g. [19]), or they may have a different origin, for example, they might be the evolutionary end state of compact planetary systems [20]. (3) Analysis and mitigation of stellar variability and light curve noise: low mass stars are intrinsically variables on timescales that do overlap with planetary orbital periods. This is particularly important for planets in the habitable zone of their low-mass host stars. Disentangling stellar variability from planetary signals is then crucial not only to allow larger number of new detections but also to improve the estimate of planetary parameters. I am investigating a new technique to mitigate stellar ‘noise’ making habitable planet detection and characterisation around low-mass stars less challenging.

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