Daniel F. Evans. Keele University Ph.D. Astrophysics, 2014 present High Resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems

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1 Research Interests Daniel F. Evans Astrophysics Group, Lennard-Jones Building, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom, ST5 6QE The role of stellar multiplicity in planet formation. Detection and characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres. Technical Skills Reduction and analysis of high resolution imaging data and integral field spectroscopy. Scientific Python, C++, and x86 Assembly. Reduction of time-series CCD photometry. Education Research Keele University Ph.D. Astrophysics, 2014 present High Resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems Supervisor J. Southworth. University of Sheffield MPhys Physics and Astronomy, Ph.D. Student, Keele University, 2014 present High Resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (supervisor J. Southworth) Masters Research Project, University of Sheffield, Ultra-fast correlation of gravitational wave signals using Assembly code (supervisor E. Daw) Third Year Research Project, University of Sheffield, Observations of the transiting exoplanet TrES-3b using the Point-5 Metre Telescope (supervisor V.S. Dhillon) Summer Research Project, Keele University, 2012 Measuring the physical properties of transiting planets from Isaac Newton Telescope photometry (supervisor J. Southworth) Honours and Awards Tessella Prize in Physics For the most innovative use of software in a final year project, University of Sheffield, Proposals and Grants Awarded P.I. Observing proposal for SPHERE/VLT (September 2016) Awarded 9.0 hours in ESO Period 99. P.I. Observing proposal for SPHERE/VLT (April 2016) 1

2 Awarded 15.4 hours in ESO Period 98. P.I. Multiple Observing proposals for Danish 1.54m Telescope ( ) 21.8 hours of observations since 2015 using the Two Colour Instrument (lucky imager). Co-I. Observing proposal for Danish 1.54m Telescope (2014) 25.6 hours of observations in 2014 using the Two Colour Instrument (lucky imager). P.I. Funding request for PhD student training at SAAO October 2016, 735, Keele University Researcher Development Funds. Teaching Experience Outreach Laboratory Demonstrator, Keele University, Taught experimental skills and research techniques to undergraduate students in Physics AskScience Outreach Project, 2013 present Member of the organising committee of the AskScience project, an online, multi-discipline, question-and-answer forum reaching an audience of over 15 million. Conference Talks The effects of binary systems and contaminating light on transiting hot Jupiters NAM 2017, UK, July 2017 The effects of binary systems and contaminating light on transiting hot Jupiters EWASS 2017, Czech Republic, June 2017 Lucky Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planets (LITEP) MiNDSTEp Consortium Meeting, Italy, March 2016 Stellar Companions to Southern Exoplanet Host Stars NAM 2015, UK, July 2015 Observing Experience 54 nights optical photometry and lucky imaging with the Danish 1.54m telescope ( ) 38 nights optical time-series photometry with the Calar Alto 1.23m telescope ( ) 14 nights optical time-series photometry with the SAAO 40in telescope (2016) Selected Publications High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP). II. Lucky Imaging results from 2015 and Evans D.F., Southworth J, Smalley B., et al., 2016, A&A, submitted. WASP-20 Is a Close Visual Binary with a Transiting Hot Jupiter. Evans D.F., Southworth J., Smalley B., 2016, ApJ, 833, L19, arxiv Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultrashort period giant planet WASP-103 b. Southworth J, Evans D.F., 2016, MNRAS, 463, 37, arxiv High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP). I. Lucky imaging observations of 101 systems in the southern hemisphere. 2

3 Evans D.F., Southworth J, Maxted P.F.L., et al., 2016, A&A, 589, 58, arxiv

4 Publications 19 refereed publications, 3 first author. Total citations: 151, h-index: 7. Source: NASA Astrophysics Data System and Google Scholar High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP). II. Lucky Imaging results from 2015 and Evans D.F., Southworth J, Smalley B., Jørgensen U.G., Dominik M., Andersen M.I., Bozza V., Bramich D.M., Burgdorf M., Ciceri S., D Ago G., Figuera Jaimes R., Gu S.-H., Hinse T.C., Henning Th., Hundertmark M., Kains N., Kerins E., Korhonen H., Kokotanekova R., Kuffmeier M., Longa-Peña P., Mancini L., MacKenzie J., Popovas A., Rabus M., Rahvar S., Sajadian S., Snodgrass C., Skottfelt J., Surdej J., Tronsgaard R., Unda Sanzana E., von Essen C., Wang Y.-B., Wertz O., 2016, A&A, submitted. 2. GravityCam: Wide-Field High-Resolution High-Cadence Imaging Surveys in the Visible from the Ground. Mackay C., Dominik M., Steele I.A., Snodgrass C., Jørgensen U.G., Skottfelt J., Stefanov K., Carry B., Braga-Ribas F., Doressoundiram A., Ivanov V.D., Gandhi P., Evans D.F., Hundertmark M., Serjeant S., Ortolani S., MNRAS, submitted, arxiv OGLE-2016-BLG-1190Lb: First Spitzer Bulge Planet is an Extreme Super-Jupiter. Ryu Y.-H., Yee J.C., Udalski A.,..., Evans D.F., et al., ApJ, submitted. 4. Qatar Exoplanet Survey : Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, and Qatar-5b. Alsubai K., Mislis D., Tsvetanov Z.I., Latham D.W., Bieryla A., Buchhave L.A., Esquerdo G.A., Bramich D.M., Pyrzas S., Vilchez N.P.E., Mancini L., Southworth J., Evans D.F., Henning Th., Ciceri S., 2016, ApJ, 833, L19, arxiv The First Simultaneous Microlensing Observations by Two Space Telescopes: Spitzer and Swift Reveal a Brown Dwarf in Event OGLE BLG Henderson C.B., Poleski R., Penny M.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, PASP, 128, 4401, arxiv WASP-20 Is a Close Visual Binary with a Transiting Hot Jupiter. Evans D.F., Southworth J., Smalley B., 2016, ApJ, 833, L19, arxiv Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultrashort period giant planet WASP-103 b. Southworth J, Evans D.F., 2016, MNRAS, 463, 37, arxiv The First Simultaneous Microlensing Observations by Two Space Telescopes: Spitzer and Swift Reveal a Brown Dwarf in Event OGLE BLG Shvartzvald Y., Li Z., Udalski A.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, ApJ, 831, 183, arxiv

5 9. Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M 54) with EMCCD observations. Figuera Jaimes R., Bramich D.M., Kains N., Skottfelt J., Jørgensen U.G., Horne K., Dominik M., Alsubai K.A., Bozza V., Burgdorf M., Calchi Novati S., Ciceri S., D Ago G., Evans D.F., Galianni P., Gu S.-H., Harpsøe K.B.W., Haugbølle T., Hinse T.C., Hundertmark M., Juncher D., Kerins E., Korhonen H., Kuffmeier M., Mancini L., Peixinho N., Popovas A., Rabus M., Rahvar S., Scarpetta G., Schmidt R.W., Snodgrass C., Starkey D., Street R.A., Surdej J., Tronsgaard R., Unda-Sanzana E., von Essen C., Wang X.-B., Wertz O., 2016, A&A, 592, 120, arxiv Mass Measurements of Isolated Objects from Space-based Microlensing. Zhu W., Calchi Novati S., Gould A.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, ApJ, 825, 60, arxiv WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, AND WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey. Turner O.D, Anderson D.R., Collier Cameron A., Delrez L, Evans D.F., Gillon M., Hellier C., Jehin F., Lendl M., Maxted P.F.L., Pepe F., Pollacco D., Queloz D., Sègransan D., Smalley B., Smith A.M.S., Triaud A.H.M.J., Udry S., West R.G., 2016, PASP, 128, 4401, arxiv Absolute parameters for AI Phoenicis using WASP photometry. Kirkby-Kent J.A., Maxted P.F.L., Serenelli A.M., Turner O.D., Evans D.F., Anderson D.R., Hellier C., West R.G., 2016, A&A, 591, 124, arxiv The Spitzer Microlensing Program as a Probe for Globular Cluster Planets: Analysis of OGLE-2015-BLG Poleski R., Zhu W., Christie G.W.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, ApJ, 823, 63, arxiv High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP). I. Lucky imaging observations of 101 systems in the southern hemisphere. Evans D.F., Southworth J, Maxted P.F.L., Skottfelt J., Hundertmark M., Jørgensen U.G., Dominik M., Alsubai K.A., Andersen M.I., Bozza V., Bramich D.M., Burgdorf M., Ciceri S., D Ago G., Figuera Jaimes R., Gu S.-H., Haugbølle T., Hinse T.C., Juncher D., Kains N., Kerins E., Korhonen H., Kuffmeier M., Mancini L., Peixinho N., Popovas A., Rabus M., Rahvar S., Schmidt R.W., Snodgrass C., Starkey D., Surdej J., Tronsgaard R., von Essen C., Wang Y., 2016, A&A, 589, 58, arxiv High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing - VIII. WASP- 22, WASP-41, WASP-42 and WASP-55. Southworth J, Tregloan-Reed J., Andersen M.I., Calchi Novati S., Ciceri S., Colque J.P., D Ago G., Dominik M., Evans D.F., Gu S.-H., Herrera-Cordova A., Hinse T.C., Jørgensen U.G., Juncher D., Kuffmeier M., Mancini L., Peixinho N., Popovas A., Rabus M., Skottfelt J., Tronsgaard R., Unda-Sanzana E., Wang X.-B., Wertz O., Alsubai K.A., Andersen J.M., Bozza V., Bramich D.M., Burgdorf M., Damerdji Y., Diehl C., Elyiv A., Figuera Jaimes R., Haugbølle T., Hundertmark M., Kains N., Kerins E., Korhonen H., Liebig C., Mathiasen M., Penny M.T., Rahvar S., Scarpetta G., Schmidt R.W., Snodgrass C., Starkey D., Surdej J., Vilela C., von Essen C., Wang Y., 2016, MNRAS, 457, 4205, arxiv Spitzer Observations of OGLE-2015-BLG-1212 Reveal a New Path to- 5

6 ward Breaking Strong Microlens Degeneracies. Bozza V., Shvartzvald Y., Udalski A.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, ApJ, 819, 79, arxiv Spitzer Parallax of OGLE-2015-BLG-0966: A Cold Neptune in the Galactic Disk. Street R.A., Udalski A., Calchi Novati S.,..., Evans D.F., et al., 2016, ApJ, 819, 93, arxiv Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration. Southworth J, Mancini L, Tregloan-Reed J., Calchi Novati S., Ciceri S., D Ago G., Delrez L., Dominik M., Evans D.F., Gillon M., Jehin E., Jørgensen U.G., Haugbølle T., Lendl M., Arena C., Barbieri L., Barbieri M., Corfini G., Lopresti C., Marchini A., Marino G., Alsubai K.A., Bozza V., Bramich D.M., Figuera Jaimes R., Hinse T.C., Henning Th., Hundertmark M., Juncher D., Korhonen H., Popovas A., Rabus M., Rahvar S., Schmidt R.W., Skottfelt J., Snodgrass C., Starkey D., Surdej J., Wertz O., 2015, MNRAS, 454, 3094, arxiv A lower radius and mass for the transiting extrasolar planet HAT- P-8b. Mancini L., Southworth J., Ciceri S., Fortney J.J., Morley C.V., Dittman J.A., Tregloan- Reed J., Bruni I., Barbieri M., Evans D.F., D Ago G., Nikolov N., Henning Th., 2013, MNRAS, 511, 11, arxiv