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My research focuses on improving our understanding of star formation, and stellar evolution in the early Universe. This is accomplished by studying the resolved stellar populations of the Magellanic Cloud galaxies, along with their nascent molecular clouds. The Magellanic Clouds have similar environments to the early Universe; but are near enough to observe using Southern Hemisphere optical and radio telescopes. Some recent highlights are listed below.


A top-heavy IMF in the Magellanic Bridge
A top-heavy IMF in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Finding exotic products of stellar evolution in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Molecular gas surviving near a starburst in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A candidate isolated very massive star
A candidate massive star found surrounding a starburst
Massive star formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Pre-main sequence accretion in the Lagoon Nebula
Pre-main sequence accretion in NGC 6383
Pre-main sequence accretion in Sh 2-284