My main area of interest is planet formation, specifically how tiny grains grow to become planets which I study both numerically and observationally.
Numerically I use a two-phase gas+dust SPH (Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics) code to study the coupling of gas and dust via aerodynamica drag. Specically we can study the radial and vertical migration of dust of different sizes, grain growth and the interaction of an embedded planet in dusty protoplanetary disks.
Observationally I study the dust phase of young protoplanetary and more evolved debris disks at sub-mm and mm wavelengths using interferometers like the Australia Telscope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Sub-Millilmetre Array (SMA)
