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Education

Atmospheric characterisation and tighter constraints on the orbital misalignment of WASP-94 A b with HARPS E. Ahrer, J. V. Seidel, L. Doyle, S. Gandhi, B. Prinoth, H. M. Cegla, C. H. McDonald, N. Astudillo-Defru, E. Ayache, R. Nealon, D. Veras, P. J. Wheatley, D. Ehrenreich, 2024, MNRAS, in press
Binary asteroid scattering around white dwarfs C. H. McDonald, D. Veras, 2023, MNRAS, 520, 3, 4009-4022
Reach out, touch space T. Mehta, C. H. McDonald, Nealon, R, Astronomy & Geophysics, 63, 5, 5.21-5.23
White dwarf planetary debris dependence on physical structure distributions within asteroid belts C. H. McDonald & D. Veras, 2021, MNRAS, 506, 3, 4031-4047
Constraining the origin of the planetary debris surrounding ZTF J0139+5245 through rotational fission of a triaxial asteroid D. Veras, C. H. McDonald, V. Makarov, 2020, MNRAS, 492, 4, 5291-5296
Constraining planet formation around 6–8 M⊙ stars D. Veras, P-E. Tremblay, J.J. Hermes, C. H. McDonald, G. M. Kennedy, F. Meru, B. T. Gänsicke, 2020, MNRAS, 493, 1, 765-775
Linking the formation and fate of exo-Kuiper belts within Solar system analogues D. Veras, K. Reichert, F. Flammini Dotti, M. X. Cai, A. J. Mustill, A. Shannon, C. H. McDonald, S. Portegies Zwart, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, R. Spurzem, 2020, MNRAS, 493, 4, 5062-5078

2023-2024: Part III Examples Class Instructor
- University of Cambridge, UK
- Marking and assessing student’s work
- Running two-hour long sessions working through solutions and helping to increase student’s understanding
2019-2021: First Year Undergraduate Lab Demonstrator
- University of Warwick, UK
- Assisting students with physics experiments, lab book keeping and report writing skills.
- Adapting an astronomy experiment for hybrid virtual/in-person teaching
2020 : Second Year Lab Development
- University of Warwick, UK
- Assisting with the creation of a new computational experiment for second year students.
2016-2017: Tutor
- Explore Learning, Hounslow, UK
- Tutoring maths and English skills to primary school children.

Invited to peer review for MNRAS, A&A, ApJ, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
NASA proposal peer review invited panellist
SOC, Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Annual Science Day, 2024
Development and maintenance of an online welcome guide for new postgraduate students, 2021-2022
Committee member, Equitea, 2020 - present
LOC National Astronomical Meeting and co-chair of Outreach Organising Committee, 2022
Host and organiser of White Dwarf Research Group meetings, 2020-2021
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy awarded 2021
SOC Physics Days at Warwick: Summer workshop on white dwarfs and related objects, 2021
NASA DART Boarders, 2021
NASA proposal peer review, Executive Secretary, 2020

Designed and produced an outreach activity ‘A Journey through the Solar System’ for the Institute of Astronomy’s International Women’s Day celebrations, 2024
BBC CWR invited expert to answer the question ‘What happens to the Earth when the Sun dies?’, 2021
Invited talk to the Warwick University Astronomy Society, Destroying planets around dying stars, 2021
Planetarium Volunteer, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 2019 - present
Pint of Science Volunteer, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 2019-2020
SEPnet Outreach Ambassador, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 2017-2019
Ogden Trust Summer Intern, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, 2018
Outreach work experience, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK (2014)