CV
Education
- Ph.D in Astrophysics, University of Warwick, 2023 (expected)
- MSci in Astrophysics, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2019
Publications
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
Teaching experience
- 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.
Additional Experience
- 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
Outreach
- 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)
Skills
- Programming languages
- Python
- Mathematica
- C++
- JavaScript
- HTML
- LabVIEW
- Operating Systems
- Windows
- Linux
- macOS
- Other
- Excellent command of written and oral English
- LaTeX