Ronald Alexander Lopez

I am an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow interested in astronomical instrumentation and the discovery and characterization of directly imaged exoplanets. I graduated from UCLA in 2023 with a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, specializing in infrared instrumentation and direct imaging of debris disks.

I am interested in astronomical instrumentation, and direct imaging and characterization of exoplanets and debris disks.

I am currently developing an MKID high-resolution multi-object spectrograph testbed for exoplanet characterization. I am also working on the commissioning plan and testing for the updated polarimetry mode on the upcoming GPI 2.0 instrument.