Eamonn Kerins

I am a Senior Lecturer at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester. My research interests include the use of gravitational lensing for the detection of cool exoplanets, and as a probe of Galactic structure. I am Lead of the ESA Euclid Exoplanet Science Working Group that is designing an exoplanet microlensing survey as an additional science activity for the Euclid mission. I am Principal Investigator for SPEARNET - the Spectroscopy and Photometry of Exoplanet Atmospheres Research Network. SPEARNET is using a global telescope network to undertake transmission spectroscopy studies of the atmospheres of hot Jupiter and Neptune exoplanets. I have also developed game-theory based smart strategies for targeted SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.