The goal of my work is to understand the formation and evolution of cosmic dust, particularly where it is formed. I work on space dust in supernovae, in M31, in nearby galaxies and over recent cosmic time. This has involved using the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory with funding from STFC and the European Research Council (CosmicDust).

I am involved with analyzing data from the Herschel Space Observatory as part of programs such as Mass loss from Evolved StarS, Hi-GAL, The Herschel Reference Survey and Herschel-ATLAS. We are also using ALMA to observe freshly formed dust in SN 1987A (led by Dr Matsuura) and other remnants.