About me
I'm an astronomer and astrophysicist from San Francisco, CA, freshly graduated with a B.S. in astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).
My research focuses on discovering exoplanets through instrumentation. I have experience spanning direct-imaging simulations, adaptive optics, gamma-ray spectroscopy, space instrumentation, and astrometric exoplanet vetting. If you're interested in hearing more check out my research page.
Having just finished my bachelor's degree this past June (2025), I've taken up an official instrument scientist position at the University of California Observatories (UCO) system where I've been working full time hunting down exoplanets for several JWST NIRCam coronagraphic imaging programs. I will be in this position until this September wherein I will be starting a PhD at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, in assosiation with the University of Victoria, BC. There I'll be working in adaptive optics, with my thesis being on the development and instrumentation of a non-linear curvature wavefront sensor. Feel free to contact me at my current academic address: klausss'at'uvic'dot'edu
To the left is a picture of me (06/2025) at the Shane Telescope located at Lick Observatory, CA, USA.