Kevin听France
Dr. France鈥檚 research focuses on exoplanets and their host stars, protoplanetary disks, and the development of instrumentation for ultraviolet astrophysics.听听 He is the Principal Investigator of the ESCAPE Small Explorer mission concept, the CUTE small satellite mission, and a NASA-supported sounding rocket to study exoplanet atmospheres and flight-test critical path hardware for future UV/optical astrophysics missions.听 He is a regular guest observer with the Hubble Space Telescope and serves on numerous science and technical advisory groups for NASA.听 He was a member of the HST-COS instrument and science teams and the study PI for the LUVOIR ultraviolet spectrograph.听
- 鈥淭he Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Mission Overview鈥, France, K., et al., AJ, 2023,
- 鈥淎U Microscopii in the Far-UV: Observations in Quiescence, during Flares, and Implications for AU Mic b and c鈥, Feinstein, A., France, K., et al., AJ, 2022,
- 鈥淓xtreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution mission: motivation and overview鈥, France, K., et al., JATIS, 2022,
- 鈥淭he High-energy Radiation Environment around a 10 Gyr M Dwarf: Habitable at Last?鈥, France, K., et al., AJ, 2020,
- 鈥淓stimating the Ultraviolet Emission of M Dwarfs with Exoplanets from Ca II and H伪鈥, Melbourne, K., Youngblood, A., France, K. et al., AJ, 2020,
- 鈥淧robing UV-sensitive Pathways for CN and HCN Formation in Protoplanetary Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope鈥, Arulanantham, N., France, K., et al., AJ, 2020,