My Research Portfolio

Having moved from a background in software development to space sciences and astronomy, my portfolio is diverse.

Here you can find a list of prominent projects I have worked on in the past years:

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Autonomous Drone Navigation

Final Year Thesis presented as part of a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (Honours) (Software Development)

I pursued a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, with emphasis on software development. Particularly, my focus was on process automation and the Internet of Things. My thesis submitted for the bachelor’s degree was titled ‘Autonomous drone navigation for the delivery of objects between locations’ and was inspired by SpaceX’s automated launch systems.

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Light Pollution

A dissertation presented as part of a Master of Science in Space Sciences and Astronomy

For my master’s dissertation, I researched light pollution, an area I had long been eager to formally investigate. My dissertation titled ‘Continuous monitoring of night sky brightness in the Maltese Islands’ involved developing the Continuous Acquisition from Zenith (CAZ) system. The aim was to autonomously gather night sky brightness data from remote locations.

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First Light and Galaxies (FLAGS)

An international collaboration between worldwide universities to carry out research pertaining to galaxies in the early Universe.

Ph.D. Supervisors:

• Prof. Kristian Zarb Adami (University of Malta)
• Prof. Joseph Caruana (University of Malta)
• Dr. Stephen Wilkins (University of Sussex)

My current research involves the investigation of UV indices to better constrain metallicity. Our primary means of investigation is the use of synthetic observations, with the intention of eventually using predictions upon analysing JWST observations.

My first research paper in regards to this field of study should be released in due course!