Below, please find links to all of my published articles, ordered chronologically. Links will take you to open access versions of the articles where available, and final typeset versions are also available on the journal websites (often requires a paid subscription).

SCIENCE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (CHRONOLOGICAL)

*Proceedings

  1. Follette, K.B. et al. 2017. Complex Spiral Structure in the HD 100546 Transitional Disk as Revealed by GPI and MagAO. AJ, in press
  2. Rameau, J., Follette, K.B. et al. 2017. An Optical/near-infrared investigation of HD 100546 b with the Gemini Planet Imager and MagAO. AJ, in press.
  3. Johnson-Groh et al. 2017. Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Low-mass Companion HD 984 B with the Gemini Planet Imager. AJ, 153, 190J.
  4. Chilcote, J. et al. 2017. 1-2.4 μm Near-IR Spectrum of the Giant Planet β Pictoris b Obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager. AJ, 153, 182C.
  5. Long, Z. C. et al. 2017. The Shadow Knows: Using Shadows to Investigate the Structure of the Pretransitional Disk of HD 100453. ApJ, 838, 62L.
  6. Kooistra, R. et al. 2017. Radial decoupling of small and large dust grains in the transitional disk RX J1615.3-3255. A&A, 597A, 132K.
  7. Nielsen, E. et al. 2016. Dynamical Mass Measurement of the Young Spectroscopic Binary V343 Normae AaAb Resolved With the Gemini Planet Imager. AJ, 152, 175N.
  8. Millar-Blanchaer, M.A. et al. 2016. Imaging an 80 au Radius Dust Ring around the F5V Star HD 157587. AJ, 152, 175N.
  9. Wang, J. J. et al. 2016. The Orbit and Transit Prospects for β Pictoris b Constrained with One Milliarcsecond Astrometry. AJ, 152, 97W.
  10. Konopacky, Q.M. et al. 2016, Discovery of a Substellar Companion to the Nearby Debris Disk Host HR 2562. ApJ, 829L, 4K.
  11. *Perrin, M.D., Ingraham, P., Follette, K.B. et al. 2016. Gemini Planet Imager observational calibrations XI: pipeline improvements and enhanced calibrations after two years on sky. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9908.
  12. *Sallum, S. et al. 2016. Imaging protoplanets: observing transition disks with non-redundant masking. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9907.
  13. *Bailey, V.B.,  Poyneer, L., Macintosh, B.A., Savransky, D., Wang, J.J., de Rosa, R. J., Follette, K.B., et al. 2016. Status and performance of the Gemini Planet Imager adaptive optics system. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9909.
  14. *Morzinski, K.M., et al. MagAO: status and science. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9909.
  15. Ohta, Y. et al. 2016. Extreme asymmetry in the polarized disk of V1247 Orionis. PASJ, 68, 53O.
  16. Draper, Z. et al. 2016. The Peculiar Debris Disk of HD 111520 as Resolved by the Gemini Planet Imager. ApJ, 826, 147D.
  17. Wu, Y.L. et al. 2016. Magellan AO System z‧, Y S , and L‧ Observations of the Very Wide 650 AU HD 106906 Planetary System. ApJ, 823, 24W.
  18. Morzinski, K.M., et al. 2015. Magellan Adaptive Optics First-light Observations of the Exoplanet β Pic b. II. 3-5 μm Direct Imaging with MagAO+Clio, and the Empirical Bolometric Luminosity of a Self-luminous Giant Planet. ApJ, 815, 108M.
  19. Sallum, S., Follette, K.B. et al. 2015. Accreting protoplanets in the LkCa 15 transition disk. Nature, 527, 342S.
  20. Poyneer, L.A., Palmer, D.W., Macintosh, B., Savransky, D, Sadakuni, N., Thomas, S., Veran, J-P., Follette, K.B. et al. 2015. Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager’s Adaptive Optics System. Applied Optics, 55, 323-340.
  21. DeRosa, R. et al. 2015. Astrometric Confirmation and Preliminary Orbital Parameters of the Young Exoplanet 51 Eridani b with the Gemini Planet Imager. ApJ, 814L, 3D.
  22. Kalas, P. et al. 2015. Direct Imaging of an Asymmetric Debris Disk in the HD 106906 Planetary System. ApJ, 814, 32K.
  23. Macintosh, B. et al. 2015. Discovery and Spectroscopy of the Young Jovian Planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager. Science, 350, 64M.
  24. Millar-Blanchaer, M.A. et al. 2015. Beta Pictors’ Inner Disk in Polarized Light and New Orbital Parameters for Beta Pictoris b. ApJ, 811, 18M.
  25. Rich, E.A. et al. 2015. Near-IR Polarized Scattered Light Imagery of the DoAr 28 Transitional Disk. AJ, 150, 86R.
  26. Momose, M. et al. 2015, Detailed Structure of the Outer Disk Around HD169142 with Polarized Light in H-band, PASJ, 67, 83M.
  27. Wu, Y.-L., Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Barman, T.S., Mozinski, K.M., Follette, K.B. et al. 2015, New Extinction and Mass Estimates of the Low-mass Companion 1RXS 1609B with the MagAO System: Evidence of an Inclined Dust Disk. ApJ, 870L, 13W.
  28. deLeon, J., et al. 2015, Near-IR High-Resolution Imaging Polarimetry of the SU Aur Disk: Clues for Tidal Tails? ApJ, 806L, 10D.
  29. Sallum, S., Eisner, J.A., Close, L.M., Skemer, A.J., Bailey, V., Briguglio, R., Follette, K.B. et al. 2015, New Spatially Resolved Observations of the T Cha Transition Disk and Constraints on the Previously Claimed Substellar Companion. ApJ, 801, 85S.
  30. Wu, Y.L., Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Barman, T.S., Morzinski, K.M., Follette, K.B., et al. 2015. New Extinction and Mass Estimates from Optical Photometry of the Very Low Mass Brown Dwarf Companion CT Chamaeleontis B with the MagAO System. ApJ, 801, 4W.
  31. Grady, C. et al. 2015. The Outer Disk of Herbig Stars from the UV to NIR. Ap&SS, 355, 253G.
  32. Follette, K.B. et al 2015, SEEDS Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Asymmetric Transition Disk Oph IRS 48 in Scattered Light. ApJ, 798, 132F.
  33. Rodigas, T.J. et al. 2014. On the Morphology and Chemical Composition of the HR4796A Debris Disk, ApJ, 798, 96R.
  34. Currie, Thayne et al. 2014. Recovery of the Candidate Protoplanet HD 100546 b with Gemini/NICI and Detection of Additional (Planet-induced?) Disk Structure at Small Separations. ApJ, 796L, 30C.
  35. Takami, M. et al. 2014, Surface Geometry of Protoplanetary Disks Inferred From Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry, ApJ, 795, 71T
  36. Biller, B.A., Males, J.M., Rodigas, T.J., Morzinski, K.M., Close, L.M, Juhasz, A., Follette, K.B., et al. 2014, An Enigmatic Point-Like Feature within the HD 169142 Transitional Disk, ApJL, 792, 22B
  37. Skemer, A.J. et al. 2014. Directly Imaged L-T Transition Exoplanets in the Mid-infrared. ApJ, 792, 17S.
  38. *Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Follette, K.B. et al. 2014. Into the Blue: AO Science with MagAO in the Visible. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9148, 1MC.
  39. Rodigas, T.J., Follette, K.B. et al, 2014, Polarized Light Imaging of the HD 142527 Transition Disk with the Gemini Planet Imager: Duse Around the Close-In Companion. ApJ, 791L, 37R.
  40. *Males, J.R., Close, L.M., Guyon, O., Morzinski, K., Puglisi, A., Hinz, P., Follette, K.B. et al 2014. Direct Imaging of Exoplanets in the Habitable Zone with Adaptive Optics. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9148, 20M.
  41. *Morzinski, K.M. et al. 2014. MagAO: Status and On-sky Performance of the Magellan Adaptive Optics System. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 9148, 04M.
  42. Males, J.R., Close, L.M., Morzinski, K.M., Wahhaj, Z., Liu, M.C., Kopon, D., Follette, K.B., et al., 2013, Magellan Adaptive Optics First-Light Observations of β Pic b. I. Direct Imaging of an Exoplanet with MagAO/VisAO and NICI, ApJ, 786, 32M
  43. Close, L.M., Follette, K.B., et al, 2013, Discovery of H-Alpha Emission from the Close Companion inside the Gap of Transitional Disk HD142527, 2014, ApJL, 781L, 30C.
  44. *Morzinski, K.M. et al, 2014. Direct Imaging of Beta Pictoris b with First-Light Magellan Adaptive Optics. Proc. IAUS, 299, 252M.
  45. *Follette, K.B. et al, 2014. Visible Light Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Orion 218-354 Silhouette Disk. Proc. IAUS, 299, 159F.
  46. *Males, J.R. et al, 2014. High Contrast Imaging of an Exoplanet with the Magellan VisAO Camera. Proc. IAUS, 299, 46M.
  47. *Close, L.M., Follette, K.B. et al. Visible AO Observations at Halpha for Accreting Young Planets. Proc. IAUS, 299, 32C.
  48. Bailey, V. et al. 2014, HD 106906 b: A Planetary-mass Companion Outside a Massive Debris Disk, ApJL, 780L, 4B.
  49. *Close, L.M., Males, J., Morzinski, K., Kopon, D., Follette, K. et al 2013. Into the Blue: AO Science in the Visible with MagAO. Proc. “AO for ELTs”, 91.
  50. *Morzinski, K. et al. 2013. High Contrast Exoplanet Imaging with Clio2, the Magellan Adaptive Optics Infrared Camera. Proc. “AO for ELTs”, 59.
  51. *Males, J. Close, L. Morzinski, K., Kopon, D., Follette, K. et al. High Contrast Imaging with the Magellan VisAO Camera. Proc. “AO for ELTs”, 50.
  52. Follette, K.B. et al, 2013B, The First Circumstellar Disk Imaged in Silhouette at Visible Wavelengths with Adaptive Optics: MagAO Imaging of Orion 218-354, ApJL, 775, L13.
  53. Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Morzinski, K., Kopon, D., Follette, K.B. et al, 2013, Diffraction-Limited Visible Light Images of Orion Trapezium Cluster with the Magellan Adaptive Secondary Adaptive Optics System (MagAO), ApJ, 774, 94C
  54. Wu, Y.-L., Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Follette, K.B., et al., 2013, High Resolution H-Alpha Images of the Binary Low-mass Propylid LV1 With the Magellan AO system, ApJ, 774, 45W.
  55. Takami, M. et al. 2013, High-contrast Near-infrared Polarimetry of the Protoplanetary Disk Around RY Tau, ApJ, 772, 145T.
  56. Follette, K.B. et al, 2013A, Mapping H-band Scattered Light Emission in the Mysterious SR21 Transitional Disk, ApJ, 767, 10F.
  57. Grady, C.A. et al, 2013 Spiral Arms in the Asymmetrically Illuminated Disk of MWC 758 and Constraints on Giant Planets, ApJ, 762, 48G.
  58. Mayama, S., et al. 2012, Subaru Imaging of Asymmetric Features in a Transitional Disk in Upper Scorpius, ApJ, 760L, 26M
  59. *Males, J.R. et al. 2012. Laboratory Demonstration of Real-Time Frame Selection with MagAO. Proc. SPIE, 8447E, 42M.
  60. *Kopon et al. 2012, Status Update and Closed-Loop Performance of the Magellan Adaptive Optics VisAO Camera, Proc. SPIE Vol. 8847, 3DK.
  61. *Close, L.M., Males, J.R., Kopon, D.A., Gasho, V., Follette, K.B., et al 2012,  First Closed-Loop Visible AO Test Results for the Advanced Adaptive Secondary AO System for the Magellan Telescope: MagAO’s Performance and Status. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 8447, 926545.
  62. Skemer, A. et al. 2012, First Light LBT AO Images of HR 8799 bcde at 1.6 and 3.3m: New Discrepancies between Young Planets and Old Brown Dwarfs. ApJ, 753, 14S
  63. Rodigas et al. 2012, The Grey Needle: Large Grains In The Hd 15115 Debris Disk From LBT/Pisces/Ks and LBTI/LMIRCam/L′ Adaptive Optics Imaging. ApJ, 752, 57R.
  64. Dong, R., Rafikov, R., Zhu, Z., Hartmann, L., Whitney, B., Brandt, T., Muto, T., Hashimoto, J., Grady, C., Follette, K. et al. 2012, The Missing Cavities In The SEEDS Polarized Scattered Light Images Of Transitional Protoplanetary Disks I: A Generic Disk Model. ApJ, 750, 161D.
  65. Close et al. 2012, High Resolution Images of Orbital Motion in the Orion Trapezium Cluster with the LBT AO System. ApJ, 749, 180C.
  66. *Males, J.R., Close, L.M., Kopon, D., Gasho, V. and Follette, K. Frame Selection Techniques for MagAO’s VisAO Camera. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7736, 60M.
  67. *Kopon, D., Close, L.M., Males, J., Gasho, V. and Follette, K. The Magellan Adaptive Secondary VisAO Camera: Diffraction-Limited Broadband Visible Imaging and 20mas Fiber Array IFU. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7736, 2VK.
  68. *Close, L.M., Gasho, V., Kopon, D., Males, J., Follette, K. et al. The Magellan Telescope Adaptive Secondary AO System: A Visible and mid-IR AO Facility. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7736, 05C.
  69. *Follette, K.B. et al, 2010, The First VisAO-Fed Integral Field Spectrograph: VisAO IFS, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7735, 77351P.

 

TEACHING/ EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Follette K.B. et al. 2017. The Quantitative Reasoning for College Science (QuaRCS) Assessment 2: Demographic, Academic and Attitudinal Variables as Predictors of Quantitative Ability. Numeracy, Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 5.
  2. Follette, K.B. et al. The Quantitative Reasoning for College Science (QuaRCS) Assessment, 1: Development and Validation. Numeracy, Vol. 8, Iss.2, Article 2.
  3. *Follette, K. and McCarthy, D, 2014. Science Literacy’s Neglected Twin: Numeracy. Proc. ASPC, 483, 31F.
  4. *McCarthy, D. and Follette, K, 2013. Re-Numerate: A Workshop to Restore Essential Numerical Skills and Thinking Via Astronomy Education. Proc. ASPC, 473, 10F.
  5. Follette, K.B., “The Road to Becoming an Exemplary College Science Teacher”, Exemplary College Science Teaching, Editor: Robert E Yager, 2013.
  6. Follette, K. and McCarthy, D. How We Serve (or Underserve) our Students Through ‘Dumbing Down’, Mercury Magazine, Winter 2012.
  7. *Follette, K. and McCarthy, D., 2012. An Informed Approach to Improving Quantitative Literacy and Mitigating Math Anxiety in Undergraduates Through Introductory Science Courses. Proc. ASPC, 457, 295F.
  8. *Follette, K. 2010. A Novice Instructor’s Perspective on Learner-Centered Teaching Techniques. Proc. Cosmos in the Classroom.
  9. Mikulecky, P., Brutlag K., Rose-Gilman, M. and Peterson, B. The Chemistry Workbook for Dummies, Wiley Publications, 2009.
  10. Mikulecky, P., Rose-Gilman, M. and Brutlag, K. AP Chemistry for Dummies, Wiley Publications, 2009.