scott will

My research focuses on developing numerical algorithms to model the coronagraph instrument aboard the proposed LUVOIR space observatory, which will seek to directly image and characterize Earth-like exoplanets in other solar systems. I am more broadly interested in imaging science and image reconstruction problems, particularly in astronomy, medicine, and the life sciences.

I developed image processing algorithms for a novel nonlinear microscopy technique.

I developed finite-element simulations of arrays of plasma filaments using C++, and performed numerical studies of propagation of radar waves through dynamic plasma structures in atmospheric conditions, with the goal of developing new methods for guiding and processing radar signals in communication and imaging systems.