Research interests include X-ray astronomy; X-ray telescopes & instrumentation; optical design; machine learning for astronomy.

Cecilia Fasano was a graduate research assistant in the DeRoo research group from 2020 to 2025. Cecilia fabricates and measures X-ray/UV gratings for use in space-based astronomical instruments.

Examining the X-ray spectra of supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Clouds.

Kristie studies X-ray spectra of binary stellar systems.

Integral in setting and operating hardware in the DeRoo lab as well as conducting/analyzing interferometric measurements of gratings.

Watkins undergraduate research focused on machine learning to identify outliers in the Chandra Source Catalog v2.0.