Abstract
Willson was an expert in ground-based high angular resolution imaging. He studied planet formation in young stellar disks and helped develop software for wavefront sensing with the European Extremely Large Telescope.
Highlights
High angular resolution astronomy has suffered a great loss with the sudden death of Dr Matthew Willson at age 31
Matthew was visiting his long-time girlfriend Katherine Shepard when he was struck by a stray gunshot that entered the apartment where he was staying
He was a passionate observational astronomer, and he used a broad range of high-angular resolution imaging techniques to detect asymmetric disk structures caused by embedded exoplanets and to search for the direct emission of young planets
Summary
High angular resolution astronomy has suffered a great loss with the sudden death of Dr Matthew Willson at age 31. Matthew Willson died tragically on Tuesday, January 26, 2022, in Atlanta Georgia. Matthew was visiting his long-time girlfriend Katherine Shepard (a Ph.D. student in astronomy at Georgia State University in Atlanta) when he was struck by a stray gunshot that entered the apartment where he was staying.
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