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Dr. France’s research focuses on exoplanets and their host stars, protoplanetary disks, and the development of instrumentation for ultraviolet astrophysics.���� He is the Principal Investigator of the ESCAPE Small Explorer mission concept, the ����������TE small satellite mission, and a NASA-supported sounding rocket to study exoplanet atmospheres and flight-test critical path hardware for future UV/optical astrophysics missions.�� He is a regular guest observer with the Hubble Space Telescope and serves on numerous science and technical advisory groups for NASA.�� He was a member of the HST-COS instrument and science teams and the study PI for the LUVOIR ultraviolet spectrograph.��

• “The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment Mission Overview”, France, K., et al., AJ, 2023,
• “AU Microscopii in the Far-UV: Observations in Quiescence, during Flares, and Implications for AU Mic b and c”, Feinstein, A., France, K., et al., AJ, 2022,
• “Extreme-ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution mission: motivation and overview”, France, K., et al., JATIS, 2022,
• “The High-energy Radiation Environment around a 10 Gyr M Dwarf: Habitable at Last?”, France, K., et al., AJ, 2020,
• “Estimating the Ultraviolet Emission of M Dwarfs with Exoplanets from Ca II and Hα”, Melbourne, K., Youngblood, A., France, K. et al., AJ, 2020,
• “Probing UV-sensitive Pathways for CN and HCN Formation in Protoplanetary Disks with the Hubble Space Telescope”, Arulanantham, N., France, K., et al., AJ, 2020,