Title: Understanding exoplanets through Radial Velocity Observations

Abstract: The first confirmed exoplanet orbiting a main sequence star was detected by the radial velocity (RV) method, and in the nearly 30 years since then, the technique has continued to improve. In this talk I will highlight some of the benefits of using RVs to study exoplanets, as well as some of the struggles – particularly from an observational perspective. I will also present some recent work using RV observations to characterise a newly discovered small planet which sits inside the small planet radius valley and could have a water-world composition. Additionally, I will mention an on-going project using RVs to study the migration of warm Jupiter planets. Finally, I will talk about upcoming work on a homogenous analysis of RV data and its importance for exoplanet demographics studies.