Publications:
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Professional Talks:
Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Livermore, CA, Feb. 26, 2008
PhD Thesis Talk
Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Feb. 6, 2006
The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: Challenges, Progress, & the Leading Candidate Design
IAUC 200 - Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques, Nice, France, October 6, 2005
Eighth-order Image Masks for Terrestrial Planet Finding
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - HCIT Meeting, Pasadena, CA, July 29, 2005
Lab Testing of High-order Coronagraphic Image Masks
Winter Conference on Astrophysics, Planet Formation and Detection, Aspen, CO, Feb. 11, 2005
Laboratory Testing of High-order Image Masks for TPF-C
Grants and Awards:
Co-I, ARPA Grant, 2005, Development of Binary Silicon Free-Standing Image Masks for TPF-C: $300 K
SPIE Scholarship, April 2006
"Near Infrared Lyot Coronagraphy with the Hale 200" Telescope at Palomar": $2,000
Sigma Xi Giar, December 2004
"Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets Using High-order Notch Filter Image Masks": $1,521
Sigma Xi GIAR, March 2004
"Gas-assisted Capture of Earth-like Satellites by Migrating Extrasolar Planets": $1,197
Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowship, May 2002
"Lyapunov Timescales in the General 3-Body Problem": $1,200
Undergraduate Student Summer Research Fellowship, May 2001
"The Hill Radius and Satellite Stability": $1,200
"Physics Student of the Year", Penn State Behrend, 2002
Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society Inductee, 2001
Irwin Kochel Leadership Scholarship, Penn State Behrend, 1999
Conferences:
39th Meeting of the Division of Planetary Science
October 7-12, 2007, Orlando, FL
"In the Spirit of Bernard Lyot: The Direct Detection of Planets and Circumstellar Disks in the 21st Century",
June 4-8, 2007, University of California, Berkeley, CA
"From Stars to Planets", April 11-14, 2007, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph Workshop, September 28-29, 2006, Pasadena, CA
First Light Science with the GTC, June 27-30, 2006, Miami, FL
SPIE, May 24-31, 2006, "Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation", Orlando, FL
IAUC 200, October 3-7, 2005, "Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques", Nice, France
Michelson Summer Workshop on "Astrometry", July 25-29, 2005, hosted by IPAC at Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Aspen Center for Physics, February 6-11, 2005, "Planet Formation and Detection", Aspen, Colorado
AAS, Jan. 9-13, 2005, San Diego, CA
Michelson Summer Workshop on "High-Contrast Imaging", July 20-23, 2004, hosted by IPAC at Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 3-7, 2003, Austin, TX
Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 18-22, 2002, Indianapolis, ID
Observing Experience:
Palomar Observatory: May 24-26, 2008 (3 nights)
Hale 200-inch, PHARO, Near IR
High-Contrast Imaging of Visual Binary Stars
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO): February 14-18, 2008 (5 nights)
2.1m, Exoplanet Tracker (ET), Doppler Radial Velocity
Apache Point Observatory (APO): June 24-30; July 1-3 (10 nights)
2.5m Sloan Telescope, W.M. Keck Exoplanet Tracker (Keck ET), Doppler Radial
Velocity
Palomar Observatory: April 28, 29 (2 nights)
Hale 200-inch, PHARO, Near IR
High-Contrast Imaging with AO and a Coronagraph
Apache Point Observatory (APO): March 25-31; April 3-4, 2007 (9 nights)
2.5m Sloan Telescope, W.M. Keck Exoplanet Tracker (Keck ET), Doppler Radial
Velocity
Apache Point Observatory (APO): January 27-31; February 3-4, 2007 (7 nights)
2.5m Sloan Telescope, W.M. Keck Exoplanet Tracker (Keck ET), Doppler Radial
Velocity
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO): January 4-11, 2007 (8 nights)
2.1m, Exoplanet Tracker (ET), Doppler Radial Velocity
Palomar Observatory: December 3-4, 2006 (2 nights)
Hale 200-inch, PHARO, Near IR
High-Contrast Imaging with AO and a Coronagraph
Apache Point Observatory (APO): November 2-6, 2006 (5 nights)
2.5m Sloan Telescope, W.M. Keck Exoplanet Tracker (Keck ET), Doppler Radial
Velocity
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO): October 5-11, 2006 (7 nights)
2.1m, Exoplanet Tracker (ET), Doppler Radial Velocity
Palomar Observatory: May 10-11, 2006 (2 nights)
Hale 200-inch, PHARO, Near IR
High-Contrast Imaging with AO and a Coronagraph
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO): April 13-19, 2006 (7 nights)
2.1m, Exoplanet Tracker (ET), Doppler Radial Velocity
Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO): January 18-30, 2006 (13 nights)
2.1 m, Exoplanet Tracker (ET), Doppler Radial Velocity
Teaching:
Penn State Behrend:
Phys 212 - E&M Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2002
Phys 212 - E&M Lab, 1 credit, Fall 2002
Phys 150 - Mechanics Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2003
Phys 150 - Mechanics Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2003
Phys 150 - Mechanics Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2003
Phys 212 - E&M Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2003
Phys 213/214 - Optics/Modern Physics Lab, 1 credit, Spring 2003
Penn State University Park:
Astro 011 - Astronomy Lab, 1 credit, Fall 2003
Astro 011 - Astronomy Lab, 1 credit, Fall 2003
Public Outreach:
Talbot Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, February 22, 2007
Starlab Planetarium Show
Alachua County Astronomy Club, Powell Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History,
Gainesville, FL, February 13, 2007
"Gamma-Ray Bursts and the Swift Space Satellite"
Westwood Middle School, Gainesville, FL, December 14, 2006
Science Fair Judge
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, November 13, 2006
"Telescopes: The Eyes of Astronomers"
Williams Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, October 13, 2006
"Planets, Stars, and Galaxies"
Norton Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, May 18, 2006
"The Universe: Where Do We Live?"
Lawton M. Chiles Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, March 16, 2006
"Stars, Planets, the Phases of the Moon, and Earth's Seasons"
Westwood Middle School, Gainesville, FL, December 13, 2005
Science Fair Judge
Kimball Wiles Elementary School, Gainesville, FL, April 29, 2005
"A Tour of the Solar System"
Buchholtz High School, Gainesville, FL, March 24, 2005
"The Importance of Algebra after High School"
Alachua County Astronomy Club, Powell Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, March 8, 2005
"Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets"
Ft. Clarke Middle School, Gainesville, FL, December 8, 2004
Science Fair Judge
6th Annual Astro Fest, Penn State University, State College, PA, July 7-10, 2004
"Direct Detection of Extrasolar Planets"
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