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CurriculumVitae-JasonKalirai
PersonalInformationJasonSinghKaliraiDOB:April01,1978(QuesnelBC,Canada)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstitute3700SanMartinDriveBaltimoreMD,USA,21218Phone:(410)338-4747Fax:(410)338-4436e-mail:[email protected]:http://www.stsci.edu/~jkaliraifacebook:http://www.facebook.com/jkalirai1twitter:@JasonKalirai
EducationPhD,Astrophysics,UniversityofBritishColumbia(2004)MSc,Astrophysics,UniversityofBritishColumbia(2001)BSc,HonoursPhysics&Astronomy,UniversityofBritishColumbia(2000)
ResearchandRelatedExperienceMulti-missionProjectScientist(2016-present)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteResearchScientist(2016-present)JohnsHopkinsUniversityAssociateAstronomer(2012);w/Tenure(2014-present)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteAssociateResearchScientist(2012-2016)JohnsHopkinsUniversityJWSTProjectScientist(2013-2016)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteJWSTDeputyProjectScientist(2010-2013)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstitute
AssistantAstronomer(2008-2012)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteHubble/WFC3InstrumentScientist(2008-2010)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteHubbleFellow(2005-2008)UniversityofCaliforniaObservatories/LickObservatory,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaCruzPostdoctoralResearcher(2004-2005)UniversityofCaliforniaObservatories/LickObservatory,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaCruzDoctoralStudent(2001-2004)DepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy,UniversityofBritishColumbiaAdvisor:Dr.HarveyB.Richer “AstrophysicswithWhiteDwarfs”SummerStudent(2004-fortwoweeks)UniversityofMontreal(Dr.PierreBergeron) CollaborationtofitmodelwhitedwarfspectratoobservationsSummerStudent(2001)OsservatorioAstronomicodiRoma(Dr.FrancescaD’Antona) TheoreticalmodelingofstellarevolutioninopenstarclustersMastersStudent(2000-2001)DepartmentofPhysics&Astronomy,UniversityofBritishColumbiaAdvisor:Dr.HarveyB.Richer “TheCFHTOpenStarClusterSurvey”SummerStudent(2000)CanadaFranceHawaiiTelescopeCorporation(Dr.GregoryG.Fahlman) PhotometryanddatareductionofalargeimagingsurveyofstarclustersSummerFellow(1999)DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofToronto(Dr.JamesDrummond) RemotesoundingexperimentsontheatmosphereofMars
Awards,Honors,andScholarshipsSelectedbytheWhiteHouseasoneof200USscientistsinvitedtothe“FrontiersConference”tomeetwithPresidentBarackObama,2016KavliFrontiersofScienceFellow,2014AcademicMinute-Listener'sChoiceAward,2014NewtonLacyPiercePrize,AAS,2013MarylandAcademyofSciencesOutstandingYoungScientist(2013)SelectedbyBaltimoreMagazineasa“Top40under40”inthemetropolitanarea(2013)
SelectedbyCNNasthefirstscientistfortheirnew“TheScienceSeat”feature(2013)SelectedbyAstronomyMagazineas“TopRisingStar”(2013)HubbleFellowship–STScIgrantHST-HF-01185.01-A(2005-2008)NaturalSciencesandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanada(NSERC)Postgraduatescholarship(PGS-B)(2002-2004)-NSERCPGS-Bgrant(2003-2004)CanadianAstronomicalSociety-Bestgraduatestudentoralpresentationaward(2003)CanadianAstronomicalSociety-Bestgraduatestudentposterpresentationaward(2002)NaturalSciencesandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanada(NSERC)Postgraduatescholarship(PGS-A)(2000-2002)–NSERCPGS-Agrant(2001-2002)CanadianAstronomicalSociety-Bestgraduatestudentposterpresentationaward(2000)UniversityofBCUndergraduateScholarProgramScholarship(1999-2000)NaturalSciencesandEngineeringResearchCouncilofCanada(NSERC)UndergraduateStudentResearchAward(1999)UniversityofBCScholarship(1998-1999)
InvitedMembershipinFutureAstrophysicsProjectsMemberoftheNASAWFIRSTFormulationScienceWorkingGroup(2016-present)MemberoftheNASAAstrophysicsSubcommittee(2014-present)MemberoftheLargeSynopticSurveyTelescope(LSST)ScienceAdvisoryCommittee(2014-present)MemberoftheKeckStrategicIntegrationTeam(2016)MemberoftheAstrophysics30-yearRoadmapTeam(2013)MemberoftheWideFieldInfraredSurveyTelescope(WFIRST)andWFIRST-AFTAScienceDefinitionTeams(2011-2015)MemberoftheLargeSynopticSurveyTelescope(LSST)“StellarPopulations”and“MilkyWay”ScienceTeams(2008-present)MemberoftheCanada-France-HawaiiTelescopeIMAKAInstrumentScienceWorkingGroup(2008-2012)MemberofThirtyMeterTelescopeWideFieldOpticalSpectrograph(MOBIE)Team(2008-2009)MemberofThirtyMeterTelescopeWideFieldOpticalSpectrographOperationalConceptsDefinitionTeam(2006)
PublicationsRefereedContributions2017Howketal.2017,submitted,arXiv:1706.01893
ProjectAMIGA:AMinimalCoveringFactorforOpticallyThickCircumgalacticGasAroundAndromedaBatalhaetal.2017,PASP,129,976
PanExo:ACommunityToolforTransitingExoplanetSciencewithJWST&HSTRosenfieldetal.2017,ApJ,841,69
ANewApproachtoConvectiveCoreOvershooting:ProbabilisticConstraintsfromColor-MagnitudeDiagramsofLMCClusters
Correntietal.2017,MNRAS,467,3628 Dissectingtheextendedmain-sequenceturn-offoftheyoungstarclusterNGC1850
Tremblayetal.2017,MNRAS,465,2849TheGaiaDR1mass-radiusrelationforwhitedwarfs
2016Paradaetal.2016,ApJ,830,139
FormationandEvolutionofBlueStragglersin47TucanaeTremblayetal.2016,MNRAS,461,2100
ThefieldwhitedwarfmassdistributionGordonetal.2016,ApJ,826,104
ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.XV.TheBEAST:BayesianExtinctionandStellarTool
Paradaetal.2016,ApJ,826,88DynamicalEstimateofPostMainSequenceStellarMassesin47Tucanae
Correntietal.2016,ApJ,823,18 ConstrainingGlobularClusterAgeUncertaintiesUsingtheIRColor-MagnitudeDiagramGoldsburyetal.2016,ApJ,821,27 ConstrainingWhiteDwarfStructureandNeutrinoPhysicsin47TucanaeCummingsetal.2016,ApJL,820,18 AnUltramassive1.28MsunWhiteDwarfinNGC2099Cummingsetal.2016,ApJ,818,84 TwoMassiveWhiteDwarfsfromNGC2323andtheInitial–FinalMassRelationfor Progenitorsof4to6.5MsunStars2015Gregersenetal.2015,AJ,150,189 PanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.XII.MappingStellarMetallicityDistributionsinM31Heyletal.2015,ApJ,810,127 WhendoStarsin47TucanaeLosetheirMass?Hansenetal.2015,ApJ,809,141 ConstrainingNeutrinoCoolingUsingtheHostWhiteDwarfsLuminosityFunctionintheGlobularCluster47TucanaeCummingsetal.2015,ApJ,807,90 Initial-FinalMassRelationfor3to4MsunProgenitorsofWhiteDwarfsfromtheSingleClusterNGC2099Weiszetal.2015,ApJ,806,198 TheHigh-MassStellarInitialMassFunctioninM31ClustersLewisetal.2015,ApJ805,183 ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasuryXI:TheSpatially-ResolvedRecentStarFormationHistoryofM31Heyletal.2015,ApJ,804,53 AMeasurementofDiffusionin47TucanaeWilliamsetal.2015,ApJ,802,49 TracingtheMetal-poorM31StellarHalowithBlueHorizontalBranchStars2014Kaliraietal.2014,ApJ,782,17
ADirectMeasurementoftheCoreMassGrowthandStellarLifetimeonthe ThermallyPulsingAsymptoticGiantBranchGoudfrooijetal.2014,ApJ,797,35
ExtendedMainSequenceTurnoffsinIntermediate-AgeStarClusters:ACorrelationBetweenTurnoffWidthandEarlyEscapeVelocity
Brownetal.2014,ApJ,796,91TheQuenchingoftheUltra-FaintDwarfGalaxiesintheReionizationEra
Gilbertetal.2014,ApJ,796,76GlobalPropertiesofM31'sStellarHalofromtheSPLASHSurvey:II.MetallicityProfile
Williamsetal.2014,ApJS,215,9ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasuryX.UltraviolettoInfraredPhotometryof117MillionEquidistantStars
Correntietal.2014,ApJ,793,121NewCluestotheCauseofExtendedMain-SequenceTurnoffsinIntermediate-ageStarClustersintheMagellanicClouds
Tremblayetal.2014,ApJ,791,92WhiteDwarfCosmochronologyintheSolarNeighborhood
Tremblayetal.2014,ApJ,788,103WhiteDwarfsintheUKIRTInfraredDeepSkySurveyDataRelease9Veyetteetal.2014,ApJ,792,121
PanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.IX.APhotometricSurveyofPlanetaryNebulaeinM31Fouesneauetal.2014,ApJ,786,117ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.V.AgesandMassesoftheYear1StellarClusters2013Perleyetal.2013,ApJ,778,128APopulationofMassive,LuminousGalaxiesHostingHeavilyDust-ObscuredGamma-RayBursts:ImplicationsfortheUseofGRBsasTracersofCosmicStarFormationRicheretal.2013,ApJ,778,104ComparingtheWhiteDwarfCoolingSequencesin47TucandNGC6397Hansenetal.2013,Nature,500,51AnAgeDispersionBetweenMetal-RichandMetal-PoorGlobularClustersRicheretal.2013,ApJL,771,15ADynamicalSignatureofMultipleStellarPopulationsin47TucanaeGehaetal.2013,ApJ,771,29TheStellarInitialMassFunctionofUltra-FaintDwarfGalaxies:EvidenceforIMFVariationswithGalacticEnvironmentGirardietal.2013,MNRAS,431,3501AnExtendedMainSequenceTurnoffintheSmallMagellanicCloudStarClusterNGC411Kulebietal.2013,A&A,554,18TheProgenitorsofMagneticWhiteDwarfsinOpenClustersHowleyetal.2013,ApJ,765,65InternalStellarKinematicsofM32fromtheSPLASHSurvey:DarkHaloConstraintsKaliraietal.2013,ApJ,763,110 Ultra-DeepHubbleSpaceTelescopeImagingoftheSmallMagellanicCloud:TheInitialMassFunctionofStarswithM<~1Msun
Weiszetal.2013,ApJ,762,123ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.IV.AProbabilisticApproachtoInferringtheHigh-massStellarInitialMassFunctionandotherPower-lawFunctions2012Gilbertetal.2012,ApJ,760,76
GlobalPropertiesofM31’sStellarHalofromtheSPLASHSurvey.I.SurfaceBrightnessProfileHeyletal.2012,ApJ,761,51 DeepHSTImaginginNGC6397:StellarDynamicsBeermanetal.2012,ApJ,760,104 ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasureIII.MeasuringAgesandMassesofPartiallyResolved
StellarClustersGoldsburyetal.2012,ApJ,760,78 AnEmpiricalMeasureoftheRateofWhiteDwarfCoolingin47TucanaeWilliamsetal.2012,ApJ,759,46
ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasuryII.TracingtheInnerHalowithBlueHorizontalBranchStarsHoetal.2012,ApJ,758,124
StellarKinematicsoftheAndromedaIIDwarfSpheroidalGalaxyRosenfieldetal.2012,ApJ,755,131
ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.I.BrightUVStarsintheBulgeofM31Fardaletal.2012,MNRAS,423,3134
ASpectroscopicSurveyofAndromeda'sWesternShelfBrownetal.2012,ApJL,753,L21
ThePrimevalPopulationsoftheUltra-FaintDwarfGalaxiesKaliraietal.2012,Nature,486,90
TheAgeoftheMilkyWayInnerHaloDalcantonetal.2012,ApJS,200,18
ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasuryDormanetal.2012,ApJ,752,147
TheSPLASHSurvey:KinematicsofAndromeda’sInnerSpheroidJohnsonetal.2012,ApJ,752,95
PHATStellarClusterSurveyI.Year1CatalogandIntegratedPhotometryTollerudetal.2012,ApJ,752,45
TheSPLASHSurvey:Spectroscopyof15M31DwarfSpheroidalGalaxiesWoodleyetal.2012,AJ,143,50
TheSpectralEnergyDistributionsofWhiteDwarfsin47Tucanae:TheDistancetotheClusterKaliraietal.2012,AJ,143,11
ADeep,Wide-Field,andPanchromaticViewof47TucandtheSMCwithHST:ObservationsandDataAnalysisMethods
Foleyetal.2012,ApJ,744,38VeryEarlyUltravioletandOpticalObservationsoftheTypeIaSupernova2009ig
Gosnelletal.2012,ApJ,745,57AnUnexpectedDiscoveryintheRichOpenClusterNGC6819UsingXMM-Newton
2011Tanakaetal.2011,ApJ,738,150
StructureandPopulationoftheNGC55StellarHalofromaSubaru/Suprime-CamSurveyBohlinetal.2011,AJ,141,173
AbsoluteFluxCalibrationoftheIRACInstrumentontheSpitzerSpaceTelescopeUsingHubbleSpaceTelescopeFluxStandards
Jefferyetal.2011,AJ,141,171HST/ACSObservationsofRRLyraeStarsinSixUltra-DeepFieldsofM31
2010Kaliraietal.2010,ApJ,711,671
TheSPLASHSurvey:InternalKinematics,ChemicalAbundances,andMassesoftheAndromedaI,II,III,VII,X,andXIVDwarfSpheroidalGalaxies
Gehaetal.2010,ApJ,711,361LocalGroupDwarfEllipticalGalaxies.II.StellarKinematicstoLargeRadiiinNGC147andNGC185
Tremblayetal.2010,ApJ,712,1345NewInsightsintotheProblemoftheSurfaceGravityDistributionofCoolDAWhiteDwarfs
Kalirai&Richer2010,Phil.TransactionsoftheRoyalSocietyA,InvitedReview,368,755StarClustersasLaboratoriesforStellarEvolution
Tanakaetal.2010,ApJ,708,1168StructureandPopulationoftheAndromedaStellarHaloFromaSubaru/Suprime-CamSurvey
2009Kaliraietal.2009,ApJ,705,1043
TheSPLASHSurvey:ASpectroscopicAnalysisoftheMetal-PoorLow-LuminosityM31dSphSatelliteAndromedaX
Kaliraietal.2009,ApJ,705,408TheMassesofPopulationIIWhiteDwarfs
Gilbertetal.2009,ApJ,705,1275TheSPLASHSurvey:ASpectroscopicPortraitofAndromeda’sGiantSouthernStream
Davisetal.2009,ApJ,705,398TheSpectralTypesofWhiteDwarfsinM4
Fittingoffetal.2009,MNRAS,399,728ASurveyofUltraviolet-BrightSourcesBehindtheHaloofM31
Brownetal.2009,ApJS,184,152DeepOpticalPhotometryofSixFieldsintheAndromedaGalaxy
Shieldsetal.2009,ApJ,707,936TheQuasarSDSSJ105041.35+345631.3:BlackHoleRecoilorExtremeDouble-PeakedEmitter?
Hartmanetal.2009,ApJ,695,336DeepMMTTransitSurveyoftheOpenClusterM37IV:LimitontheFractionofStarswithPlanetsasSmallas0.3RJ
Hartmanetal.2009,ApJ,691,342DeepMMTTransitSurveyoftheOpenClusterM37III:StellarRotationat550Myr
2008Brownetal.2008,ApJL,685,121
TheExtendedStarFormationHistoryoftheAndromedaSpheroidat35kpcontheMinorAxisKaliraietal.2008,ApJL,682,37
AGlimpseintothePast:TheRecentEvolutionofGlobularClustersKaliraietal.2008,ApJ,676,594
TheInitial-FinalMassRelation:DirectConstraintsattheLowMassEndDavisetal.2008,AJ,135,2155
DeepAdvancedCameraforSurveysImagingintheGlobularClusterNGC6397:TheBinaryFractionRicheretal.2008,AJ,135,2141
DeepAdvancedCameraforSurveysImagingintheGlobularClusterNGC6397:TheClusterColorMagnitudeDiagramandLuminosityFunction
Hurleyetal.2008,AJ,135,2129DeepAdvancedCameraforSurveysImagingintheGlobularClusterNGC6397:DynamicalModels
Andersonetal.2008,AJ,135,2114DeepAdvancedCameraforSurveysImagingintheGlobularClusterNGC6397:ReductionMethods
Cignonietal.2008,MNRAS,386,2235DisentanglingtheGalaxyatLowGalacticLatitudes
Hartmanetal.2008,ApJ,675,1254DeepMMTTransitSurveyoftheOpenClusterM37II:VariableStars
Hartmanetal.2008,ApJ,675,1233DeepMMTTransitSurveyoftheOpenClusterM37I:ObservationsandClusterParameters
Davisetal.2008,MNRAS,383,L20OntheRadialDistributionofWhiteDwarfsintheGlobularClusterNGC6397
2007Kaliraietal.2007,ApJ,671,748
StellarEvolutioninNGC6791:MassLossontheRedGiantBranchandtheFormationofLowMassWhiteDwarfs
Hansenetal.2007,ApJ,671,380TheWhiteDwarfCoolingSequenceofNGC6397
Majewskietal.2007,ApJL,670,9DiscoveryofAndromedaXIV:ADwarfSpheroidalDynamicalRogueintheLocalGroup?
Gilbertetal.2007,ApJ,668,24StellarKinematicsintheComplicatedInnerSpheroidofM31:DiscoveryofSubstructureAlongtheSoutheasternMinorAxisanditsRelationshiptotheGiantSouthernStream
Brownetal.2007,ApJL,658,95TheExtendedStarFormationHistoryoftheAndromedaSpheroidat21kpcontheMinorAxis
Kaliraietal.2007,ApJL,657,93TheSpaceMotionoftheGlobularClusterNGC6397
2006Gilbertetal.2006,ApJ,652,1188
ANewMethodforIsolatingM31RedGiantBranchStars:TheDiscoveryofStarsOuttoaRadialDistanceof165kpc
Kaliraietal.2006,ApJ,648,389TheMetal-PoorHalooftheAndromedaSpiralGalaxy(M31).
Richeretal.2006,Science,313,936ProbingtheFaintestStarsinaGlobularStarCluster
Prochaskaetal.2006,ApJ,642,989TheGalaxyHostsandLargeScaleEnvironmentsofShort-HardGammaRayBursts
Kaliraietal.2006,ApJ,641,268KinematicsandMetallicityofM31RedGiants:TheGiantSouthernStreamandDiscoveryofaSecondColdComponentatR=20kpc
2005Kaliraietal.2005,ApJLetters,618,129
TheDearthofMassive,Helium-RichWhiteDwarfsinYoungOpenStarClustersKaliraietal.2005,ApJLetters,618,123
TheInitial-FinalMassRelationship:SpectroscopyofWhiteDwarfsinNGC2099(M37)2004Kalirai&Tosi2004,MNRAS,351,649
InterpretingtheColor-MagnitudeDiagramsofOpenStarClustersthroughNumericalSimulationsRicheretal.2004,AJ,127,2904
ConcerningtheWhiteDwarfCoolingAgeofM4:AReplytoDeMarchietal.on``ADifferentInterpretationofRecentDeepHSTObservations''
Richeretal.2004,AJ,127,2771HubbleSpaceTelescopeObservationsoftheMainSequenceofM4
Kaliraietal.2004,ApJ,601,277TheGalacticInnerHalo:SearchingforWhiteDwarfsandMeasuringtheFundamentalGalacticConstant,Vo/Ro
Ferdmanetal.2004,AJ,127,380SearchingforVariabilityintheGlobularClusterMessier4
2003Kaliraietal.2003,AJ,126,1402
TheCFHTOpenStarClusterSurvey.IV.TwoRich,YoungOpenStarClusters:NGC2168(M35)andNGC2323(M50)
Richeretal.2002,ApJ,574,L151TheLowerMainSequenceandMassFunctionoftheGlobularClusterMessier4
Kaliraietal.2001,AJ,122,3239TheCFHTOpenStarClusterSurvey.III.TheWhiteDwarfCoolingAgeoftheRichOpenStarClusterNGC2099(M37)
Kaliraietal.2001,AJ,122,266TheCFHTOpenStarClusterSurvey.II.DeepCCDPhotometryoftheOldOpenStarClusterNGC6819
Kaliraietal.2001,AJ,122,257TheCFHTOpenStarClusterSurvey.I.ClusterSelectionandDataReduction
Non-RefereedContributions(2000–present)Tremblayetal.2017,ASPC,509,415
TheFieldWhiteDwarfMassDistributionGennaroetal.,2016,SPIE,9908,49
TheGMOXScienceCase:ResolvingGalaxiesthroughCosmicTimeSkidmoreetal.2015,RAA,15,1945 ThirtyMeterTelescopeDetailedScienceCase:2015Batalhaetal.2015,arXiv:1507.02655 TransitingExoplanetSimulationswiththeJamesWebbSpaceTelescopeTremblayetal.2015,ASPC,493,355 DerivationoftheStellarFormationHistoryfromWhiteDwarfsintheSolarNeighborhoodSpergeletal.2015,arXiv:1503.03757 Wide-FieldInfraredSurveyTelescope-AstrophysicsFocusedTelescopeAssetsWFIRST-AFTA2015ReportJainetal.2015,arXiv:1501.07897 TheWholeisGreaterthantheSumoftheParts:OptimizingtheJointScienceReturnfromLSST,Euclid,andWFIRSTGouliermisetal.2014,LessonsfromtheLocalGroupConference ThePanchromaticHubbleAndromedaTreasury.ProgressionofLarge-ScaleStarFormationacrossSpaceandTimeinM31Batalhaetal.2014,SearchforLifeBeyondtheSolarSystem TransitingExoplanetSimulationswiththeJamesWebbSpaceTelescopeKalirai2014,AstronomyMagazine(Feb2014)TheFateofourSunBrownetal.2014,arXiv:1310.0824TheFormationHistoryoftheUltra-FaintDwarfGalaxiesKouveliotouetal.2014,arXiv:1401.3741EnduringQuests-DaringVisions(NASAAstrophysicsintheNextThreeDecades)Spergeletal.2013,arXiv:1305.5425 WFIRST-2.4:WhatEveryAstronomerShouldKnowSpergeletal.2013,arXiv:1305.5422 Wide-FieldInfraredSurveyTelescope–AstrophysicsFocussedTelescopeAssetsWFIRST-AFTAFinalReportHinesetal.2013,LPI,44,1019 TheJamesWebbSpaceTelescope:SolarSystemScienceAddressingDecadalSurveySciencethroughCommunityAccesstoHighlyMultiplexed-SpectroscopywithBigBOSSontheKPNOMayallTelescope,arXiv:1211.0285ExploringtheNROOpportunityforaHubble-sizedWide-fieldNear-IRSpaceTelescope
NEWWFIRST,2012,arXiv:1210.7809Wide-FieldInfraRedSurveyTelescope(WFIRST)FinalReport
WFIRST,2012,arXiv1208.4012TheNear-InfraredSkySurveyor
TheNear-InfraredSkySurveyor,2010,arXiv:1008.3563LSSTScienceCollaborations
LSSTScienceBook,Version2.0,2009,arXiv:0912.0201Kaliraietal.2011,EuropeanAstronomicalSocietyPublicationSeries48,329
TheSPLASHSurvey:MilkyWayvsM31dSphsKalirai2010,IAUSymposium266,312
ANewMethodtoMeasureStellarMassLossRatesKaliraietal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,ScienceWhitePaper,147
WhiteDwarfsasAstrophysicalProbes.Kaliraietal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,ScienceWhitePaper,146
ResolvedStellarPopulationsintheMilkyWay.Kirbyetal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,ScienceWhitePaper,156
TheRoleofDwarfGalaxiesinBuildingLargeStellarHalos.Coveyetal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,ScienceWhitePaper,57
MeasuringStellarAgesandtheHistoryoftheMilkyWay.Fergusonetal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,R.F.I.
TheScientificOpportunitiesofaGeneralAstrophysicsProgramAssociatedwithaDarkEnergyMission.Sternetal.2009,TheAstronomyandAstrophysicsDecadalSurvey,R.F.I.
TheNearInfraredSkySurveyor.Kalirai2009,IAUSymposium,258,299
WhiteDwarfsasAstrophysicalProbesRicheretal.2009,IAUSymposium,258,315
TowardsaPreciseWhiteDwarfCoolingAgeofaGlobularClusterIvezicetal.2008,arXiv:0805.2366
LSST:FromScienceDriverstoReferenceDesignandAnticipatedDataProductsKaliraietal.2008,ASPConferenceSeries,399,465
ASpectroscopicStudyofM31dSphGalaxiesKalirai2008,MemoriedellaSocieta,AstronomicaItaliana,79,2
MeasuringStellarMassLossinDifferentEnvironmentsKaliraietal.2008,ProceedingsonGalaxiesintheLocalVolumeConferenceinSydney,Australia
ASpectroscopicSurveyofM31DwarfSpheroidalGalaxiesKalirai2007,ASPConferenceSeries,372,91
MassLossontheRedGiantBranchofNGC6791:TheCaseforHeliumCoreWhiteDwarfsKalirai2006,ASPConferenceSeries,352,249
WhiteDwarfsandStellarEvolutionKalirai2006,BulletinoftheAstronomicalSocietyofIndia,34,141
ProbingStellarEvolutionwithOpenStarClustersGuhathakurtaetal.2005,astro-ph/0502366
DiscoveryofanExtendedHaloofStarsintheAndromedaSpiralGalaxyKaliraietal.2005,ASPConferenceProceedingsonResolvedStellarPopulationsConferenceinCancun,Mexico,edsD.Valls-GabaudandM.Chavez
KinematicsandMetallicityoftheAndromedaGiantSouthernStreamKalirai&Richer2005,GeminiNewsletter,25,23
GeminiTacklesaKeyProbleminStellarEvolutionKaliraietal.2005,ASPConferenceSeries,334,9
SpectroscopyofFaintWhiteDwarfs:TheDA/DBRatioandtheInitial-FinalMassRelationKalirai2002,ASPConferenceProceedings,274,362
UsingWhiteDwarfsasChronometersinStarClustersKaliraietal.2001A,CFHTBulletinSeries,43,5
WhiteDwarfsinNGC6819
Kaliraietal.2000B,CFHTBulletinSeries,42,8CFHTReductionsusingPSFex
GrantsPIofNationalScienceFoundationgrant1614933(2016-2018)PIofNASAWFIRSTScienceInvestigationTeamResearchGrant(2016-2021)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstitutePIResearchgrantsHST-GO-14155(2016-2018)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-14213(2016-2018)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-14214(2016-2018)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-14268(2016-2018)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-14124(2016-2018)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstitutePIResearchgrantsHST-GO-13727(2014-2016)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstitutePIResearchgrantsHST-GO-13673(2014-2016)PIofNationalScienceFoundationgrant1211719(2012-2015)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-12971(2012-2013)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-12549.08(2011-2012)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantsHST-GO-12581.08(2011-2012)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-12257.06(2011-2012)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-12055.20(2010-2012)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteDirector’sDiscretionarygrant(2009)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-11677.14(2009-2012)NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationCo-IXMM-NewtongrantA0-7-55351(2008)NationalScienceFoundationCo-IResearchgrantNSF05-608(2006-2008)HubbleFellowship–STScIgrantHST-HF-01185.01-A(2005-2008)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-10850.10-A(2007)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-10816.08-A(2006)NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationCo-IGALEXgrant(2006)SpaceTelescopeScienceInstituteCo-IResearchgrantHST-GO-10424.12-A(2005)
TelescopeProposalsCo-author(includingscientificlead)ofsuccessfulKeckproposalstotaling>40nightssince2005Co-author(includingscientificlead)ofproposalsonmanygroundandspace-basedtelescopes(Subaru,Gemini,MMT,KPNO,DECam,AAT,Lick,HST,GALEX,XMM)
ConferencePresentationsandColloquia
Date Location ConferenceTitle/UniversityName
Type Talk
Mar2017 Venice,Italy SciencewiththeHubbleandJamesWebbSpace
TelescopesV
Oral OrganizerandModeratorforPrimaryJWSTPanel
Mar2017 Youngstown,OH YoungstownStateUniversity
Oral GalaxiesasCollectionsofStars
Jan2017 Washington,DC CarnegieDTM Oral StellarAstrophysics:100Yearsafter
RussellJan2017 Grapevine,TX AmericanAstronomical
SocietyAnnualMeetingOral Hubble:RecentDiscoveriesand
FuturePromiseOct2016 Pittsburgh,PA WhiteHouseFrontiers
ConferenceParticipant -------------------------
Sep2016 Pasadena,CA KeckScienceMeeting Oral LocalGalaxiesScienceTeamMar2016 Pasadena,CA CommunityAstrophysics
withWFIRSTOral ResolvingtheMilkyWaywithWFIRST
Feb2016 Columbia,MD WFIRSTFSWGMeeting Oral ResolvingtheMilkyWaywithWFIRSTJan2016 Orlando,FL AmericanAstronomical
SocietyAnnualMeetingOral GuestObserverScience
OpportunitieswithWFIRSTNov2015 AnnArbor,MI UniversityofMichigan Oral StellarAstrophysics:100Years
afterRussellNov2015 EastLansing,MI MichiganStateUniversity Oral StellarAstrophysics:100Years
afterRussellSep2015 SantiagoChile UNABandUDPUniversities Oral StellarAstrophysics:100Years
afterRussellSep2015 SendaiJapan KeckandSubaruJoint
MeetingOral TheInitialFinalMassRelation:2.0
Aug2015 Honolulu,HI InternationalAstronomicalUnion:PlentaryNebulae
Meeting
Oral TheInitialFinalMassRelation
Jun2015 Canberra,Australia
AustraliaNationalUniversity Oral StellarAstrophysics:100YearsafterRussell
May2015 Seattle,WA UniversityofWashington Oral FrontierSciencewiththeJamesWebbSpaceTelescope
Apr2015 Vancouver,BC UniversityofBritishColumbia
Oral TimeandLifeintheUniverse
Apr2015 Baltimore,MD Hubble2020 Oral UltraDeepHSTImagingoftheSMC:theIMFatM<1Msun
Apr2015 Oxford,UK "SimulatingtheUniverse"OxfordUniversity
Oral ViewingModernSimulationsthroughthePowerfulEyeofJWST
Feb2015 Harvard,MA HarvardUniversity Oral StellarAstrophysics:100YearsAfterRussell
Jan2015 Princeton,NJ PrincetonUniversity Oral StellarAstrophysics:100YearsAfterRussell
Jan2015 Seattle,WA AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
Oral WFIRST:OpportunitiesforGuestObserverScience
Jan2015 Seattle,WA AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
Oral ADirectMeasurementoftheLifetimesandStellarLuminositieson
theAGBNov2014 Irvine,CA KavliFrontiersofScience
SymposiumOral+Poster
TheEndFateofSunLikeStars
Oct2014 TampaBay,FL UniversityofSouthFlorida Oral FrontierSciencewiththeJamesWebbSpaceTelescope
Oct2014 NewYork,NY NewYorkUniversity Oral WFIRST-WideFieldInfraredSurveyTelescope
Oct2014 NewYork,NY NewYorkUniversity Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
Oct2014 Greenbelt,MD GoddardScienceColloquium
Oral TheEndFateofourSolarSystem
Oct2014 CollegePark,MD UniversityofMaryland Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
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Jul2014 Tucson,AZ TMTintheAstronomicalLandscapeofthe2020s
Oral TheInitial-FinalMassRelation:2.0
Jul2014 Tucson,AZ TMTintheAstronomicalLandscapeofthe2020s
Oral TheJamesWebbSpaceTelescope
Jul2014 QuebecCity,QC CanadianAstronomicalSocietyAnnualConference
Oral JWSTInstrumentsOverview
May2014 NewHaven,CT YaleUniversity Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
Feb2014 Princeton,NJ InstituteforAdvancedStudies(BahcallLunch)
Oral Ultra-DeepHSTImagingoftheSMC:TheIMFatM<1Msun
Feb2014 Princeton,NJ PrincetonUniversity Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
Jan2014 SaltLakeCity,UT UniversityofUtah Oral FrontierSciencewiththeJamesWebbSpaceTelescope
Jan2014 SaltLakeCity,UT UniversityofUtah Oral WhiteDwarfStars:NaturalCondensedMatterLaboratories
Jan2014 Baltimore,MD STScI Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
Jan2014 NationalHarbor,MD
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Oral TheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
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Oral Ultra-DeepHSTImagingoftheSMC:TheIMFatM<1Msun
Oct2013 Vancouver,BC PeterWallInstitute“TimeandLifeintheUniverse”
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Sep2013 Amherst,MA UniversityofMassachusetts Oral ExploringtheStellarGraveyardoftheMilkyWay
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Jan2013 LongBeach,CA AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
Oral TheAgeoftheMilkyWayInnerHalo
Nov2012 Rome,Italy ReadingtheBookofGlobularClusterswiththeLensofStellarEvolution
Oral TheInitialFinalMassRelation
Nov2012 GSFC,NASA AFTA-WFIRSTScienceDefinitionTeamMeeting
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Sep2012 Princeton,NJ NEWTelescopesMeeting Oral LocalStellarPopulations(OpportunitiesforanIR-optimized
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LocalVolumewithWFIRSTMar2012 Leiden,
NetherlandsLeidenObservatory Oral ExploringtheStellarGraveyardofthe
MilkyWayFeb2012 Exeter,UK UniversityofExeter Oral PanchromaticSurveysofResolved
StellarPopulationsFeb2012 Pasadena,CA SciencewithaWideFieldIR
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StellarPopulationsNov2011 Cambridge,MA MIT Oral PanchromaticSurveysofResolved
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Jan2011 Houston,TX RiceUniversity Oral MassLossandtheDeathofLowMassStars
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Aug2010 Tucson,AZ LSSTAllHandsMeeting Oral PlenaryTalk:StellarPopulationsintheMilkyWayandNearbyGalaxies
Jun2010 Lyon,France AUniverseofDwarfGalaxies
Oral TheSPLASHSurvey:ComparingKinematics,Abundances,and
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MassLossMay2009 Toronto,Canada CanadianAstronomical
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Mar2009 Pasadena,CA Caltech Oral TheEndStagesofStellarEvolutionFeb2009 Halifax,Canada SaintMary’sUniversity Oral ProbingStellarMassLosswith
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Oral TheNearestandMostDistantGlobularClusters
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Oral ASpectroscopicSurveyofM31dSphs–Kinematics,ChemicalAbundances,
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Oral TheInitial-FinalMassRelation:FirstConstraintsattheLowMassEnd
Aug2007 Vancouver,Canada
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Oral MassLossinMetal-RichEnvironments
Jul2007 Sydney,Australia “GalaxiesintheLocalVolume”Conference
Oral ASpectroscopicSurveyofM31DwarfSpheroidalGalaxies
Jun2007 SantaCruz,CA FLASH–LunchTalkSeries,UCSantaCruz
Oral MassLossinMetal-RichEnvironments
Jun2007 Kingston,Canada CanadianAstronomicalSocietyAnnualConference
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CanadaUniversityofBritish
ColumbiaOral AKinematicStudyofM31
Mar2007 Victoria,Canada HIA/NRC Oral AKinematicStudyofM31Feb2007 SantaCruz,CA FLASH–LunchTalkSeries,
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Jan2007 Seattle,WA AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
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SocietyAnnualMeetingOral GlobularClustersinaGlobular
ClusterJan2007 Seattle,WA PressConf.–American
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Oral TheDiscoveryoftheMetal-PoorStellarHalooftheAndromedaSpiral
GalaxyDec2006 Gainesville,FL UniversityofFlorida Oral TheMetal-PoorHaloofM31Nov2006 Austin,TX UniversityofTexas Oral TheStellarPopulationsof
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Nov2006 Kingston,Canada QueensUniversity Oral TheMetal-PoorHaloofM31Oct2006 Pasadena,CA OCIW Oral TheStellarPopulationsofM31Oct2006 Irvine,CA UCIrvine Oral TheStellarPopulationsofM31Aug2006 Leicester,UK “15thAnnualWhiteDwarf
Workshop”Oral MassesofWhiteDwarfsinOld
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CompositionofStarsinM31’sBulgeandHalo
Apr2006 Baltimore,MD HubbleFellowsSymposium Oral TheMetal-PoorHaloofM31Feb2006 Aspen,CO “LocalGroupCosmology”
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Jan2006 Washington,DC AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
Oral TheMetal-PoorHaloofM31
Oct2005 Austin,TX UniversityofTexas Oral TheMetal-PoorHaloofM31Oct2005 Austin,TX “BashSymposium2005:
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Sep2005 Pasadena,CA 2005KeckScienceMeeting–Caltech
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Aug2005 SantaCruz,CA “NearlyNormalGalaxies”Conference
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ConstrainingStellarEvolutionMay2005 Montreal, CanadianAstronomical Poster TheDiscoveryofaSecondStreamin
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EvolutionApr2005 SantaCruz,CA FLASH–LunchTalkSeries,
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andinOpenandGlobularStarClusters
Feb2005 Nainital,India “InternationalMeetingonStarClusters”
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Oral SpectroscopyofWhiteDwarfsinOpenStarClusters
Jun2004 Montreal,Canada
UniversityofMontreal Oral StudiesofWhiteDwarfs:intheFieldandinOpenandGlobularStar
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ConferenceOral TheWhiteDwarfInitialFinalMass
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May2004 Vancouver,Canada
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Oral TheHistoryoftheDiscoveryofWhiteDwarfs
Jan2004 Atlanta,GA AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
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Oral SearchingforWhiteDwarfsintheGalacticInnerHaloandMeasuringWo
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Poster StarsintheGalacticInnerHalo
Jun2002 Penticton,Canada
CanadianAstronomicalSocietyAnnualConference
Poster DynamicsinYoungOpenStarClusters
Jan2002 WashingtonDC AmericanAstronomicalSocietyAnnualMeeting
Oral TheWhiteDwarfCoolingAgeofNGC2099
Jul2001 Coimbra,Portugal
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May2000 Vancouver,Canada
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Oral AnAtmosphericStudyofMars
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CapeBrettonUniversity(2014)
StellarStructureUndergraduateCourseInstructor:Dr.ChrisCameron
“StarClustersandStellarEvolution”GuestLecturer
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SupervisionandMentoringRogerCohen(2016-current)
PostdoctoralResearcherJeffCummings(2013-current)
PostdoctoralResearcherMatteoCorrenti(2013-current)
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PostdoctoralResearcher(HubbleFellow)NatashaBatalha(2013-current)
UndergraduateandGraduateStudentSohumThakkar(2013)
HighSchoolStudentAaronDotter(2010-2012)
PostdoctoralResearcherAbhiRajan(2009-2010)
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MentoringrelatedtothephotometriccalibrationofthenewHSTinstrumentWFC3Pier-EmmanuelTremblay(2009)
UniversityofMontrealGraduateStudent(SupervisorPierreBergeron)MentoringhelpforaKeckTelescopeprojectrelatedtocoolHewhitedwarfs.
MikitoTanaka(2008-2009)
NationalAstronomicalObservatoryofJapanGraduateStudent(SupervisorMasashiChiba)MentoringrelatedtoalargeSubaruimagingsurveyoftheAndromedaSpiralGalaxy.
JoeWolf(2008-current)
UCIrvineGraduateStudent(SupervisorJamesBullock)MentoringrelatedtoaKeck/DEIMOSsurveyofM31’sdSphpopulation.
KarrieGilbert,KirstenHowley,EvanKirby,PriyaKollipara,andJedidahIsler(2005-2009)
UCSantaCruzGraduateStudents(SupervisorPuragraGuhathakurta)Co-supervisor/mentorforvariousgraduatestudentprojectsandthesis.
BasilioYniguez(2007/2008)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:ANeural-NetworkClassificationofMilkyWayDwarfsandM31RedGiants
CarlosSandoval(2007/2008)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudent(SupervisionwithMikeBolteandEnricoRamirez-Ruiz)3rdYearResearchProjectStarted:PhotometricVariablesandBinariesinNGC6752
ElizabethChudwick(2006/2007)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:WideFieldPhotometryandAstrometryoftheRich,OldOpenStarClusterNGC6791
JohnathanRice(2006/2007)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:APhotometricandKinematicStudyofGalacticStructureAlongM31’sSightline
AndrewFittinghoff(2006/2007)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudent4thYearResearchProject:AGALEXImagingStudyoftheAndromedaSpiralGalaxy
CarynnLuine(2005/2006)
UCSantaCruzUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:DetailedChemicalAbundancesofM31Stars:AnalysisofHighSignal-to-NoiseCoaddedSpectra
RobertEakin(2003/2004)
UniversityofBritishColumbiaUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:PhotometricStudyoftheOpenStarClusterNGC7789
DorisNian-ShiahLeong(2003/2004)
UniversityofBritishColumbiaUndergraduateStudentThesisCompleted:ADeepPhotometricStudyoftheCoreofOldOpenClusterNGC6791
GeneralResearchJournal,Telescope,andFellowshipReferee
ScientificrefereeforNature,Science,TheAstrophysicalJournal,AstrophysicalJournalLetters,AstronomicalJournal,MonthlyNoticesoftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety,Astronomy&Astrophysics,PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety,andthePublicationsoftheAstronomicalSocietyofJapanReviewerforNASA'sNPP(PostdoctoralFellowship)Program(2014)NOAOTelescopesTimeAllocationCommitteeMember(2009-2011)HubbleSpaceTelescopeTimeAllocationCommitteeMember(Cycle17)GiacconiFellowshipCommitteeMember(2009)ScientificrefereefortheCanada-France-HawaiiTelescopeandGeminiTelescopeScientificrefereefortheNationalScienceFoundation
CurrentScientificActivitiesatSTScIChair,STScIDDRF/JDFStrategicReviewCommittee(2016-present)
Chair,STScIcolloquium(Fall2009andSpring2010)Leadmorningcoffeewithasummaryofastro-phpapersfromthepreviousday(daily,2008-2010)CreatedandorganizedSTScI’sAstro-Jamboree(2009)HelpedorganizedtheFridayScienceJournalsClub(2008-2010)CreatedandorganizedSTScI’sFridaySeminarSeries(2008-2010)
ProfessionalMeetingsand/orSeminarSeriesOrganizedand/orChaired
Scientificorganizingcommitteememberforthe“Astronomyinthe2020s:SynergieswithWFIRSTWorkshop”(BaltimoreMD)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberforthe2016ESACJWSTMeeting(MadridSpain)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberfor2015GMTScienceConferenceonStellarPopulations(MontereyBayCA)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberfor2015IMFworkshop(BaltimoreMD)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberfor2015"MockingtheUniverse"workshop(BaltimoreMD)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberforthe"TheCosmicDistanceScale"meeting(Mar2014,BaltimoreMD)Scientificorganizingcommitteememberforthe“MassLossReturnfromStarstoGalaxies”Workshop(Mar2012,Baltimore,MD)Scientificandlocalorganizerforthe“FrontierScienceOpportunitieswithJWST”meeting(Jun2011,Baltimore,MD)Chairofthe2010STScIMaySymposium,“StellarPopulationsintheCosmologicalContext”Scientificandlocalorganizerforthe“BeyondJWST:NextStepsinUV-O-NIRSpaceAstronomy”Workshop(Mar2009,Baltimore,MD)Localorganizerforthe“AgesofStars”IAUSymposium258(Oct.2008,BaltimoreMD)Chair,local,andscientificorganizerforthe1stCaliforniaPostdocSymposium(Aug.2008,UCSantaCruz)Scientificandlocalorganizerforthe2008KeckScienceMeeting(Sept.2008,UCSantaCruz)Sessionchairatthe2007“ANewZealforOldGalaxies”MeetingCo-createdandorganizedtheUCSantaCruzSummerFridayTalkSeries(2007—2008)OrganizedtheUCSantaCruzTuesdayAstroLunchKaleidoscopeSeries(2007-2008)Co-createdandorganizedtheUCSantaCruzPostdoctoralJournalsClubSeries(2006—2008)Sessionchairatthe2006207thAASMeetinginWashingtonDC(Session205:WhiteDwarfs)
Co-createdandorganizedtheUBCPhysics&AstronomyGraduateStudentSeminarSeries(2004)Localorganizerforthe“GeminiScience2004”Conference(2004)
Miscellaneous
Numerouspressinterviewsaboutastronomyandresearch(continuous)InvitedbyCNNtocontributepieceonLightYearsblog,"InspiringtheNextGenerationofScientistsandEngineers"(2013)Pressreleaseonbeingawardedthe2013AASNewtonLacyPiercePrize(Jan2013)PressreleaseonNaturepaper,"TheAgeoftheMilkyWayInnerHalo"(May2012)PressreleaseondiscoveryofM31’sStellarHalo(Jan2007)PressreleaseondiscoveryofMostDistantSystemofGlobularClusters(Jan2007)MemberoftheAmericanAstronomicalSociety(AAS),theCanadianAstronomicalSociety(CASCA),andtheAstronomicalSocietyofthePacific(ASP)MemberoftheGoldenKeyNationalHonorsSocietyWrittensuccessfulproposalsandacquireddatafromHST,XMM,GALEX,Keck,Lick,GeminiNorth,GeminiSouth,Subaru,MMT,CFHT,KPNO,andDAO