I am an instrumental astrophysicist and graduate student at the University of Washington. I am working on the retrofit of KOSMOS, the facility spectrograph at Kitt Peak National Observatory to be moved to Apache Point Observatory (APO), specifically on the fabrication and characterization of chemically-etched reflective silicon slits for KOSMOS.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 2018-PRESENT
GRADUATE STUDENT, ASTRONOMY
ADVISORS: SARAH TUTTLE, EMILY LEVESQUE, BEN WILLIAMS
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 2018-MARCH 2020
MASTERS OF SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY
ADVISOR: SARAH TUTTLE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 2013-JUNE 2017
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE, PHYSICS WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ASTROPHYSICS
ADVISOR: QUINN KONOPACKY
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT JUNE 2018-PRESENT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSEATTLE, WA
RETROFIT OF THE KITT PEAK OHIO STATE MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH (KOSMOS)
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHEMICALLY-ETCHED SLITS
STAFF RESEARCH ASSISTANT JUNE 2017-JUNE 2018
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOLA JOLLA, CA
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE θ1 ORIONIS B SYSTEM
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT APRIL 2014-JUNE 2017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOLA JOLLA, CA
ASTROMETRIC CALIBRATION OF THE GEMINI PLANET IMAGER
TEACHING ASSISTANT:
SPRING 2017
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
CIRCUITS FOR UPPER DIVISION PHYSICS MAJORS LAB (PHYS 120)LA JOLLA, CA
SCIENCE EDUCATOR:
FLEET SCIENCE CENTERSEPTEMBER 2017-JUNE 2018
LEAD MENTOR:
UCSD SISTERSOCTOBER 2014-JUNE 2017
CO-ORGANIZER:
UCSD CUWIPJANUARY 2014-JANUARY 2057
De Rosa, R.J. … Tran, D., et al. 2015, Astrometric Confirmation and Preliminary Orbital Parameters of the Young Exoplanet 51 Eridani b with the Gemini Planet Imager, ApJ, 814, 3
NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HONORABLE MENTION2019
GO-MAP GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP2018-2020
NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HONORABLE MENTION2017
CHAMBLISS ASTRONOMY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD2016
SARAH ROMAN VYSE PHYSICS SCHOLARSHIP2014-2015
UCSD ALUMNI LEADERSHIP AWARD2014-2015
COMPUTER LANGUAGESC, IDL, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, PYTHON
OPERATING SYSTEMSLINUX/UNIX, MACOS, WINDOWS
SOFTWARELATEX, ORCAD, PSPICE
ASTROMETRIC CALIBRATION OF THE GEMINI PLANET IMAGER
CHARACTERIZATION OF θ1 ORIONIS B
KITT PEAK OHIO STATE MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CHEMICALLY-ETCHED SLITS FOR KOSMOS
TEACHING ASSISTANT:
SPRING 2017, CIRCUITS FOR UPPER DIVISION PHYSICS MAJORS LAB (PHYS 120), UCSD
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
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DETRAN@UW.EDU