Education
Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz: June 2010
M.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz: Fall 2006
B.S., Astronomy & Physics, magna cum laude, Yale University: May 2004
Research Interests
Galactic Winds and Gas Inflow
The Circumgalactic Medium and Absorption Line Systems
Galaxy Evolution and Formation
Honors and Awards
Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship (Oct 2013 – present)
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (Oct 2011 – Sep 2013)
ARCS Foundation Fellowship (2009-2010)
UC Santa Cruz Regents Fellow (Spring 2005)
George Beckwith Prize for excellence in Astronomy, Yale University (May 2004)
George J. Schulz Prize for the Physical Sciences. Silliman College, Yale University (May 2004)
Successful Telescope Proposals (PI)
11. MMT/Blue Channel Spectrograph, Fall 2014
Title: Probing the Circumgalactic Medium with Close Quasar Pairs
co-Is: Fumagalli, M., Hennawi, J., Prochaska, J. X.
10. Magellan/MagE, 2014A, 2014B
Title: Circumgalactic Medium Studies of Low-Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs
co-Is: Crighton, N., Fumagalli, M., Hennawi, J., Prochaska, J. X., Simcoe, R., Vogelsberger, M.
9. MMT/Blue Channel Spectrograph, Spring 2014
Title: Dissecting the Kinematics and Morphology of Galactic Winds and Inflows
co-I: Prochaska, J. X.
8. HST/WFC3 + ACS ($47,422), Cycle 21
Title: Mapping MgII Emission in the M82 Superwind: A Rosetta Stone for Understanding Feedback in the Distant Universe
co-Is: Fumagalli, M., Hennawi, J. F., Walter, F.
7. IRAM/Plateau de Bure Interferometer, Summer 2013
Title: The Interplay Between Feedback and Gas Supply at Intermediate Redshift
co-Is: Cucchiara, A., Decarli, R., Fumagalli, M., Hennawi, J. F., Prochaska, J. X., Walter, F.
6. ESO: VLT/XSHOOTER, Period 92
Title: Characterizing the Circumgalactic Medium of Low-Mass Galaxies with Close Quasar Pairs
co-Is: Crighton, N., Hennawi, J. F., Lusso, E., Prochaska, J. X., Rorai, A., Simcoe, R.
5. ESO:VLT/FORS2, Period 90
Title: Probing Cool Halo Gas with PRIMUS at 0.3 < z < 0.6
co-Is: Coil, A., Crighton, N., Hennawi, J. F.
4. ESO:VLT/FORS2, Period 90
Title: Spatially Resolved Maps of Emission from Distant Galaxy Outflows
co-Is: Arrigoni, F., Hennawi, J. F., Prochaska, J. X., Yang, Y.
3. IRAM/Plateau de Bure Interferometer, Summer 2012
Title: The Interplay Between Feedback and Gas Supply at Intermediate Redshift
co-Is: Cucchiara, A., Decarli, R., Fumagalli, M., Hennawi, J. F., Prochaska, J. X., Walter, F.
2. ESO:VLT/FORS2, Period 88
Title: Probing Cool Halo Gas with PRIMUS at 0.3 < z < 0.6
co-Is: Coil, A., Crighton, N., Hennawi, J. F.
1. ESO:VLT/XSHOOTER, Period 86
Title: Spatially Resolved Maps of Absorption and Emission from Distant Galaxy Outflows: An X-Shooter Pilot Proposal
co-Is: Hennawi, J. F., Prochaska, J. X.
Observing and Software Experience
Observing:
• Magellan/MagE echellette spectroscopy (6.5 nights)
• Keck/ESI echellette spectroscopy (1 night)
• MMT/Blue Channel Spectrograph long-slit spectroscopy (3 nights)
• VLT/FORS2 multi-object spectroscopy (6 nights)
• LBT/MODS long-slit spectroscopy (4 nights)
• Palomar/Triplespec long-slit spectroscopy (3 nights)
• Keck/LRIS long-slit and multi-object spectroscopy (18 nights)
• Lick Shane 3m KAST optical spectroscopy (1 night)
• MMT/Megacam optical imaging (2 nights)
• Green Bank Telescope radio spectroscopy (2 nights)
Phase 2 Preparation:
• Spectroscopy: Gemini/GMOS, VLT/XSHOOTER (UV through near-IR), IRAM/PdBI
• Narrow-Band Imaging: VLT/FORS2, HST/WFC3
Software:
• IDL, XIDL (moderate-resolution spectroscopic data reduction), DAOPHOT, IRAF, Supermongo, RooFit, C, C++
Research Experience
Galactic Winds and the CGM from z ∼ 2 to the Local Universe (CfA)
2013-present
• high-resolution spectroscopy of galactic outflows
• the CGM in DLA-host halos
Gas Accretion, Galactic Winds, and Low-Mass Galaxy Formation (MPIA)
Mentor: J. F. Hennawi
2010-2013
• galaxies as background probes of cool gas absorption in foreground galaxy halos
• mapping winds in emission with narrow-band imaging
Galactic Winds and Absorption Line Systems (UCSC)
Advisors: J. X. Prochaska & D. C. Koo
2007-2010
• survey of cool gas outflows in galaxies at 0.3 < z < 1.5 traced by UV absorption lines
• galaxies as background probes of cool gas absorption in foreground galaxy halos
• mapping winds in emission at z ∼ 0.7
White Dwarfs in Open Clusters (UCSC)
Advisor: M. Bolte
2005-2008
• a photometric and spectroscopic search for white dwarfs in open clusters
• constraints on the white dwarf initial-final mass relation
Undergraduate Senior Thesis (Yale)
Advisor: P. G. van Dokkum
2003-2004
• analysis of Chandra imaging of z ~ 2 galaxies for constraints on star formation rates and AGN content
Research Experience for Undergraduates
Advisor: G. Langston (NRAO, Green Bank)
Summer 2003
• mapping the neutral hydrogen in the M81 group using GBT spectroscopy
Advisor: J. Cordes (Cornell University)
Summer 2002
• a search for bow shock nebulae from neutron stars using Hα imaging
Professional Service
Referee: ApJ, ApJL
HST TAC Panelist, Cycle 22
Invited Conference Presentations
The Periphery of Disks (Sydney, Australia – Nov 2014)
Intergalactic Matters (Heidelberg, DE – Jun 2014)
Gas In and Around Galaxies (Ringberg Castle, DE – May 2014)
The Physical Link between Galaxies and their Halos (Garching, DE – Jun 2013)
Leiden Summer CGM-Galaxy Interface Workshop (Leiden, NL – Jun 2013)
Galactic Winds Near and Far (Ringberg Castle, DE – Jun 2013)
A Quarter Century of DLAs (Ringberg Castle, DE – Jul 2011)
Invited Colloquia
University of Notre Dame Physics Department (Dec 2014)
UW Madison Astronomy Department (Apr 2014)
Harvard University Astronomy Department (Feb 2014)
UC San Diego Physics Department (Jan 2014)
UMass Amherst Astronomy Department (Dec 2013)
University of Stockholm Astronomy Department (Apr 2013)
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (Apr 2012)
ESO Headquarters, Santiago (Nov 2011)
Leiden Observatory (Mar 2011)
Dark Cosmology Centre (Feb 2010)
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Feb 2010)
ETH Zürich (Feb 2010)
Education and Public Outreach
International Press: Rubin, K. H. R., et al., The Direct Detection of Cool, Metal- Enriched Gas Accretion onto Galaxies at z ∼ 0.5, 2012, ApJL, 747, 26
• MPIA Science Release: “Recycling galaxies caught in the act”
• Astronomy Now: “Galaxies recycle gas to maintain star formation”
Teaching Assistantships
Hartnell Community College Astronomy Short Course (Aug 2007)
• week-long course; led facilitation for inquiry-based activity and contributed to lecturing
Astronomy 4 – Introductory Astronomy: The Stars (UCSC, Prof. M. Bolte, Fall 2004)
High School Outreach
California State Summer School for Mathematics & Science (Summer 2005, 2006)
• Stars, Sight and Science instructor