CV - Rachael L. Beaton - Observational Astronomer

CV

My full CV -- with all its wonderful detail -- is available as a PDF (PDF update Aug 2019).

The Cliff Notes are provided below.

Current:

NASA Hubble Fellow, Carnegie-Princeton Fellow at the Princeton Department of AstroPhysical Sciences

I do a lot of fun things with amazing datasets and much more amazing people.
Past:

Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Observatories

Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program II, PI: Wendy L. Freedman & Barry F. Madore

Education:

Ph. D. Astronomy, Dec 2014 University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
Dissertation: Life in the Outer Limits -- Insight into Hierarchical Assembly from Stellar Halos in the Local Volume
Adviser: Steven R. Majewski
M. S. Astronomy, Dec 2008 University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
Thesis: Stellar Populations in the Outskirts of the Andromeda Galaxy
Adviser: Steven R. Majewski
B. A. Astrononmy-Physics & Mathematics, May 2007 University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA
Thesis: New Insights into the Structure of the Andromeda Galaxy
Adviser: Steven R. Majewski

Fellowships & Scholarships (Links take you to more information about the Program):

2017-2022 Carnegie-Princeton Research Fellowship, Princeton University
2017-2020 NASA Hubble Research Fellowship, Princeton University
2007- 2012 C. Mark Pirrung Family Fellow in Astronomy, Jefferson Fellows Foundation
2007- 2010 Outstanding Doctoral Candidate Enhancement Fellow, Office of the VP of Research
2007- 2007 Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Scholarship
2006 Harrison Undergraduate Research Scholar
2003-2007 Echols Undergraduate Scholar
2003-2007 College Science Undergraduate Scholar

Grants & Honors (Links take you to more information about the Award):

Robert J. Trumpler Award for 'unusually influential Thesis work' from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Oct 2016

Press Release from ASP, Carnegie Science

Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Oct 2013
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Mar 2013
Chambliss Award for Student Achievement, American Astronomical Society, Jan 2012
Huskey Graduate Travel Award, June 2010
NOAO Thesis Observing Support,Nov 2009, Dec 2010
Double-Hoo Research Award, Honorable Mention, Feb 2009
D. Nelson Limber Prize, June 2007

Nationally Competitive Observing Proposals (I am PI or Co-PI, except where noted, and was responsible for data collection and analysis):

2019 -- HST Cyc 27, 92 Orbits (PI), Securing the Absolute Scale for the IR-TRGB Distance Ladder
2018 -- HST Cyc 25, Archival Research Grant (Student Mentee as PI), Calibrating the Near-Infrared Tip of the Red Giant Branch with Multiwavelength Photometry
2016 -- Calibrating the Cepheid MIR-color Metallicity Relationship
SDSS IV - APOGEE-2N Ancillary Proposal, 45 Fiber Hours
2014B -- Robust Distances to 20 Andromeda dSphs
NOAO 6 nights, KPNO-4m+MOSAIC
2012B to 2014B -- A NEWFIRM Survey of Intermediate Age Population in M31's Halo: A Test of Lambda-CDM
NOAO Survey Program, 40 nights KPNO+NEWFIRM
2013A -- A Targeted Search for a Gas Component in M31 dSphs
NRAO, 80 Hours GBT+Spectrometer
2012 -- Open Clusters in the Outer Disk
SDSS III -APOGEE Ancillary Proposal, 200 Fiber Hours
2010B -- Completing the SPLASH Survey of M31 dSphs
NOAO 5 nights KPNO-4m+MOSAIC
2009B -- Exploring the Merger History of M31
NOAO 5 nights KPNO-4m+MOSAIC
2007B -- Exploring the Newly Discovered Halo of M31 (Co-I)
NOAO 7 nights KPNO-4m+MOSAIC
2006B -- Exploring the Newly Discovered Halo of M31 (Co-I)
NOAO 5 nights KPNO-4m+MOSAIC

In addition, I receive ~10-15 nights per year through our internal TAC resources, as well as overseeing two (hopefully three!) small telescopes at Las Campanas.

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