Mentoring

Working with students is my most favorite part the day. It combines the science I love to think about and the teaching I love to do. I have been very fortunate to have had a series of truly phenomenal mentors -- from my family members, K-12 teachers, undergraduate and graduate professors, friends, and colleagues. I think it is vital that scientists give back and provide meaningful opportunities for novices in the field. Not all astronomy projects end in publication or in a professional career (heck, not all of them even get finished!), but with thoughtful mentoring there is always a more skilled and experienced person as a result.

Here is my "brag wall" about some of the wonderful, then junior, astronomers I have had been privileged to work closely with over my career:

1. Scott Carlsten, Graduate Student @ Princeton
2. Papers: ADS Link -- all papers are posted to ArXiv and publicly available.
3. Meredith Durbin, Graduate Student @ Univ of Washington
4. Project: Multi-wavelength TRGB to get the distances right.
5. Bianca Swindler, Undergraduate Student @ Princeton
6. Project: Uncertainties in Filter Transformations -- USRP 2018 & Spring 2020 Junior Paper
7. Taylor Hoyt, Graduate Student @ U Chicago
8. Close collaborator in the Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program
9. Arvind Gupta, Graduate student at U Penn (current)
10. Mentee while Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia & Intern @ Carengie Observatores (2016)
11. Dylan Hatt, Graduate Student @ U Chicago (Current)
12. Professional Website
13. Papers:
1. Katherine Hamren (PhD 2016), Graduate Student @ UC - Santa Cruz (PhD Homepage)
   1. Current: Data Scientist @ Lend Up
   2. Project: M31AGES -- Spectroscopic Probes of Intermediate Age Populations in M31
   3. Carbon Stars in the Halo of M31 (Hamren, Beaton et al. 2016)
   4. M Stars in the Halo of M31 (in prep)
2. Erica Carlson, Research Student @ Carnegie Observatories (2015-2016)
3. Current: Graduate Student in Observational Astronomy @ University of Wisconsin Madison!
4. Project: CCHPII -- Precision Population II Based Distances
   1. Jennie King, Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia (2013-2014)
   2. Current: Aspiring High School Science Teacher
   3. Project I: Assessments in Dark Skies, Bright Kids
   4. Project II: Does Volunteer Energy Affect Student Experiences in Dark Skies, Bright Kids
   5. Chirstine O'Donnell, Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia (2012-2013)
   6. Current: Graduate Fellow @ U. Arizona (LinkedIn Profile)
   7. Project I: The Effectiveness of the Washington+DD051 Metrics in APOGEE Target Selection,
   8. work was featured in Zasowski et al. 2013
   9. Project II: Testing M dwarf Variability in APOGEE Spectroscopy
   10. Project III: Texting X-ray Identification of Young Stellar Objects in the Carina Complex
   11. Sten Hassellquist, Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia (2012-2013)
   12. Current: Graduate Student @ NM State (Professoinal Website)
   13. Project I: The Effectiveness of RJCE Reddening in APOGEE Target Selection,
   14. work was featured in Zasowski et al. 2013
   15. Karen Hamm, Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia (2011-2013)
   16. Project I: New Open Clusters from GLIMPSE (Senior Thesis),
   17. lead to Zasowski, Beaton, et al. 2013
   18. Project II: Spectroscopic Confirmation of Open Cluster Candidates
   19. Amanda Heiner, Undergraduate Student @ U Virginia