Professional Activities
Research Journal, Telescope, and Fellowship Referee
- Scientific referee for Nature, Science, The Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters,
Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Publications of the Astronomical
Society of Japan.
- NOAO Telescopes Time Allocation Committee Member (2009-2011).
- Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee Member (Cycle 17).
- Giacconi Fellowship Committee Member (2009).
- Scientific referee for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Gemini Telescope.
- Scientific referee for the National Science Foundation.
Current Scientific Activities at STScI
- Deputy Project Scientist for JWST (2010 - current).
- Chair, STScI colloquium (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010).
- Chair, 2010 May Symposium: "Stellar Populations in the Cosmological Context".
- Lead morning coffee with a summary of astro-ph papers from the previous day (daily, 2008-2010).
- Created and organized the STScI Astro-Jamboree (2009).
- Organized the Friday Science Journals Club (2008-2010).
- Created and organized STScI's Friday Seminar Series (2008-2010).
Professional Meetings and/or Seminar Series Organized and/or Chaired
- Scientific and local organizer for the "Frontier Science Opportunities with JWST" meeting (June 2011, Baltimore, MD).
- Chair of the 2010 STScI May Symposium, "Stellar Populations in the Cosmological Context".
- Scientific and local organizer for the "Beyond JWST: Next Steps in UV-O-NIR Space Astronomy" Workshop (Mar. 2009, Baltimore, MD).
- Local organizer for the "Ages of Stars" IAU Symposium 258 (Oct. 2008, Baltimore, MD).
- Scientific and local organizer for the 2008 Keck Science Meeting (Sep. 2008, UC Santa Cruz).
- Chair, local, and scientific organizer for the 1st California Postdoc Conference (Aug. 2008, UC Santa Cruz).
- Session chair at 2007 "A New Zeal for Old Galaxies" Meeting (New Zealand).
- Co-created and organized UC Santa Cruz Summer Friday Talk Series (2007-2008).
- Organized UC Santa Cruz Tuesday Astro Lunch Kaleidoscope Series (2007-2008).
- Co-created and organized UC Santa Cruz Postdoctoral Journals Club Series (2006-2008).
- Session chair at 2006 207th AAS Meeting in Session 205, White Dwarfs (Washington, DC).
- Co-created and organized UBC Physics & Astronomy Graduate Student Seminar Series (2004).
- Local Organizer for the "Gemini Science 2004" Conference (2004).
Involvement in Future Projects
- Member of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Science Definition Team (2011-present).
- Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Galactic & Milky Way Science Team (2008-present).
- Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Stellar Populations Science Team (2008-present).
- Member of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope IMAKA Instrument Science Working Group (2008-present).
- Member of the Thirty Meter Telescope Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (MOBIE) Team (2008-2009).
- Member of the Thiry Meter Telescope Wide Field Optical Spectrograph Operational Concepts Definition Team (2006).
Outreach
- Regular participant in STScI OPO programs to visit local Baltimore elementary/middle schools (2008-current, 18 presentations).
- Regular contributor to "Speaking of Hubble" blog.
- Speaker at STScI Evening Lecture Series (2011).
- Presentation to kids at Maryland Science Center's JWST Full Scale Model Viewing (2011).
- Presentation at IAU Symposium, "Communicating Astronomy to the Public" (2011).
- Invited Speaker at the AIAA Meeting's "Education Alley" (2011).
- Judge at Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics - ACS-SO (2011).
- Article for the National Society of Black Engineers Bridge Magazine (2010).
- Speaker at the JHU Association of University Architects Convention (2010).
- Speaker at the NASA Family Science Night at Polytechnic Institute (2010).
- Judge at Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics - ACS-SO (2010).
- Presenter at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Career Fair (2010).
- Presenter at Middleborough Elementary School Career Fair (2010).
- Judge at Centennial High School Science Fair (2010).
- Invited speaker at the annual American Association of Physics Teachers Conference in Washington DC (2010).
- Invited guest speaker at the Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program "Parent and Son Evening Under the Stars" (2009).
- Expert reader for the National Geographic School of Publishing - 3rd Grade Science Textbook (2009-2010).
- "Meet the Scientist" Website Feature for the 2009 Year of Science, Origins Education Forum Division (2009).
- Participant in the Youth for Astronomy and Engineering (YAE) Workshop at STScI (2009).
- 1 hour presentation to North American Museum Professionals as a part of the Hubble Science Briefings (2009).
- "Be What I Want To Be" Maryland School Magazine Profile for the Maryland Business Roundtable for Education Teen Web Project (2009).
- Scientific advisor for the 2009-USA Today Case Study on the Hubble Space Telescope (2009).
- NASA TV Interview for Asian Heritage Month (2009).
- STScI Astronomer at the Timonium Elementary School Annual Science Fair in Timonium, MD (2009).
- Participant in STScI "Visions of the Universe, 400 Years of Discovery" American Library Association (ALA) Public Program (2008).
- Participant as a speaker to grade 5 students in Surrey BC Canada elementary school (2008).
- Participant as a speaker to alternative education school in Santa Cruz, CA (2007).
- Participant as a speaker to the Santa Cruz "Life Long Learners" Club (2005).
Miscellaneous
- Press release on discovery of "M31's Stellar Halo." (2007)
- Press release on discover of "Most Distant System of Globular Clusters." (2007)
- Member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA).
- Member of the Golden Key National Honors Society.
- Written successful proposals and acquired data from HST, XMM, GALEX, Keck, Lick, Gemini North, Gemini South,
Subaru, MMT, CFHT, KPNO, and DAO.