Position 02/2009 - present: postdoc with Claus Leitherer

Work Address Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive 21218, Baltimore, MD, USA

Room: N409    E-mail: wofford at stsci dot edu    T-work: (410)-338-4450

Languages I speak English Hablo español Je parle français

Education

• 2001 - BS Physics - Universidad de las Américas Puebla, MEXICO
• 2004 - MS Astrophysics - The University of Oklahoma, USA
• 2008 - PhD Astrophysics - The University of Oklahoma, USA
  Thesis Advisor: R. B. C. Henry
  Dissertation Title: Is the scatter in N/O of metal-poor systems real? Do H II regions become significantly self-enriched during their lifetime?

Reserch Interests

Massive stars, starbursts, their interactions with the ISM/IGM; galaxy evolution

Current Projects

1. COS-GTO: Star Formation/Lyman-Alpha - read more
2. Star Formation Properties of Local Star-Forming Galaxies - read more
3. Feedback between Stars, ISM and IGM in IR-Luminous Galaxies - read more
4. Is the Extraordinary Super Star Cluster NGC 3125-1 an Imposter? - read more
5. The Cosmic Carbon Conundrum - read more

Selected Publications

1. "Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Circumnuclear Star Clusters in M83"
   Wofford 2011, ApJ, 727, 100
2. "Predictions of the Extent of Self-enrichment in Oxygen of Giant Metal-Poor HII Regions"
   Wofford 2009, MNRAS, 395, 1043
3. "The N/O Plateau of Blue Compact Galaxies: Monte Carlo Simulations of the Observed Scatter"
   Henry et al. 2006, ApJ, 647, 984
4. "On the Determination of N and O Abundances in Low Metallicity Systems"
   Nava et al. 2006, ApJ, 645, 1076
5. "An XMM-Newton Observation of the Seyfert 2 Galaxy NGC 6300: I. The Nucleus"
   Matsumoto et al. 2004, ApJ, 617, 930

Journal Club and Blog

• 09/2009 - present: in charge of "Massive Stars and Starbursts" journal club. Our schedule is posted here.
• 09/2010 - present: in charge journal club discussion blog located here.

Curriculum Vitae