Curriculum Vitae Simon C. Schuler

Address: National Optical Astronomy Observatory Web: www.noao.edu/noao/staff/schuler 950 North Cherry Avenue Email: [email protected] Tucson, AZ 85719 Phone: 520.318.8272 USA Fax: 520.318.8360

Professional Experience: NOAO Leo Goldberg Fellow 01/2009- National Optical Astronomy Observatory NOAO Leo Goldberg Fellow 10/2006-12/2008 NOAO-South/Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Postdoctoral Fellow 05/2006-10/2006 Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University Research Assistant 05/2003-05/2006 Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University Teaching Assistant 12/2002-05/2003 Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University Teaching Assistant 09/2001-12/2002 Dept. of Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Research Assistant 09/1999-05/2001 Dept. of Physics, University of Miami

Education: Doctor of Philosophy- Physics & Astronomy (05/2006) Clemson University, Clemson, SC Dissertation Project: Chemical Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Open Clusters Advisor: Prof. Jeremy R. King Master of Science- Physics (12/2002) University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV Thesis: Spectroscopic Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in M34 Advisor: Prof. Jeremy R. King Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude- Physics (05/2001) University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Research Interests: High-resolution optical and near-IR spectroscopy of various Galactic stellar populations, including very metal-poor and open cluster , in order to derive photospheric elemental abundances with a focus on stellar nucleosynthesis, Galactic chemical evolution, stellar physics and evolution, and the chemical signatures of planetary host stars. Simon C. Schuler Curriculum Vitae 2

Observing Experience: • Keck I 10-m (High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer) • Gemini-South 8-m (bench High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph, Phoenix near-IR Spectrograph) • Magellan 6.5-m (Magellan Inamori Kyocera Echelle Spectrograph) • MMT 6.5-m (MMT Spectrograph/Red Channel) • Kitt Peak National Observatory 4-m (Echelle Spectrograph) • WIYN 3.5-m (Hydra Multi-Object Spectrograph) • McDonald Observatory 2.7-m (Cross-Dispersed Echelle Spectrometer) • European Southern Observatory/La Silla 2.2-m (FEROS Echelle Spectrograph) • WIYN 0.9-m (MOSAIC Imager) • SARA 0.9-m (CCD Imager) ∗ Also have experience with high-resolution echelle spectra from VLT/UVES, VLT/CRIRES, HET/HRS, AAT/UCLES, McDonald 2.1-m/ Sandiford Echelle, and TLS/echelle.

Students Supervised: • Keith Hawkins, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “CNO Abundances of Stars in Open Cluster NGC 752”, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 2010 • Davin Flateau, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “Elemental Abundances of Stars with Planets,” National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 2009 • Adele L. Plunkett, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “Iron Abundances of Open Cluster Dwarfs: Pleiades,” Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, 2008 • James H. Kim, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Planetary Host HD 13189: Highly-Evolved and Metal-Poor,” Clemson University, 2005 • Michael C. Tinker, Jr., NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, “High-Resolution Spectroscopy of the Planetary Host HD 13189: Highly-Evolved and Metal-Poor,” Clemson University, 2005

Honors: NOAO Leo Goldberg Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2006- South Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2005 Clemson University GSG Travel Award, 2004 Physics Faculty Scholarship- University of Miami, 2001 Society of Physics Students Leadership Scholarship, 2000

Professional Services: Co-Organizer- NOAO Friday Lunch Astronomy Seminar Hour (FLASH), 2009 – 2011 AAS Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award Judge- 213th AAS Meeting, 2009 NOAO Telescope Allocation Committee- Galactic Committee, Semesters 09A – 10B, 11B Phoenix Instrument Support Scientist- Gemini-South, Semester 2007A NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Grants Panelist- Galactic Panel: 2006, 2007 Journal Referee- The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics Webmaster- Clemson Astrophysics Group Webpage, 2003-2006 Graduate Student Recruiting Committee- Clemson University, 2004 Simon C. Schuler Curriculum Vitae 3

Memberships: American Astronomical Society, 2001- Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2003- International Astronomical Union, 2009-

Refereed Publications: 1. Schuler, S.C., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Ghezzi, L., King, J.R., Deliyannis, C.P., & Boesgaard, A.M., “Detailed Abundances of the Solar Twins 16 Cygni A and B: Constraining Planet Formation Models,” 2011, ApJL, in press 2. Schuler, S.C., Flateau, D., Cunha, K., King, J.R., Ghezzi, L., & Smith, V.V., “Abundances of Stars with Planets: Trends with Condensation Temperature,” 2011, ApJ, 732, 55 3. Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., Schuler, S.C., & Smith, V.V., “ of Planet Hosting Stars: A Sample of Giants and Subgiants,” 2010, ApJ, 725, 721 4. Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., de Araújo, F.X., Schuler, S.C., & de la Reza, R., “Stellar Parameters and Metallicities of Stars Hosting Jovian- and Neptunian- Planets: A Possible Dependence of Planetary Mass on ,” 2010, ApJ, 720, 1290 5. Schuler, S.C., Plunkett, A.L., King, J.R., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “Fe I and Fe II Abundances of Cool Dwarfs in the Pleiades Open Cluster,” 2010, PASP, 122, 766 6. King, J.R., Schuler, S.C., Hobbs, L.M., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “Li I and K I Scatter in Cool Pleiades Dwarfs,” 2010, ApJ, 710, 1610 7. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., & The, L.-S., “Stellar Nucleosynthesis in the Open Cluster,” 2009, ApJ, 701, 837 8. Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Margheim, S.J., Schuler, S.C., de Araújo, F.X., & de la Reza, R., “Measurements of the Isotopic Ratio 6Li/7Li in Stars with Planets,” 2009, ApJ, 698, 451 9. Schuler, S.C., Margheim, S.J., Sivarani, T., Asplund, M., Smith, V.V., Cunha, K., & Beers, T.C., “Carbon Abundances of Three Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars from High-Resolution Gemini-S/bHROS Spectra of the λ8727 [C I] Line,” 2008, AJ, 136, 2244 10. Schuler, S.C., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Sivarani, T., Beers, T.C., & Lee, Y.S., “Fluorine in a Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor ,” 2007, ApJ, 667, L81 11. Daane, A.R., King, J.R., & Schuler, S.C., “Possible Identification of a Metal-Rich Old Moving Group: High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Candidate Members,” 2007, AJ, 133, 2654 12. Schuler, S.C., Hatzes, A.P., King, J.R., Kürster, M., & The, L.-S., “Hyades Oxygen Abundances from the λ6300 [O I] Line: The Giant-Dwarf Oxygen Discrepancy Revisited,” 2006, AJ, 131, 1057 13. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Terndrup, D.M., Pinsonneault, M.H., Murray, N., & Hobbs, L.M., “Oxygen from the λ7774 High-Excitation Triplet in Open Cluster Dwarfs: Hyades,” 2006, ApJ, 636, 432 14. Schuler, S.C., Kim, J.H., Tinker, M.C., Jr., King, J.R., Hatzes, A.P., & Guenther, E. W., “High- Resolution Spectroscopy of the Planetary Host HD 13189: Highly-Evolved and Metal-Poor,” 2005, ApJ, 632, L131 15. King, J.R., Boesgaard, A.M., & Schuler, S.C., “Keck/HIRES Spectroscopy of Four Candidate Solar Twins,” 2005, AJ, 130, 2318 16. King, J.R. & Schuler, S.C., “High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Ursa Major Moving Group Stars,” 2005, PASP, 117, 911 17. King, J.R. & Schuler, S.C., “Alkali-Activity Correlations in Open Clusters,” 2004, AJ, 128, 2898 Simon C. Schuler Curriculum Vitae 4

18. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Hobbs, L.M., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “Oxygen in Open Cluster Dwarfs: Pleiades and M34,” 2004, ApJ, 602, L117 19. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Fischer, D.A., Soderblom, D.R., & Jones, B.F., “Spectroscopic Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Open Cluster M34 (NGC 1039),” 2003, AJ, 125, 2085

Invited Talks and Papers: 1. “Chemical Abundances of Planetary Host Stars: New Developments,” August 2010; Colloquium presentation, Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan 2. “Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster: Evidence for the Enhanced Depletion of 12C,” October 2009; Colloquium presentation, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii 3. “Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster: Evidence for the Enhanced Depletion of 12C,” September 2009; Colloquium presentation, Steward Observatory/NOAO Joint Colloquium Series, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona 4. “12C is Missing from the Hyades Open Cluster,” 2009, NOAO Newsletter, 99, 6 5. “Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster: Evidence for the Enhanced Depletion of 12C,” August 2009; Colloquium presentation, Gemini-South Observatory, La Serena, Chile 6. “Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars and the Chemical Evolution of the Early ,” 2008, NOAO Newsletter, 95, 6 7. “Fluorine, CEMP Stars, and the Chemical Evolution of the Early Galaxy,” July 2008; Lunch Talk, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington 8. “Fluorine in a Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star: HE 1305+0132,” July 2008; Colloquium presentation, European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile 9. “Fluorine and the Chemical Evolution of the Early Galaxy,” February 2008; Lunchtime Science Talk to the AURA Observatory Council, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory 10. “Fluorine in the Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star HE 1305+0132,” November 2007; Seminar presentation, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University 11. “Fluorine in a Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star: HE 1305+0132,” July 2007; Colloquium presentation, Department of Astronomy, Indiana University 12. “Worlds Apart: The Discovery and Characterization of Extrasolar Planetary Systems,” September 2006; Colloquium presentation, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University 13. “Metal Abundances of Open Cluster Dwarfs: Some ‘Cool’ Surprises,” January 2006; Colloquium presentation, Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University 14. “Metal Abundances of Open Cluster Dwarfs: Some ‘Cool’ Surprises,” October 2004; Colloquium presentation, Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso

Contributed Papers: 1. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Boesgaard, A.M., Jacobson, H.R., Bubar, E.J., & Deliyannis, C.P., “Fundamental Astrophysics with Open Clusters,” 2010, a white paper in response to a call from Gemini Observatory for White Papers on High-Resolution Spectroscopy for the Gemini Observatory 2. Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Ghezzi, L., Melendez, J., Schuler, S.C., Hinkle, K., Castillho, B., de la Reza, R., Venn, K., & Barbuy, B., “Stellar Chemistry in Stars with Planets as a Probe of Planetary Formation and Planetary-System Architecture,” 2010, a white paper in response to a call from Gemini Observatory for White Papers on High-Resolution Spectroscopy for the Gemini Observatory Simon C. Schuler Curriculum Vitae 5

3. Keller, S., Asplund, M., Beers, T., Da Costa, G., Frebel, A., Johnson, J., Lai, D., Melendez, J., Norris, J., Moris Placco, V., Rossi, S., & Schuler, S., “Extremely Metal-Poor Stars,” 2010, a white paper in response to a call from Gemini Observatory for White Papers on High-Resolution Spectroscopy for the Gemini Observatory 4. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., & The, L.-S., “Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster: Evidence for the Enhanced Depletion of 12C,” 2010, presented at the 11th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Heidelberg, Germany 5. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Ghezzi, L., Cunha, K., & Smith, V.V., “Planetary Hosts and Accretion Signatures: A Search for 6Li,” 2010, presented at the 215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C. 6. Flateau, D. & Schuler, S.C., “Searching for Planetary Pollution: Stellar Parameters for 10 Stars with Planets,” 2010, presented at the 215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C. 7. Dupree, A.K., Brickhouse, N.S., Cranmer, S.R., Irwin, J., Bessell, M.S., Crause, L.A., Lawson, W.A., Luna, J., Mallik, S.V., Pallavicini, R., & Schuler, S.C., “TW Hya: A Simultaneous Optical and X-Ray Campaign,” 2010, presented at the 215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C. 8. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., & The, L.-S., “Nucleosynthesis in the Hyades Open Cluster: Evidence for Enhanced Depletion of 12C,” 2009, presented at the 27th IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9. Plunkett, A.L. & Schuler, S.C., “Elemental Abundances of Pleiades Dwarfs,” 2009, presented at the 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA; BAAS, 41, 201 10. Schuler, S.C., Margheim, S.J., Sivarani, T., Asplund, M., Smith, V.V., Cunha, K., & Beers, T.C., “Carbon Abundances of Three CEMP Stars From High-Resolution Gemini-S/bHROS Spectra of the λ8727 [C I] Forbidden Line,” 2009, presented at the 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA; BAAS, 41, 199 11. Plunkett, A.L. & Schuler, S.C., “A Closer Look at the Pleiades: Elemental Abundances,” 2008, presented at the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium Symposium, Wesleyan College 12. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Plunkett, A.L., & De Silva, G.M., “Age-Related Abundance Anomalies of Cool Open Cluster Dwarfs,” 2008, presented at IAU Symposium 258, The Ages of Stars 13. Schuler, S.C., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Sivarani, T., Beers, T.C., & Lee, Y.S., “Fluorine in the Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star HE 1305+0132,” 2008, presented at the 211th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, TX; BAAS, 39, 961 14. Schuler, S.C., Cunha, K., Smith, V.V., Sivarani, T., Beers, T.C., & Lee, Y.S., “Fluorine in the Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Star HE 1305+0132,” 2007, presented at the First Stars III conference, Santa Fe, NM; AIP Conference Proceedings, First Stars III, eds. B.W. O’Shea, A. Heger, & T. Abel (Melville, NY: AIP), 2008, 990, 192 15. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., & The, L.-S., “The Abundances of Na, Mg, & Al in the Hyades: Giants, Dwarfs, and Mixing,” 2007, presented at the 209th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA; BAAS, 38, 1030 16. Schuler, S.C., “Chemical Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Open Clusters,” 2006, presented at the 207th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC; BAAS, 37, 1320 17. Kim, J.H., Tinker, M.C., Jr., Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Hatzes, A.P., & Guenther, E.W., “High- Resolution Spectroscopy of the Planetary Host HD 13189: Highly-Evolved and Metal-Poor,” 2006, presented at the 207th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC; BAAS, 37, 1269 Simon C. Schuler Curriculum Vitae 6

18. Schuler, S.C., Hatzes, A.P., King, J.R., Kürster, M., & The, L.-S., “Oxygen in the Hyades Open Cluster: The Giant-Dwarf Discrepancy Revisited,” 2005, presented at the Fifth Conference on Astronomy with Radioactivities, Clemson, SC 19. Schuler, S.C., Hatzes, A.P., King, J.R., & Kürster, M., “Oxygen in Hyades G & K Dwarfs,” 2005, presented at the 205th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, San Diego, CA; BAAS, 36, 1378 20. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Hobbs, L.M., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “λ7774 Oxygen Triplet in Open Cluster Dwarfs: Pleiades and M34,” 2004, presented at the Eighth Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Vancouver, BC; NuPhA (2005), 758, 352 21. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Hobbs, L.M., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “Oxygen in Open Cluster Dwarfs: Pleiades and M34,” 2004, presented at the 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Atlanta, GA; BAAS, 35, 1228 22. King, J.R., Hobbs, L.M., Schuler, S.C., & Pinsonneault, M.H., “Lithium in the Pleiades Revisited,” 2004, presented at the 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Atlanta, GA; BAAS, 35, 1227 23. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., & Hobbs, L.M., “Oxygen Abundances of Solar-Type Dwarfs in Open Clusters: M34 and Pleiades,” 2003, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Nashville, TN; BAAS, 35, 734 24. King, J.R. & Schuler, S.C., “Stellar Lithium Abundances and Activity,” 2003, presented at the 202nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Nashville, TN; BAAS, 35, 745 25. Schuler, S.C., King, J.R., Fischer, D.A., & Soderblom, D.R., “Spectroscopic Abundances of Solar- Type Dwarfs in Open Cluster M34 ,” 2002, presented at the 199th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C.; BAAS, 33, 1388