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Louis J. Scuderi: Curriculum Vitae Louis J. Scuderi University of Hawaii at Manoa Phone: (505) 270-4756 Institute for Astronomy Email: [email protected] 2680 Woodlawn Drive Homepage: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/∼lscuderi Honolulu, HI, 96822 Education B.S. Astronomy and Physics. University of Arizona, Steward Observatory. August 2011. M.S. Astronomy. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Institute for Astronomy. December 2013. Professional Appointments 2011-present Graduate Research Assistant, IfA, U. Hawaii at Manoa 2010-2011 NASA Undergraduate Space Grant Intern, LPL, U. Arizona 2008-2011 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Steward Observatory, U. Arizona Research Interests Planetary occurrence rates, planetary atmospheres, and planet formation history including both Terrestrial and Jovian type planets. Publications Journal Articles L.J. Scuderi, J.A. Dittmann, J.R. Males, E.M. Green, L.M. Close, 2010, ApJ 714 462. On the Apparent Orbital Inclination Change of the Extrasolar Transiting Planet TrES-2b. arXiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.1685 M.A. Kenworthy, L. J. Scuderi, 2012 ApJ 752 313. Infrared Variability of the Gliese 569B System. arXiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.3454 E. Sinukoff, B. Fulton, L. Scuderi, E. Gaidos, 2013 Space Science Reviews Volume 180, Issue 1-4, pp. 71-99. Below One Earth: The Detection, Formation, and Properties of Subterrestrial World. arxiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.6308 J.A. Ditmann, L.M. Close, E.M. Green, L.J. Scuderi, J.R. Males, 2009 ApJ 669 L48-L51. Follow-up Observations of HAT-P-11b. arXiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1114 J.A. Dittmann, L.M. Close, L.J. Scuderi, M.D. Morris, 2010, ApJ 717, 235. Transit Observations of the WASP-10 System. arXiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1762 J.A. Dittmann, L.M. Close, L.J. Scuderi, J. Turner, P.C. Stephenson, 2012, New Astronomy. A Revised Orbital Ephemeris for HAT-P-9b. arXiv URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.3580 Louis J. Scuderi 2 Talks & Proceedings Scuderi, L.J., Close, L.M., Dittmann, J.A., Stephenson, P.C. (2011). A New Radius for the 1.5 Saturn Mass Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-10-WASP-11b. Presented at the 2011 NASA Spacegrant Arizona Statewide Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Doyle, S.L., Wilkinson, M.J., Scuderi, L.A., Weissmann, G.A., Scuderi, L.J. (2011). Using the Bidirec- tional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) for remotely mapping surface roughness on alluvial fans: A comparison of Death Valley, CA to Mojave Crater on Mars. Presented at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2011. AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA. Dittmann, J.A., Close, L.M., Scuderi, L.J., (2011). On the Frequency of Additional Planets in Short Pe- riod Hot Jupiter Systems from Transit Timing Variations. Presented at American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218,#406.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011. Scuderi, L.J, Haghighipour, N., (2013). A search for giant planets orbiting M giant stars in the Ke- pler database. Poster presented at the Second Kepler Science Conference, November 2013, Mountain View, CA, USA. Viewable online at http://nexsci.caltech.edu/conferences/KeplerII/posters/ scuderi.pdf. Observing and Research Experience Construction of an instrumental simulator for iSHELL, a new high-resolution near-infrared spectro- graph for NASA’s IRTF Over 100 nights observing experience on Steward Observatory’s 1.55 meter Kuiper Telescope: • A multi-year search for exoplanet transit orbital parameter changes with Dr. Laird Close of SO • Observations of subdwarf-B pulsating stars with Dr. Elizabeth Green of SO • H-alpha observations of variable stars for Dr. Tom Flemming of SO • Early observations of newly discovered supernovae for various parties ∼ 14 nights observing at the Caltech Submilimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea with Alain Khayat, searching for signatures of volcanic outgassing on the surface of Mars. Several nights between the Bok 2.3 meter telescope at Kitt Peak and Steward Observatory’s MMT Work with K-short photometry of the GL569B young brown dwarf system to investigate multiplicity Data reduction of Spitzer Space Telescope archival data of the V838 Monoceros outburst object Teaching Experience • Instructed Summer section of Astronomy 110 (Survey of Astronomy) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Public Outreach • Regular night operator of Steward Observatory’s 0.5 meter Raymond E. White Telescope on the University of Arizona campus for both students and the general public from 2009-2011. • Participation in outreach events at IfA, including school visits from August 2011 to present. Last updated: February 10, 2014.
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