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Natalia Ewelina Lewandowska Natalia Ewelina Lewandowska - Curriculum Vitae Haverford College Office Phone: +1 304 940 6801 370 Lancester Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041 Email: [email protected] Research Gate LinkedIn Core Professional Strengths • Correlation searches and simulations of multiwavelength pulsar data • High time resolution polarimetry studies of radio pulsar data • Physics & Astronomy teaching • Undergraduate, graduate mentoring & training • Hands-on learning • Collaboration building & diversity initiatives • Public outreach management Current Position Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy - Haverford College Education 2010/09 - 2015/12 PhD, Physics at the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg (A Correlation Study of Radio Giant Pulses and Very High Energy Photons from the Crab pulsar; Advisors: K. Mannheim, D. Els¨asser) 2009/01 - 2010/04 Diploma, Physics at Hamburg Observatory/University of Hamburg (Examination of Flare Stars with the highspeed photo-polarimeter OP- TIMA; Advisors: C. Liefke, J. Schmitt, G. Kanbach) 2007/10 - 2008/10 Student Research Project at Hamburg Observatory/University of Hamburg (The morphological Characteristics of Comet 17/P Holmes; Advisors: C. Liefke, J. Schmitt) 2006/04 - 2008/11 Undergraduate Student at University of Hamburg/Germany (Major: Physics, Minor: Astronomy) 2004/08 - 2006/03 Undergraduate Student at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Extended Education Thuringia/Germany 2014/04 - 2014/07 Attendance of course “Radio Interferometry: Methods and Science” with hands-on tutorials in AIPS & CASA at University of Bonn & Argelander Institute for Astronomy Work Experience 2020/07 - 2021/06 Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania/USA 2018/04 - 2020/06 Postdoctoral Fellow at West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC), Morgantown, West Virginia/USA 2016/04 - 2018/03 Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Green Bank/Green Bank Observatory, West Virginia/USA 2015/12 - 2016/03 Research Assistant in the high energy group at the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg (“Multifrequency Studies Of Giant Pulse Emitting Pulsars”; Advisors: R. Karuppusamy, A. Jessner, V. Kondratiev) 2010/09 - 2014/12 Research Assistant in the high energy group at the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg (“Multifrequency Studies Of Giant Pulse Emitting Pulsars”; Advisors: R. Karuppusamy, A. Jessner, V. Kondratiev) 2008/06 - 2008/09 Research Assistant in galactic astronomy group at the Hamburg Observatory (“Chemical Analysis Of The Absorption Lines of BO Mic”; Advisor: U. Wolter) 2007/05 - 2008/01 Research Assistant in extragalactic astronomy group at the Hamburg Observatory (“Examination and Indexing Of OH-Masers”; Advisor: D. Engels) Department Services 2016/06 - 2018/03 Organizer: NRAO/GBO Colloquium Series in Green Bank 2012/10 - 2013/09 Women’s Representative at Physics Department/University of Wu¨rzburg 2011/10 - 2012/10 Deputy Women’s Representative at Physics Department/University of Wu¨rzburg 2010/10 - 2014/12 Public Relations Representative of the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg 2009 - 2010 Student Representative: Faculty hiring Committee at Hamburg Observatory/University of Hamburg Teaching Activities 2021/01 - 2021/06 Instructor: “Astronomical Ideas for Physics majors and minors” at Haverford College 2021/01 - 2021/06 Instructor: “Multiwavelength Astronomy for Physics and Astrophysic majors” at Haverford College 2020/09 - 2020/12 Instructor: “Classical Mechanics for Physics majors and minors” at Haverford College 2020/09 - 2020/12 Instructor: “Introduction to Astrophysics for Physics majors and non-majors” at Haverford College 2020/06 - 2020/08 Instructor: “Pulsar Search Collaboratory course for high school students” at West Virginia University (WVU) 2020/05 - 2020/06 Instructor: “Descriptive Astronomy for undergraduate majors and nonmajors” at West Virginia University (WVU) Activities as Group Leader 2020/01 - ongoing Neurodiversity & Mental Health subgroup of Equity and Inclusion working group of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Review Panels 2017/06 Technical Secretary: Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Cycle 5 Proposals (Topic: Stellar Astrophysics) Fellowships 2013/10 - 2013/12 Helena Kluyver Fellow at ASTRON External Funding - Travel Grants 2014/10 Successful travel grant application to the German Academic Exchange Service for the 2014 SKA Postgraduate Bursary Conference (Stellenbosch/South Africa) 2013/05 Successful travel grant application to the German Astronomical Society for the Seventh NAIC/NRAO Single Dish Summer School1 (Arecibo Observatory/Puerto Rico) 2010/09 - 2010/10 Successful IAU travel grant application for the “International School for Young Astronomers” (Byurakan Observatory/Armenia) International Collaborations 2018/08 - ongoing International Astronomical Union (Junior Member) 2017/10 - ongoing Square Kilometer Array Pulsar Working Group (Tier-2) 2017/06 - ongoing The Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR Mission (NICER) Collaboration (Affiliated Member) 2016/08 - ongoing North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Collaboration (Associate Member) 2010/09 - 2014/12 Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) Collaboration (Full Member) Meeting Organization 2019/08 - 2019/10 Scientific Organizing Committee (NANOGrav Collaboration Meeting - Fall 2019) 2019/01 - 2019/03 Scientific Organizing Committee (NANOGrav Collaboration Meeting - Spring 2019) Scientific Mentoring Activities The nature of my scientific projects has one crucial ingredient: collaborations with colleagues from different countries and cultures. As the leader of a project I am searching for people with skills and experience crucial for the project. Scientists are everywhere and I try to convey that also to students who I mentor and who are coming from different parts of the world. 2020/01 - ongoing Supervision of undergraduate student Will Jarvis at Oberlin College 2019/09 - ongoing Co-Supervision of PhD student Tim Olszanski at WVU (in collaboration with Prof.Maura McLaughlin) 2019/06 - 2020/03 Co-Supervision of PhD student Avishek Basu at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune/India (in collaboration with Prof.Bhal Chandra Joshi) 2019/06 - ongoing Co-Supervision of PhD student Haley Wahl at WVU (in collaboration with Prof.Maura McLaughlin) 2018/09 - 2019/07 Co-Supervision of undergraduate student Tessa Maynard at WVU (in collaboration with Prof.Maura McLaughlin) 2018/06 - 2018/08 Co-Supervision of summer student David Forman at Hillsdale College (in collaboration with Prof.Tim Dolch) 2018/05 - 2018/06 Co-Supervision of ACCESS PSC student Valeria Subirachs (in collaboration with Prof.Maura McLaughlin) 2017/06 - ongoing Co-Supervision of summer student Nohely Miranda at WVU (in collaboration with Prof.Maura McLaughlin) 2016/07 - 2016/08 Supervision of high school students at Physics Inspiring the Next Generation (PING) camp at the Green Bank Observatory 2014/06 - 2015/09 Co-Supervision of PhD student Jacques Maritz at the Astronomy Department/University of the Free State/South Africa (in collaboration with Prof.Pieter Meintjes) 2012/01 - 2015/12 Co-Supervision of master student Christoph Wendel at the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg (in collaboration with Prof.Karl Mannheim & Dominik Els¨asser) 2012 - 2017 Mentoring of female high school students via the German internet portal “Cybermentor” 2011/10 - 2013/05 Organisation of Astrophysics Lab Course and supervision of undergraduate students at the Astronomy Department/University of Wu¨rzburg 2009 - 2010 Mentoring of female high school students via the German internet portal “Cybermentor” Professional Development Activities Having a deep interest in professional development, I organized several dedicated workshops within the NANOGrav Collaboration. The organization consisted of constructing the talk and a hands on session during which faculty members were advising students at undergraduate and undergraduate level as well as postdocs how to construct, or improve their CVs and resumes. 2019/10 Workshop: CVvs.Resume Workshop for Students (NANOGrav Collaboration Meeting - Fall 2019) 2019/04 Talk: CVvs.Resume Workshop (Undergraduate NANOGrav Telecon, NANOStars) 2019/03 Organization & Talk: CVvs.Resume Workshop (NANOGrav Collaboration Meeting - Spring 2019) Public & Community Outreach Activities Since the beginning of my career I have had a deep interest in public and community outreach. I enjoy giving talks to an audience that does not study the same field as I do and try to explain complex astrophysical processes with simplified analogies and by not using any jargon. According to my philosophy I have not understood a process if I cannot explain it without jargon. 2017/11 Scientific Talk for Teachers: Math Field Marathon 2017 at Green Bank Observatory (“Pulsars”) 2017/07 - 2017/10 Popular Science Talk:“Ask an Astronomer” booth for SETI tours organized by Science center in Green Bank 2017/07 Scientific Talk: Physics Inspiring the Next Generation Camp at Green Bank Observatory (“Pulsars”) 2017/05 Scientific Talk for Teachers: Chautauqua Short Course for Science Teachers at Green Bank Observatory (“Radio Giant Pulses”) 2016/12 Scientific Judge: Pocahontas County Science Fair 2016 2016/09 Tour Guide: Co-organization of Open House Day 2016 at the Green Bank Observatory 2016/08 Organizer: Scientific Host for Garth Newel Musicians at the Green Bank Observatory
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