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KERSTIN MARIE PEREZ

Curriculum Vitae

MIT Physics Department Phone: (617) 324-1522 77 Massachusetts Ave., 26-506 Email: [email protected] Cambridge MA 02139

Degrees:

PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2011. Dissertation advisor: Emlyn Hughes. M.S. in Physics, California Institute of Technology, 2008. B.A. in Physics, Columbia University, 2005.

Employment:

Postdoctoral researcher, Columbia University, 2011-2012. Supervisor: Charles Hailey. NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, 2012-2014. Assistant Professor of Physics, Haverford College, 2015-2016. Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016-Current.

Honors:

Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2019. Class of 1948 Career Development Professorship, MIT, 2019. School of Science Teaching Prize for Undergraduate Education, MIT, 2018. Buechner Faculty Teaching Prize, MIT Physics Department, 2018. Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation, 2017. NASA Group Achievement Award for NuSTAR Galactic Plane Survey Team, NASA, 2016. Cottrell College Science Award, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, 2015. NASA Group Achievement Award for NuSTAR Science Team, NASA, 2015. Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2012. US Large Hadron Collider Graduate Student Support Award, National Science Foundation, 2010. Robert A. Millikan Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 2006.

Undergraduate Students Supervised:

Wang, Cindy (’23): Summer 2020. Protyasha, Nishat (‘22): Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Seyler, Devin (‘22): Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020. Bouche, Ian (’21): Summer 2020. 2

Faustina, Aidan (’21): Summer 2020. Hernandez, Analyce (’21): Spring 2020, Summer 2020. Taylor, Afura (‘21): Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019. Brown, Jonathon (‘20): Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2018. Li, Ivy (‘20): Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019; Currently: Fulbright Scholar and Rice University Ph.D. program in Physics. Babou, Talla (‘19): Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019; Currently: Science Policy Fellowship at the Institute for Defense Analysis. Bhatt, Radhika (‘19): Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019; Currently: NASA JPL internship and Caltech Ph.D. program in Physics. Tey, Evan (‘19): Fall 2017, Spring 2018; Currently: MIT M.S. program in Computer Science. Cheng, Allen (‘19): Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Kosulic, Lawson (‘19): Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Llarena, Federico (‘19): Fall 2016, Spring 2017. Fang, Rui (Haverford College ‘17): Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016; Harvard University M.S. program in Computational Science & Engineering. Hersch, Cora (Haverford College ‘16): Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016; Currently: MIT Ph.D program in Earth and Planetary Science. Wang, Jiayue (Haverford College ‘16): Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016; Currently: Stanford University Ph.D. program in Operations Research.

Ph.D. Students Supervised:

• Rogers, Field, Ph.D. anticipated 2021. Thesis: “Applications of X-ray Instrumentation for Dark Matter Searches with Cosmic Antiparticles” Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2017-2022.

• Roach, Brandon, Ph.D. anticipated 2022. Thesis: “Novel Searches for Sterile Neutrino and Antiparticle Dark Matter”.

Postdoctoral researchers supervised:

• Collin, Gabriel, joint postdoctoral appointment with MIT Institute for Data Science & Society, 2018-present.

• Xiao, Mengjiao, 2018-present.

• Zhang, Shuo, 2017-2019. MIT Heising-Simons Physics Research Fellow 2019 NASA Hubble Fellowship 2019 Currently: Assistant Professor at Bard College.

• Carr, Rachel, 2016-2017. Currently: Pappalardo Fellow & Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy 3

Teaching Experience:

8.02, Electricity & Magnetism, Technology Enhanced Active Learning, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018. 8.13, Experimental Physics I, Fall 2017, Fall 2018. Phys 201, Haverford College, Laboratories in Electronics and Waves, Fall 2015. Phys 213, Haverford College, Oscillations and Waves, Fall 2015. Phys 301, Haverford College, Laboratories in Quantum Physics, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.

Internal Service:

• MIT Physics Ph.D. Thesis Committees: Alejandro Diaz (Janet Conrad, in progress). Joseph Johnston (Lindley Winslow and Joseph Formaggio, in progress). Aaron Buikema (Nergis Mavalvala, November 2019). Hongwan Liu (Tracy Slatyer, May 2019). Alexander Leder (Lindley Winslow, May 2018).

• MIT Physics Academic Advisor: Class of 2020: Adrian Meza, Eber Nolasco, Benjamin Sockol, Kristen Surrao. Class of 2019: Jullianna Bracco.

• Pappalardo Fellowship Committee, 2016 – present.

• Co-advisor for undergraduate Diverse Physics Society, 2018 – present.

• Faculty PI of “Randomized Experiment to Promote Belonging and Retention in Under- graduate Physics” (IRB proposal title), 2017 – present.

• Goodwin Medal Selection Committee, 2019.

• LNS Colloquium Committee, 2106 – 2017.

External Service:

• External Ph.D. Examiner: Shuo Zhang (Columbia University, May 2016).

• Conference and Summer School Organization: Co-organizer, Aspen Center for Physics program “Progress After Impasse: New Frontiers in Dark Matter”, 2019. Co-organizer,“2nd Cosmic-ray Antideuteron Workshop” at UCLA, 2019. Astroparticle Convener, APS Division of Particles & Fields, Boston MA, 2019. Dark Matter Convener, TeVPA, Columbus OH, 2017. 4

• Funding Agency Review: I have served as both an ad-hoc reviewer and panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation and NASA, and as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Department of Energy.

• Outreach: Classroom Practices for Retention of Underrepresented Students. Created and facilitate a workshop in which instructors develop interventions tailored to their own courses, with the aim of improving students’ sense of belonging within the class environment and retention in an academic field: Columbia University, November 2019. Boston-Area Women of Color in the Academy Conference, March 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19). Get to know 10 early-career experimentalists, Symmetry Magazine. Interview in Symmetry Magazine, November 2019. Greater Boston Society of Physics Students Conference. Keynote speaker, MIT, November 2018. APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. Faculty speaker, Harvard University, January 2017. Philly Sci Fest, Franklin Institute. Panelist for ‘Science 2066’ event, April 2016. Night Skies at the Observatory, Franklin Institute. ‘Dark Matters!’ Public lecture, December 2015. NPR’s #RaceOnTech Series. Invited participant for day-long conversation with public via Twitter, July 2015. Particles Colliding, The Simons Foundation’s Math for America program. Co-facilitated teacher training program on LHC physics, May 2015. My Path Towards BIG PHYSICS, Young Women’s Conference. Keynote speech, Princeton University, March 2015. Particle Fever: A Special Particle Physics Experience for the Public, Haverford College. Public screening, “virtual visit” with CERN, and Q&A, Haverford, PA, March 2015. Top Physicist to Follow, Symmetry Magazine. Ranked one of the ‘Top Physicists to Follow’ on Twitter, January 2014. Explorations in Science, Double Discovery Center at Columbia University Designed and led a course exposing students in grades 9-11 to modern scientific research, in partnership with the DDC, which provides tutoring and academic guidance to low-income and first-generation college-bound students in Manhattan, 2013-2014. NuSTAR’s View of the Galactic Center, Rolnick Observatory. Public lectures, Westport Astronomical Society, 2013-2014. Why Dark Matter Matters: The Invisible Universe. Public lecture, Columbia University, May 2013. 5

Publications: For publications with more than 10 authors, I list only the first three authors and my rank among all authors. * = Paper arising from a supervised Ph.D. thesis • * B.M. Roach, K.C.Y. Ng, K. Perez, J. F. Beacom, S. Horiuchi, R. Krivonos, D.R. Wik, NuSTAR Tests of Sterile-Neutrino Dark Matter: New Galactic Bulge Observations and Combined Impact, Phys. Rev. D 101, 103011 (2020).

• S. Zhang, Z. Zhu, H. Li, et al. (8 out of 10), NuSTAR and Chandra Observation of the Non-thermal Filament G0.13-0.11: A Pulsar Wind Nebula Driven Magnetic Filament, Astrophysical Journal, 891, 1 (2020).

• K. Perez, R. Krivonos, and D.R. Wik, The Galactic Bulge Diffuse Emission in Broad-band X-rays with NuSTAR, Astrophysical Journal, 884, 2 (2019).

• * F. Rogers, M. Xiao, K. Perez, et al. (3 out of 17) Large-area Si(Li) detectors for X-ray spectrometry and particle tracking in the GAPS experiment, JINST, 14, 10 (2019).

• M. Kozai, H. Fuke, M. Yamada, K. Perez, et al. (4 out of 15) Developing a mass-production model of large-area Si(Li) detectors with high operating temperatures, Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A947, 162695 (2019).

• * K. C. Y. Ng, B. M. Roach, K. Perez, J. F. Beacom, S. Horiuchi, R. Krivonos, D. R. Wik, New Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter from NuSTAR M31 Observations, Phys. Rev. D., 99, 8 (2019).

• E. Armengaud, D. Attie, S. Basso, et al. (64 out of 91, alphabetical) Physics potential of the International Axion Observatory (IAXO), Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019, 06 (2019).

• K. Perez, T. Aramaki, C.J. Hailey, et al., Fabrication of low-cost, large-area prototype Si(Li) detectors for the GAPS experiment, Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A905, 12-21 (2018).

• S. Zhang, Z. Tang, Z. Zhang, et al. (11 out of 13), NuSTAR Detection of a Hard X- ray Source in the Supernova Remnant – Molecular Cloud Interaction Site of IC 443, Astrophysical Journal, 859, 2, 141 (2018).

• K. Perez, K.C.Y. Ng, J. F. Beacom, C. Hersh, S. Horiuchi, R. Krivonos, (Almost) Closing the Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter Window with NuSTAR, Phys. Rev. D., 95, 12 (2017).

• C. Hailey, K. Mori, K. Perez, et al. (3 out of 17), Evidence for Intermediate Polars as the Origin of the Galactic Center Hard X-ray Emission, Astrophysical Journal, 826, 160 (2016).

• J. Hong, K. Mori, C. Hailey, et al. (10 out of 44) NuSTAR Hard X-ray Survey of the Galactic Center Region II: X-ray Point Sources, Astrophysical Journal, 825, 132 (2016).

• T. Aramaki, S. Boggs, S. Bufalino, et al. (17 out of 27, alphabetical), Theoretical and Experimental Status of Cosmic-Ray Antideuteron Searches for Dark Matter, Physics Re- ports, 618, 1 (2016). Co-editor with P. von Doetinchem (corresponding) for this review paper. 6

• T. Aramaki, C.J. Hailey, S.E. Boggs, P. von Doetinchem, H. Fuke, S.I. Mognet, R.A. Ong, K. Perez, J. Zweernick, Antideuteron Sensitivity for the GAPS Experiment, Astroparticle Physics, 74, 6 (2016).

• K. Mori, K. Foster, B. Grefenstette, et al. (7 out of 38), NuSTAR Hard X-ray Survey of the Galactic Center Region I: Hard X-ray Morphology and Spectroscopy of the Diffuse Emission, Astrophysical Journal, 814, 94 (2016).

• K. Perez, C. Hailey, F. Bauer, et al. (1 out of 22), Extended hard-X-ray emission in the inner few parsecs of the Galaxy, Nature, 520, 646-649 (2015).

• T. Aramaki, S.E. Boggs, P. von Doetinchem, H. Fuke, C.J. Hailey, S.A.I. Mognet, R.A. Ong, K. Perez, J. Zweerink, Potential for Precision Measurement of Low-Energy Antipro- tons with GAPS for Dark Matter and Primordial Black Hole Physics, Astropart. Phys., 59, 12-17 (2014).

• M. Nynka, C.J. Hailey, K. Mori, et al., (12 out of 15) High-Energy X-rays from J174545.5- 285829, the Cannonball: A Candidate Pulsar Wind Nebula Associated with Sgr A East, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 778, L31 (2013).

• P. von Doetinchem, T. Aramaki, N. Bando, et al. (13 out of 15, alphabetical after corresponding author), The flight of the GAPS prototype experiment, Astropart. Phys., 54, 93-109 (2014).

• S.A.I. Mognet, T. Aramaki, N. Bando, et al. (13 out of 15, alphabetical after correspond- ing author), The Prototype GAPS (pGAPS) Experiment, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A, 735, 24-38 (2014).

• H. Fuke, R. Ong, T. Aramaki, et al. (13 out of 15, alphabetical after corresponding au- thor), The pGAPS experiment: an engineering balloon flight of prototype GAPS, Advances in Space Research, 53, 1432-1437 (2014).

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Jet energy measurement with the ATLAS detector in proton- √ proton collisions at s=7 TeV, Eur. Phys. J., C73, 2304 (2013). Co-editor of the public conference note on photon-jet measurements that contributed to this publication.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Measurement of inclusive jet and dijet production in pp col- √ lisions at s = 7 TeV using the ATLAS detector, Phys. Rev. D, 86, 014022 (2012). Summary of my thesis analysis.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Measurement of inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in proton- proton collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector, Eur. Phys. J., C71, 1-59 (2011). Co-editor of this publication.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, The ATLAS Inner Detector commissioning and calibration, Eur. Phys. J., C70, 787-821 (2010). Editor of the public note on pixel threshold calibration that contributed to this publication.

• J. Small, K. Perez, P. Kim, Modulation of Thermoelectric Power of Individual Carbon Nanotubes Phys. Rev. Lett., 91 (2003) 256801. 7

Submitted and In-Progress Publications:

• P. von Doetinchem, K. Perez, T. Aramaki, et al. (2 out of 63), Cosmic-ray Antinuclei as Messengers of New Physics: Status and Outlook for the New Decade, submitted to Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (2020) arxiv:2002.04163.

• * N. Saffold, et al., Passivation of Si(Li) Detectors operated above Cryogenic Temperatures for Space-Based Applications, in collaboration review (2020).

• S. Zhang, K. Perez, I. Li, et al., Discovery of a 20-50 keV High-Energy X-ray Source Within 1 pc from Sagittarius A*, in collaboration review (2020).

White Papers and Other Articles: I have chosen to list these articles separately as they are not peer reviewed.

• * F. Rogers, M. Xiao, K. Perez, et al. (3 out of 17) Large-area Si(Li) detectors for X-ray spectrometry and particle tracking in the GAPS experiment, Proceedings of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2018), arXiv:1912.06571.

• J. Hong, S. Romaine, A. Kenter, C.S. Moore, K. Reeves, B.D. Ramsay, K. Kilrau, J. Vogel, J. Ruiz Armendariz, H. Hudson, K. Perez, SmallSat Solar Axion and Activity X- ray Imager (SSAXI), SPIE Proceedings Vol. 11118, UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XXI (2019) arXiv:1909.03090.

• Z. Ahmed, A. Apresyan, M. Artuso, et al. (55 out of 83, alphabetical) New Technologies for Discovery, a report of the 2018 DPF Coordinating Panel for Advanced Detectors (CPAD) Community Workshop (2019), arXiv:1908.00194.

• K. Perez, P. von Doetinchem, T. Aramaki, M. Boezio, S.E. Boggs, W.W. Craig, L. Fabris, H. Fuke, F. Gahbauer, C.J. Hailey, R. Ong, Astro2020 Science White Paper: Cosmic-ray Antinuclei as Messengers for Dark Matter, input for the Astro2020 Decadal Survey (2019), arXiv:1904.05938.

• J. Hong, S. Romaine, C.S. Moore, K. Reeves, A. Kenter, B.D. Ramsay, K. Kilrau, K. Perez, J. Vogel, J. Ruiz Armendariz, H. Hudson, SmallSat Solar Axion X-ray Imager (SSAXI), Proceedings of AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites (2018).

• M. Kozai, H. Fuke, M. Yamada, et al. (9 out of 14), Development of Large-area Lithium- drifted Silicon Detectors for the GAPS Experiment, Proceedings of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2018), arXiv:1812.07255.

• K. Perez on behalf of the NuSTAR Collaboration, Results from the NuSTAR High-Energy X-ray Mission, Proceedings of the 26th Rencontres de Blois on Particle Physics and Cosmology (2014).

• K. Perez, T. Aramaki, A. Brickman, C. Hailey, G. Kewley, N. Madden, S. Mechbal, and G. Tajiri, Progress on Large-Scale, Low-Cost Si(Li) Detector Fabrication for the GAPS Balloon Mission, Proceedings of IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013). 8

• K. Perez, T. Aramaki, N. Bando, et al. (1 out of 17), The GAPS Experiment: Hunt- ing for Dark Matter with Antideuterons, Proceedings of 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (2013).

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Determination of the ATLAS jet energy measurement uncer- √ tainty using photon-jet events in proton-proton collisions at s = 7 TeV, ATLAS-CONF- 2011-031, CERN (2011), For the 46th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions, La Thuile, Italy, March 2011. Co-editor of this public conference note.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Jet energy scale and its systematic uncertainty in proton- √ proton collisions at s = 7 TeV in ATLAS 2010 data, ATLAS-CONF-2011-032, CERN (2011), For the 46th Rencontres de Moriond on QCD and High Energy Interactions, La Thuile, Italy, March 2011. Co-editor of the public conference note on photon-jet measure- ments that contributed to this publication.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Jet energy resolution and reconstruction efficiencies from in- situ techniques with the ATLAS Detector Using Proton-Proton Collisions at a Center of √ Mass Energy s= 7 TeV, ATLAS-CONF-2010-056, CERN (2010), For the 35th Inter- national Conference on High Energy Physics, Paris, France, July 2010. Co-editor of this public conference note. √ • The ATLAS Collaboration, Performance of the ATLAS Jet Trigger in the Early s = 7 TeV Data, ATLAS-CONF-2010-094, CERN (2010). Contributed analysis results to this public conference note.

• The ATLAS Collaboration, Threshold Tuning of the ATLAS Pixel Detector, ATL-INDET- PUB-2010-001, CERN (2010). Editor of this public calibration note.

Science Education Publication:

• K. Perez, Making Space to Address Equity Issues in Physics Classrooms, Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education: Issue 18 (2016).

Invited Presentations:

• Invited Conference Talks: “Astrophysical X-rays from Sterile Neutrinos and Axions”, Astrophysical Signatures of Dark Matter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, May 2020, *cancelled due to COVID-19. “Indirect Searches: Scanning the Sky for Dark Matter Particles”, Prospecting for New Physics through Flavor, Dark Matter, and Machine Learning, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, March 2020, *cancelled due to COVID-19. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, UCLA Dark Matter, Los Angeles CA, March 2020, *postponed due to COVID-19. “Indirect Searches: Scanning the Sky for Dark Matter Particles”, APS Division of Particles and Fields Meeting, Boston MA, July 2019. 9

“Lithium-drifted Silicon Detectors for the GAPS Antarctic Balloon Program”, CPAD Instrumentation Frontier Workshop, Providence RI, December 2018. “Cosmic-ray Antinuclei: New Inputs on Dark Matter”, PASCOS, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH June 2018. “Stellar Remnant and Diffuse Emission throughout the Galactic Center”, NuSTAR Sci- ence Meeting, Pasadena CA, November 2016. “Terrestrial and Astrophysical Probes of Axion-Like Particles”, Princeton Workshop on Non-WIMP Dark Matter, Princeton NJ November 2016. “The High-Energy X-ray View of the Galactic Center”, IAU Symposium 322: Multi- Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre, Palm Cove, Australia, July 2016. “Current Experimental Searches for Dark Matter: WIMPs and Beyond”, Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Canada, February 2016. “The Galactic Center Diffuse Emission”, AAS High-energy Astrophysics Division meeting, Chicago IL, August 2014. “Results from NuSTAR”, 26th Rencontres de Blois on Particle Physics and Cosmology, Blois, France, May 2014. “Future Astroparticle Searches for Dark Matter”, Latest Results in Dark Matter Searches Workshop, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden, May 2014.

• Invited Colloquia: “Scanning the Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, UC Berkeley, February 2020. “Scanning the Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, Dartmouth College, January 2020. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Michigan State University, April 2019. “Scanning the Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, Columbia University, January 2019. “Scanning the Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, Northeastern University, January 2019. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Brandeis University, October 2018. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Temple University, October 2018. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, University of Kansas, August 2018. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter”, Stanford University, March 2017. “The High-Energy X-ray View of the Galactic Center”, MIT, December 2016. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter”, Princeton University, March 2016. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter”, Drexel University, March 2016. 10

“Antideuteron Signatures of Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, MIT LNS Collo- quium, March 2015. “Searching for Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Lehigh University, December 2014. “Searching for Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Northeastern University, April 2014. “Searching for Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Haverford College, November 2013.

• Invited Seminars: “Scanning the Sky for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, CERN-Neutrino Cross-talk Semi- nar, May 2020. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Yale University Nuclear-Particle-Astrophysics Seminar, January 2018. “In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, University of Massachusetts Amherst, December 2017. “The High-Energy X-ray View of the Galactic Center”, McGill University Astrophysics Seminar, October 2017. “The High-Energy X-ray View of the Galactic Center”, Ohio State University CCAPP Seminar, April 2017. “The High-Energy X-ray View of the Galactic Center”, Harvard University High-Energy Physics Seminar, December 2016. “Antideuteron Signatures of Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, University of Chicago High-Energy Physics Seminar, February 2015. “Antideuteron Signatures of Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, MIT Laboratory of Nuclear Science Lunch Seminar, April 2014. “Morphology of the Galactic Center with NuSTAR”, MIT Astrophysics Lunch Seminar, April 2014. “Antideuteron Signatures of Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Nevis Laborato- ries High-Energy Physics Seminar, March 2014. “Searching for Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, Harvard University High- Energy Physics Seminar, December 2013.

Research Contracts and Grants:

• RCSA Cottrell Scholar Award (PI), “Closing in on Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter”, Septem- ber 2019 – August 2022, $100k.

• Heising-Simons Foundation, Fundamental Physics Grant (PI), “Construction, flight, and first dark matter results of the GAPS Si system”, June 2018 – May 2022, $550k.

• NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis (Co-I), “The GAPS Experiment: A Search for Dark Matter Using Low Energy Antiprotons and Antideuterons”, January 2017 – December 2021. 11

• Cottrell Scholar Collaborative (Co-I), “Establishing a Network for Effective Interventions in STEM Classrooms”, September 2019 – August 2021, $25k.

• Heising-Simons Foundation, Fundamental Physics Grant (PI), “Fabricating the Si(Li) Tracker Array for the GAPS Experiment”, September 2019 – December 2020, $346k.

• NASA NuSTAR Guest Observer Cycle-5 (PI), “A Novel Probe of Low-Mass Axion Dark Matter Using Betelgeuse”, September 2019 – August 2020, $67k.

• NASA NuSTAR Guest Observer Cycle-4 (PI), “Optimizing Sensitivity to Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter in the Galactic Center”, September 2018 – August 2020, $72k.

• Heising-Simons Foundation, Fundamental Physics Grant (PI), “Finalizing the Si detector program for the GAPS dark matter experiment”, June 2017 – December 2019, $570k.

• RCSA, Cottrell College Science Award (PI), “Developing Novel Detectors to Search for the Particle Origins of Dark Matter with the GAPS Experiment”, September 2015 – August 2017, $60k.

Contributions to the Educational Commons not listed in the Service section above:

• UROP Supervision: 15 students (see above).

• Panelist for ‘Physics Postdoc Association ‘Interview Skills” luncheon, January 2019.

• Dinners with 8.02 students via the Student-Faculty dinner program (3x) and the Under- graduate and Graduate Women in Physics Groups (3x), 2017-2018.

• Panelist for the Physics Department’s “Rising Stars in Physics” workshops for early-career female physicists, September 2016.