Cumulative Bio-Bibliography University of California, Santa Cruz June 2020

Cumulative Bio-Bibliography University of California, Santa Cruz June 2020 Puragra Guhathakurta Astronomer/Professor University of California Observatories/University of California, Santa Cruz ACADEMIC HISTORY 1980–1983 B.Sc. in Physics (Honours), Chemistry, and Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta 1984–1985 M.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta Science College; transferred to Princeton University after first year of two-year program 1985–1987 M.A. in Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1987–1989 Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University POSITIONS HELD 1989–1992 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences 1992–1994 Hubble Fellow, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University 1994 Assistant Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute (UPD) 1994–1998 Assistant Astronomer/Assistant Professor, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz 1998–2002 Associate Astronomer/Associate Professor, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz 2002–2003 Herzberg Fellow, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada 2002– Astronomer/Professor, UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz 2009– Faculty Director, Science Internship Program, University of California, Santa Cruz 2012–2018 Adjunct Faculty, Science Department, Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA 2015 Visiting Faculty, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA 2015– Co-founder, Global SPHERE (STEM Programs for High-schoolers Engaging in Research Early) Network 2019– Chair, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz HONORS AND AWARDS 1985 National Talent Search Scholarship (annual all-India award) 1986 Thaw Prize in Astrophysics, Princeton University 1992–1994 Hubble Fellowship, Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences 1997–2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz Puragra Guhathakurta Cumulative Bio-Bibliography 2 2002–2003 National Research Council of Canada’s 2001 Herzberg Memorial Prize and Fellowship 2018 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University 2019 7th Father Verstraeten Memorial Lecturer, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India 2020 Distinguished Scientific Visitor, Space Telescope Science Institute RESEARCH SUPPORT 2020–2022 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $24,871 “Tracing the 6-D Orbital and Formation History of the Complete M31 Satellite System” 2020–2022 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $30,057 “Resolved Proper Motions of M31 and the M31-M32 Interaction” 2019–2022 National Science Foundation $379,116 “Collaborative Research: Kinematics and Chemistry of M33 – Determining the Past, Present and Future of the M31/M33 System” 2018–2021 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $15,001 “Proper Motions of Two Local Prototype Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies NGC 147 and NGC 185” 2017–2020 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $32,572 “Massive Star Clusters and the Origin of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies” 2017–2020 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $29,873 “A Legacy Imaging Survey of M33” 2017–2020 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $20,112 “Milky Way Cosmology: Laying the Foundation for Full 6-D Dynamical Mapping of the Nearby Universe” 2016–2020 National Science Foundation $367,747 “HALO7D: The Chemical and Kinematic Dimensions of Milky Way Halo Assembly,” co-investigator with PI Rockosi 2016–2020 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $19,513 “The Coma Cluster Core Project” 2016–2019 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $3,141 “The Evolution of Metal-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars” 2015–2018 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $10,051 “Project AMIGA: Mapping the Circumgalactic Medium of Andromeda” Puragra Guhathakurta Cumulative Bio-Bibliography 3 2015–2018 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $14,704 “Resolved Halo Substructures Beyond the Local Group: The Assembly Histories of NGC 253 and NGC 5128” 2015–2019 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $128,829 “The Nature of Compact Stellar Systems in Massive Galaxy Clusters Using the Hubble Frontier Fields” 2015 Visiting Faculty Salary from Google $122,115 “Expansion and Diversification of the University of California Santa Cruz Science Internship Program” 2014–2017 National Science Foundation $217,627 “Collaborative Research: Age-Dating M31’s Halo and Satellites – Testing the Lambda CDM Paradigm” 2014–2017 National Science Foundation $65,104 “Collaborative Research: An Archaeological Survey for Substructure in the Stellar Halos of the Nearest Massive Galaxies” 2013–2016 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $58,875 “Proper Motions of Distant Halo Stars: New Clues to Milky Way Structure, Evolution and Mass” 2012–2015 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $14,995 “The Masses of Supernova Remnant Progenitors” 2011–2015 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $46,188 “The Formation History of the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies” 2010–2019 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $241,618 “A Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda and Triangulum Survey” 2010–2016 National Science Foundation $316,152 “Collaborative Research: M31 Satellites Past and Present” 2009–2014 National Science Foundation $328,609 “On the Origin of Abundance Inhomogeneities,” co-investigator with PI Smith 2008–2016 National Science Foundation $1,701,777 “The DEEP3 Survey—Three Fundamental Tests of Galaxy Evolution,” one of three co-investigators with PI Faber 2008–2010 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $25,717 “Direct Age Determination of the Local Group dE Galaxies NGC 147 and NGC 185” Puragra Guhathakurta Cumulative Bio-Bibliography 4 2008–2010 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $7,500 “The First Proper Motion Measurement for M31: Dynamics and Mass of the Local Group” 2008–2009 Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics—LLNL $41,500 “Local Group Dwarf Galaxies and Hierarchical Galaxy Formation” 2006–2009 National Science Foundation $314,758 “Collaborative Research: The Assembly History of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy” 2006–2008 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $50,000 “Direct Age Determination of the dE Galaxies NGC 147 and NGC 185” 2006–2008 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $75,010 “The Formation History of Andromeda’s Extended Metal-Poor Halo” 2005–2008 National Science Foundation $1,305,439 “Collaborative Research: The DEEP Survey—Emergence of the Modern Universe,” one of three co-investigators with PI Faber 2004–2006 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $138,590 “The Evolution and Assembly of Galactic Disks: Integrated Studies of Mass, Stars and Gas in the Extended Groth Strip” 2004–2006 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $72,528 “The Formation History of Andromeda” 2003–2006 National Science Foundation $116,598 “Collaborative Research: Structure and Evolution of M31’s Stellar Halo from a Large-Scale Spectroscopic Survey” 2003–2004 University of California, Santa Cruz, Special Research Grant $9,000 “The Stellar Halo of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy” 2003–2004 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics—LLNL $32,224 “Dark Matter Content and Internal Dynamics of M31’s Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites” 2002–2003 Herzberg Memorial Prize (CAN $25,000) and Fellowship (CAN $127,522 $150,000), National Research Council of Canada “M31 Stellar Populations, 47 Tucanae, and Galactic Cirrus” 2001–2002 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics—LLNL $19,540 “The Stellar Counterpart of Compact High Velocity Clouds,” PI/Faculty Advisor with L. Pittroff Puragra Guhathakurta Cumulative Bio-Bibliography 5 2001–2002 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $10,613 “A Snapshot Survey of Probable Nearby Galaxies” 2000–2005 National Science Foundation $1,282,902 “Collaborative Research: The DEEP Survey of the Distant Universe,” one of three co-investigators with PI Faber 2000–2001 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics—LLNL $19,348 “Searching for Quasars in the MACHO Database,” PI/Faculty Advisor with M. Geha 1999–2002 NASA/Astrophysics Data Program $159,572 “The Properties of Interstellar Dust Grains in IRAS Cirrus Clouds” 1999–2002 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $104,777 “Taking the Measure of Planets in the Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae” 1999–2001 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $17,000 “A Snapshot Survey of Probable Nearby Galaxies” 1999–2001 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $11,500 “Nuclear Kinematics of the Dense Globular Cluster M15” 1997–2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation $35,000 “Galaxy Evolution and the Centers of Dense Globular Clusters” 1997–2000 NASA/Graduate Student Research Program $66,000 “Multiwavelength Study of the Evolution of Clusters and their Constituent Galaxies,” PI/Faculty Advisor with A. Shambrook 1997–1998 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $55,144 “Probing the Fine-Scale Structure and Colors of Interstellar ‘Cirrus’ Clouds” 1997–1998 California Space Institute $20,356 “The Structure and Dynamics of Distant Disk Galaxies” 1996–1998 NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute $23,117 “Measuring Luminosity Evolution in z = 0.3 Field Galaxies from Internal Kinematics” 1996–1997 University of California, Santa Cruz, Faculty Research $2,500 “The Structure and Evolution of Spiral Galaxies” 1995–2000 NASA/Long-Term Space Astrophysics $272,400 “The Properties of Interstellar Dust Grains in ‘Cirrus’ Clouds” Puragra Guhathakurta Cumulative Bio-Bibliography 6 1995–1996 California Space Institute $29,739 “The Amount and Distribution of Dark Matter in Rich Galaxy Clusters at Moderate Redshifts” 1995–1996 University of California, Santa Cruz, Faculty

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