Curriculum Vitae Renske Smit University of Cambridge Department of Physics Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0HA United Kingdom [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS First Galaxies; First Stars; Reionisation of the Universe; Stellar Populations in Distant Galaxies; Early Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Strong Gravitational Lensing; Galaxy Kinematics; Feedback in Distant Galaxies
EDUCATION AND CAREER 2018 - 2021 Newton-Kavli Fellow, University of Cambridge 2016 - 2018 NWO Rubicon Fellow, University of Cambridge 2014 - 2016 ERC research fellow, Durham University 2010 - 2014 PhD in Astronomy, Leiden University (awarded: 28-04-2015) Thesis: “Star-forming Galaxies at the Cosmic Dawn” Promotors: Dr. Rychard Bouwens, Prof. Marijn Franx 2008 - 2010 Master in Astronomy (MSc), Leiden University Thesis: “A Study of Scatter in Multi-Wavelength Galaxy Cluster Observations” Supervisors: Dr. Henk Hoekstra (Leiden), Prof. Martin White, Dr. Joanne Cohn (Berkeley) 2009 - 2010 UCEAP Studentship at the University of California, Berkeley 2004 - 2008 Bachelor in Astronomy (BSc), Leiden University
AWARDED GRANTS & HONOURS 2018 Research grant awarded by Fondation MERAC (€100k) 2018 Research grant awarded by the Kavli Institute for Cosmology (€50k) 2018 Best Doctoral Thesis MERAC Prize in ‘Observational Astrophysics’, awarded by the European Astronomical Society (€20k) 2017 Newton-Kavli Fellowship, awarded by the Kavli Institute for Cosmology (£165k) 2016 NWO Rubicon research grant for ‘A multi-wavelength view of the first galaxies’, awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (€158k) 2009 UCEAP Studentship at the University of California, Berkeley ($17k)
INVITED COLLOQUIA AND TALKS 2019 Invited review at ‘Views on the interstellar medium in galaxies in the ALMA era’, Bologna, Italy 2018 Invited colloquium at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK Invited colloquium at the University of Central Lancashire, Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, UK Invited colloquium at Groningen University, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Netherlands Invited speaker at ‘The early growth of galaxies IV’, Sesto, Italy 2017 Invited review at ‘Distant Galaxies from the Far South’, Bariloche, Argentina Invited lecture for ‘Lorentz Center Highlights’, Leiden, NL Invited seminar at Lancaster University, Observational Astrophysics group, UK Invited speaker at ‘Plumbing Star Formation Rates in the Age of JWST’, Texas A&M, USA Invited speaker at ‘A Decade of the Star-Forming Main Sequence’, Leiden, Netherlands Invited speaker at ‘Characterizing Galaxies with Spectroscopy with a view for JWST’, Leiden, Netherlands 2016 Invited speaker at ‘Physical Characteristics of Normal Galaxies at z>2’, Leiden, Netherlands Invited review at EWASS 2016 symposium ‘Probing the New Frontiers with Cluster Lenses’, Athens, Greece
CV - Renske Smit 1 Invited speaker at RAS specialist discussion ‘High-redshift galaxies and their low-redshift analogues’, London, UK Invited colloquium at the University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Astrophysics, UK 2015 Invited colloquium at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Institute for Astronomy, UK Invited colloquium at the University of Nottingham, Astronomy Group, UK Invited seminar at the University of Sussex, Astronomy Centre, UK Invited speaker at EWASS 2015, special session ‘Theory and Observations of the First Galaxies’, Tenerife, Spain 2014 Invited seminar at the Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), Germany Invited review at ‘The Formation and Growth of Galaxies in the Young Universe’, Obergurgl, Austria
AWARDED OBSERVING PROGRAMS 2018 PI for ‘The sources that can reionise the Universe: UV emission lines as a tracer of highly ionising radiation in a 16x lensed galaxy at z~5’, 3 hours on VLT/X-Shooter 2017 PI for ‘Resolving the kinematic structure of a [CII] emitter 800 million years after the Big Bang’, 20 hours on ALMA co-PI for ‘The ISM at z~7: Deploying a successfully piloted technique to find the brightest [CII] emitters at z>6.5’, 10.5 hours on ALMA PI for ‘Probing Lyα and UV nebular lines of two z = 6.8 star-forming galaxies with [CII] detections from ALMA’, 1.5 nights on VLT/X-Shooter 2016 PI for ‘Identifying z>12 galaxies with JWST: What sources produce strong UV emission lines?’, 3 orbits on HST ACS+WFC3 2015 PI for ‘An Efficient Search for [CII] in Normal Star-Forming Galaxies in the Reionization Era’, 5 hours on ALMA 2013 PI for ‘Spectroscopy of a Sample of Bright z~6.4-7.2 Lyman Break Galaxy Candidates in the CLASH Survey’, 2 nights on VLT/FORS2 2010 - 2017 Co-I on 22 successful observing programs; 46 orbits with the Hubble Space Telescope, 900 hours with the Spitzer Space Telescope, 12 nights of 8-10 metre time on Subaru/LBT/Keck/VLT. 12 hours ALMA, 49 hours SMA/IRAM.
ACADEMIC SERVICES & TEAM MEMBERSHIP 2018 ALMA telescope allocation Review Panel 2017 Reviewer for HST mid-cycle telescope allocation. 2017 - Associate Member of the JWST NIRSpec Guaranteed Time Observations team 2017 - 2018 Chair of the organising committee for ‘Exploring the high-redshift Universe in the year of JWST’, EWASS 2018 special session 2016 - 2018 SOC for ‘Challenges in Panchromatic Modelling with Next Generation Facilities’, IAU symposium 2018 2016 - 2017 Co-organiser (SOC & LOC) of ‘Emission line galaxies with MOS: from cosmic noon to the reionization era’, KICC workshop 2017 2016 - 2017 Co-organiser of ‘Exploring the High-Redshift Universe with Current and Future Facilities’, NAM parallel session 2017 2016 - Referee for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2016 - Referee for Astronomy & Astrophysics 2015 - Referee for The Astrophysical Journal 2015 Book reviewer for Science 2011 - 2013 Member of the science team of the CLASH HST Multi-Cycle Treasury program
TEACHING & SUPERVISION 2018 - 2022 Director of studies for PhD candidate Joris Witstok, University of Cambridge 2017 Ph.D probation examiner, Cambridge University
CV - Renske Smit 2 2016 Level 1 physics laboratory demonstrator, Durham University 2015 - 2016 Guest Lecturer on Level 2 lecture course ‘Star and Galaxies’, Durham University 2013 - 2014 Supervisor of Masters candidate Nicholas Rasappu 2013 - 2014 Co-supervisor of Masters candidate Mieke Paalvast 2010 - 2012 Teaching assistant for Leiden advanced pre-university programme for top students 2007 - 2010 Tutor for first-year Bachelor students in Maths, Physics and Astronomy
SELECTED MEDIA & OUTREACH 2018 Public lecture at the Loughton Astronomical Society Public lecture at the Cambridge Astronomical Association/Cambridge Young Astronomers Public lecture for the Institute of Astronomy open evenings Press release “Astronomers detect ‘whirlpool’ movement in earliest galaxies”, press coverage by the BBC, Forbes, Sky & Telescope, IFLScience et al. 2017 Featured in Nature Astronomy News and Views, ‘Early Universe: Through the looking glass’ 2016 Panel member for ‘Leading Ladies in STEM’ discussion in celebration of Ada Lovelace Interview for ‘Wonders of Physics’ YouTube channel Contributor to ‘Galaxy Makers’ documentary for Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition TV Interview for Astronomy documentary series ‘Cosmic Front’, NHK - the public broadcaster of Japan (estimated 1 million viewers) 2015 Popular science article on record-breaking high-redshift galaxies for Zenit, Dutch magazine for Astronomy, Meteorology & Space science 2014 Public Lecture at JC van der Meulen Foundation Public Lecture at the Leiden Amateur Astronomy Association 2013 Guest on ‘Hubble Hangouts’, official Hubblesite.org monthly outreach broadcast Radio interview on record-breaking high-redshift galaxies, ‘TROS Nieuwsshow’, Dutch National Radio 1 (500.000 listeners)
REFERENCES Dr. Rychard Bouwens Prof. Marijn Franx Prof. Roberto Maiolino Leiden University Leiden University University of Cambridge [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] +31 71 527 8456 +31 71 527 5870 +44 122 333 7516
Dr. Mark Swinbank Prof. Ian Smail Durham University Durham University [email protected] [email protected] +44 191 334 3786 +44 191 334 3605
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