David Charbonneau Curriculum Vitae (December 2013)
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David Charbonneau Curriculum vitae (December 2013) Harvard University, Department of Astronomy, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dcharbon Office: 617 496 6515 Fax: 617 495 7049 Current Position Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University Education Harvard University, A. M. (Astronomy, 1999), Ph. D. (Astronomy, 2001) U. of Toronto, Honors B. Sc. with high distinction (Math, Physics, & Astronomy, 1996) Previous Positions Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Astronomy, 2008-2009, Harvard University Assistant Professor of Astronomy, 2004-2007, Harvard University R. A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar in Astronomy, 2001-2004, California Institute of Technology Research Focus Detection and characterization of exoplanets with the goal of studying inhabited worlds Selected Awards The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, 2012 UC Alumni of Influence Award, University of Toronto, 2012 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching, Harvard University, 2011 Alan T. Waterman Award, National Science Foundation, 2009 Scientist of the Year, Discover Magazine, 2007 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, 2006 – 2011 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2006 – 2008 Robert J. Trumpler Award, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004 Bart J. Bok Prize in Astronomy, Harvard University, 2004 Fireman Award for PhD Thesis in Astronomy, Harvard University, 2000 Merit Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999 Selected Named Lectures Hintze Lecturer, Oxford University, 2014 Sackler Lecturer, Leiden Observatory, 2013 Brinson Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2012 Hilldale Lecturer, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2011 Rittenhouse Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, 2011 Selected Research and Service Activities Current: Principal Investigator, JTF Alien Earths Initiative Principal Investigator, NSF MEarth Project to Detect Habitable Planets Orbiting Low-mass Stars Principal Investigator, NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Studies of Exoplanets co-Investigator, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), NASA Explorer Mission Science Team Member, HARPS-North High-precision Radial Velocity Spectrograph Team Member, Harvard Origins of Life Initiative Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, American Astronomical Society Selection of Recently Completed: Participating Scientist and Member of Kepler Science Council, NASA Kepler Mission Principal Investigator, Hubble Space Telescope Studies of Exoplanets Co-Principal Investigator, Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) Network Deputy Principal Investigator, EPOCh Investigation, NASA EPOXI Mission of Opportunity Curriculum vitae (12/2013) David Charbonneau Page 1 of 1 Representative Papers (144 Refereed Publications, 11161 Citations) The Occurrence Rate of Small Planets Around Small Stars C. D. Dressing & D. Charbonneau 2013, Astrophysical Journal, 767, 95 The Flat Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth GJ1214b from WideFieldCamera3 on HST Z. K. Berta, D. Charbonneau, et al. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 745, 2012 Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20 F. Fressin, G. Torres, J. F. Rowe, D. Charbonneau, et al. 2012, Nature, 482, 195 A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star D. Charbonneau, Z. K. Berta, J. Irwin, C. J. Burke, et al. 2009, Nature, 462, 891 A map of the day-night contrast of the extrasolar planet HD 189733b H. A. Knutson, D. Charbonneau, et al. 2007, Nature, 447, 183 Detection of Thermal Emission from an Extrasolar Planet D. Charbonneau, L. E. Allen, S. T. Megeath, et al. 2005, Astrophysical Journal, 626, 523 Detection of an Exoplanet Atmosphere D. Charbonneau, T. M. Brown, R. Noyes, & R. Gilliland 2002, Astrophysical Journal, 568, 377 Detection of Planetary Transits Across a Sun-like Star D. Charbonneau, T. M. Brown, D. Latham, & M. Mayor 2000, Astrophysical Journal, 529, L45 Teaching and Advising Director of Undergraduate Studies, Astrophysics, Harvard University (2008 – 2013) Lecturer, Harvard University • Astronomy 110, “Exoplanets” (2010) • Astronomy 16, "Stellar and Planetary Astronomy" (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) • Astronomy 98, "Research Tutorial in Astrophysics" (2009, 2010, 2011) • Astronomy 99, "Senior Thesis in Astrophysics" (2010, 2011, 2012) • Science A-47 "Cosmic Connections" (2005, 2006, 2007) • Freshman Seminar 26i “The Astronomy Laboratory” (2012) Advisor, current Harvard PhD students: • Courtney Dressing (third year student) • Jason Dittmann (third year student) • Elisabeth Newton (third year student) Advisor, previous PhD students: • Zachory K. Berta (Harvard PhD 2013), “Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Exoplanets: a First Look from the MEarth Project” • Sarah Ballard (Harvard PhD 2012), “In Pursuit of New Worlds: Searches for and Studies of Transiting Exoplanets from Three Space Based Observatories” • Philip Nutzman (Harvard PhD 2010), “Transiting Exoplanets: Discovery from the Ground, Characterization from Space” • Cullen H. Blake (Harvard PhD 2009), “Ultracool Dwarfs and Their Companions” • Heather A. Knutson (Harvard PhD 2009), “Portraits of Distant Worlds: Characterizing the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets” • Jonathan S. Devor (Harvard PhD 2008), "On the Development and Application of Automated Searches for Eclipsing Binaries" • Francis T. O'Donovan (Caltech PhD 2007), “The Detection and Exploration of Planets from the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey” Advisor, current and previous postdoctoral scholars: Jacob Bean, Christopher Burke, Jessie Christiansen, Francesca DeMeo, Jean-Michel Desert, Francois Fressin, Sara Gettel, and Jonathan Irwin Curriculum vitae (12/2013) David Charbonneau Page 2 of 2 .