Colin Snodgrass – CV University of Edinburgh Tel: +44 131 6688 379 Edinburgh EH9 3HJ [email protected] Scotland, UK UK citizen EDUCATION • Ph.D — Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2006) Supervisor: Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons • MSci (hons) Astrophysics (2:I) — St Andrews University, UK (2003) EMPLOYMENT IN ASTRONOMY • University of Edinburgh, UK, Chancellor’s Fellow, Oct 2018 – present • University of Edinburgh, UK, Ernest Rutherford Fellow, Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 My role combines research and teaching with engagement with space industry through “Data Driven Innovation”, including work with large astronomical surveys and in space missions to comets and asteroids. • Open University (OU), UK, Senior Research Fellow, Oct 2017 – Sep 2018. • Open University (OU), UK, Ernest Rutherford Fellow, Oct 2014 – Sep 2018. I am funded by the STFC to work on comets, specifically Rosetta-related work, near-Sun and main belt comets. I coordinate the world-wide campaign of telescopic observations supporting Rosetta. I also work on related planetary astronomy topics: asteroids, Kuiper Belt objects and exoplanets. • MPI for Solar System Research (MPS), Germany, Marie Curie Fellow, Oct 2010 – Sep 2014 I was supported by a Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant (project ‘iSANDAL’) to work on icy bodies in our Solar System and beyond, including collaboration on the OSIRIS camera on board the ESA Rosetta mission. I combined my own work (mostly based on ground-based telescopic observations) with coordination of science planning for OSIRIS and leadership of the worldwide campaign of observational support for Rosetta. • European Southern Observatory (ESO), Chile, Post-doc Fellow, Oct 2006 – Sep 2010 I was awarded a highly competitive ESO fellowship immediately after my Ph.D, which gave me the opportunity to work independently on both comets and extrasolar planets, and to expand my research in interesting new directions. My fellowship was a mix of research and support duties at the telescopes at the La Silla site, including instrument scientist responsibility for the EFOSC2 instrument. My time at ESO gave me a wide range of experience in instrumentation and observational techniques, and I used this to answer interesting questions with innovative methods. • Queen’s University Belfast, UK, Ph.D student, Oct 2003 – Sep 2006 My Ph.D research was on observations of the nuclei of Jupiter Family comets. • St Andrews University, UK, undergraduate researcher, 2002-2003 I was employed for two summers, during which I worked on software to hunt for exoplanets. MAJOR GRANTS AND AWARDS • UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (SFTC) Consolidated Grant (co-I) (2017 - £2.4M) • ESA funding for PDRA, archiving of Rosetta campaign data (2016 - €220k) • STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (2014 - £413k) • Marie Curie International Reintegration grant (2010 – €100k) • Qatar National Research Fund grant for robotic microlensing (co-I) (2010 – US$1M) • ESO telescope time worth > £3.5M (79 nights) as PI • Co-I on a further 240 nights at ESO, plus HST, Spitzer, Herschel, Gemini, ALMA, La Palma, LCOGT • Asteroid 158589 named ‘Snodgrass’ in recognition of my work. PUBLICATIONS I have a total of 182 refereed publications (16 as 1st author) and 79 non-refereed (13 as 1st author), with a total of 5739 citations and an H-index of 40 (based on NASA ADS citation statistics). My work crosses the boundary between astronomy and planetary science, which have different publication rate norms: Looking only at papers on our own Solar System, I have 76 refereed papers (15 as 1st author), with 2144 citations and H=26, which is a good record in this field. Highlights include letters to Nature on the asteroid collision event P/2010 A2 and the discovery of rings around Chariklo, reports in Science on Rosetta results at Lutetia and comet 67P, a recent pair of letters in Nature Astronomy on ‘Oumuamua, well-regarded papers in A&A on the Haumea family of trans-Neptunian objects and on the activity pattern of 67P, and an invited review on main belt comets in A&ARv. See attached list for details. Colin Snodgrass – CV RESEARCH INTERESTS & STRENGTHS My research interests cover a wide range of planetary sciences, from minor bodies of the Solar System to extra-solar planets. My primary focus is on comet nuclei and other icy objects, including the newly identified population of “Main Belt Comets”. I am an observational astronomer, with broad experience in different instrumentation and techniques, and also work with spacecraft (especially Rosetta, and proposed future missions that I am leading) on the exploration of our Solar System. I take advantage of this cross-disciplinary approach to exchange ideas and techniques between different areas, and I believe my key strength is an ability to see opportunities to use new instrumentation or methods in creative ways. I have a proven record in obtaining grants and telescope time, at highly oversubscribed facilities, to carry out my chosen projects. MISSIONS & CONSORTIUM MEMBERSHIP • ESA Rosetta, Science Working Team (management body) member, ground-based observations lead, past camera team member (2010-14) • ESA Castalia (proposed M-class mission for Cosmic Vision M5 call, under consideration). PI. • ESA CASTAway (proposed M-class, unsuccessful). Co-PI • ESA Euclid, science consortium member. Solar System objects working group member. • LSST UK junior associate. Solar System Science Collaboration member. LEADERSHIP • Coordination of worldwide ground-based observing campaign in support of Rosetta. Leading a team of over 100 observers, with over 1300 hours of observation on ~60 instruments. • Lead proposer for mission proposal ‘Castalia’ for ESA M5 call. PI on 550M€ bid, with 35 core team members from 10 countries, currently being considered. • Leader of ISSI international team on Main Belt Comets. 2 year programme with 13 world-leading senior experts from 8 countries, plus junior scientists. TEACHING • Supervision of Jakob Deller at MPS (2012-15), jointly with the Uni. of Kent, UK. Ph.D project on Rosetta fly-by target asteroid Steins and the YORP effect. Winner of Springer Thesis Award. • Supervision of Rosita Kokotanekova at the OU (2014-18), jointly with MPS. Ph.D project on Kuiper Belt objects and comets, and their rotational properties. • Supervision of Jonny Grice (2016-2019) & Aaron Andrews (2017-2020) at the OU. Ph.D projects on asteroids in the SWASP archive. • Supervision of Helen Usher (2017-2023 part-time) at the OU. Ph.D project on 67P observations. • Supervision of Harry Fox (2018-2021) at the OU. Ph.D project on telescope instrumentation. • Examiner of Ph.D theses in Belgium & UK • Invited lecturer, summer school at University of Tartu, Estonia (2018) • Organiser/lecturer at GRADnet graduate school on observational astronomy (2018) OUTREACH I have given numerous talks to undergraduates and amateur astronomers, answered questions from journalists and TV documentary producers, and been involved with press coverage on Deep Impact, bright comets McNaught, ISON and Lovejoy, the asteroid collision P/2010 A2 and the Rosetta mission. I participated in a Japanese TV documentary on Rosetta. I have also presented Rosetta results to school groups, and took a leading role in developing a Rosetta stand for the 2016 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, including our ‘comet smell’ postcards; I have been nominated for prizes for this innovation. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Regular referee for A&A, Icarus, ApJ, AJ, MNRAS, others; NASA, EU, HST, ING, CFHT proposals. • Telescope time allocation panels: ESO, 2013; La Palma 2016-2019. • Regular speaker at major conferences. Invited talks at AOGS, ACM, various comet workshops • Organiser of international workshops (SOC for 9[1 as chair]; LOC for 2[1]) and conference session convener (UK National Astronomy Meeting [3], European Planetary Science Congress [4]) • Visiting scientist at: Las Cumbres Observatory (USA), Jet Propulsion Lab (USA), ESA (Spain), ESO (Chile and Germany), Oxford University, The Open University • Regular observer at major telescope facilities, including ESO, La Palma & use of robotic telescopes • Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy .