1 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