Britt F. Lundgren Contact Information Address: 1 University Heights, CPO 2430, Asheville, NC, 28804, USA Phone: +1 (828) 255-7130 email: [email protected] Education Sept 2009 Ph.D. in Astronomy University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL Thesis: “The Origins and Environments of Quasar Absorption Lines in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey” | Advisor: Prof. Robert Brunner Coursework: astrophysics, computational methods, phil. of science / education June 2003 A.B. in Physics (Astrophysics Concentration) with Honors University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Honors Thesis Advisor: Prof. Donald G. York Coursework: physics, astrophysics, education and public policy, liberal arts core Professional Appointments Aug 2016 - Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Present University of North Carolina Asheville − Asheville, NC Developing and teaching undergraduate courses in physics and astronomy. Combining observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to explore the content and distribution of gas surrounding galaxies in the distant universe. Taught 12 credit hours per semester and developed 7 new undergraduate astronomy courses, including the diversity-intensive: ”Indigenous Perspectives on the Sky”; Cottrell Scholar; Serving as Co-Chair of Education and Public Outreach for the SDSS-IV Collabo- ration; Advisory Board President for the North Carolina Space Grant. Aug 2015 - AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in Big Data & Analytics Jul 2016 Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA Researched and evaluated NSF programs aiming to improve science, technology, en- gineering, and math (STEM) educational opportunities and outcomes for low-income students. Served as the Executive Secretary for the Interagency Working Group on STEM Engagement, formed by the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM Education. Aug 2012 - NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow Jul 2015 Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin − Madison, WI Used the Hubble Space Telescope and large ground-based galaxy and quasar surveys to investigate a wide range of topics in extragalactic astrophysics (cosmology, galaxy evolution, outflows/winds from galaxies and AGN, and the evolution of the intergalactic medium). Designed informal astronomy education and outreach resources for the SDSS. Served as Co-Chair of the Committee on the Participation of Women in the SDSS. Sept 2009 - Postdoctoral Research Associate Jul 2012 Department of Astronomy, Yale University − New Haven, CT Explored the evolution of galaxies from early times with deep infrared imaging of the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field. Assisted in the production of photometric galaxy catalogs as a member of the 3D-HST Collaboration. Assisted in the refinement of the quasar and galaxy target selection for the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. Britt F. Lundgren, Ph.D. 2 Professional Appointments (continued) Aug 2004 - Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant Aug 2009 Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois − Urbana, IL Examined the statistical correlations between the properties of galaxies and the gas in their surrounding environments. Assisted in physics and astronomy undergraduate teaching. Developed and led a NASA-funded educational outreach program for local middle school-aged girls, which ran for three years at the National Center for Supercom- puting Applications. Aug 2003 - Research Assistant Aug 2004 Department of Physics, Argonne National Laboratory − Lemont, IL Designed and built diagnostics for the Advanced Penning Trap extension of the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator. Contributed to the precision measurements of ions required for estimating abundance yields from supernovae nucleosynthesis. | Supervisor: Prof. Guy Savard Jan 2003 - Temporary Physics Teacher (part-time) Jun 2003 Kenwood Academy High School, Chicago Public Schools − Chicago, IL Developed and taught one senior physics class daily, as part of the University of Chicago’s Neighborhood Schools Program. Jan 2000 - Research Assistant (part-time) Jun 2003 Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Univ. of Chicago − Chicago, IL Refined a spectroscopic pipeline for extracting of the first large sample of quasar absorp- tion lines from the SDSS Early Data Release. | Supervisor: Prof. Donald York Service and Leadership 2020 - Present Director, Lookout Observatory, Asheville, NC 2020 - Present Advisory Board Member, Destination SPACE, Inc. 2019 - Present Member, Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Council, UNC Asheville 2018 - Present Advisory Board President, North Carolina Space Grant 2016 - Present Member, Lookout Observatory Management Committee, UNC Asheville 2016 - 2021 Co-Chair of Education and Public Outreach, SDSS-IV Collaboration 2016 - 2021 Member, Management Committee for the SDSS-IV Collaboration 2015 - Present Reviewer, Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee (4 cycles) 2008 - Present Referee for submissions to: the Astrophysical Journal; Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society; Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía. 2019 External Reviewer; Science & the Arts, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2019 Scientific Organizing Committee, Kavli/AURA Petabytes to Science Workshop 2019 Reviewer; North Carolina Space Grant Graduate Research Scholarships 2018 - 2019 Scientific Organizing Committee, Sharing One Sky II & III: SDSS, APOGEE, and Astronomy Outreach Conference (Chile) 2015 - 2016 Executive Secretary; Interagency Working Group on STEM Engagement, for the National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on STEM Education 2010 - 2016 Prospective student interviewer; University of Chicago Alumni Schools Committee 2014 - 2015 Co-Chair, Committee on the Participation of Women in the SDSS 2015 Reviewer; NASA Graduate Earth and Space Science Research Fellowship 2013 Co-organizer; NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium 2006 - 2009 Lead Developer, Girls Engaged in Math and Science after-school and summer program, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana, IL Britt F. Lundgren, Ph.D. 3 Grants Received 2020 $ 100,000 Cottrell Scholar Award - Research Corporation for Science Advancement (PI) 2019 $ 3,747 American Astronomical Society Education and Professional Development (PI) 2018 $ 670 UNC Asheville Curriculum Enhancement Funding (Co-PI) 2018 $ 1,000 UNC Asheville Student Employment Fund (PI) 2017 $ 750 UNC Asheville Curriculum Enhancement Funding (Co-PI) 2017 $ 500 UNC Asheville University Teaching Council grant (Co-PI) 2017 $ 1,600 American Astronomical Society International Travel grant (PI) 2016 $ 1,000 Phase-I Cottrell Scholars Lecturer Award (Co-PI) 2013 $ 67,079 Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 21 AR-14553 (Co-I) 2013 $ 101,382 Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 21 GO-13482 (PI) 2013 $ 23,437 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows’ Symposium (Co-PI) 2012 $ 261,000 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (PI) Refereed Publications First-authored 8 refereed astrophysics research and education publications with a total of 213 citations and co-authored 64 publications with a total of 13,063 citations. 72. Lundgren, B., Creech, S., Brammer, G., Kirse, N., Peek, M., Wake, D., (+7 co-authors) The Geometry of Cold, Metal-Enriched Circumgalactic Gas around Galaxies at z ∼ 1:2; Submit- ted to the Astrophysical Journal (Jan. 2021) 71. Chen, C., Hamann, F., Ma, Bo., Lundgren, B., York, D., Nestor, D., AlSayyad, Y. Absorption line Environments of High-Redshift BOSS Quasars; The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 902, Issue 1, id.57, 8 pp. (Oct. 2020) 70. Ahumada, R., (+311 co-authors) The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra; The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 249, Issue 1, id.3, 21 pp. (Jul. 2020) 69. Lundgren, B., Tojeiro, R., (+17 co-authors) Data-driven education and public outreach with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey; Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, vol. 61a, p.261-267 (Aug. 2019) 68. Marsan, C., Marchesini, D., Muzzin, A., (+10 co-authors, including Lundgren, B.) HST F160W Imaging of Very Massive Galaxies at 1:5 < z < 3:0: Diversity of Structures and the Effect of Close Pairs on Number Density Estimates; The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 871, Issue 2, article id. 201, 16 pp. (Feb. 2019) 67. Annunziatella, M., Marchesini, D., (+20 co-authors, including Lundgren, B.) Complete IRAC Mapping of the CFHTLS-DEEP, MUSYC, and NMBS-II Fields; Publications of the Astro- nomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 130, Issue 994, pp. 124501 (Dec. 2018) 66. Hviding, R., Brammer, G., Momcheva, I., (+9 co-authors, including Lundgren, B.) Spatially Extended Low-ionization Emission Regions (LIERs) at z ∼ 0:9; The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 868, Issue 1, article id. 16, 9 pp. (Nov. 2018) 65. Abolfathi, B., Aguado, D. S., Aguilar, G., (+345 co-authors, including Lundgren, B.) The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the Second Phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment; The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 235, Issue 2, article id. 42, 19 pp. (Apr. 2018) 64. Ma, J., Brammer, G., Ge, J., Prochaska, J. X., Lundgren, B. Revealing the Host Galaxy of a Quasar 2175 Dust Absorber at z = 2:12; Astrophysical Journal Letters, 857, L12 (Apr. 2018) 63.