| Genevieve J. Graves: CV | |||
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| Education | |||
| Ph.D., Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz | Expected 2009 | ||
| Part II, Linguistics Tripos, University of Cambridge (U.K.) | 2001-2002 | ||
| B.A., Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, magna cum laude, Harvard University | 2001 | ||
| Research Interests | |||
| Galaxy Evolution and Formation | |||
| Stellar Populations of Galaxies | |||
| Chemical Evolution and Abundance Patterns of Galaxies | |||
| LINER Emission in Galaxies | |||
| Honors & Awards | |||
| Chancellor's Dissertation Year Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz | 2008-2009 | ||
| ARCS Foundation Fellowship | 2008-2009 | ||
| Whitford Prize, UC Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics | 2005 | ||
| (for excellence in first two years of graduate work) | |||
| Rotarty Ambassadorial Fellowship | 2001-2002 | ||
| Leo Goldberg Prize, Harvard University Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics | 2001 | ||
| (for best undergraduate astrophysics thesis) | |||
| Successful Grants & Proposals | |||
| Co-I and principal author of successful 48-orbit / $166K Hubble Space Telescope proposal: "UV imaging to determine the location of residual star formation in galaxies recently arrived on the red sequence" (Cycle 16, PI: Faber) | |||
| Observing & Software Experience | |||
| Keck/DEIMOS multi-object optical spectroscopy (7 nights) | |||
| Keck/LRIS long-slit spectroscopy (1 night, solo observer) | |||
| Lick Shane 3m KAST optical spectrograph (1 night) | |||
| Wrote EZ_Ages software package (IDL code for measuring absorption indices and finding best-fitting abundance pattern for an observed spectrum | |||
| Students Co-Supervised | |||
| Javiera Guedes, Ph.D. expected 2010: Stellar population properties of early type galaxies. | |||
| Judy Cheng, Ph.D. expected 2011: Comparing automated and visual morphologies of non-star-forming galaxies. | |||
| Positions Held | |||
| Graduate Student, University of California, Santa Cruz, Adviser: Sandra M. Faber | 2003-present | ||
| Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, Astronomy 5 with Sandra Faber | 2007 | ||
| Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz, Astronomy 10 with Stan Woosley | 2004 | ||
| Student Researcher, Harvard University, Adviser: Robert Kirshner | 2000-2001 | ||
| Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, Adviser: James Graham | 1998-1999 | ||
| Bibliography | |||
| See Publications page. | |||