Curriculum Vitae - Jennifer Andrews
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, Louisiana State University, 2006 - 2011
Advisor: Prof. Geoffrey Clayton
A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation and Evolution in Core Collapse Supernovae
- B.S., Physics, College of Charleston, 2001 - 2005
Advisor: Prof. Robert Dukes
Positions
- Senior Research Associate, University of Arizona, 2019 - Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona, 2014 - 2019
Supervisor: Prof. Nathan Smith
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachussetts, 2011 - 2014
Supervisor: Prof.Daniela Calzetti
Awarded Research Grants (PI)
- Hubble Space Telescope (Cycle 27); 2 orbits; TBD; 2017; A new low-metallicity LBV in M33: Is it a blue straggler?
- Hubble Space Telescope (Cycle 25); 18 orbits; $115K; 2017; Dwarfs and Giants: Massive Stars in
Little Dwarf Galaxies
- Spitzer Space Telescope (Cycle 9); 6.3 hours; $5K; 2013; Dust Formation and Light Echoes Around Core
Collapse Supernovae
- Spitzer Space Telescope (Cycle 8); 11.7 hours; $5K; 2012; Core Collapse Supernovae: Dust
Formation and CSM Interaction
- Spitzer Space Telescope (Cycle 7); 9.5 hours; $15K; 2010; Dust Formation and Light Echoes in Nearby CCSNe
- Spitzer Space Telescope (Cycle 6); 6.3 hours; $3.5K; 2010; A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II SNe
with HST, SST, and Gemini
- Hubble Space Telescope (Cycle 17); 21 orbits; $65K; 2009; A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II SNe
with HST, SST, and Gemini
- Spitzer Space Telescope (Cycle 5); 4.3 hours; $22K; 2008; Dust Production in Type II SNe
- NASA GSRP Fellowship; $90K; 2008 - 2011; A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation In CCSNe
Approved Observing Programs
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2019B - 11.3 hours - Spectrophotometric Time Series of Eta Car's Great Eruption
- PI - Steward Observatory - MMT - 2019B - 10 hours - Discovering Red Supergiants in NGC6946
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2018B-FT - 3 hours - Spectroscopy of Eta Car's Great Eruption
- CoI - HST - Cycle 26- 15645 - 41 orbits - The Identification of Failed Supernovae
- CoI - Steward Observatory - MMT/LBT/Bok/Kuiper - 2014A-2019A - 150+ nights - AZTEC: Arizona Transient
Exploration and Characterization
- CoI - NOAO - CTIO - 2018A-2020A - 50 nights - Photometric Time Series of Carinae's Great Eruption
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2016A-FT - 1 hour - The Progenitor Environment of SN 2015as
- PI - Steward Observatory - MMT - 2015B - 3 nights - Probing the upper Initial Mass Function in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2014A - 4.9 hours - Dust Formation in CCSNe with Extensive Mass Loss Histories
- PI - NOAO - KPNO 2.1m - 2014A - 8 nights - The Stellar Initial Mass Function: Universal or Not?
- CoI - HST - Cycle 21- 13364 - 154 orbits - LEGUS: Legacy ExtraGalactic UV Survey
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2013A - 7 hours - Continued Observations of Interacting and Dust Producing CCSNe
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2012A - 8.7 hours - Dust Formation and Circumstellar Medium Interaction in Two
Massive, Bright Core-Collapse SNe, 2010jl and 2011fh
- PI - ESO - VLT - 2012DD - 1.7 hours - The Unexpected Rebrightening of SN 2010jl
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2009B - 10.2 hours - A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II SNe with HST,
SST, and Gemini
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2009A - 24.5 hours - A Comprehensive Study of Dust Formation in Type II SNe with HST, SST,
and Gemini
- PI - NOAO - Gemini - 2008A - 11 hours - Dust Formation in the Bright Type II SN 2007it
Professional Activities
- Space Telescope Users Committee member (2019-2020)
- TAC/Panelist for NSF, ADAP, HST, NOAO, HST, NASA postdoctoral-fellowships
- Member, American Astronomical Society
- Referee for numerous papers in ApJ, AJ, MNRAS, and A&A
- Chair, Colloquium Committee, UMASS Astronomy Department (2012 - 2014)
Selected Recent Talks & Colloquia
- Invited speaker Fifty-One Erg Supernova Conference; May 2019
- Invited speaker STScI Symposium; April 2019
- American Museum of Natural History Astronomy Colloquium; May 2013
- Brown University Astronomy Colloquium; April 2013
- The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies; March 2013