Dr. Katherine Alatalo
the pdf for my full C.V. is available here
Professional History
Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute
2017-present
JWST Policies Group
(Deputy Lead, Cycles 1-3, Lead, Cycle 4)
Assistant Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University
Hubble Fellow, The Carnegie Observatories
2015-2017
Sponsor: John Mulchaey
The Shocked Poststaburst Galaxy Survey (PI), galaxy evolution, AGN
feedback & molecular gas
Postdoctoral Scholar, IPAC, Caltech
2012-2015
Advisor: Phil Appleton (IPAC/Caltech)
Mapping [C II] and [O I] cooling lines from shocks in Hickson Compact
Groups
Graduate Student Researcher, UC-Berkeley, Astronomy
2005-2012
Advisors: Carl Heiles (UC - Berkeley) & Lisa Young (NMT, NRAO)
Mapping molecular gas rich ETGs in the ATLAS3D survey using CARMA
Multiwavelength follow-up of AGN feedback in NGC 1266
Undergraduate Research Assistant, U. Michigan, Physics
2003-2005
Advisors: Carl Akerlof & Timothy McKay (U. Michigan)
Following up optical counterparts to gamma-ray bursts
Education
Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley
2012
M.S., Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley
2008
B.S., Astronomy and Physics, University of Michigan,
2004
2004
Awards
Successful P.I.: ALMA, HST, Chandra, ground-based telescopes
2010-present
Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship
2015-2017
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2006-2009
Phi Beta Kappa
2005
Professional Memberships
Full Member, The American Astronomical Society
Review Panel Member, the National Science Foundation
Review Panel Member, the Hubble Space Telescope
Referee, the Astrophysical Journal, ApJ Letters, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
MNRAS, PASJ, Nature
Member, the International Astronomical Union