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