Professor and Chair, Department of Astronomy, Yale
University
Steinbach Hall, 52 Hillhouse
Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA
E-mail: sarbani.basu@yale.edu, Ph:+1-203-432-3028
(direct), +1-203-436-8470 (Assistant)
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6163-3472
Education and Professional Preparation:
1986 B.Sc.
in Physics, WomenÕs Christian College, Chennai, India
1988 M.Sc.
in Physics, University of Poona, Pune, India
1993 Ph.D.
in Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
1993-1994 Post
Doctoral Researcher, Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, U.K.
1994-1997 Post
Doctoral Researcher, Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Univ. of Aarhus, Denmark
1997-1999 Member,
Institute for Advance Study, Princeton, NJ, USA
Academic positions held:
2016- Chair, Department of Astronomy, Yale
University
2014-2016 Member, Physical Sciences and Engineering
Tenure and Advisory Committee, Yale University
2011-2016 Director of Graduate Admissions,
Department of Astronomy, Yale University
2009-2010
Member, Social Sciences Tenure
Committee, Yale University
2005- Professor,
Department of Astronomy, Yale University
2004-2005 Associate
Professor, Department of Astronomy, Yale University
2002-2007 Director of Graduate Studies, Department
of Astronomy, Yale University
2000-2004 Assistant
Professor, Department of Astronomy, Yale University
Honors and Awards:
2018: The George Ellery Hale Prize of the Solar Physics
Division of the American Astronomical Societ
2015: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Scienc
2002: Hellman Family Faculty Fellowship, Yale University
1996: The M.K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society of India.
Publications: 246 peer reviewed publications,
access at from http://bit.ly/sarbani_basu_papers
1 full-length book, http://press.princeton.edu/titles/11170.html
>17000
citations as per the Astrophysics Data System (ADS), H index = 73 as of Sept
20, 2018
>23000 citations as per Google
Scholar, H index = 83
Managerial/ supervisory/ advisory positions:
2018- present Vice Chair, Board of Directors,
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA). AURA manages US astronomical facilities
such as the Space Telescope Science Institute, the National Solar Observatory,
the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, and the Gemini Observatory. It manages more than $500M in construction
projects for NSF and NASA for the construction of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar
Telescope (DKIST) and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
2017- present Member, Editorial Board, Solar Physics
2017-2018 Chair,
Science and Engineering ChairsÕ Council (SECC) at Yale. The SECC Chair
interacts with Chairs of other science departments at Yale (including
Mathematics, Statistics, Psychology and Anthropology) and liaises with Yale
administration to relay concerns and solve issues brought forward by the other
chairs.
2016- present Chair, Department of Astronomy, Yale
University
2016-2016 Chair, Mikulsky
Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) UsersÕ Group (MUG). MUG ensures that the data archives
housed at MAST are well maintained, easily accessible, and serves usersÕ needs.
2015- present Member, Board of the TESS
Asteroseismic Science Consortium (TASC). TASC is an international consortium of
about 150 scientists that organizes the asteroseismic analysis of data collected
by NASAÕs TESS mission. The Board sets the policies of the consortium.
2014-
2018 Member, Board
of Directors, AURA
2014- present Member Representative for Yale
University to AURA
2014 Member,
Visiting Committee to evaluate physics and laboratory astrophysics done
with laser facilities that are funded by the French Commissariat ˆ l'Energie Atomique (CEA).
2014
Member, Evaluation Committee charged with evaluating the performance of the
Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute
2013-2015
Member, Mikulsky Archive for Space Telescopes
(MAST) UsersÕ Group (MUG)
2012-2013
Member, Committee of Visitors, National Solar Observatory. The committee
was charged with determining the state of the observatory, operations and staff
concerns.
2011
Member, Evaluation Committee charged with evaluating the performance of National
Solar ObservatoryÕs leadership
2009- present Member, Steering
Committee,
Kepler Asteroseismic Science
Consortium (KASC). KASC is an international consortium of about 200 scientists
engaged in asteroseismic analysis of data collected by NASAÕs Kepler mission. The steering committee
set policy for collaborations and data usage.
2008
Committee of Visitors, ATM division
of the GEO directorate of the National Science Foundation. The committee was
charged with examining whether proposals submitted to ATM were been evaluated
in a timely manner.
2006-2009 Member
MOWG (Management and Operations Working Group)
of NASAÕs Living With a Star program.
2005-2011 Member, UsersÕ
Committee,
National Solar Observatory
2003-2010 Member,
Scientific Advisory Committee of the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG). GONG
is a network of solar observatories funded by NSF used to measure solar
oscillations.
Research
Interests: Solar and stellar astrophysics; solar structure, dynamics
and variability; solar and stellar activity cycles; asteroseismic studies of stellar
evolution; using stellar properties to probe Galactic structure.
Funding history: A successful
record of obtaining external funding, including
an NSF CAREER Award. NSF and NASA astronomy grants are usually between
$100K to $150K per year.
1)
2000-2004: PI NASA grant NAG5-10912 ($ 157,358), ÒProbing
Cycle-Related Changes in the Outer Layers of the Ring-Diagram Analysis.Ó
2)
2002-2005: PI NSF Grant, ATM 026130 ($ 347,314), ÒSolar
Variability: Modeling and Helioseismic Studies.Ó
3)
2006-2012: Co-I, NASA project
ÒHelioseismic and Magnetic Imager for Solar Dynamics Observatory,Ó ($ 357,490
for Co-I).
4)
2004-2009: P.I., NSF Career grant ($597,442), ÒCAREER: Solar
Variability in the Classroom and in Research.Ó
5)
2006-2009: P.I., NASA grant NNG06GD13G ($ 193,931) ÒProbing
the structure and dynamics of the outer layers of the SunÓ,
6)
2008-2011: P.I., NSF grant ATM 0737770 ($ 399,383)
ÒHelioseismology and Solar Magnetic Fields: Studying the forward problemÓ
7)
2009-2012: P.I., NASA ATFP grant NNX09AJ53G ($ 369,534)
ÒModeling convection in stars: from 3D simulations to 1D approximationsÓ
8)
2010-2013: P.I., NASA grant NNX10AE60G ($ 373,404) ÒThe
structure and dynamics of the solar interior during the minimum of cycle 24Ó
9)
2011-2014: P.I. NASA Education and Public Outreach grant NNX11AH34G
($310, 820) Ò Solar Cycle Investigations: NASA Science Exploration for Middle
School Students and TeachersÓ
10) 2011-2014: P.I.
NSF grant AST-1105930 ($ 345,486) ÒJourney to the Centre of Stars: Testing
Stellar Evolution with AsteroseismologyÓ
11) 2013-2016: P.I.
NASA grant NNX13AE70G ($ 346,017) ÒCharting the properties of stars in the
Kepler field to study the GalaxyÓ
12) 2015-2018: P.I.
NSF grant AST-1514676 ($ 433,565) ÒDecreasing Systematic Errors in Estimates of
Stellar AgesÓ
13) 2016-2019: P.I.
NASA grant NNX16AI096 ($372,191) ÒThe
Giants in The Kepler FieldsÓ
14) 2016-2017: US
P.I. for NASA K2 guest observer grant NNS16AE65G ($18,000) ÒAsteroseismology of
solar-type stars with K2 (K2GO2)Ó
15) 2017-2018: US
P.I. for NASA K2 guest observer grant NNX17AL49G ($40,000) ÒAsteroseismology of
solar-type stars with K2 (K2GO4)Ó
16) 2018-2019: US
P.I. for NASA K2 guest observer grant 80NSSC18K0363 ($35,000) ÒAsteroseismology of solar-type stars with
K2 (K2GO5)Ó
17) 2018-2020: P.I.
NASA TESS Guest Investigation grant ($70,000) ÒInvestigating the evolution of
HeliumÓ (awaiting funds)
Peer-review
activities:
1)
Referee for Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy &
Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Reviews of
Modern Physics, Solar Physics, Nature, Physical Review Letters, Europhysics Letters
2)
Proposal reviewer for NASA and NSF.
3)
Proposal reviewer for United Kingdom Particle Physics and
Astrophysics Research councilÕs proposals
4)
Reviewer for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
5)
Reviewer for Canadian Space Agency
6)
Reviewer for German Science Foundation
7) Reviewer for
the Belgian Science Foundation
Scientific
Organizing Committees of Meetings:
1)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, SOHO 6/GONG 98
Workshop, Boston, June 1998
2)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, SOHO 12/GONG 02
Workshop, Big Bear, October 2002
3)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, GONG2006/SOHO 18/Helas 1 meeting ÒBeyond the Spherical Sun,Ó Sheffield,
U.K., August 2006
4) Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, SOHO 17 meeting Ò10
Years of SOHO and BeyondÓ, Sicily, May 2006.
5)
Chair, Scientific and Local Organizing Committees, GONG 2004
-SOHO 14 meeting, New Haven, CT, USA, July 2004
6)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, 2010 Sagan Summer
Workshop
7) Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium
meetings 2011 (Boulder, USA), 2012 (Hungary), 2013 (Sydney, Australia)
8)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, ÒFifty Years of
Seismology of the Sun and Stars,Ó Tucson, AZ, May 2013
9)
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, ÒNew advances in
stellar physics: from microscopic to macroscopic processesÓ, Roscoff, France, May 2013
10) Member,
Scientific Organizing Committee, 19th Cambridge Cool Stars Meeting,
Uppsala, Sweden, 2016
11) Member,
Scientific Organizing Committee, TESS Asteroseismic Science Consortium meetings
2016 (Terceira, Portugal), 2017 (Birmingham, UK)
12) Member,
Scientific Organizing Committee, 20th Cambridge Cool Stars Meeting,
Boston, 2018