Astronomy Department
Yale University
P.O. Box 208101
New Haven, CT 06520
marla.geha at yale.edu

Experience

• 2014 - present : Full Professor, Yale University
• 2022 - present : Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) in Astronomy
• 2019 - present: Faculty Director Research Experience for Veteran Undergraduates (REVU) Program
• 2012 - 2013 : Associate Professor, Yale University
• 2008 - 2012 : Assistant Professor, Yale University
• 2006 - 2007 : Plaskett Postdoctoral Fellowship, HIA/DAO
• 2003 - 2006 : Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Observatories
• 1999 - 2003 : Graduate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 1998 - 1999 : Postgraduate Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
• 1995 - 1998 : Graduate Researcher, New Mexico State University

Education

• 2003 : Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz
• 1998 : M.S. Astronomy, New Mexico State University
• 1995 : B.S. Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

Awards

• 2022 Dylan Hixon Prize for Teaching Excellence
• 2018 HHMI Professor
• 2015 John S. Guggenheim Fellow
• 2013 Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow
• 2012 Whitney Humanities Fellow
• 2011 UC Santa Cruz 45+5 "Prominent and Influential Alumni"
• 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
• 2009 Popular Science Magazine "Brilliant 10"
• 2003 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2002 Presidential Dissertation Year Fellowship

Publications