Megan E. Schwamb

 

Contact INformation:

Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Academia Sinica

11F of Astronomy-Mathematics Building

National Taiwan University

No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd

Taipei 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C


Office Phone: +886-2-2366-5453

Email: mschwamb@asiaa.sinica.edu.tw


education:

Ph.D., Planetary Science - California Institute of Technology, June 2011

Advisor: Michael E. Brown


M.S., Astrophysics - California Institute of Technology, June 2008


B.A., Physics - University of Pennsylvania, May 2006,  Summa Cum Laude with Distinction in Physics


Honors and awards:

Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellowship 2013-present

National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow, 2012

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010-2013

NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship, 2009

Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2007

Reed Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 2006

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, 2005


EmployMENT and Positions held:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, 2013-present

Planet Four Science Team Member, 2013-present

Planet Hunters Project Scientist, Yale University, 2011- present

NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 2010-2013

Graduate Teach Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 2009

Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 2006-2010

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Summer REU Program Intern, 2005