Megan E. Schwamb
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