Dr. Kurtis A. Williams
Curriculum Vitae

Dates	Position	blank
2009—present	Postdoctoral Researcher Univ. of Texas at Austin	blank
2006—2009	NSF Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Texas at Austin	blank
2003—2006	Research Associate Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ	Supervisor: Prof. Ann Zabludoff

University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Ph.D., 2002, Astronomy & Astrophysics
M.S., 1999, Astronomy & Astrophysics

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
B.S., 1996, with highest distinction and Honors, Astronomy & Astrophysics
B.S., 1996, with highest distinction, Physics

Dates	Award
2006—2009	NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship
2005	Steward Observatory Lucas Award
2000—2001	ARCS Foundation Scholarship
1999	Albert P. Whitford Prize
1997—2000	NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
1996—1997	Fulbright Fellowship, MPE, Germany

Dates	Grant Name	Amount
2008—2010	HST Cycle 16 E/PO HST16-456 (PI)	$20k
2007—2010	HST Cycle 16 Program GO-11141 (PI)	$133k
2006—2009	NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship AST-0602288 (PI)	$201k
2003—2008	NSF 3-Year Award AST-0307492 (CoI)	$195k

2006—present	NSF Postdoctoral Fellow University of Texas at Austin Proper motion studies of faint stars in open clusters Luminosity function of field disk and halo white dwarfs from the SDSS (as part of collaboration headed by Ted von Hippel) Photometric and morphological studies of the environments of strong gravitational lenses
2003—2006	Research Associate Steward Observatory Characterization of the environments of strong gravitational lenses Observational constrains of white dwarf cooling physics in open clusters
1997—2002	Graduate Research Assistant UCSC, Advisor: Michael Bolte Thesis Research: Determination of the white dwarf initial-final mass relation Derivation of the upper mass limit of WD progenitors
1996—1997	Fulbright Fellow MPE, Garching, Germany Supervisor: Wolfgang Brinkmann

Date	Activity
2009	Invited Speaker, KITP Conference, Stellar Death and Supernovae
2008	Invited Keynote Speaker, Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion, Super-AGB Stars and the Fine Line Between White Dwarf or Supernova
2007	Co-chair, 2008 NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellows Symposium
2007	Co-chair, SOC, New Horizons in Astronomy: Frank N. Bash Symposium 2007
2007	Invited Speaker, KITP Conference, Paths to Exploding Stars

Teaching

Dates	Course
2007	Instructor, Univ. of Texas, AST w392G Observing Techniques in Astronomy
1997—2000	Teaching Assistant, UCSC (4 semesters), Supervisors: Prof. Jean Brodie, Prof. Steven Vogt, Dr. Stephen Murray

 

Outreach

Dates	Activity
2004—present	Creator and manager, Professor Astronomy blog
2009	Co-coordinator/Facilitator, University of Texas Libraries International Year of Astronomy Celebration
2009	Invited Speaker, McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors Meeting
2006—2009	Co-coordinator/Facilitator, White Dwarfs and the Age of the Galaxy Teacher Development Workshop'' at McDonald Observatory
2006	Lecturer, Steward Observatory Public Evening Lecture Series
2004—2006	Contributor, ``Ask Astro'' column, Astronomy magazine
1998—2002	Manager, Lick Observatory Ask-An-Astronomer website

References available in the PDF or Postscript version of my CV or by contacting me.