SCOTT M. ADAMS CURRICULUM VITAE

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1 1 SCOTT M. ADAMS CURRICULUM VITAE California Institute of Technology Cahill Phone: (626) E. California Blvd. Web: sma Pasadena, CA Education The Ohio State University Astronomy Ph.D., 2016 The Ohio State University Astronomy M.S., 2014 University of Arizona Astronomy B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 2011 University of Arizona Physics B.S., Magna Cum Laude, 2011 Primary Research Interests Massive stars, transients, optical and IR time-domain surveys Awards Allan Markowitz Award, OSU Dept of Astronomy 2015 Presidential Fellow, OSU Graduate School 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention 2012 Galileo Circle Scholar, U. of Arizona College of Science 2009, 2010 Vesto M. Slipher Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Astronomy 2010 Booher Endowed Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Astronomy 2010 Arizona Astronomy Board Donors Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Astronomy 2010 Kenneth & Paula Krane Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Physics 2010 Gregson Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Physics 2009 Lagandas Scholarship, U. of Arizona Dept of Astronomy 2009 Professional History Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech Astronomy Dept 2016 Present Graduate Student Researcher, OSU Dept of Astronomy Advisors: Christopher Kochanek & Paul Martini Graduate Teaching Assistant, OSU Dept of Astronomy Undergraduate Student Researcher, U. of Arizona Dept of Astronomy Advisor: Dennis Zaritsky Summer Research Intern, NSF REU in Astronomy, Indiana University 2010 Advisor: Constantine Deliyannis Summer Research Intern, NSF REU at Minnesota Supercomputing Institute 2009 Advisor: Tom Jones Relevant Technical Skills Data Experience with photometry/spectroscopy from: Hubble, Spitzer, LBT, CFHT, Magellan, Keck, Gemini Programming Languages: Python, C, FORTRAN, IDL Sofware Experience: IRAF, DOLPHOT, ISIS

2 2 Successful Proposals PI: Rapid Spectroscopy of Young and Fast ZTF Transients 3 hours - Keck, 2018B PI: Light Curves of Candidate Failed Supernova Shock Breakouts 16 hours - LCO, 2018A 26 hours - LCO, 2018B Co-I: Completing the light curve of an exceptional transient associated with a LIGO/Virgo event 9.75 hours - Gemini, 2017B Co-I: Confirming the Formation of a Black Hole 1 orbit - HST, Hubble Proposal ID GO (Cycle 25) Co-I: Archival Investigation of Outburst Sites & Progenitors of Extragalactic Intermediate-Luminosity Mid-IR Transients ID Co-I: Pre-supernova properties of progenitors detected by HST Co-I: Unveiling Curious Infrared Transients with HST and JWST 1 orbit - HST, Hubble Proposal ID GO (Cycle 26) PI: Probing Slowly-evolving Stellar Outbursts and Variabilty 1 night - Keck, 2017A Co-I: Radio Observations of an Obscured Supernova Candidate in M hours - VLA, DDT, 2016 Co-I: SPIRITS: SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey hours, SST, Spitzer Proposal ID #13053 (Cycle 13) Co-I: Monitoring the M31 Stellar Merger Transient 0.4 hours - SST, Spitzer Proposal ID #12063 (Cycle 12) Co-I: Confirming NGC 6946 BH1 - A Black Hole Formed in a Failed Supernova 2 orbits - HST, Hubble Proposal ID GO (Cycle 23) 60 ksec - Chandra, Proposal ID (Cycle 17) 0.75 hours - SST Co-I: A Stellar Merger in M hours - SST, Spitzer Proposal ID #11181 (Cycle 11 DD) Co-I: Monitoring the Evolution of the New Class of Self-Obscured Transients 2 orbits - HST, Hubble Proposal ID GO (Cycle 24) 1.7 hours - SST, Spitzer Proposal ID #13022 (Cycle 13) 4 orbits - HST, Hubble Proposal ID GO (Cycle 22) 3.4 hours - SST, Spitzer Proposal ID #11084 (Cycle 11) PI: A Search for Overdensities around z=4 QSOs 9 hours - LBT, MODS spectroscopy, 2013 Co-I: A Pilot Search for Overdensities around z=4 QSOs 30 hours - LBT, LBC imaging and MODS spectroscopy, Observing Experience nights over 43 observing runs at 11 different telescopes Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), 43 nights MDM 2.4m Hiltner Telescope, 18 nights Palomar Hale 200, 14.5 nights

3 3 MDM 1.3m McGraw-Hill Telescope, 14 nights Keck Observatory, 11 nights SAAO 1.0m Telescope, 7 nights WIYN 0.9m Telescope, 4 nights Palomar 48 Samuel Oschin Telescope, 3 nights Gattini-IR, 3 nights Steward Observatory 61 Mt. Bigelow Telescope, 1 night Steward Observatory 2.1m Bok Telescope, 1 night Conference Talks and Poster Presentations ZTF Summer School, Pasadena, CA 2018 GROWTH: Global Relay of Telescopes Watching Transients Happen Transients in New Surveys: the Undiscovered Country, Leiden, Netherlands 2018 Discovering Extragalactic IR Transients: Lessons from SPIRITS GROWTH Conference, Milwaukee, WI 2017 The Rise and Fall of the 2015 Stellar Merger in M31 PTF-Theory Network Workshop, San Luis Obispo, CA 2017 The 2015 Stellar Merger in M31 and Future Prospects The Dynamic IR Sky, Pasadena, CA 2017 Progenitor and Remnant Evolution of the 2015 Stellar Merger in M31 Eta Carinae, LBVs, and Supernova Impostors, Pittsburgh, PA 2017 SN 2008S and SN Impostor Impostors Phenomena, Physics, and Puzzles of Massive Stars, KITP, Santa Barbara, CA 2017 Finding Failed Supernovae PTF-Theory Network Workshop, San Rafael, CA 2016 Finding Failed Supernovae GROWTH Conference, Pasadena, CA 2016 Searching for Failed Supernovae American Astronomical Society Meeting #227, Kissimmee, FL 2016 Late-time Constraints on the Fates of Supernova Impostors Fifty-One Erg: Workshop on the Physics and Observations of Supernovae, Raleigh, NC 2015 Are SN 2008S-like Events Supernovae? 2nd Annual GMT Community Science Meeting: Transient Phenomena, Washington D.C SN 1997bs: Another SN Impostor Impostor? American Astronomical Society Meeting #217, Seattle, WA 2011 WIYN Open Cluster Study: Spectroscopic Abundances of M34 Press Releases The big star that couldn t become a supernova ( ( Could a Milky Way Supernova Be Visible from Earth in the Next 50 Years? ( Outreach & Service

4 4 Referee (PASP) Science Organizing Committee Member (The Dynamic Infrared Sky, 2017) Planetarium Presenter, OSU Star Party Volunteer, OSU Science Olympiad Mentor Refereed Journal Publications 8 first-author, 6 with major contributions, and 12 with minor contributions 26. De Rosa, and 112 others including Adams, S. M., Velocity-Resolved Reverberation Mapping of Five Bright Seyfert 1 Galaxies, The Astrophysical Journal, accepted 25. Johnson, S. A., Kochanek, C. S., & Adams, S. M., The quiescent progenitors of four Type II-P/L supernovae, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480, Jencson, J. E., Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. M. et al. SPIRITS 16tn in NGC 3556: A Heavily Obscured and Low-luminosity Supernova at 8.8 Mpc, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal, 863, Adams, S. M. et al., iptf Survey for Cool Transients, 2018, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 130, Ho, A. Y. Q. and 20 others including Adams, S. M., iptf Archival Search for Fast Optical Transients, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 854, Fausnaugh, M. M. and 71 others including Adams, S. M., Continuum Reverberation Mapping of the Accretion Disks in Two Seyfert 1 Galaxies, 2018, The Astrophysical Journal, 854, Kasliwal, M. M. and 80 others including Adams, S. M., Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger, 2017, Science, 358, Abbott B. P. and 3682 others including Adams, S. M., Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848, L Samson, A. J., Kochanek, C. S., & Adams, S. M., On the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 2012fh, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472, Miller, A. A. and 16 others including Adams, S. M., Color Me Intrigued: The Discovery of iptf 16fnm, an SN 2002cx-like Object, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 848, Bhalerao, V. and 32 others including Adams, S. M., A Tale of Two Transients: GW and GRB170105A, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 845, Mathur, S. and 149 others including Adams, S. M., Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. VII. Understanding the UV Anomaly in NGC 5548 with X-Ray Spectroscopy, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 846, Adams, S. M, Kochanek, C. S., Gerke, J. R., & Stanek, K. Z., The Search for Failed Supernovae with the Large Binocular Telescope: Constraints from 7 Years of Data, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469, 1445

5 5 13. Fausnaugh, M. M. and 70 others including Adams, S. M., Reverberation Mapping of Optical Emission Lines in Five Active Galaxies, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 840, Adams, S. M., Kochanek, C. S., Gerke, J. R., Stanek, K. Z., & Dai, X., The Search for Failed Supernovae with the Large Binocular Telescope: Confirmation of a Disappearing Star, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468, Pei, L. and 155 others including Adams, S. M., Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project V: Optical Spectroscopic Campaign and Emission-line Analysis for NGC 5548, 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 837, Kochanek, C. S., Fraser, M., Adams, S. M. et al. Supernova Progenitors, Their Variability, and the Type IIP Supernova ASASSN-16fq in M66, 2017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467, Adams, S. M., Kochanek, C. S., Prieto, J. L., Dai, X., Shappee, B. J., & Stanek, K. Z., Almost Gone: SN 2008S and NGC OT-1 are Fainter than their Progenitors, 2016, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460, Khan, R., Adams, S. M., Stanek, K. Z., Kochanek, C. S., & Sonneborn, G., Discovery of Five Candidate Analogs for η Carinae in Nearby Galaxies, 2015, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 815, L18 7. Adams, S. M. & Kochanek, C. S., LOSS s First Supernova? New Limits on the Supernova Impostor SN 1997bs, 2015, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452, Adams, S. M., Martini, P., Croxall, K. V., Overzier, R. A., & Silverman, J. D., Discovery of an Overdensity of Lyman-alpha Emitters Around a z 4 QSO with the Large Binocular Telescope, 2015, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448, Kochanek, C. S., Adams, S. M., & Belczynski, K., Stellar mergers are Common, 2014, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 443, Shappee, B.J. and 46 others including Adams, S. M., The Man behind the Curtain: X-Rays Drive the UV through NIR Variability in the 2013 Active Galactic Nucleus Outburst in NGC 2617, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 788, Adams, S. M., Kochanek, C. S., Beacom, J. F., Vagins, M. R., Stanek, K. Z., Observing the Next Galactic Supernova, 2013, The Astrophysical Journal, 778, Adams, S. M., Zaritsky, D., Sand, D. J., Graham, M. L., Bildfell, C., Hoekstra, H., & Pritchet, C., The Environmental Dependence of the Incidence of Galactic Tidal Features, 2012, The Astronomical Journal, 144, For, B.-Q. et al. and 19 others including Adams, S. M., Modeling the System Parameters of 2M : A New Longer Period Low-Mass Eclipsing sdb+dm Binary, 2010, The Astrophysical Journal, 708, 253 Non-refereed Articles 29. Jencon, J. E., Bond, H.e., Adams, S. M., & Kasliwal, M. M., Spitzer detections and prediscovery archival limits for AT 2018akh in M81, 2018, The Astronomer s Telegram, 11803

6 6 28. Miller, A. A., Bellm, E., Graham, M., Ho, A., Adams, S. M. et al., Discovery of ZTF18abauprj, a young Type Ia supernova in NGC 6279, 2018, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Bond, H. E., Adams, S. M., & Kasliwal, M. M., Pre-discovery detections and progenitor candidate for SPIRITS17qm in NGC 1365, 2018, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Bond, H. E., Adams, S. M., & Kasliwal, M. M., Pre-discovery detections and progenitor candidate for SPIRITS17pc in NGC 4388, 2018, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Kaskiwal, M. M., Adams, S. et al., Recent SPIRITS discoveries of Infrared Transients and Variables with Spitzer/IRAC, 2018, The Astronomer s Telegram, Adams, S. M., Kasliwal, M. M., & Blagorodnovam N., LIGO/Virgo G298048: Precise position of SSS17a based on HST and Gaia, 2017, Gamma-ray Coordination Network, Jencson, J. E., Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. et al., New SPIRITS discoveries of Infrared Transients and Variables, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Adams, S. M., Kasliwal, M. M., & Blagorodnova, N., LIGO/VIRGO G298048: Precise position of SSS17a based on HST and Gaia, 2017, Gamma-ray Coordination Network, Kupfer, T., Quimby, R., Adams, S. M., Vedantham, H, & Kasliwal, M. M., LIGO/Virgo G268556: Spectroscopic observations of ATLAS17aeu and iptf17cw, 2017, Gamma-ray Coordination Network, Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. M., Vedantham, H., Bhalerao, V., Cenko, S. B., & Quimby, R., LIGO/Virgo G268556: Palomar 200-inch detects ATLAS17aeu, possible afterglow of GRB070105A?, 2017, Gamma-ray Coordination Network, Jencson, J. E., Adams, S., Kasliwal, M. M., & Bond, H. E., Pre-discovery limits on SPIR- ITS17lb, a probable supernova in IC 2163, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. et al., Recent Discoveries of Infrared Transients and Variables by SPIRITS, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Blagorodnova, N., Kupfer, T., Burdge, K., Kasliwal, M., & Adams, S., Spectroscopic classification of PS17chm with Double Spectrograph on Palomar 200-inch telescope, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Lau, R. M., Kasliwal, M. M., Bond, H. E., Adams, S. et al., Spitzer prediscovery limits on PS17cke (=AT2017des), 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Blagorodnova, N. & Adams, S., Spectroscopic classification of Gaia17apq and Gaia17apv with Double Spectrograph on Palomar 200-inch telescope, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. et al., Additional SPIRITS Discoveries of Infrared Transients and Variables without Counterparts in Reference Imaging, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Kasliwal, M. M., Adams, S. et al., Additional SPIRITS Discoveries of Infrared Transients and Variables with Counterparts in Reference Imaging, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, 10171

7 7 12. Adams, S. et al., iptf Discovery and Identification of Bright Transients, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Kupfer, T. and 10 others including Adams, S., iptf Discovery and Identification of Bright Transients, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Blagorodnova, N. and 11 others including Adams, S., iptf Discovery and Identification of Bright Transients, 2017, The Astronomer s Telegram, Blagorodnova, N., Neill, J., Kasliwal, M., Walters, R., & Adams, S., Follow-up observations of DLT16am/AT2016ija with SEDM, 2016, The Astronomer s Telegram, Adams, S. M., Jencson, & J. E. Kasliwal, M. M., Swift follow-up of SPIRITS16tn, 2016, Astronomical Telegram, Jencson, J. E., Adams, S. et al., SPIRITS16tn: Spitzer Discovery of a Possible Supernova in Messier 108 at 8.8 Mpc, 2016, The Astronomer s Telegram, Bersier, D., Kochanek, C. S., Wagner, R. M., Adams, S., Dong, Subo, Optical Vanishing of the 2015 M31 Stellar Merger, 2015, The Astronomer s Telegram, Adams, S., Kochanek, C. S., Dong, Subo, & Wagner, R. M., Further Spitzer Observations of the 2015 M31 Stellar Merger, 2015, The Astronomer s Telegram, Wagner, R.M., Starrfield, S.G., Wilber, A., Kochanek, C.S., Dong, S., Prieto, J.-L., & Adams, S., The Probable M31 Stellar Merger Now Has a Late K or Early M Spectrum, 2015, The Astronomer s Telegram, Dong, Subo, Kochanek, C. S., Adams, S., & Prieto, J.-L., The Probable M31 Stellar Merger: Identification and Variability of the Likely Progenitor System, 2015, The Astronomer s Telegram, Gerke, J., Adams, S. M., Kochanek, C. S., & Stanek, K. Z., Recent Evolution of PSN J in M101 Using LBT, 2015, The Astronomer s Telegram, Garnavich, P., Littlefield, C., Terndrup, D., & Adams, S., V418 Ser: A Sub-Period Minimum CV With Hydrogen, 2014, The Astronomer s Telegram, 6287