Personal Information. Academic Background. Research Interests. Selected Graduate Coursework. Computing Experience

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1 Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Alexander J. W. Richert Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics Phone: (814) Penn State University Davey Lab Website: University Park, PA Citizenship: USA Languages: English (native speaker), Russian (intermediate) Academic Background The Pennsylvania State University Doctoral student, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics Thesis: The evolution of circumstellar disks, advisor Eric Feigelson Fall 2011 present University of Hawai i at Hilo B.S. Astronomy; B.A. Physics; Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology minor Fall 2010 Research Interests Numerical simulations of circumstellar disks using high-performance computing Observations of young star- and planet-forming environments Data mining with astronomical data sets Selected Graduate Coursework ASTRO 585, High-performance computing for astrophysics, Eric Ford, PSU, Spring 2014 ASTRO 585, Astrostatistics, Eric Feigelson, PSU, Spring 2013 IST 597B, Data mining-driven design, Conrad Tucker, PSU, Spring 2013 CE 563, Systems optimization using evolutionary algorithms, Patrick Reed, PSU, Spring 2012 Computing Experience Pencil Code contributor, including octree gravity module and misc. particle-related routines Regular user of high-performance clusters, including Stampede (TACC; P.I. s Mordecai-Mark Mac Low & Wladimir Lyra), Discover (NCCS; P.I. Marc Kuchner), and Lion-X clusters (PSU) Proficiencies: Strong: Bash, Fortran, MPI, Python (incl. Numpy, Scipy, matplotlib), misc. CLI utilities (e.g., sed, awk, make) Intermediate: Git, OpenMP, R/CRAN Basic: C++, IDL, Julia, Perl, Qt, Weka 1 of 7

2 Observing Experience CTIO Yale 1m telescope with Y4KCam CCD imager, 10 nights, P.I. David James, February 2011 KPNO 2.1m telescope with EXPERT spectrograph, 10 nights, P.I. Leslie Hebb, June 2010 Research Talks Disk lifetimes with MYStIX and SFiNCs, PSU, 7 February 2017 Modeling gas dust interactions in debris disks ; 5 talks: Emerging Researchers in Exoplanet Science Symposium (Cornell Univ.), DC/VA/MD Summer Astrophysics Meeting (George Washington Univ.), National Capital Area Disks meeting (Carnegie DTM), PSF Coffee (MPIA, Heidelberg), and department lunch talk (Penn State); Summer Fall 2016 Modeling the observational signatures of planets in circumstellar disks ; 7 talks: NASA JPL, Caltech, CSU Northridge, NASA Ames, Stanford/SLAC, Univ. of British Columbia, and Univ. of Virginia; Spring 2016 Are massive star-forming regions safe for planet formation? ; 3 talks: STScI, NASA Goddard, and Carnegie DTM; July 2015 Finding non-planetary variables in photometric survey data, PSU, 13 March 2012 Outreach and Service Journal reviewer, The Physics Teacher (1 manuscript) Chambliss Awards judge, American Astronomical Society meeting 229, January 2017 Volunteer for AstroNight ( Pluto debate organizer and moderator), PSU, October 2016 National Strategic Computing Initiative Anniversary Workshop, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, 29 July 2016 Scientific organizing committee member and Young Stars session chair, National Capital Area Disks meeting, Carnegie DTM, July 2016 Scientist pen pal, Letters to a Pre-Scientist (prescientist.org) Journal reviewer, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (1 manuscript) Volunteer for AstroFest, PSU, July 2015 Planetarium presentation for middle school field trip, PSU, 16 April 2015 Volunteer mentor for American Statistical Association s DataFest, PSU, 12 April Astronomy Ambassador, American Astronomical Society Volunteer for AstroNight, PSU, 11 October 2014 Volunteer for AstroNight, PSU, 29 September 2012 Volunteer at Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station, Hawai i, Fall 2007 Spring of 7

3 Awards Co-investigator on Hubble Cycle 24 grant, $134,000 award, Space Telescope Science Institute, PI Wladimir Lyra Zaccheus Daniel Award, academic year, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, PSU Zaccheus Daniel Award, academic year, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, PSU Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, PSU American Astronomical Society 2015 Astronomy Ambassadors Program NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) internship, Summer 2010, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University Teaching Experience: Instructor of Record ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Spring 2015 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Fall 2014 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Spring 2014 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Spring 2013 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Fall 2012 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Spring 2012 ASTRO 11, Elementary Astronomy Laboratory, PSU, Fall 2011 Teaching Experience: Guest Lectures Current questions in planet formation, ASTRO 420, Steinn Sigurðsson, PSU, 9 November 2016 Galaxy evolution, ASTRO 120, Steinn Sigurðsson, PSU, 23 January 2015 Exoplanet direct imaging, ASTRO 420W, Steinn Sigurðsson, PSU, 20 October 2014 The solar system, ASTRO 001, Ana Matković, PSU, 30 September 2014 The Earth Moon system, ASTRO 10, Alex Wolszczan, PSU, 11 October 2011 History of astronomy and spectral types, ASTRO 20S, Jason Wright, PSU, 15 November 2011 Teaching Experience: Training & Certification Graduate Student Online Teaching Certificate, PSU, Fall 2016 Graduate School Teaching Certificate, awarded by the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, PSU, January 2015 Course in College Teaching, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, PSU, Spring 2013 Workshops on course design, active learning, and student assessment, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, PSU, Fall of 7

4 Teaching Experience: Other Coordinated revision of ASTRO 11 lab manual, PSU, Summer 2014 Created new planetarium activity for freshman astronomy classes, PSU, Fall 2014 Teaching assistant, rooftop observatory and planetarium, PSU, Spring 2012 Spring 2015 Teaching assistant, ASTRO 10, Elementary Astronomy, Chad Bender, PSU, Fall 2012 Teaching assistant, ASTRO 414, Stellar Structure & Evolution, Richard Wade, PSU, Spring 2012 Teaching assistant, ASTRO 485, High-Energy Astrophysics, Niel Brandt, PSU, Fall of 7

5 Publications Refereed Publications: Astronomy Alexander J.W. Richert 7 refereed papers with 87 total citations (19 for 1st & 2nd author papers) as of March 2017: 7. James, D. J., Aarnio, A. N., Richert, A. J. W., et al. 2016, MNRAS, 459, Fundamental stellar parameters for selected T-Tauri stars in the Chamaeleon and Rho Ophiuchus star-forming regions Role: calculated extinction and reddening coefficients to determine stellar ages and masses using theoretical isochrones and mass tracks on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram. 6. Lyra, W., Richert, A. J. W., Boley, A., Turner, N., Mac Low, M.-M, Okuzumi, S., & Flock, M. 2016, ApJ, 817, 102. On Shocks Driven by High-mass Planets in Radiatively Inefficient Disks. II. Three-dimensional Global Disk Simulations Role: assisted in early development of simulations; consulted on science discussion. 5. Richert, A. J. W., Feigelson, E. D., Getman, K. V., & Kuhn, M. A. 2015, ApJ, 811, 10. No Evidence for Protoplanetary Disk Destruction By OB Stars in the MYStIX Sample Role: conducted all science analysis and authored manuscript. 4. Richert, A. J. W., Lyra, W., Boley, A., Mac Low, M.-M., & Turner, N. 2015, ApJ, 804, 95. On Shocks Driven by High-mass Planets in Radiatively Inefficient Disks. I. Two-dimensional Global Disk Simulations Role: designed and carried out all simulations, authored manuscript. 3. Lockwood, A. C., Johnson, J. A., Bender, C. F., et al. 2014, ApJL, 783, L29. Near-IR Direct Detection of Water Vapor in Tau Boötis b Role: reduced echelle spectra; removed near-ir telluric absorption lines using model fitting. 2. Collins, K. A., Eastman, J. D., Beatty, T. G., et al. 2014, AJ, 147, 39. KELT-6b: A P 7.9 Day Hot Saturn Transiting a Metal-poor Star with a Long-period Companion Role: same as for Pepper et al. 1. Pepper, J., Siverd, R. J., Beatty, T. G., et al. 2013, ApJ, 773, 64. KELT-3b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a V = 9.8 Late-F Star Role: reduced echelle spectra and performed low-resolution RV analysis for planet candidates to exclude binary systems; helped to develop false positive rejection methods for candidate planets. 5 of 7

6 Refereed Publications: Non-Astronomy 2. Binder, P.-M., & Richert, A. 2011, Physics Education, 46, Richert, A., & Binder, P.-M. 2011, The Physics Teacher, 49, 78. Non-Refereed Publications 6. Richert, A. J. W., Kuchner, M. J., & Lyra, W. 2017, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 229, Richert, A. J. W., Kuchner, M. J., & Lyra, W. 2016, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 227, Richert, A. J. W., & Feigelson, E. D. 2015, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 225, Collins, K. A., Siverd, R., Beatty, T. G., et al. 2013, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 222, Pepper, J., Siverd, R., Beatty, T. G., et al. 2013, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 221, Richert, A., James, D., Bouvier, J., et al. 2011, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 43, of 7

7 References Alexander J.W. Richert Eric Feigelson, distinguished senior scholar and professor at Penn State University. (814) Thesis advisor, graduate research advisor, Fall 2013 present. Wladimir Lyra, assistant professor at California State University, Northridge. (818) Graduate research advisor, collaborator, Summer 2013 present. David James, assistant astronomer at Cerro Tololo Inter-american Observatory. (+56) Undergraduate research advisor, collaborator, Fall 2009 Spring of 7