Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson (formerly Sarah E. Robinson)

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1 Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson (formerly Sarah E. Robinson) Assistant Professor University of Texas Astronomy Department 1 University Station C1400 Austin, TX (512) sdr@astro.as.utexas.edu Research Areas Planetary archaeology I use telescope spectroscopy to chemically analyze stars and their orbiting dust, reading the fossil record of planet growth. Planet formation I perform supercomputer simulations of the dynamical and chemical environment of planet growth to explain the size and composition of known planets. Honors and Awards National Science Foundation CAREER Award, University of Texas Dean s Fellowship, 2010 Spitzer Space Telescope Fellowship, (honorary from ) NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, (declined) Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship, UC Santa Cruz Teaching Fellowship, Summer 2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science Valedictorian, 2002 Rochester Institute of Technology College of Science Outstanding Scholar Award, 2002 Research Employment From 2009 Assistant Professor, University of Texas Spitzer Space Telescope Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Graduate Fellow Graduate Research Assistant, UC Santa Cruz NSF Graduate Research Fellow, UC Santa Cruz Affiliate, National Astronomy Observatory of Japan 2001 Research Experience for Undergrads, Kitt Peak National Observatory Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rochester Institute of Technology

2 Education Invited Talks University of California at Santa Cruz Ph.D., Astronomy and Astrophysics, June 2008 Thesis: Chemistry of Planet Formation M.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics, August 2005 Thesis: Stellar Atmospheric Parameters from Low-Resolution Spectra Rochester Institute of Technology B.S. summa cum laude, Imaging Science, May 2002 Thesis: Fourier Analysis of Fine Guidance Sensor Transfer Scans Oct 2011 Giant Magellan Telescope symposium, Harvard Sep 2011 National Society of Black and Hispanic Physicists conference, Austin, TX July 2011 Origins of Solar Systems Gordon Research Conference, Mt. Holyoke May 2011 Seminars for Adult Growth and Enrichment, University of Texas May 2011 Exploring Strange New Worlds conference, Lowell Observatory Mar 2011 Colloquium, Baylor University Feb 2011 Colloquium, Cornell University Nov 2010 Public Lecture, Math Club, University of Texas Nov 2010 Seminar, Carnegie Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Aug 2010 Small Ice and Silicate Bodies workshop, Bear Fight Institute Jul 2010 Board of Visitors Meeting, McDonald Observatory Feb 2010 Public Lecture, UT POSSE (Student Club), University of Texas Feb 2010 Women in Science and Engineering Symposium, Texas A&M Jan 2010 Interstellar Matter Seminar, University of Texas Nov 2009 Colloquium, Cornell University Oct 2009 Planetary Science Symposium, University of Texas Mar 2009 Planetary Science Seminar, Caltech Mar 2009 Interstellar Matter Seminar, University of Texas Feb 2009 Colloquium, University of Florida Jan 2009 Astrostatistics Seminar, University of Florida Jan 2009 Greater IPAC Science Symposium, Caltech Nov 2008 Public Lecture, Sonoma State University Oct 2008 IPAC Seminar, Caltech Feb 2008 Colloquium, University of Texas Nov 2007 Seminar, UC Berkeley Oct 2007 Seminar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

3 Oct 2007 Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study Sep 2007 Seminar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sep 2006 Seminar, Michelson Science Center (Caltech) June 2006 UCSC-NASA Ames joint meeting Nov 2005 Seminar, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Service to the Community Member National Science Foundation Astrophysics grant review panel (2011) Member NASA Origins of Solar Systems grant review panel (2008, 2010) Member Harlan J. Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship selection committee (2008, 2010) External Reviewer NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship selection (2011) External Grant Reviewer NASA Planetary Geophysics and Geology (2010) External Grant Reviewer NASA Origins of Solar Systems program (2009, 2011) Grant Reviewer US-Israeli Binational Science Foundation (2009, 2011) Grant Reviewer NASA Exoplanet Research Program (2009) Article Reviewer Astrophysical Journal ( ) Article Reviewer Nature, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2010) Article Reviewer Astrophysical Journal Letters (2009) Article Reviewer Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (2006) Popular Press June 26, 2011 The Silicon Effect by Greg Laughlin December 2, 2010 No, we haven t found life on another planet. But we ve found some very interesting critters here on Earth. interview by Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle May 11, 2010 interview for Women in Planetary Science blog (womeninplanetaryscience.wordpress.com) April 1, 2009 A Hot Saturn That s Not So Odd by Phil Berardelli, ScienceNOW June 1, 2006 Silicon Seeding, Editor s Choice, Science Teaching and Mentoring Experience Instructor, AST 364 Solar System Astronomy (upper division), University of Texas, Fall 2011 Instructor, AST 309S The Solar System, University of Texas, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011 Instructor, AST 301 Introduction to Astronomy, University of Texas, Fall 2010 Mentor, Women Mentoring Women program, Caltech, Teaching Fellow, UCSC Astronomy Dept., Summer 2007

4 Taught Overview of the Universe, a one-quarter survey of modern astronomy. Project Advisor, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS), Summer 2004 and 2005 Teaching Assistant, UCSC Astronomy Dept., Spring 2004 Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, 8/2002-8/2003 Current Students Erik Brugamyer, anticipated Ph.D Chemical compositions of exoplanet host stars: Signatures of grain nucleation Paul Robertson, anticipated Ph.D Robust detections of planets orbiting M dwarfs Kevin Gullikson, anticipated Ph.D Discovery of O/M Binaries: Observational evidence for disk instability Mo Emma Yu, anticipated Ph.D Chemical models of the formation and ice inventory of Ceres Russell Landry, undergraduate Viscous evolution of protostellar disks with magnetorotational turbulence

5 Refereed Publications 1. Beichman, C. A., Lisse, C. M., Tanner, A. M., Bryden, G., Akeson, R. L., Ciardi, D. R., Boden, A. F., Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Salyk, C., & Wyatt, M. C. Multi-Epoch Observations of HD 69830: High Resolution Spectroscopy and Limits to Variability. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, in press 2. Brugamyer, E., Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Cochran, W., & Sneden, C. Silicon and Oxygen Abundances in Planet-Host Stars. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 738, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., & Salyk, C. Transitional Disks as Signposts of Young, Multiplanet Systems. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 738, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Beichman, C. A., Carpenter, J. M., & Bryden, G. A Spitzer InfraRed Spectrograph Study of Debris Disks Around Planet-Host Stars. 2011, Astronomical Journal, vol. 141, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., & Bodenheimer, P. The Formation of Uranus and Neptune in Solid-Rich Feeding Zones: Connecting Chemistry and Dynamics. 2010, Icarus, vol. 207, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Veras, D., Ford, E. B., & Beichman, C. A. The Formation Mechanism of Gas Giants on Wide Orbits. 2009, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 707, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., & Bodenheimer, P. Discovering the Growth Histories of Exoplanets: The Saturn Analog HD b. 2009, Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 695, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Willacy, K., Bodenheimer, P., Turner, N. J., & Beichman, C. Ice Lines, Planetesimal Composition and Solid Surface Density in the Solar Nebula. 2009, Icarus, vol. 200, p Dodson-Robinson, S. E., Bodenheimer, P., Laughlin, G., Willacy, K., Turner, N. J., & Beichman, C. Saturn Forms by Core Accretion in 3.4 Myr. 2008, Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 688, p Robinson, S. E., Laughlin, G., Vogt, S. S., Fischer, D. A., Butler, R. P., Marcy, G. W., Henry, G. W., Driscoll, P., Takeda, G., & Johnson, J. A. Two Jovian-Mass Planets in Earthlike Orbits. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 670, p Fischer, D. A., Marcy, G. W., Butler, R. P., Sato, B., Vogt, S. S., Robinson, S., Laughlin, G., Henry, G. W., Ida, S., Toyota, E., Omiya, M., Driscoll, P., Takeda, G., Wright, J. T., & Johnson, J. A. Five Intermediate-Period Planets from the N2K Sample. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 669, p. 1336

6 12. Robinson, S. E., Ammons, S. M., Kretke, K. A., Strader, J., Wertheimer, J. G., Fischer, D. A., & Laughlin, G. The N2K Consortium. VII. Atmospheric Parameters of 1907 Metal-Rich Stars: Finding Planet-Search Targets. 2007, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, vol. 169, p Robinson, S. E., Laughlin, G., Bodenheimer, P., & Fischer, D. Silicon and Nickel Enrichment in Planet-Host Stars: Observations and Implications for the Core- Accretion Theory of Planet Formatio. 2006, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 643, p Robinson, S. E., Strader, J., Ammons, S. M., Laughlin, G., & Fischer, D. The N2K Consortium. V. Identifying Very Metal-Rich Stars with Low-Resolution Spectra: Finding Planet-Search Targets. 2006, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 637, p Ammons, S. M., Robinson, S. E., Strader, J., Laughlin, G., Fischer, D., & Wolf, A. The N2K Consortium. IV. New Temperatures and Metallicities for More than 100,000 FGK Dwarfs. 2006, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 638, p Fischer, D. A., Laughlin, G., Marcy, G. W., Butler, R. P., Vogt, S. S., Johnson, J. A., Henry, G. W., McCarthy, C., Ammons, M., Robinson, S., Strader, J., Valenti, J. A., McCullough, P. R., Charbonneau, D., Haislip, J., Knutson, H. A., Reichart, D. E., McGee, P., Monard, B., Wright, J. T., Ida, S., Sato, B., & Minniti, D. The N2K Consortium. III. Short-Period Planets Orbiting HD and HD , Astrophysical Journal, vol. 637, p Sato, B., Fischer, D. A., Henry, G. W., Laughlin, G., Butler, R. P., Marcy, G. W., Vogt, S. S., Bodenheimer, P., Ida, S., Toyota, E., Wolf, A., Valenti, J. A., Boyd, L. J., Johnson, J. A., Wright, J. T., Ammons, M., Robinson, S., Strader, J., McCarthy, C., Tah, K. L., & Minniti, D. The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD with a Large Dense Core. 2005, Astrophysical Journal, vol. 633, p Fischer, D. A., Laughlin, G., Butler, P., Marcy, G., Johnson, J., Henry, G., Valenti, J., Vogt, S., Ammons, M., Robinson, S., Spear, G., Strader, J., Driscoll, P., Fuller, A., Johnson, T., Manrao, E., McCarthy, C., Munoz, M., Tah, K. L., Wright, J., Ida, S., Sato, B., Toyota, E., & Minniti, D. The N2K Consortium. I. A Hot Saturn Planet Orbiting HD , Astrophysical Journal, vol. 620, p Horch, E. P., Robinson, S. E., Ninkov, Z., van Altena, W. F., Meyer, R. D., Urban, S. E., & Mason, B. D. Speckle Observations of Binary Stars with the WIYN Telescope. III. A Partial Survey of A, F and G Dwarfs. 2002, Astronomical Journal, vol. 124, p Horch, E. P., Robinson, S. E., Meyer, R. D., van Altena, W. F., Ninkov, Z., & Piterman, A. Speckle Observations of Binary Stars with the WIYN Telescope. II. Relative Astrometry Measures during , Astronomical Journal, vol. 123, p. 3442