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Lisa Jennifer Kewley



CfA Fellow
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-20
Cambridge, MA 02138
web: cfa-www.harvard.edu/$^{\sim}$lkewley


Date of Birth: 30/05/74


Nationality: Australian


Languages: English, French




Education



1996 - 2002 : PhD - ``The AGN-Starburst Connection in Luminous Infrared Galaxies''
    PhD awarded 5 June 2002: Australian National University
1995 : Bachelor of Science (honours) - University of Adelaide
1992-1994 : Bachelor of Science - University of Adelaide




Fellowships, Awards and Grants



2001 : CfA Fellowship
2000 : Australian Academy of Science Young Researcher Award
2000 : DIST program small grant 'Space Science with the Hubble Space Telescope'.
1999 : French Service Culturel & Scientifique travel grant.
1999 : Astronomical Society of Australia Best Student Oral Presentation Prize.
1998 : DIST program small grant 'Space Science with the Hubble Space Telescope'.
1998 : International Astronomical Union Travel Grant.
1998 : Australian Research Council French-Australian Collaboration Grant.
1998 : PICS Cooperation French-Australian Collaboration Grant.
1996 : Australian Postgraduate Award PhD Scholarship
1995 : Astronomical Society of Australia Bok Prize - Best astronomy undergraduate research report.




Employment



2001 - current : CfA Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
2001 : Visiting Scholar - Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
2000 - 2001 : MSSSO Systems Administrator - part time position
2000 : Australia Telescope National Facility - part time research associate in interference excision
1999 : Australian National University - 1st year Astronomy (Phys 1009) tutoring
1995 - 1996 : Defence Science and Technology Organisation - professional research officer
1995 : Adelaide University - 1st yr physics lab demonstrating




Primary Research Interests



$\bullet$ Star formation and chemical evolution in galaxies as a function of redshift.
$\bullet$ The AGN/starburst connection in infrared galaxies.
$\bullet$ Development of theoretical emission-line diagnostics for intrinsic galaxy parameters (e.g. metallicity, ionization state, star formation rates).
$\bullet$ Development of the Mappings interactive webpage for use by the astronomical community
(http://www-cfa.harvard.edu/$\sim$lkewley/Mappings).

Teaching



2002 - current : External advisor JHU/StScI PhD student, main advisor: Claus Leitherer
2002 - current : Instructor Swinburne Astronomy On-Line ``Introductory Radio Astronomy and SETI''
2003 - current : Instructor Swinburne Astronomy On-Line ``Exploring Stars and the Milky Way''
1999 - 2000 : Co-supervisor Honours student
1999 - 2000 : 1st year undergraduate astronomy tutor
1999 - 2000 : Principal supervisor 3rd year student project
1998 - 1999 : Principal supervisor 3nd year vacation student project




Professional Organisations & Science Teams



2002 - current : Team Member: SIRTF SINGS Legacy Team.
2001 - current : Team Member: Chandra Deep Field South.
2001 - current : Member: American Astronomical Society.




Journal Article Reviews



Several articles refereed for: the Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, the Astrophysical Journal, the Astrophysical Journal Letters, and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society




Telescope Time Awarded (only time allocated in 2003 is listed)



Year Time Telescope PI
2003 : 130 ks XMM Ptak
2003 : 2.5 nights UKIRT Kewley
2003 : 1 night Magellan Kewley
2003 : 2 nights Magellan Mallen-Ornélas
2003 : 96 hours Australia Telescope Compact Array Kewley




Computing Skills



I am fluent in the following languages and programming packages; PERL, C, FORTRAN, MATLAB, IDL, IRAF, AIPS, MIRIAD, PGPLOT, HTML. I am very familiar with PC-based, Unix, and Mac OSX operating systems.




Colloquiua and Seminars (2002-2003)



Oct 2003 : Invited Talk, Stellar Populations Meeting, Garching: ``Emission-line Diagnostics''
Sep 2003 : Colloquium, Mount Stromlo Observatory
May 2003 : OIR lunch seminar, CfA
Apr 2003 : Star Formation Seminar, University of Hawaii
Apr 2003 : Colloquium, JCMT/Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo
Mar 2003 : Colloquium, University of Arizona
Sep 2002 : Colloquium, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK
Apr 2002 : Contributed Talk, Galaxy Evolution: Theory and Observations, Cozumel


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