Sean Andrews

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Current Position

• Hubble Fellow (since 2007), Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Research Interests

• Circumstellar disks: gas and dust structure, dynamics, and evolution
• Planet formation: solid particle growth in disks, formation timescales
• High angular resolution aperture synthesis techniques (~10-1000 GHz)

Education

• Ph.D. in Astronomy, 2007 | University of Hawaii-Manoa
     Submillimeter Constraints on Circumstellar Disk Evolution (advisor: Jonathan P. Williams)
• M.S. in Astronomy, 2003 | University of Hawaii-Manoa
• B.A. in Physics and Mathematics (with Honors), 2001 | Northwestern University

Honors and Awards

• Hubble Fellowship, 2007-2010
• NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, 2005-2007

Research Experience

• Research assistant, 2002-2007 | University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
• Research assistant, 1998-2001 | Northwestern University
• NASA summer program research intern, 2000 | Northwestern University
• REU program summer intern, 1999 | NRAO Tucson

Publications

• 17 refereed publications, 10 as first author
• 421 citations; h-index = 10 (last update: October 2009)

Teaching and Student Advising

• REU program advisor for Mr. Ian Czekala, 2009 | SAO/Harvard
• Teaching assistant, 2001 | University of Hawaii-Manoa
     occasional lectures, grading, homework and test preparation for Astro 110 undergraduate courses

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