KELSEY E. JOHNSON Curriculum Vita	tel: 434-924-4349 e-mail: kej7a [at] virginia.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Dec 2001
  Thesis title: ``The Properties of Super Star Clusters in Starburst Galaxies ''
  Thesis advisor: Peter S. Conti
• M.S. Astrophysics, University of Colorado, 1997
• B.A. with Honors and Distinction, Physics, Carleton College, 1995

RESEARCH POSITIONS

• Asst. Professor, UVa 2005-present
• Adjunct Asst. Astronomer, NRAO 2005-present
• Hubble Fellow, UVa 2004-2005
• NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, NRAO and U. Wisconsin 2001-2004

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• ALMA International Science Advisory Committee (term 2008-2011)
• SOC, ALMA Workshop: "The Birth and Feedback of High-Mass Stars, Within and Beyond the Galaxy" (2007-2008)
• NRAO Very Large Array Director search committee (2007)
• NRAO Strategic Planning Council (2007-)
• NRAO Observatory Science Council (2007-)
• SOC, ESO Workshop: ``12 Questions on Massive Star Formation'', Germany (2007)
• Tinsley Prize Committee (American Astronomical Society, term 2006-2009)
• ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee (term 2006-2009)
• Contributing author to the Science Case for the 10% SKA (2006)
• Spitzer Space Telescope Proposal Selection Panel (2006)
• LOC, NRAO workshop ``From Z-Machines to ALMA'' (2006)
• National Radio Astronomy Observatories Image Contest panel (2005-present)
• NSF Committee of Visitors (AST Division) (2005)
• Panelist "Balancing Family Life with Career", (NSF Fellows Symp. 2005)
• Chairperson, NSF Fellows Symposium (2005)
• HST Cycle 14 Proposal Selection Panel (2004-present)
• Member of the GBT Student Support Committee (2004-present)
• Contributing author to the Revised Science Case for the SKA (2004)
• Member of AIPS++ testing group (2002)
• NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Review panels (2002,2004)
• Chair of LOC for workshop, ``Massive Star Formation'', Boulder (2001)
• Referee for ApJ, AJ, A&A, and PASP (2000-present)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Professor, Astronomy 127 "Unsolved Mysteries in the Universe" (2008)
• Professor, Astronomy 313 "Observational Astronomy" (2007)
• Professor, Astronomy 124 "Intro to Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe", UVa, (2005-present)
• Instructor for graduate observational astronomy course Astronomy 500, U. Wisconsin (2003)
• Instructor for Astronomy 920, ``College Science Teaching: Pedagogy for Teaching Assistants and Future Faculty'', U. Wisc. (2002)
• Lead Graduate Teacher for APS Dept., U. Colorado (1998-2000)
• Instructor for APS 6000, ``Improving Your Classroom Teaching'', U. Colorado (1999)
• Led U. Colorado workshop series on educational topics (1999)
• Astronomy lab instructor, U. Colorado (1995-1997)
• Astronomy lab assistant, Carleton College (1993-1995)

CURRENT STUDENTS

• Amy Reines
• Lisa May Walker
• David Whelan

• Indraneil Biswas
• Amanda Heiderman (REU student)
• Alan Aversa (REU student)

EPO & BROADER IMPACT ACTIVITIES 2000-present

• Presented lecture for Engaging the Mind series (2007)
• Presented lecture to the Jeffereson Institute for Lifelong Learning (2007)
• Presented workshops in Space Science for Teachers program, Virginia, (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Presented lecture to Charlottesville Astronomical Society (2006)
• Presented public lecture at McCormick Observatory, U.Va. (2005,2006,2007)
• Organizer of monthly TA meetings (Astro. Dept., U. Wisconsin 2003)
• Participated in NRAO workshop for K-12 science teachers (2002)
• Ran ``Universe in the Park'' sessions in Wisconsin State Parks (2002)
• Member of TA Training Committee (Astro. Dept., U. Wisconsin 2001-2004)
• Advised a high school astronomy research project (Boulder Valley, 2000-2001)
• Received training in faculty development (U.Colorado -2000)
• Piloted new astronomy education resources in elementary schools (Boulder Valley, -2000)
• Ran public ``open houses'' at the Sommers Bausch Observatory at the U.Colorado (-2000)

HONORS & AWARDS 2000-present

• David & Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow (2007)
• Distinguished young investigator FEST Award (2007)
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2006)
• Excellence in Diversity Fellowship, UVa (2005)
• Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2005)
• Spitzer Postdoctoral Fellowship offer (2004)
• NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2004)
• Jansky Postdoctoral Fellowship offer (2001, 2004)
• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Fellowship (1998-2001)
• Dorothy Martin Woman Doctoral Student Award, awarded annually to top female graduate student in any discipline at U.Colorado (2000)

INVITED TALKS 2000-present (meetings/venues)

• NSF Fellows Symposium, keynote talk 2008
• Boston University Colloquium 2007
• Young Massive Star Clusters, Spain 2007
• European Southern Observatory (ESO) Workshop, Germany 2007
• U. Arizona Colloquium 2007
• U. Michigan Colloquium 2007
• Radford University Colloquium 2007
• Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Colloquium, Victoria 2006
• Dust and gas in ULIRGs, Cornell University 2006
• Massive Stars Symposium, Space Telescope Science Institute 2006
• Carleton College Physics & Astronomy Seminar, 2006
• Dwarf Galaxies as Cosmological Probes, Ringberg Castle, Germany 2006
• Globular Clusters -- Guides to Galaxies, Chile 2006
• Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena 2005
• Massive Star Birth: A Crossroads to Astrophysics, IAU227 Italy, 2005
• Jansky Fellows Symposium, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville 2005
• Hubble Fellows Symposium, Space Telescope Science Institute, 2005
• BIMA seminar, University of Maryland, 2004
• Navel Research Lab seminar, D.C. 2004
• NSF Fellows Symposium, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2003
• The Formation and Evolution of Massive Star Clusters, Cancun, 2003
• U. Minnesota Colloquium, 2003
• New Mexico State University Colloquium, 2002
• Research and Education Special Session, America Astronomical Society Meeting, 2002
• The New Radio Universe, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2002
• A Massive Star Odyssey, IAU 212 Lanzarote, 2002
• U. Wisconsin Colloquium, Madison 2002
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory Colloquium, Socorro 2002
• The Earliest Stages of Massive Star Birth, Boulder, 2001
• Carleton College Physics \& Astronomy Seminar, Northfield 2001
• Massive Star Birth, International Astronomical Union General Assembly 24, England, 2000
• Press Conference, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 2000