CURRICULUM VITAE: Alycia J. Weinberger

Department of Terrestrial Magnetism             Phone: (202) 478-8852
Carnegie Institution of Washington              Fax: (202) 478-8821
5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W.                    weinberger () dtm.ciw.edu
Washington, DC 20015                            http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/users/alycia/

Citizenship: United States

Education:
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California Institute of Technology      Physics M.A.1993;  Physics Ph.D.1998
University of Pennsylvania              Physics B.A. 1991

Professional experience:
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Scientific Staff, 2001-present, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department 
    of Terrestrial Magnetism
        - Research on composition, structure, and evolution of circumstellar disks
        - Mentor for undergraduate and high school summer interns
NICMOS Postdoctoral Research Astronomer and Astrobiology Postdoctoral Fellow, 
    1998-2001, University of California, Los Angeles

Honors:
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Beatrice Tinsley Visiting Fellow at University of Texas Austin (2011)
Vainu Bappu Gold Medal of Astronomical Society of India for 2000 (awarded 2002)
UCLA Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (2001)
Annie Jump Cannon Award of American Association of University Women and American 
      Astronomical Society (2000)
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship (1996 - 1997)
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship (1992 - 1995)
Phi Beta Kappa (1991)

Awarded Proposals:
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Co-Investigator, Carnegie NASA Astrobiology Institute Node (2004-present)
Hubble Space Telescope Guest Observer, PI, Cycles 9, 13, 14, 15, and 19
Spitzer Space Telescope Guest Observer, PI, Cycles 1, 2, and 3
ExoPlanet Imaging Coronagraph concept study (co-I, study team)
NASA Origins of Solar Systems Research Grant, PI, 2003-2006

Recent professional service:
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SOFIA Science Council (2007-present, current chair)
Giant Magellan Telescope Science Advisory Committee (2008-present)
NASA Exoplanet Analysis Group Executive Committee (2010-present)
ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee (2006-2010, 2009 chair)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (2006-2009)
Referee for Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal (Letters),
        Astronomical Journal,Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nature, PASJ

Professional Affiliations:
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American Astronomical Society and Division of Planetary Science, Full Member
NASA Astrobiology Institute

Selected Recent Publications
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"The Absence of Cold Dust and the Mineralogy and Origin of the Warm Dust
Encircling BD +20 307," Weinberger, A. J., Becklin, E. E., Song, I. &
Zuckerman, B. 2011, ApJ, 726, 72

"Strong Constraints to the Putative Planet Candidate around VB 10 Using
Doppler Spectroscopy," Anglada-Escudé, G., Shkolnik, E. L., Weinberger, A. J.,
Thompson, I. B., Osip, D. J. & Debes, J. H. 2010, ApJ Letters, 711, L24

"The Carnegie Astrometric Planet Search Program," Boss, A. P., Weinberger,
A. J. et al. 2009, PASP, 121, 1218

"Debris Disks Around Nearby Stars with Circumstellar Gas," Roberge, A. &
Weinberger, A. J. 2008, ApJ, 676, 509

"Complex Organic Materials in the Circumstellar Disk of HR 4796A,"
Debes, J. H., Weinberger, A. J. & Schneider, G. 2007, ApJ Lett., 673,
L191