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/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
Instructor, NSF Chautauqua Course, "Adaptive Optics for Vision Science
    and Astronomy" (2000)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology (1995 - 1997)

Honors:
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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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NASA Origins of Solar Systems Research Grant, PI, 2003-2006
Hubble Space Telescope Guest Observer, PI, Cycles 9,13, 14, and 15
Spitzer Space Telescope Guest Observer, PI, Cycles 1, 2, and 3
Co-Investigator, Carnegie NASA Astrobiology Institute Node (2004-2008)

Recent professional service:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (2006-2009)
SOFIA Science Council (2007-2009)
ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee (2006-2008)
Chair, Annie Jump Cannon Award (AAS) Committee (2006)
Councilor, American Astronomical Society (2003-2006)
Magellan Telescopes Science Advisory Committee (2005-2008)
Giant Magellan Telescope Science Working Group (2003-2007)
NASA Keck Telescope Time Allocation Committee (2004-2006)
Panel Chair, Spitzer Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee (2006)
Referee for Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal (Letters),
        Astronomical Journal,Astronomy & Astrophysics, Nature

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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"Debris Disks Around Nearby Stars with Circumstellar Gas," Roberge, A. &
Weinberger, A. J. 2008, ApJ, in press (astro-ph/arXiv:0711.4561)

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

"Stabilization of the disk around Beta Pictoris by extremely
carbon-rich gas," Roberge, A., Feldman, P. D., Weinberger, A. J.,
Deleuil, M., & Bouret, J.-C. 2006, Nature, 441, 724

"Evolution of Circumstellar Disks Around Normal Stars: Placing Our
Solar System in Context," Meyer, M. R., Backman, D. E., Weinberger,
A. J. & Wyatt, M. C. 2006, in Protostars and Planets V (University of
Arizona Press: Tucson), Ed. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt & K. Keil