Professional Activities
Research Journal, Telescope, and Fellowship Referee
Scientific referee for Nature, Science, The Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters,
Astronomical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Publications of the Astronomical
Society of Japan
Reviewer for NASA's NPP (Postdoctoral Fellowship) Program
NOAO Telescopes Time Allocation Committee Member (2009-2011)
Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee Member (Cycle 17)
Giacconi Fellowship Committee Member (2009)
Scientific referee for the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and Gemini Telescope
Scientific referee for the National Science Foundation
Current Scientific Activities at STScI
Project Scientist for JWST (2013 - current)
Deputy Project Scientist for JWST (2010 - 2013)
Chair, STScI colloquium (Fall 2009 and Spring 2010)
Lead morning coffee with a summary of astro-ph papers from the previous day (daily, 2008-2010)
Created and organized the STScI Astro-Jamboree (2009)
Organized the Friday Science Journals Club (2008-2010)
Created and organized STScI's Friday Seminar Series (2008-2010)
Professional Meetings and/or Seminar Series Organized and/or Chaired
Scientific organizing committee member for 2015 GMT Science Conference on Stellar Populations (Monterey Bay CA)
Scientific organizing committee member for 2015 IMF workshop (Baltimore MD)
Scientific organizing committee member for 2015 "Mocking the Universe" workshop (Baltimore MD)
Scientific organizing committee member for the "The Cosmic Distance Scale" meeting (Mar 2014, Baltimore MD)
Scientific organizing committee member for the "Mass Loss Return from Stars to Galaxies Workshop" (Mar 2012, Baltimore, MD)
Scientific and local organizer for the "Frontier Science Opportunities with JWST" meeting (Jun 2011, Baltimore, MD)
Chair of the 2010 STScI May Symposium, "Stellar Populations in the Cosmological Context"
Scientific and local organizer for the "Beyond JWST: Next Steps in UV-O-NIR Space Astronomy" Workshop (Mar 2009, Baltimore, MD)
Local organizer for the "Ages of Stars" IAU Symposium 258 (Oct 2008, Baltimore, MD)
Scientific and local organizer for the 2008 Keck Science Meeting (Sep 2008, UC Santa Cruz)
Chair, local, and scientific organizer for the 1st California Postdoc Conference (Aug 2008, UC Santa Cruz)
Session chair at 2007 "A New Zeal for Old Galaxies" Meeting (New Zealand)
Co-created and organized UC Santa Cruz Summer Friday Talk Series (2007-2008)
Organized UC Santa Cruz Tuesday Astro Lunch Kaleidoscope Series (2007-2008)
Co-created and organized UC Santa Cruz Postdoctoral Journals Club Series (2006-2008)
Session chair at 2006 207th AAS Meeting in Session 205, White Dwarfs (Washington, DC)
Co-created and organized UBC Physics & Astronomy Graduate Student Seminar Series (2004)
Local Organizer for the "Gemini Science 2004" Conference (2004)
Involvement in Future Projects
Member of the NASA Astrophysics Subcommittee (2014-present)
Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Science Advisory Committee (2014-present)
Member of the Astrophysics 30-year Roadmap Team (2013)
Member of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Teams (2011-present)
Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Galactic & Milky Way Science Team (2008-present)
Member of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Stellar Populations Science Team (2008-present)
Member of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope IMAKA Instrument Science Working Group (2008-2012)
Member of the Thirty Meter Telescope Wide Field Optical Spectrograph (MOBIE) Team (2008-2009)
Member of the Thiry Meter Telescope Wide Field Optical Spectrograph Operational Concepts Definition Team (2006)
Miscellaneous
Numerous press interviews about astronomy and research (continuous)
Invited by CNN to contribute piece on LightYears blog, "Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers" (2013)
Press release on Nature paper, "The Age of the Milky Way Inner Halo" (2012)
Press release on discovery of "M31's Stellar Halo" (2007)
Press release on discover of "Most Distant System of Globular Clusters" (2007)
Member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
Member of the Golden Key National Honors Society
Written successful proposals and acquired data from HST, XMM, GALEX, Keck, Lick, Gemini North, Gemini South,
Subaru, MMT, CFHT, KPNO, and DAO