Shoshanah Cohen, Director of Community Engaged Learning in Engineering, received her BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford as well as an MA in Technology Strategy from Boston University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She started her career working in manufacturing and spent more than 20 years in the field of global operations before moving to academia.

Esther Conrad, Director of Community Engaged Learning for Environmental Sustainability, received her undergraduate degree in Earth Systems at Stanford, and has worked on environmental and international development issues for over 15 years. She completed her Master’s degree in International Affairs at Columbia University and her PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley, where her research focused on policies to support sustainable water management and adaptation to climate change.

Jorge De Luna, Director of Community Engaged Learning in Health, holds a BS in business management and a master of public health degree, both from San Jose State University. Jorge’s experience in healthcare spans over twenty years of successful work as a business manager and consultant, program director, and health educator.

Friday, April 23, 2021

STEM Equity Seminars for Owls (SESO): Pixel Pipelines and Surfing Telescope Data, Friday, April 30, 2021 11AM

Pixel Pipelines and Surfing Telescope Data

A STEM Equity Seminar for Owls (SESO) event

Presenter: Dr. Heather Flewelling, Astronomer

Friday, April 30, 2021

11 a.m.–Noon PST, main presentation. Register for Main Talk

12:30 –2:30 p.m. PST, one on one/ small group sessions. Sign up for a small group follow up with Dr. Flewelling

Dr. Flewelling's Bio

I received my BS in Physics from the University of Texas in 2001, and my PhD in Physics from the University of Michigan in 2009. For my PhD thesis, I studied Optical afterglows of Gamma-Ray Bursts, but also spent a lot of time writing code for the reduction pipeline for robotic telescopes and for an instrument mounted on one of the telescopes in Hawaii. For my first postdoc, I worked on the data reduction pipeline for the Pan-STARRS telescope, which at the time had the world's largest camera used for astronomy, with 1.4 Gigapixels. During my time in Pan-STARRS, I helped to design, test, and built the schema and database for the now publicly available Pan-STARRS database. This database is the largest astronomical database for a single telescope, with >6 billion objects, in 5 filters, and covering 3/4 of the sky. I also mined the Pan-STARRS data to find new and exciting variable stars. Later, I worked as a postdoc for the ATLAS project, where I helped with their pipeline and helped to find new near earth asteroids as well as new comets. I recently started a new position at Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, as an instrument scientist, where I help with the queue scheduling, and making sure the images from the MegaPrime Imager are reduced quickly and accurately.

I am a vocal advocate for improving diversity in STEM. I co-created Astronomy Allies with Katherine Alatalo, which is a grassroots effort to provide mentoring and help to scientists experiencing harassment or other issues at astronomy conferences. I am currently a member for the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy (CSWA), where I am lead editor of the AASWomen newsletter, a newsletter which shares stories about women scientists, career advice, and job opportunities.

LinkedIn profile for Dr. Flewelling