Curriculum Vitae
Rosa Wallace Everson
Education
| PhD Candidate, Astronomy & Astrophysics University of California, Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA Advisor: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz |
2021-present |
| MSc, Astronomy & Astrophysics University of California, Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA |
2019 |
| BS, Physics Summa cum
Laude University of Colorado Denver - Denver, CO Advisors: Mausumi Dikpati (HAO/NCAR) & James Dove (MSU Denver) Honors Thesis: Observationally
Constrained Potential-Field Source-Surface Modeling of
the Solar Corona: Time-Evolution of 3D Global Coronal
Structure
|
2017 |
| BA, Theatre Magna cum
Laude Meredith College - Raleigh, NC |
2007 |
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
NationalARCS Foundation Scholarship Award |
2022 |
| National Osterbrock Leadership Program Fellowship, American Astronomical Society | 2021-present |
| Martin and Beate Block Winter Award, Aspen Center for Physics | 2019 |
| NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | 2017-2022 |
| Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award, 229th AAS Meeting | 2017 |
| FAMOUS Travel Grant, American Astronomical Society | 2016 |
| OSA Poster Award for Theoretical/Computational Physics, 2016 Quadrennial Physics Congress | 2016 |
| APS Undergraduate Research Presentation Award, APS April Meeting | 2016 |
| Society of Physics Students Outstanding Leadership Award | 2016 |
| Great Lakes National Scholarship | 2014-2017 |
InstitutionalPresident's Dissertation-Year Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz |
2023-2024 |
| Vera Rubin Fellowship, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz | 2020-present |
| Whitford Prize, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz | 2019 |
| Osterbrock Leadership Program Fellowship, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz | 2018-2021 |
| Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz | 2017-2023 |
| Regents Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz | 2017 |
| University of Colorado Denver: Dean's List Colorado Merit Scholarship,
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Phyllis Weisheit Schultz Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences William Robert Simmons Scholarship, Physics Department Smilodon Scholarship, Physics Department Academic Athlete Scholarship, Alumni Association |
2015-2017 |
Publications
Summary: 10 total (4 in review), 3 first author, 3 second author| "Rethinking Thorne-Żytkow Object Formation:
Assembly via Common Envelope in Field Binaries" Everson, R.W., Hutchinson-Smith, T., Vigna-Gómez, A., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2023, Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal; NASA/ADS |
| "Rethinking Thorne-Żytkow Object Formation: The
Fate of X-ray Binary LMC X-4 and Implications for Ultra-long
Gamma-ray Bursts" Hutchinson-Smith, T., Everson, R.W., Batta, A., Yarza, R., Twum, A.A., Law-Smith, J.A.P., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2023, Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal; NASA/ADS |
| "Hydrodynamics and survivability during
post-main-sequence planetary engulfment" Yarza, R., Razo-López, N.B., Murguia-Berthier, A., Everson, R.W., Antoni, A., MacLeod, M., Soares-Furtado, M., Lee, D., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 954, 176; NASA/ADS |
| "The Evolution of Binaries under the Influence
of Radiation-Driven Winds from a Stellar Companion" Schrøder, S.L., MacLeod, M., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Mandel, I., Fragos, T., Loeb, A., & Everson, R.W., Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal; NASA/ADS |
| "Successful Common Envelope Ejection and Binary
Neutron Star Formation in 3D Hydrodynamics" Law-Smith, J.A.P., Everson, R.W., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., de Mink, S.E., van Son, L.A.C., Götberg, Y., Zellmann, S., Vigna-Gómez, A., Renzo, M., Wu, S., Schrøder, S.L., Foley, R.J., & Hutchinson-Smith, T., Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal; NASA/ADS |
| "On the Maximum Stellar Rotation to form a Black
Hole without an Accompanying Luminous Transient" Murguia-Berthier, A., Batta, A., Janiuk, A., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Mandel, I., Noble, S.C., & Everson, R.W., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 901, L24; NASA/ADS |
| "The Art of Modeling Stellar Mergers and the
Case of the B[e] Supergiant R4 in the Small Magellanic
Cloud" Wu, S., Everson, R.W., Schneider, F.R.N., Podsiadlowski, P., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 901, 44; NASA/ADS |
| "Common Envelope Wind Tunnel: Range of
Applicability and Self-Similarity in Realistic Stellar
Envelopes" Everson, R.W., MacLeod, M., De, S., Macias, P., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 899, 77; NASA/ADS |
| "Common Envelope Wind Tunnel: The Effects of
Binary Mass Ratio and Implications for the Accretion-Driven
Growth of LIGO Binary Black Holes" De, S., MacLeod, M., Everson, R.W., Antoni, A., Mandel, I., & Ramirez-Ruiz, E., 2020, The Astrophysical Journal, 897, 130; NASA/ADS |
| "An Observationally Constrained 3D
Potential-field Source-surface Model for the Evolution of
Longitude-dependent Coronal Structures" Everson, R.W., & Dikpati, M., 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 850, 152; NASA/ADS |
Astronomer's Telegram"Spectroscopic Classification of Optical Transients with Keck II/ESI"Liebler, C.N., Xhakaj, E., Everson, R.W., & Foley, R.J., 2017, ATel 10528; NASA/ADS |
| "Spectroscopic Classification of Optical
Transients with the Lick Shane Telescope" Everson, R.W., Rojas-Bravo, C., Pan, Y.-C., & Foley, R.J., 2017, ATel 10518; NASA/ADS |
Scientific Presentations
| Talk: "Moving Beyond the Common
Envelope Energy Formalism" ARCS Scholar Symposium, San Francisco, CA Online |
2023 |
| Talk: "Frontiers in Modeling Common
Envelope Evolution"▲ Florida State University Astrophysics Seminar, Tallahassee, FL |
2021 |
| Paper Talk: "Common Envelope Wind
Tunnel: Range of Applicability and Self-Similarity in
Realistic Stellar Envelopes"▲ AAS Journal Author Series, Online |
2020 |
| Talk: "Envelope Structure and
Application of the Drag Formalism" Flatiron Institute: Common Envelope Evolution 2019, New York, NY |
2019 |
| Talk: "The Role of Common Envelope in
Compact Binary Formation" UC Santa Cruz FLASH Seminar, Santa Cruz, CA |
2019 |
| Talk: "Common Envelope Evolution and
LIGO Source Populations" Aspen Winter Conference 2019: Astrophysics with Gravitational Wave Populations, Aspen, CO |
2019 |
| Poster: "Effects of the Common Envelope
Phase on Binary Black Hole Evolution" Deciphering the Violent Universe, Playa del Carmen, MX |
2017 |
| Poster: "Three-Dimensional
Potential-Field Source-Surface Modeling of the Evolution of
Coronal Structures" NASA/ADS
AAS 229th Meeting, Grapevine, TX |
2017 |
| Poster: "3-D Potential-Field
Source-Surface Modeling of the Evolution of Coronal
Structures" 2016 Quadrennial Physics Congress (PhysCon), San Francisco, CA |
2016 |
| Poster: "Thermal Stabilization in a
High Vacuum Cryogenic Optical System" NASA/ADS
APS April Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT |
2016 |
| Poster: "Optical Range Variability of
the S4 0954+65 Blazar" University of Colorado Denver Research & Creative Activities Symposium, Denver, CO |
2015 |
| ▲ Invited |
Research Positions
| Graduate Research Fellow - Department of
Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, CA Advisor: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz |
2017-present |
| Visiting Graduate Student Researcher - Dark
Cosmology Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Advisor: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz |
2017-2019 |
| Visiting Student Researcher - High Altitude
Observatory / NCAR, Boulder, CO Advisor: Mausumi Dikpati |
2016-2017 |
| REU Student Researcher - Solar & Space
Physics REU (NSF #1157020), University of Colorado
Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics and High
Altitude Observatory / NCAR, Boulder, CO Advisors: Mausumi Dikpati, Joan Burkepile, Giuliana de Toma |
2016 |
| REU Student Researcher - Physics & Astronomy
REU (NSF #1262890), Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA Advisor: Thomas Corbitt |
2015 |
Mentoring and Advising
| Rewa Clark Bush (co-advised summer student) "Black Hole Survival Guide: Searching for Milky Way Stars That Endure Partial Tidal Disruption" (publication in prep) ~Recipient of 2021 SACNAS National
Diversity in STEM Conference Presentation Award
|
2021 |
| Alejandra Rosselli (co-advised summer student) "Understanding binaries in common envelope and the case study of the pulsar triple system PSR J0337+1715" (publication in prep) |
2021 |
| Matthew Zárate (summer student, UC Berkeley
undergraduate) "LIGO's Mystery Black Hole Mergers and Common Envelope Evolution" |
2020 |
| Tenley Hutchinson-Smith (UCSC master's project) "Thorne-Żytkow objects as the ultimate outcomes of high-mass X-ray binaries" (publication in prep) |
2019-2022 |
| Samantha Wu (former UC Berkeley undergraduate) "The Art of Modeling Stellar Mergers and the Case of the B[e] Supergiant R4 in the Small Magellanic Cloud" NASA/ADS "The Fate and Long Term Evolution of Massive Stellar Mergers" NASA/ADS |
2018-2019 |
Teaching and Training
| Teaching Assistant - ASTR 111: Order of Magnitude Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2021 |
| Teaching Assistant - ASTR 6: The Space-Age Solar System, UC Santa Cruz | 2019 |
| Pedagogy Training - Center for Innovations in
Teaching and Learning, UC Santa Cruz Antiracist Teaching, 2021
Teaching as an Ethical Practice, 2022
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| Mentorship Training - Lamat Institute, UC Santa
Cruz Examining Power and Identity in
Mentoring
Practices and Tools for Intentional and
Equity-Minded Mentoring
Mental Health First Aid
Trauma-Informed Training
|
2021 |
Press
| “Q&A with Rosa W. Everson”, University of California Marketing Communications, 26 Sept 2023 |
| “Celebrating the success of a human-centered approach to supporting emerging scientists”, UC Santa Cruz University News, 21 Jul 2023 |
| “Bringing new perspectives to astronomy”, UC Santa Cruz University News, 11 Feb 2020 |
| “An Observationally Constrained 3D Model”, HAO/NCAR Publication Highlights, 24 Oct 2017 |
| “Rosa Wallace Receives the 2017 Chambliss Medal”, HAO/NCAR News Archive, 31 Jan 2017 |
Workshops and Short Courses
| Code/Astro Workshop - CalTech
~Developed and deployed an
open-source Python software package with a small group;
included training in software development, parallel
programming, debugging, version control, and deployment
|
2021 |
| MESA Summer School - UC Santa Barbara
~Developed Fortran modules for MESA
stellar evolution code; included problem-solving,
debugging, and data analysis
|
2018 |
| NBIA and DARK Summer School: Multi-Messengers
from Compact Sources - Niels Bohr Institute, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark
~Studied the production mechanisms
of neutrinos, gravitational waves, and EM radiation in
compact astrophysical sources
|
2018 |
| Physics of Macronovae - AlbaNova University
Center, Stockholm, Sweden
~Studied the multi-scale physical
processes (and their numerical applications) associated
with kilonovae/macronovae
|
2018 |
| Kavli Summer Program in Astrophysics:
Astrophysics with gravitational wave detections - Niels Bohr
Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
~Advisor-sponsored (non-Fellow)
attendee; studied binary evolution and compact object
formation as informed by gravitational wave observations
|
2017 |
Service
| Advisory Board Member - Lamat Institute, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2021-present |
| Committee Member - Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2021-2022 |
| Department Representative - Dean's Graduate Leadership Council, Division of Physical & Biological Sciences, UC Santa Cruz | 2020-2021 |
| Advisory Council Member & Fellow - Osterbrock Leadership Program, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2018-2022 |
| Founder & Program Director -
Bridge Scholarship Program, UC Santa Cruz With generous support from UCSC Women
in Physics & Astronomy and the Osterbrock Mini-Grant
Program
|
2017-2022 |
| Scholarship Committee Chair - Women in Physics & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2017-2022 |
| Committee Member - Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz | 2019 |
| Graduate Student Representative - Vice Provost & Dean of Graduate Studies Search Committee, UC Santa Cruz | 2018 |
| Department Representative - Graduate Student Association, UC Santa Cruz | 2017-2018 |
| National Council Member - Society of Physics
Students Associate Zone Councilor (Student
Representative) for Colorado & Wyoming
Co-Chair - SPS National Committee on Inclusiveness |
2015-2017 |
| Chapter President - Society of Physics Students, CU Denver | 2015-2017 |
| Chapter Secretary - Sigma Pi Sigma, CU Denver | 2017 |
| Department Representative - Dean's Student Advisory Council, CU Denver College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | 2015-2016 |
Outreach and Service Presentations
| UC Santa Cruz: Lamat Institute Invited Panelist: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Panel |
2022 |
| AAS National Osterbrock Leadership Program, AAS
240th Meeting, Pasadena, CA Splinter Session Organizer: "Cultivating the Next Generation of Leaders" |
2022 |
| University of Colorado Boulder: REU Program in
Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance▲ Workshop: "Applying to Grad School" |
2021, 2022 |
| University of Colorado Boulder: REU Program in
Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance▲ Panelist: REU Near Peer Panel |
2021 |
| UC Santa Cruz: Women in Physics &
Astrophysics Workshop: "Grad School Application Workshop" |
2021 |
| UC Santa Cruz: Osterbrock Leadership Program Facilitator: "Your Digital Brand: Cultivating an online presence in preparation for the academic job market" |
2020 |
| UC Santa Cruz: Lamat REU Program on
High-Performance Computing in Astrophysics Workshop: "Preparing Your Talk" Workshop: "Giving Your Talk" |
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| University of Colorado Boulder: REU Program in
Solar and Space Physics with the Boulder Solar Alliance▲ Guest Speaker: REU Experience and Preparing for Graduate School |
2020 |
| Stanford University: APS Bridge Program &
National Mentoring Community Conference▲ Panelist: Succeeding in Graduate School in Physics |
2018 |
| UC Santa Cruz: Society of Physics Students /
Women in Physics & Astrophysics Mentoring Program Panelist: Research and the Path to Graduate School |
2018 |
| Metropolitan State University of Denver:
Feminist Alliance▲ Talk: "Women in STEM" |
2016 |
| Denver Boys & Girls Club / University of
Colorado Denver Society of Physics Students Organizer: Be a Scientist Day |
2016 |
| University of Colorado Denver: Society of
Physics Students Colloquium Series Talk: "Landing REUs and Internships" |
2016 |
| United States Air Force Academy: Society of
Physics Students Zone 14 Meeting▲ Talk: "Opening Doors with SPS: Yourself, Your Chapter, Your Future" |
2016 |
| Denver Boys & Girls Club / University of
Colorado Denver Society of Physics Students Organizer: Quarterly Off-Site After-School Science Program |
2015-2016 |
| Colorado School of Mines: Equality Through
Awareness Colloquium Series▲ Talk: "There is No One Path to Physics: From Artist to Scientist" |
2015 |
| University of Colorado Denver: Society of
Physics Students Colloquium Series Talk: "REUs and Internships" |
2015 |
| ▲ Invited |