| Curriculum Vitae: Sean D. Points |
| Name: | Sean Daniel Points | ||
| Address: |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) Casilla 603 - La Serena - Chile |
OR | NOAO-S/Chile 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719 |
| Telephone: |
(56) - 51 - 205201 (direct) or (56) - 51 - 205200 (through reception) | |
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| FAX: | (56) - 51 - 205212 | ||
| E-mail: | spoints@ctio.noao.edu |
| Education: |
| 1995 - 2001 | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, Illinois |
| Ph.D. in Astronomy. Degree conferred October 2001. Thesis subject: The Nature and Origin of Large Scale Diffuse X-Ray Emission in the Large Magellenic Cloud Thesis advisor: Dr. You-Hua Chu | |
| 1993 - 1995 | University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Urbana, Illinois |
| M.Sc. in Astronomy. Degree conferred October 1995 Honors: National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (1993-1996). | |
| 1989 - 1993 | Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana |
| B.A. in Physics. Honors: Mortar Board, Barry M. Goldwater Scolarship (1991-1993), John E. Horner Scholarship (1989-1993), and National Merit Scholarship (1989-1990). |
| Employment: |
| Oct 2012 - Present | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile | Associate Scientist; Project Scientist - Kitt Peak-Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS)/Cerro Tololo-Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS); Instrument Scientist for the Goodman High-Throughput Spectrograph (GHTS) at SOAR; Instrument Scientist for the SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) at SOAR |
| Sep 2010 - Sep 2012 | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile | Assistant Scientist; Project Scientist - Kitt Peak-Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (KOSMOS)/Cerro Tololo-Ohio State Multi-Object Spectrograph (COSMOS) |
| Sep 2007 - Sep 2012 | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile |
| Assistant Scientist; Instrument Scientist for the Goodman High-Throughput Spectrograph (GHTS) at SOAR. | |
| Jul 2007 - Sep 2012 | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile |
| Assistant Scientist; Instrument Scientist for the SOAR Optical Imager (SOI) at SOAR | |
| Jan 2006 - Jul 2007 | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory Astronomy, La Serena, Chile |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow Pursuing an independent research program studying mass-loss from AGB stars using Spitzer Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution (SAGE) survey. This work was conducted under the supervision of R. Blum and K. Olsen. | |
| Oct 2003 - Dec 2005 | National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow Pursued an independent research program studying supernovae, supernova remnants and their interactions with the interstellar medium using XMM-Newton and Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) data (Klimek et al. 2010). | |
| Aug 2001 - Sep 2003 | Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow With Dr. David M. Meyer and Dr. James T. Lauroesch studied small scale structure in the interstellar medium toward h and Χ Per (Points, S.D., Lauroesch J.T., & Meyer, D.M. 2004, PASP, 116, 801). | |
| Oct 1996 - Jul 2001 | University Of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL |
| Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant | |
| Aug 1993 - Sep 1996 | University Of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, IL |
| NSF Pre-Doctoral Fellow |
| Professional Societies: |
| 2001 - present | American Astronomical Society, Full Member |