contact information:
Sarah E. Ragan
University of Michigan
Department of Astronomy
1010 Dennison Building
500 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042
USA
 
email: seragan@umich.edu
phone +1 734 615 6139
fax +1 734 763 6317
 
education:
Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Michigan, October 2009
    advisor: Edwin A. Bergin
M.S. Astronomy, University of Michigan, May 2005
B.S. Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics, Drake University, May 2003, cum laude
 
research experience:
graduate research assistant, University of Michigan, 2005-present
undergraduate research assistant, Drake University, 2002-2003
research experience for undergraduates, Iowa State University, summer 2002
 
teaching experience:
graduate student instructor, University of Michigan, 2004-2005
    taught lab sections for introductory astronomy courses
math lab coordinator and tutor, Drake University, 1999-2003
    tutored individuals at all levels of mathematics (algebra to advance calculus) and
    held weekly supplementary instruction sessions for all levels of calculus
 
research interests:
Star formation, molecular cloud formation and fragmentation, molecular astrophysics,
    radio and millimeter interferometry
 
funding history (accepted programs):
 
Spitzer Space Telescope Archival Research Grant
    Cycle 4 (1 September 2007 - 31 August 2008)
    Peering into the Heart of Galactic Star Formation, observing program
 
NRAO Student Support Program (GBT)
    1 September 2006 - 31 August 2007
    Ammonia in Massive Pre-stellar Cores, observing program
 
successful observing proposals (selected):
 
Science PI: Spitzer Space Telescope Archival Research  (Cycle 4)
    Peering into the Heart of Galactic Star Formation
 
PI: Very Large Array  (Semester A, 2007)
    Peering into the Heart of Galactic Star Formation,
        an ammonia study
 
PI: CARMA (2007 & 2008)
    Peering into the Heart of Galactic Star Formation,
        a high-resolution study with N2H+ and C18O
 
Science PI: NRAO Green Bank Telescope  (2006)
    Ammonia in Massive Pre-Stellar Cores
 
oral presentations:
 
Understanding the Structure of IRDCs: Lessons from High-resolution Studies
    Leeds workshop on Infrared Dark Clouds, University of Leeds, July 2009
 
A High-resolution Characterization of Infrared-Dark Clouds (dissertation talk)
    AAS Winter Meeting, Long Beach, CA, January 2009
 
Constraining Conditions of Cluster Formation: Paving the Way for the ALMA Age
    Early Phases of Star Formation: The Future of the Field, Ringberg Castle, July 2008
 
Peering into the Heart of Galactic Star Formation
    The Formation and Evolution of Stellar Clusters, University of Toledo, June 2008
 
 
references:
Edwin A. Bergin
University of Michigan
Department of Astronomy
933 Dennison Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042
phone: +1 734 615 8720
ebergin@umich.edu
 
Lee Hartmann
University of Michigan
Department of Astronomy
955 Dennison Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042
phone: +1 734 936 7781
lhartm@umich.edu
 
David Wilner
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
60 Garden Street, MS 42
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: +1 617 496 7623
dwilner@cfa.harvard.edu
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