Employment:
July 2018 - present:
Lecturer in Astronomy and Observatory Supervisor, Williams College
August 2013 - July 2018:
Postdoctoral researcher, Wesleyan University (Advisor: Dr. Meredith Hughes)
August 2011 - August 2013:
Instrument Test Scientist for NIRCam on JWST, University of Arizona (Supervisor: Dr. Marcia Rieke)
August 2005 - August 2011:
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona (Advisor: Dr. George Rieke)
Thesis: Evolution and Variability of Circumstellar Material Around Young Stellar Objects
Full CV
July 2018 - present:
Lecturer in Astronomy and Observatory Supervisor, Williams College
August 2013 - July 2018:
Postdoctoral researcher, Wesleyan University (Advisor: Dr. Meredith Hughes)
August 2011 - August 2013:
Instrument Test Scientist for NIRCam on JWST, University of Arizona (Supervisor: Dr. Marcia Rieke)
August 2005 - August 2011:
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona (Advisor: Dr. George Rieke)
Thesis: Evolution and Variability of Circumstellar Material Around Young Stellar Objects
Full CV
Publication Highlights:
Turbulence in the TW Hya Disk
A Three-Dimensional View of Turbulence: Constraints on Turbulent Motions in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk using DCO+
Resolved Gas Interior to the Dust Rings of the HD 141569 Disk
Weak Turbulence in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk Revealed by ALMA
Kinks and Dents in Protoplanetary Disks: Rapid Infrared Variability as Evidence for Large Structural Perturbations
Infrared Extinction Toward Nearby Star-Forming Regions
Full list of first author papers
Full list of co-authored papers
Turbulence in the TW Hya Disk
A Three-Dimensional View of Turbulence: Constraints on Turbulent Motions in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk using DCO+
Resolved Gas Interior to the Dust Rings of the HD 141569 Disk
Weak Turbulence in the HD 163296 Protoplanetary Disk Revealed by ALMA
Kinks and Dents in Protoplanetary Disks: Rapid Infrared Variability as Evidence for Large Structural Perturbations
Infrared Extinction Toward Nearby Star-Forming Regions
Full list of first author papers
Full list of co-authored papers
Press:
Radio Physics: Kevin Flaherty studies star formation (KDNK Radio Physics, 2019)
Astronomy is losing women three times as fast as men (Nature.com, 2018)
2017 solar eclipse interview, and Van Vleck Observatory tour (Facebook video for Fox61, 2017)
Strobe-like flashes discovered in a suspected binary protostar (NASA Hubble, 2013)
NASA's Spitzer spots clump of swirling planetary material (NASA JPL, 2009)