Andrew J. Fox
Curriculum Vitae
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
EMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION
SERVICE
Office: 410 338 5083
http://www.stsci.edu/∼afox
afox@stsci.edu
ESA/AURA Astronomer, STScI
• Member, COS/STIS instrument team
• Member, Science Mission Office; DD review team lead
ESO (European Southern Observatory) Fellow
• 4th year spent at Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
Marie Curie Fellow, Intra-European Fellowship
• Host: Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris (IAP)
Ph.D. in Astronomy, U. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
• “Origins of Highly Ionized Gas in High-Velocity Clouds”
• Advisor: Prof. Blair D. Savage
Master of Science (MS) in Astronomy, 2002
Master in Science (MSci) in Astrophysics, 2000
• University College London (UCL)
• 1st class honours, with Diploma in Communication Skills
Referee: ApJ, ApJS, AJ, MNRAS, PASP, A&A
Reviewer, NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowships
Reviewer, Chambliss student poster awards, AAS meetings
Reviewer, NASA Astrophysics Theory Program (ATP)
Reviewer, NASA Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP)
Reviewer, Swedish National Space Board (SNSB)
Member, STScI Giacconi Fellowship Selection Committee
Member, STScI Summer Student Selection Committee
Panelist, PhD Candidate Final-Year Interviews, Cambridge
Member, ESO Chile Fellowship Selection Committee
Coordinator, Extragalactic Research Group, ESO–Chile
Reviewer, VLT technical feasibility (UVES/FORS/X-Shooter)
Instrument Fellow, UVES high-resolution spectrograph
Member, AAS Henri Chrétien Award Prize Committee
Baltimore, MD
2011-present
Santiago, Chile
2007–20011
Paris, France
2006–2007
Madison, Wisc.
2001–2005
Madison, Wisc.
London, UK
1996–2000
2004–present
2014–present
2014–2015
2013
2013–2014
2012
2012–2013
2012–2014
2011
2009–2010
2009–2010
2008–2010
2008–2010
2007–2009
SERVICE
(CONT.)
Coordinator, Pine Bluff Observatory (0.9m), UW-Madison
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, UW–Madison
Graduate Student Czar (elected), UW–Madison
Member, American Astronomical Society
Member, International Astronomical Union
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
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SUCCESSFUL
PROPOSALS
AS PI
NRAO/GBT, 0.75 hours DD time, Band A, proposal GBT/14A-557
The Crater Satellite: Dwarf Galaxy or Globular Cluster?
NASA/HST Cycle 22, 9 orbits COS, proposal GO 13840, $66 394
The Smith Cloud: Galactic or Extragalactic
NRAO/GBT Semester 14B, 7.0 hours, Band A, proposal GBT/14B-299
The Closest Galactic Wind: Properties of the MW Nuclear Outflow
NASA/HST Cycle 21, 49 orbits COS, proposal GO 13448, $181 000
The Closest Galactic Wind: UV Properties of the MW Nuclear Outflow
NASA/HST Cycle 19, 20 orbits COS, proposal GO 12604, $79 282
Ionization in the Magellanic Stream: A Study of Galactic Accretion
ESO Period 88, VLT/XSHOOTER, 10.0 hr, proposal 088.A-0852(A)
Probing the Transverse Length Scale of IGM Metals using QSO Pairs
Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursary 39696, 1440 GBP
Chemical Abundances and the Origin of the Magellanic Stream
ESO Period 85, VLT/UVES spectrograph, 14.7 hr, proposal 085.C-0172
Ionization in the Magellanic Stream; A Study of Galactic Accretion
ESO Period 83, VLT/UVES spectrograph, 6 hr, proposal 383.A-0376
Highly ionized plasma in damped Lyman-α systems: warm or hot?
NASA/FUSE Cycle 8, 100 ks awarded, proposal 06-FUSE8-0005
Far-UV spectra of the brightest X-ray sources
ESO Period 78, VLT/UVES spectrograph, 4 hr, proposal 078.A-0164
Highly ionized gas in damped Lyman-alpha systems
WIYN 3.5m Semester 2005a, HYDRA/MOS spectroscopy, 3 nights
A search for galaxies associated with intergalactic O VI absorbers
WIYN 0.9m Semester 2003a, MOSAIC imager, 3 nights
A search for galaxies associated with intergalactic O VI absorbers
2004–2005
2004
2002–2003
2002–
2006–
Galaxy evolution via interstellar, circumgalactic, intergalactic media
Magellanic Clouds: feedback, interaction, Magellanic Stream
High-velocity clouds (HVCs): structure, metallicity, origin, fate
Diffuse gas around galaxies: kinematics, abundances, ionized gas
Spectroscopic signatures of galactic outflows and inflows
Photo- and collisional- ionization modeling of astrophysical plasmas
2014
2014
2014
2013
2011
2011
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
SUCCESSFUL
PROPOSALS
AS CO-I
HST Cycle 22 AR Proposal 13919, PI Peeples
MAST Interface to Synthetic Telescopes: Observing IGM Simulations
HST Cycle 21 GO Proposal 13444, 21 orbits COS, PI Wakker
Constraining the size of intergalactic clouds with QSO pairs
ESO VLT Period 91, UVES, 9 hr, proposal 091.A-0442, PI Ledoux
Molecules, dust and metals in the ISM of GRB host galaxies
ESO VLT Period 90, UVES, 9 hr, proposal 090.A-0034, PI Ledoux
Molecules, dust and metals in the ISM of GRB host galaxies
HST Cycle 20 GO Proposal 13004, 17 orbits COS, $148 300, PI Meixner
The Life Cycle of Dust in the Magellanic Clouds
HST Cycle 20 GO Proposal 13033, 14 orbits COS, $77 000, PI Tumlinson
COS-Halos: FUV Measurements of Baryons and Metals in the Inner CGM
HST Cycle 20 AR Proposal 12842, $104 667, PI Kim
The Evolution of Intergalactic Neutral Hydrogen over Cosmic Time
SAAO/SALT Period 2011B, RSA UW OTH-001, 9 hr, PI Crawford
Monitoring Activity in MS0451-03
ESO VLT Period 89, UVES, 3 hr, proposal 089.A-0438, PI Ledoux
Molecules, dust and metals in the ISM of GRB host galaxies
HST Cycle 18 GO Proposal 12275, 49 orbits COS, PI Wakker
Mass Flow Rates in High-Velocity Clouds
NASA ADP 2009, proposal 09-ADP09-0141, $345 800, PI Lehner,
Comprehensive Study of High-Ion Plasma in Galaxies at 1.5 < z < 4
ESO DGDF (Dir. General Discretionary Fund), 5800 EUR, PI Ledoux
”Mining the rich data from the GRB afterglow UVES survey”
ESO VLT Period 83, UVES, 9 hr, proposal 083.A-0911, PI Vreeswijk
GRB afterglow spectroscopy with UVES: ISM properties of the hosts
FUSE Cycle 8, 200 ks awarded, Program ID H078, PI Savage
Physical conditions and baryonic content of the highly-ionized IGM
ESO VLT Period 81, UVES/VIMOS, 10 hr, 381.A-0634, PI Petitjean
Spatial distribution of metals in the D4 CFHTLS deep-field
ESO VLT Period 79, UVES/FORS1, 3 nts, 079.A-0251, PI Petitjean
Spatial distribution of metals in the D4 CFHTLS deep-field
ESO NTT Period 78, EMMI/SOFI, 3 nts, 078.A-0131, PI Guimarães
Unraveling the mystery of the large concentrations of gas at z∼2
HST Cycle 15 Archival Proposal AR 10984, $84 000, PI Wakker
Characterizing Lyman Spitzer’s Galactic Corona
HST Cycle 13 GO Proposal 10266, STIS, 19 orbits, PI Savage
Origins of the highly ionized gas toward X-ray bright BLLac Mrk421
2014
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2009
2009
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2004
ACADEMIC
TALKS
Invited speaker, Molecular Outflows Conference, Sesto, Italy
Invited speaker, Gas Accretion Workshop, NRAO, VA
Contributed talk, IGM@50, Spineto, Italy
Contributed talk, 225th AAS Meeting, Seattle
Invited colloquium, NRAO Green Bank, WV
Contributed talk, Galaxies in Absorption workshop, Paris
Astronomy Seminar, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Contributed talk, Circumgalactic Medium Workshop, Notre Dame, IN
Invited colloquium, West Virginia University, Morgantown
Astrophysics seminar, University of Maryland, College Park
Invited speaker, CGM-Galaxy Interface workshop, Leiden
Contributed talk, The Galactic Gas Supply workshop, Green Bank WV
Invited speaker, KIPAC Stanford Workshop, Fermi Bubbles
Astrophysics seminar, Columbia University, New York City
Invited colloquium, Penn State University
Invited colloquium, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contributed talk, Future of UV Astronomy, Kauai, HI
Contributed talk, The Baryon Cycle, Irvine, CA
Invited talk, Galaxies in Absorption Workshop, Boulder, CO
Invited talk, A Quarter Century of DLAs, Ringberg, Germany
Contributed talk, The Cosmic Odyssey of Baryons, Marseille
Astronomy Seminar, Univ. of Leicester, UK
Astronomy Seminar, Univ. Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Astronomy Seminar, University of Durham, UK
Astronomy Seminar, University College London, UK
Seminar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Contributed talk, Diffuse Gas around the Milky Way, Sydney
Contributed talk, Missing Baryons Conference, Sydney
Contributed talk, ESO Fellow Symposium, Garching, Germany
Invited review, IGM Chemical Enrichment, Leiden, Holland
Contributed talk, Reionization at Ringberg, Ringberg, Germany
Colloquium, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Contributed talk, Inflow vs Outflow, Espinho, Portugal
Invited talk, ISM/IGM Interactions, COSPAR, Montreal
Contributed talk, ESO Fellows Symposium, Santiago, Chile
Seminar, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England
Seminar, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, France
Contributed talk, HI Survival over Cosmic Time, Spineto, Italy
Contributed talk, UV Space Astronomy, El Escorial, Spain
Astronomy Seminar, University of Colorado at Boulder
Astronomy Colloquium, University of California-San Diego
Colloquium, SAAO, Cape Town, South Africa
Seminar, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France
Invited talk, Neutral Gas in Galaxies, Groningen, Holland
Invited talk, Warm/Hot Gas Special Session, AAS Meeting, Calgary
(Talks 2003-2005 available on request)
February 2016
October 2015
June 2015
January 2015
October 2014
Sep 2014
Sep 2014
Feb 2014
Nov 2013
Sep 2013
June 2013
May 2013
Apr 2013
Mar 2013
Jan 2013
Oct 2012
June 2012
June 2012
Sep 2011
July 2011
June 2011
June 2011
Mar 2011
Feb 2011
Jan 2011
Aug 2010
Dec 2009
Nov 2009
Jun 2009
May 2009
Mar 2009
Mar 2009
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Nov 2007
Aug 2007
Jul 2007
Jun 2007
May 2007
May 2007
May 2007
Feb 2007
Nov 2006
Oct 2006
Jun 2006
TEACHING
MENTORING
Supervisor, research analyst Svea Hernandez, STScI
Supervisor, summer research student Nimisha Kumari, STScI
Supervisor, summer research student Corbin Taylor, STScI
Supervisor, summer research student Stephen Lucas, Cambridge
Teacher, Introduction to IDL Seminar for PhD students, ESO
Trainer, 10 Paranal Science Operations staff members, ESO VLT
Co-supervisor, visiting Ph.D. student Annalisa de Cia, ESO
TA, Astronomy 113, “Hands on the Universe”, UW-Madison
TA, Astronomy 100, “Survey of Astronomy”, UW-Madison
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009–2010
2009
2003
2002
OUTREACH
Speaker, Hubble Public Lecture Series, STScI
Project ASTRO, astronomy classes for middle-school students
Presenter, Hubble Science Briefing (webcast), STScI
Speaker, Hubble Public Lecture Series, STScI
Speaker, Cambridge Astronomical Association Meeting
Guest Speaker, Year 11 Science, Stewards School, Harlow, UK
Speaker, Public Observing Night, IoA, Cambridge
Speaker, Scout Meeting, Nido de Aguilas School, Santiago
Speaker, International Professional Womens Group, Santiago
Instructor, Colegio Hellen Keller, Santiago, Chile
(led astronomy classes for blind high-school students)
Participant, Media Training Workshop, ESO, Santiago, Chile
Facilitator, Nuits des Planètes event, Observatoire de Paris
Presenter, planetarium show for preschool children, Madison
Guest Speaker, Space Place (UW outreach facility, Madison)
Presenter, Universe in the Park program, Wisconsin
(gave 70 public lectures & telescope shows in State Parks)
Jun 2014
2012–2013
Apr 2012
Oct 2011
Jun 2011
Mar 2011
Jan 2011
Jun 2010
Aug 2009
May 2009
AWARDS
Early Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003
Herschel Prize 2000, Best in class, Year 4 Astronomy
Dean’s List 2000, Mathematical/Physical Sciences
Huggins Prize 1998, Best in class, Year 2 Astronomy
Halley Prize 1997, Best in class, Year 1 Astronomy
LETTERS OF
REFERENCE
Prof. Blair Savage, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dr Kenneth Sembach, Space Telescope Science Institute
Prof. Philipp Richter, University of Potsdam
Dr Patrick Petitjean, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
Dr Michael West, Maria Mitchell Observatory
Prof. Ronald Reynolds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Oct 2008
2007
2005
2003, 2005
2001–2005
Wisconsin
UCL
UCL
UCL
UCL
PRESS/
MEDIA
NASA/ESA Press Releases on Galactic Center Research
Huffington Post coverage of Galactic Center Research
Science News article on Galactic Gas Supply
Youtube video of public outreach talk “The Gaseous Universe”
NASA/ESA Press Releases on Magellanic Stream Research
Huffington Post video on Magellanic Stream Research
Nature News article on Magellanic Stream Research
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jul 2014
Jun 2014
Aug 2013
Aug 2013
May 2013
CONFERENCE
ACTIVITY
SOC Chair, Feedback in the Magellanic Clouds Workshop, STScI
Session Chair, Galaxy Simulations and Techniques, Seattle AAS
Session Chair, Galaxies in Absorption workshop, IAP Paris
Session Chair, Hubble Fellow Symposium, STScI
Session Chair, Circumgalactic Medium workshop, Notre Dame
Organizer & Chair, AAS Special Session, Washington DC
Panel Member, Galactic Gas Supply workshop, Green Bank WV
SOC Co-Chair, Gas Flows in Galaxies Symposium, STScI
Session Chair, Galaxies in Absorption workshop, Boulder CO
Oct 2015
Jan 2015
Sep 2014
Mar 2014
Feb 2014
Jan 2014
May 2013
May 2012
Sep 2011