Eric Edelman

96 Foss Hill Drive Middletown, Connecticut 06459 eedelman@wesleyan.edu 925.337.9055

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Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Graduate Degree: MA in Astronomy, Class of 2014, In Progress Relevant Coursework: Stellar Structure and Evolution, Electricity and Magnetism Undergraduate Degree: BA in Astronomy, Class of 2013 GPA: 3.58/4.00 Relevant Coursework: Introductory Astronomy, Observational Astronomy, Multivariable Calculus, Exoplanets, Cosmology, Radio Astronomy, Astronomical Pedagogy, Waves and Oscillations, Quantum Mechanics I Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, Fall Semester of 2010 Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA, Class of 2009 Honors: National AP Scholar, Principals Scholar (4.0 or higher cumulative GPA)

Work/Research Astronomy TA, Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown, CT September 2013 December 2013 -Supervised and graded the labs of introductory astronomy students. Experience

Head Student Observer, Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown, CT June 2013 Present -Train and schedule workers for the 24 telescope. -Implemented a new white dwarf survey in the observing program. Thesis Researcher, Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown, CT September 2012 Present -Calculate interstellar medium absorption in spectral data to nearby, solar-like stars. -Analyze Ly- line, looking for astrospheric or helisopheric absorption. Planetarium Manager, Milham Planetarium, Williamstown, MA July 2012 August 2012 - Created and presented 40 minute planetarium shows for students and local adults. Research Assistant, Hopkins Observatory, Williamstown, MA July 2012 August 2012 -Parsed through images of the 2012 Venus transit for data on the Cytherean aureole. English TA, Downey House, Middletown, CT January 2012 May 2012 -Critiqued literary analysis essays of English students. Assistant Observer, Van Vleck Observatory, Middletown, CT November 2011 May 2013 -Used MaxIm DL telescope imaging software on UNIX to take infrared images of stars with the observatorys 24 telescope during exoplanet transits. NASA, Connecticut Space Grant January 2013 June 2013 -Received funding for work detecting astrospheres around solar-like stars. Pasachoff, J.M., et al., 2012, Three 2012 Transits of Venus: From Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, Presented at the 221st AAS Meeting, Long Beach, CA, January, 315.06 Wood, B. E., Izmodenov, V. V., Alexashov, D. B., Redfield, S., Edelman, E., 2014 A New Detection of LY Absorption from the Heliotail, ApJ 780 108 Wood, B. E., Mller, H. R., Redfield, S., Edelman, E., Evidence for a Weak Wind from the Young Sun, Accepted and in press for Astrophysical Journal Letters Lu, M., Edelman, E., An Account of the Transit of Venus on Jume 5, 2013, and the Venus Twilight Experiment Accepted and in press for The Coronal Courant. Japanese: Highly proficient IDL: Proficient

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