James Schlaerth-Physics
Ph.D. Student
University
of Colorado at Boulder
Education:
B.S., Physics, Vanderbilt University, May 2004
Minor in European History
Vatican Observatory Summer School (on Galaxy Evolution), June-July 2003
Experience:
Summer Internship, Boeing Satellite Systems, June-August 2001
Research Experience for Undergraduates, Triangle Universities Nuclear
Lab, May-August 2002
Research on Backgrounds for KamLAND Antineutrino
Detection Experiment
Senior Thesis: “Type Ia Supernova ‘Orphans’: A Window on
Cosmology”
Original research done with an independent set of
Supernova Cosmology Project data
Research
Interests:
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Cosmology
Astroparticle Physics
Awards/Honors:
Recipient of Larry Ross Cathey Award given to Outstanding Graduate in
Astrophysics
Member of Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honorary Society
Arts & Sciences College Scholar, Vanderbilt University
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors in Astronomy
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