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R.E.U. Student Researcher, 2005
NRAO, Green Bank
Advisor, Glen Langston
Molecules in the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud

Observing Experience

• Palomar 200-inch + WIRC, 1 night, 2014
• Keck + HIRES, 13+ nights remotely from Yale, 2011 – 2013
• Magellan + MIKE, MagE, LDSS3, 7 nights, 2012
• McDonald 2.7-m + Tull spectrograph, 3 nights, 2012
• Tillinghast 1.5-m + FAST, 3 nights, 2011

Observing Time Awarded

• MMT+Hectochelle, 3 nights, 2014c – Chromospheric activity at intermediate age with NGC 752
• Swift UVOT, PI, 63 ks – UV observations of the oldest nearby star cluster Ruprecht 147
• SALT + RSS, PI, 20 hours, 2014a – Magnetic activity in M dwarfs at 3 Gyr with Ruprecht 147
• SALT + RSS, PI, 19 hours, 2013b – Searching for low-mass stars in Ruprecht 147
• SALT + RSS, PI, 7 hours, 2013b – Is Loden 1 an old nearby star cluster?
• SALT + RSS, PI, 27 hours, 2013a – Searching for low-mass stars in Ruprecht 147
• SALT + RSS, PI, 10 hours, 2013a – Is Loden 1 an old nearby star cluster?
• VLT + UVES and GIRAFFE, Co-I, 16 hours, 2012 – Chemical signatures of planet formation:  The open cluster Ruprecht 147  (PI Jorge Melendez)
• SALT + RSS, PI,  16 hours, 2012 – White dwarfs in Ruprecht 147
• Magellan + MIKE and MagE, Co-I, 4 nights, 2012 – Identifying members and characterizing the oldest nearby open cluster: Ruprecht 147 (PI Steve Saar)
• CTIO Blanco 4-m + Hydra, PI, 2 nights, 2012 – Ruprecht 147: Membership and chromospheric activity survey of the oldest nearby star cluster
• Chandra + ACIS, Co-I, 260 ks, 2011 – A close look at middle aged coronae: the nearby, 2.5 Gyr old cluster Ruprecht 147 (PI Steve Saar)
• MMT + Hectochelle, Co-I, 1 night, 2011 – Identifying members and characterizing the oldest nearby open cluster: Ruprecht 147 (PI Steve Saar)
• Tillinghast 1.5-m + FAST, Co-I, 3 nights, 2011, Identifying members and characterizing the oldest nearby open cluster: Ruprecht 147 (PI Steve Saar)

Thesis-related Publication

Ruprecht 147: The oldest nearby open cluster as a new benchmark for stellar astrophysics
Jason L. Curtis, Angie Wolfgang, Jason T. Wright, John M. Brewer and John A. Johnson, 2012, accepted by AJ, 

Additional Publications

Touchstone Stars: Highlights from the Cool Stars 18 Splinter Session. Mann, A.W., Kraus, A., Boyajian, T., et al., and 11 co-authors including J.L. Curtis, 2014, Proceedings of the 18th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Eds G. van Belle & H. Harris, arXiv:1410.6807

Characterization of the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32Ab and the M-dwarf companion HAT-P32B. Zhao, Ming, and 15 co-authors including J.L. Curtis. 2014, accepted to ApJ

Type IIb Supernova SN 2011dh: Spectra and Photometry from the Ultraviolet to the Near-Infrared
G.H. Marion and 28 co-authors including Jason L. Curtis, 2014, ApJ, 781, 69M

A Complete Catalog of Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Spectra and Durations: Demise of a Physical Origin for Pre-Swift High-Energy Correlations
Nathaniel R. Butler, Daniel Kocevski, Joshua S. Bloom, and Jason L. Curtis, 2007, ApJ, 671, 656

Conference and Seminar Talks

Dissertation Talk
AAS 225th meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan 2015

American Museum of Natural History
Astronomy Colloquium, March 2014

University of Delaware
Astronomy Seminar, February 2014 

Conference Posters

Ruprecht 147: Dating middle-aged stars
Jason L. Curtis and Jason T. Wright, #442.08, 223rd AAS Meeting, 2014 (National Harbor, MD)

Rotation and magnetic activity at 3 Gyr with Ruprecht 147
Jason L. Curtis and Jason T. Wright, #442.08, 223rd AAS Meeting, 2014 (National Harbor, MD)

Ruprecht 147: What’s new with the oldest nearby cluster
Jason L. Curtis and Jason T. Wright, #250.17, 221st AAS Meeting, 2013 (Long Beach, CA): LGBpdf