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Dept. of Astronomy
U. Minnesota
116 Church St, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Email:
chelsea at astro.umn.edu
Phone:
612-624-0254
Fax:
612-626-2029
About me:
I joined the faculty of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Minnesota in 2000 as a tenured Associate Professor and was promoted to Full Professor in 2004. Over the last 5 years, my primary focus has centered science initiatives utilizing the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as continuing my ground-based observational research related to interstellar dust, comets, and and evolved stars and stellar populations. I also am the Program Directory coordinating the University of Minnesota's involvement in the Large Binocular Telescope and access to telescopes of the Steward Observatories, and the Associate Director of the MLOF and OBO observatories.
I also teach variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Minnesota ranging from introductory astronomy, freshman seminars, to graduate courses in planetary science and the interstellar medium. My research group, part of the Minnesota Infrared Lab, currently is comprised of one postdoc, five graduate students, and three undergrads. We also maintain a 30TB+ data server, with over 15 client machines dedicated to data analysis activities, and remote telescope operation, managed by our own systems administrator.
In addition to my academic responsibilities, I also am a member of a variety of national advisory boards, such as the Space Studies Board, Chair the Board of the Gemini Observatories, and serve as an elected Councilor of the American Astronomical Society as part of my professional synergistic activities.