Dr Jennifer Hatchell STFC Advanced Fellow researching Galactic star formation using large submm surveys
Priorton Mill Cottage, Sandford, Crediton, Devon, EX17 4BT +44 1363 775013 (home) +44 1392 725516 (office) hatchell@astro.ex.ac.uk	Born 9th December 1969, Oxford, U.K. Nationality: British Married with 2 children

Employment

2004-2009: STFC Advanced Fellow, University of Exeter, UK (current position)

Research: I aim to derive the first truly representative statistics on the numbers and masses of protostars in Galactic molecular clouds, starting from large submillimetre (submm) surveys of high and low mass star formation.

· JCMT Gould’s Belt Legacy survey of local star formation - project coordinator

· Spitzer Gould’s Belt Legacy survey of local star formation - Co-I

· Perseus submm survey of low mass star protostars and starless cores

· Member of JCMT Galactic Plane Survey (JPS) and SCUBA-2 All Sky Survey (SaSSy)

· UKIRT WFCAM H₂ Galactic plane survey (UWISH-2)

· SCAMPS submm survey of candidate high mass protoclusters

2000-2004: Scientific staff, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

Research: Star Formation, Astrochemistry

· Density structure of the envelopes of young high mass stars.

· Astrochemistry: deuteration in low mass protostars, shock tracers in hot molecular cores, ammonia in comets.

· Discovery of SCAMPS massive precluster candidates.

· APEX telescope raw data format and instrumentation control interface.

1995-2000: Research Associate, Astrophysics Group, UMIST, Manchester, U.K.

Research: Astrochemistry, Star Formation

· Observational tests of astrochemistry in high mass star formation regions, for comparison with chemical models developed at UMIST.

· Observations of deuterated species.

1994-1995: Teaching Company Associate, North West Water

Industrial R&D

· Detection of pollutants in water

1991-1994: PhD, Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge

Research: Galactic Centre

· Zeeman splitting of HI to determine magnetic fields

· Circumnuclear Ring using molecular line data

Education

1988-1991 1986-1988 1981-1986

University of Cambridge Didcot Sixth Forms Didcot Girls’ School

B.A. (2.1) in Natural Sciences (Physics) 4 As at A level plus 2 S levels 10 O levels

Teaching and outreach

I generally enjoy teaching, approach it with energy, enthusiasm, and commitment, and as a result get great personal satisfaction out of it.

· At Exeter, I wrote and delivered third-year lectures on “Astrophysical Radiation Processes”, supervised MPhys and summer students, and contributed to the first-year communication skills course, PUPC, Science Week and Gifted and Talented days with in the School.

· I organised the Exeter Astrophysics Group’s “fun, informative and inspiring” public open evening for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. I have also been seen threading balloons on skewers at the Institute of Physics stall at the Devon County Show.

· On placements in secondary schools as a Researcher in Residence, GCSE pupils found my lessons “thoroughly enjoyable” and “informative and interesting”.

· At UMIST, I ran a maths helper class for first year undergraduates, supervised examples classes and covered occasional astrophysics lectures.

· As a PhD student in Cambridge, I gave undergraduate tutorials and taught examples classes in a wide range of physics subjects, to final year level.

With a strong background in physics, I am well qualified to teach in a Physics department. Other skills I can bring to teaching are a year’s hands-on industrial experience, and familiarity with a number of modern programming languages (C, Perl, Python). I also speak fluent German.

Grants

· PPARC Advanced Fellowship (£230k) in 2004.

· Joint proposer on successful 2006 PPARC studentship application for Exeter.

· At MPIFR, responsible for sections on deuterium chemistry and high mass star formation in successful grant applications to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Max Planck Society, which supported the institute as a whole.

· At UMIST, twice responsible for presenting research on observational star formation as part of ultimately successful rolling grant applications.

· The JCMT Gould’s Belt Legacy Survey is worth £2M at a nominal value of 17k for 8h on JCMT.

· 50+ successful applications for telescope time.

Positions of responsibility

Coordinator, JCMT Gould’s Belt Legacy survey of local star formation, 2005-

JCMT Time Allocation Group, 2004-2008

Treasurer, Kindertreff Willibald e.V. (Nursery), 2001-2003

Starlink Software Strategy Group (Radio/mm/submm) 1997-99

Physics Contract Research Staff Committee at UMIST (academic staff/contract staff liason): Secretary (1996-98), DAB representative (1998-1999)

Membership of Professional Bodies

Fellow of Royal Astronomical society.

IAU member.