Curriculum Vitae

Nathan De Lee

Personal Information:

	Date/Place of Birth:	November 2 1979, Rice Lake, WI, USA
	Contact Information:	Nathan De Lee
		Department of Physics and Astronomy
		Michigan State University
		2171 Biomedical Physical Sciences
		East Lansing, MI 48824-2320
		Telephone: (517)-355-9200 ext. 2391
		Fax: (517)-432-8802
		Email: delee@pa.msu.edu
		Web page: http://www.pa.msu.edu/$\sim$delee
	Education:	Michigan State University 2002 - Present
		Ph. D in Astronomy & Astrophysics
		Ph. D Advisors: Horace Smith & Timothy Beers
		Thesis: RR Lyrae in the SDSS-II SN Survey
		Ph. D Expected: Summer 2008
		Michigan State University 2006
		M.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics
		M.S. Advisor: Horace Smith
		Thesis: The Strange Case of the Metal-Rich Cluster NGC 6304
		University of Kansas 1998 - 2002
		B.S. in both Astronomy (with honors) and Physics
		B.S. Advisors: Bruce Twarog & Barbara Anthony-Twarog
		Thesis: CCD uvbyCaH$\beta$ Photometry of Clusters. III. The Most Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6253

Research Interests:

• The internal processes of intrinsically variable stars and how that relates to their environment.
• Galactic formation history and the structure of the galactic halo.
• Dwarf spheroidal galaxies and their relationship to the formation history of the Local Group.
• Development of software for the detection and characterization of large numbers of variable stars for surveys.

Research Experience:
Observing:

• Michigan State University 24inch telescope 2002 - present
  Purpose: Photometry of Type-II Cepheid lightcurves in globular clusters and RR Lyrae lightcurves in the g, r, and i.

• Kitt Peak YALO 0.9m with the S2KB imager Nov 2005; Mar, Apr, Oct 2007
  Purpose: Stellar parameter determination using UBV and BVRI photometry.

• SOAR 4-m telescope with the OSIRIS infrared spectrograph Oct 2007 Purpose: Determining the oxygen abundance of carbon enhanced metal poor stars.

• Blanco 4-M telescope with the RC spectrograph Aug/Sept 2007
  Purpose: Determination of Radial Velocities and Metallicities for halo SDSS RR Lyrae stars

• SOAR 4-m telescope with the SOAR Optical Imager Feb-Mar 2006; Mar, Apr, May, Jun 2007 Purpose: Photometric variable surveys of SDSS dwarf spheroidals and of globular clusters.

• CTIO 0.9m with the QUAD CCD May 2005
  Purpose: Stellar parameter determination using UBV and BVRI photometry.

• Blanco 4-m telescope with the Mosaic imager Nov 2004
  Purpose: Variable star survey of the Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy.

Software Design:

• Created the primary image transfer scripts for the SOAR telescope remote observing.
• Wrote one of the reduction pipelines for SOAR optical imager.
• Designed the instrument setup and night report web pages for SOAR.

Computer Expertise:

• Languages: C/C++, Perl, Fortran 77, PHP, MYSQL, and HTML.
• Environments: IRAF, IDL, Linux and Sun systems.

Teaching Experience:

• Dimensions summer camp, Astronomy section. June 2007
• ISP 205 Astronomy Lab 2003-2004

Professional Organizations:

American Astronomical Society

Awards:

• Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award 2006
• College of Natural Science Recruiting Fellowship 2002

References:

Prof. Horace Smith
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
3272 Biomedical Physical Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824-2320
Telephone: (517)-355-9200 ext. 2415 Fax: (517)-432-8802
Email: smith@pa.msu.edu

Prof. Timothy Beers
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
3268 Biomedical Physical Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824-2320
Telephone: (517)-355-9200 ext. 2416 Fax: (517)-432-8802
Email: beers@pa.msu.edu

Prof. Stephen Zepf
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
3258 Biomedical Physical Sciences, East Lansing, MI 48824-2320
Telephone: (517)-355-9200 ext. 2417 Fax: (517)-432-8802
Email: zepf@pa.msu.edu

Publications:

Sesar, Branimir, Ivezic, Zeljko, Lupton, Robert H., Juric, Mario, Gunn, James E., Knapp, Gillian R., De Lee, Nathan, Allyn Smith, J., Miknaitis, Gajus, Lin, Huan, et al., 2007, AJ, 134, 2236, Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Greco, C., Clementini, G., Catelan, M., Held, E. V., Poretti, E., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rest, A., De Lee, N., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., 2007, ApJ, 670, 332, Variable stars in the Fornax dSph Galaxy. I. The Globular Cluster Fornax 4

Beers, Timothy C., Flynn, Chris, Rossi, Silvia, Sommer-Larsen, Jesper, Wilhelm, Ronald, Marsteller, Brian, Lee, Young Sun, De Lee, Nathan, Krugler, Julie, Deliyannis, Constantine P., et al., 2007, ApJ, 168, 128, Broadband UBVRcIc Photometry of Horizontal-Branch and Metal-poor Candidates from the HK and Hamburg/ESO Surveys. I.

Twarog, Bruce A., Anthony-Twarog, Barbara J., De Lee, Nathan, 2003, AJ, 125, 138, CCD uvbyCaH$\beta$ Photometry of Clusters. III. The Most Metal-Rich Open Cluster, NGC 6253.

Posters:

Greco, C., Clementini, G., Catelan, M., Poretti, E., Held, E. V., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rest, A., De Lee, N., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J. 2007, IAU Symposium, 241, 343, The Oosterhoff types of the Fornax dSph Globular Clusters

Randall, J. M., Rabidoux, K., Smith, H. A., De Lee, N., Pritzl, B., & Osborn, W. 2007, AAS, 209, Period Changes of Type II Cepheids in the Globular Cluster M5

De Lee, N. M., Smith, H. A., Beers, T. C., Bramich, D. M., Vidrih, S., Zucker, D. B., & Ivezic, Z. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, 1126, RR Lyrae Stars in the SDSS-II Supernova Survey

Kuehn, C. A., III, Taylor, L., Smith, H. A., Catelan, M., Pritzl, B. J., & De Lee, N. 2006, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, 942, Variable Stars in the LMC Globular Cluster NGC 1754

Clementini, G., Greco, C., Held, E. V., Poretti, E., Catelan, M., Dell'Arciprete, L., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., Rest, A., De Lee, N.,2006, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 77, 249, The Fornax Project

Poretti, E., Dell'Arciprete, L., Clementini, G., Held, E. V., Greco, C., Gullieuszik, M., Maio, M., Rizzi, L., Catelan, M., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B., De Lee, N., Rest, A., 2006, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 77, 219, A large and homogeneous sample of SX Phe stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Catelan, M., Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., Borissova, J., Cacciari, C., Contreras, R., Corwin, T. M., De Lee, N., Escobar, M. E., Layden, A. C., et al., 2006, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 77, 202, Completing the census of (bright) variable stars in galactic globular clusters

De Lee, N., Catelan, M., Layden, A., Pritzl, B., Smith, H., Sweigart, A., & Welch, D. L. 2006, Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, 77, 117, NGC 6304: a metal rich cluster with RR Lyrae?

De Lee, N., Beers, T. C., Smith, H. A., Marsteller, B., Krugler, J., Lee, Y., Wilhelm, R., Terndrup, D. 2005, AAS, 207, BVRI and UBV Photometry of Metal-Poor and Horizontal-Branch Candidates in the Galactic Halo

Rabidoux, K., Smith, H. A., Wells, K., Randall, J., Hartley, D., LaCluyze, A., De Lee, N., Ingber, M., Ireland, M., Kinemuchi, K., et al., 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37, 1364, Light Curves for Type II Cepheids in M3 and M5

Catelan, M., Contreras, R., Salinas, R., Escobar, M. E., Smith, H. A., De Lee, N., Pritzl, B. J., Borissova, J., 2004, AAS, 205, RR Lyrae Variables in Galactic Globular Clusters

Lee, Y., De Lee, N., Beers, T. C., Smith, H., Wilhelm, R., Allende Prieto, C., Yanny, B., Rockosi, C., Newberg, H. J., 2004, AAS, 205, SDSS ugriz Color-Magnitude Diagrams and Spectroscopy of Galactic Globular Clusters

Smith, H. A., Pritzl, B. J., Catelan, M., Sweigart, A. V., De Lee, N., Contreras, R., 2003, AAS, 203, RR Lyrae Stars: Period-Luminosity Relations and Oosterhoff Groups

Twarog, B. A., Anthony-Twarog, B. J., & De Lee, N. M. 2002, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 34, 949, uvbyCaH$\beta$ CCD Photometry of NGC 6253 - The Most Metal-Rich Open Cluster?

Talks:

RR Lyrae stars: A look at variability in the SDSS-II Supernova Survey, Stellar Pulsation & Cycles of Discovery: New Tools, New Variables, New Astrophysics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 2007

RR Lyrae Stars in the SDSS-II Supernova Stripe, MSU Variable Stars Meeting, East Lansing, MI March 2007

Variable Stars in NGC 6304, BGSU Variable Stars Meeting, Bowling Green, OH April 2004