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Joe Mottram

See also my Publications List. A more detailed and up-to-date CV is available upon request..

Personal:

Date of Birth:
Nationality: 		December 1983
British

Research Interests:

Star Formation: physics, chemistry and timescales of Star Formation from galactic scales to individual protostars across the stellar mass range
Molecular Clouds: formation, lifetime, destruction/dispersal, structure
Feedback: Impact of star formation on large and small scales, outflows, jets, disk winds
Galactic Structure: spiral arms, impact on star formation, distance measurement, galactic populations
Observations: Multi-wavelength studies, surveys, infrared and radio imaging and spectroscopy, molecular line surveys
Computing & Modelling: radiative transfer, population synthesis

Employment:

Post-doctoral:
Research Associate 10/2011 - Present Leiden Observatory,
Leiden University,
The Netherlands
Seconded Associate Research Fellow 07/2011 - 03/2011 Centre for Astrophysics Research,
University of Hertfordshire,
United Kingdom
Associate Research Fellow 11/2008 - 10/2011 School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Exeter,
United Kingdom

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy
(Thesis supervisor: Dr. Melvin Hoare) 		03/2009 School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Leeds,
United Kingdom
Master of Physics with Astrophysics (North America)
First class with Honours 		2001 - 2005 School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Leeds,
United Kingdom

Teaching Experience:

Student Supervision:
Irene San-Jose Garcia 10/2011 - Present PhD. Leiden Observatory, NL
Ana Rodriguez 06/2014 - 08/2014 LEAPS summer student Leiden Observatory, NL
Shourya Khanna 09/2013 - 07/2014 MSc. Leiden Observatory, NL
Demonstrating:
PHY2017 Practical Physics II (Telescope experiment) 01/2009 - 08/2011 8 6-hour labs. per year Observing. University of Exeter, U.K.
PHYS2060 Physics Lab. 3 (Telescope experiment) 10/2005 - 05/2008 10 6-hour labs per year. Observing. University of Leeds, U.K.
Tutorials:
LEAPS tutorials on Star Formation 06/2014 - 08/2014 Weekly 1-hour chalk-and-talk tutorials Leiden Observatory, NL
PHYS2150 Stellar Structure & Evolution 10/2005 - 01/2008 10 1-hour tutorials per year. Marking of homework. University of Leeds, U.K.

Other Experience:

Workshops:
LOC for Oort Workshop 2014: Episodic Accretion in honour of Prof. Neal Evans 2014
Co-Chair LOC and SOC for Lorentz Center Workshop High-Mass Star Formation, From Large to Small Scales in the Era of Herschel & ALMA 04/2012 - 06/2013
Responsibilities:
WISH Survey HIFI Data Delivery Coordinator 2013 - Present Leiden Observatory, NL
WISH Low-Mass Sub-Team Leader 2013 - Present Leiden Observatory, NL
Organiser of Astro-group Seminars 07/2009 - 04/2011 University of Exeter, UK.
Refereeing:
MNRAS 2012 - present

Awards:

  • 13,700 Euros for Lorentz Center Workshop on `High-mass star formation, from large to small scales in the era of Herschel & ALMA'
  • 850 Euros by the Leids Kerkhoven Bosscha Fonds towards attendance at 'The Origins of Stars and their Planetary Systems' conference in Hamilton, Canada
  • Prize for the Best Talk as Judged by the Staff, School of Physics \& Astronomy PhD. Student Symposium, Univ. of Leeds, 2008
  • Bolton Prize for Academic Excellence, The Univ. of Leeds, 2005
  • Dux of School for Highest Exam Results, Bell Baxter High School, Cupar, Fife, 2001

Computing Experience:

Extensive Knowledge of: Python (including parallelisation), RATRAN, RADEX, IDL, STARLINK, Mac, Linux (Fedora) and Windows systems
Intermediate Knowledge of: Montage, Figaro, IRAF, ORAC-DR, POLMAP, HTML
Basic Knowledge of: FORTRAN, Radiative Transfer Models, C, CASA

Professional Associations:

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union Working Group on Massive Stars