Richard A. Shaw



Home | Professional Profile | CV | Publications

CURRICULUM VITA

Education

Secondary Education: Rock Island High School, Rock Island, IL
1976    High School Diploma

Undergraduate Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1980    B.S. in Sciences & Letters, with Concentrations in Astronomy & Physics

Graduate Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1982    M.S. in Astronomy
1985    Ph.D. in Astronomy, Dissertation Advisor: James B. Kaler

Continuing Education:
1998—2000    University of Maryland, Baltimore County: Computer Science Courses
2001—2005    Management training seminars in communication, project management,
budget development & tracking, staff supervision
2008    NVO Summer School

Appointments

National Optical Astronomy Observatory

2001—present

Scientist

2001—2005

Manager, Data Products Program

Space Telescope Science Institute

1999—2001

Scientist

1995—1999

Associate Scientist

1990—1995

Assistant Scientist

CSC/IUE Observatory

1988—1990

Astronomer

Lick Observatory

1985—1988

Postgraduate Astronomer; Postdoctoral Sponsor: Donald E. Osterbrock

University of Illinois

1982—1985

Graduate Research Assistant

1980—1982

Graduate Teaching Assistant

1977—1980

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Scientific/Professional Service

Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems (ADASS) conference series
1992—2006: Member, Program Organizing Committee
2000—2003: ADASS POC Chair

Review Panels
HST Time Assignment Committee
NOAO Survey TAC
NSF Proposal Reviewer

Regular Referee for:
Astrophysical Journal
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Post-doctoral Advisor for:
Dr. Eva Villaver
Dr. Ting-Hui Lee

External Thesis Examiner for:
Dr. Warren A. Reid (Macquarie University)
Dr. David A. Frew (Macquarie University)

Funded Observing Programs

Hubble Space Telescope
GO 8271: 50 Orbits A Snapshot Survey of LMC Planetary Nebulae L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, B. Balick, J. C. Blades
GO 8663: 55 Orbits Survey of the SMC Planetary Nebulae: Nebular and
Stellar Evolution in a Low-Metallicity Environment
L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, B. Balick, J. C. Blades, G. Jacoby, O. De Marco
GO 8702: 20 Orbits The Most Elusive Nuclei of LMC Planetary Nebulae R. Shaw, L. Stanghellini, B. Balick, J. C. Blades
GO 9077: 224 Orbits Survey of the LMC Planetary Nebulae R. Shaw, L. Stanghellini, B. Balick, J. C. Blades
GO 9077: 28 Orbits Planetary Nebulae in the LMC: A Study on Stellar
Evolution and Populations
L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, B. Balick, J. C. Blades, L. Cawley
GO 10251: 53 Orbits Snapshot Survey of SMC Planetary Nebulae R. Shaw, L. Stanghellini, E. Villaver
GO 10259: 26 Orbits Planetary Nebulae in the SMC: A Study of Stellar
Populations in an Extremely Low-Metallicity
Environment
L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, E. Villaver, B. Balick
GO 11657: 130 Orbits The Population of Compact Planetary Nebulae in the
Galactic Disk
L. Stanghellini, R. Shaw, E. Villaver

Spitzer Space Telescope
GO 20443: 15 Hours Magellanic Cloud Planetary Nebulae: Probing the
Effects of Metallicity on Dust Formation, Mass-Loss,
and Evolution
L. Stanghellini, P. Garcia-Lario, E. Villaver, J. Perea-Calderon, R. Shaw, A. Manchado
GO 50261: 32 Hours Dust, Gas, and Metallicity in Compact Galactic Disk
Planetary Nebulae: The Missing Evolutionary Link
L. Stanghellini, P. Garcia-Lario, A. Garcia-Hernandez, R. Shaw, E. Villaver, A. Manchado, J. Perea-Calderon

Professional Associations

American Astronomical Society

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

International Astronomical Union
Member, IAU FITS Working Group (Commission 5)

Contact Information

National Optical Astronomy Observatory
950 N. Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
USA
Office: +1-520-318-8398
shaw at noao dot edu
DShaw8230 at gmail dot com
http://www.noao.edu/noao/staff/shaw/