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Connor Auge

Postdoctoral Research Scientist with the BASS Collboration at Eureka Scientific Inc

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Currently

Currently

Postdoctoral Researcher at Eureka Scientific Inc. with the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS).

Education

2019 - 2024 University of Hawaii
PhD in Astronomy

2017 - 2019 University of Hawaii
MS in Astronomy

2013 - 2017 Northern Arizona University
BS in Physics and Astronommy with a minor in Mathematics

Research Positions

May 2024 - Present Eureka Scientific Inc. - Postdoctoral Research Assistant to Dr. Mike Koss
Constructed resolved SEDs for the nuclear region of nearby active galactic nuclei (AGN) to accurately determine instrinsic properties of both the AGN and host galaxies.

August 2018 - Present University of Hawaii - Research Assistant to Dr. Dave Sanders
Conducted research to analyze the multiwavelength properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN). Generated Python software to produce spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and derive fundamental parameters of AGN and their host galaxies. Utilized advance SED fitting software, CIGALE, to fit physical models to multiwavelength data. Conducted extensive research with the Accretion History of AGN (AHA) collaboration.

December 2017 - January 2020 University of Hawaii - Research Assistant to Dr. Dan Huber
Developed Python code to analyze light curves from ground-based, all-sky, transient surveys and determine asteroseismic parameters for evolved red giant stars. Established the ground work for a novel, new method to determine precise distances to hundreds of thousands of evolved stars beyond the reach of the Gaia spacecraft.

January 2015 - May 2017 Northern Arizona University - Research Assistant to Dr. Lisa Chien
Mapped the neutral hydrogen gas distributions in an ensemble of interacting galaxy systems and modeled the gas dynamics of individual systems to generate a detailed history of the galaxy interaction.

January 2016 - May 2017 Northern Arizona University - Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Mommert
Derived photometric filter transformations utilizing large stellar catalogs for implementation in a open-source Python package.

Mentoring/Advising Expereince

Summer 2022 University of Hawaii - Thresa Kelly
Undergraduate, University of Kansas. - IfA REU Program

  • I designed the research project and served as the primary mentor and advisor for Thresa Kelly during her time in the IfA REU program. The project focused on comparing the multiwavelength properties of AGN that have been selected through varying techniques.

Summer 2022 University of Hawaii - Aurelie Wolf
Undergraduate University of Hawai’i Manoa. - Summer Research Project

  • I assisted in advising and mentoring Aurelie Wolf as she completed a summer research project. The project consisted of the visual classification of galaxy images to identify signs of mergers in AGN hosts.

Summer 2021 and Summer 2023 University of Hawaii - William Jarvis
Undergraduate, University of Wisconsin, Madison. - IfA REU Program

  • I designed the research project and served as the primary mentor and advisor for William Jarvis during his time in the IfA REU program. The project focused on visually classifying the host galaxies of AGN and analyzing the multiwavelength properties to constrain the evolutionary phase of the AGN.

Summer 2019 University of Hawaii - Kaitlynn Lilly
Undergraduate, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. - IfA REU Program

  • I served as the primary mentor and advisor for Kaitlynn Lilly during her time in the IfA REU program. The project focused on characterizing the SEDs and of X-ray selected AGN by their spectral type.

Teaching Positions

Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 Lab Instructor
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Dept. of Astronomy

  • ASTR 110L: Survey of Astronomy Lab

Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 Teaching Assistant
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Dept. of Astronomy

  • ASTR 110: Survey of Astronomy
  • ASTR 110L: Survey of Astronomy Lab

Honors

Observing
2 successful observing proposals as P.I. for a total of 4.5 nights on the Subaru Telescope

Awards
2023 Helen Jones Farrar ARCS Award
2016 Northern Arizona University NASA Space Grant
2016 Hooper Undergraduate Research Award
2015 Arthur and Catherine Adel Scholarship
2015 Chair Scholar Award for Physcis and Astronomy
2015 Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society

Technical Skills

  • OSX systems
  • Python
  • Code for Investigating Galaxy Evolution (CIGALE)
  • GALFIT
  • IRAF
  • GitHub
  • SAOImagesDS9

Last updated: September 2024