Astrophysics Science Division

Charity A Woodrum

(POST/DOC RESEARCH)

Charity A Woodrum's Contact Card & Information.
Email: charity.a.woodrum@nasa.gov
Org Code: 665
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 665
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: NPP POST-DOC CONTRACT

Brief Bio


Dr. Charity Woodrum joined Goddard as a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow for the James Webb Space Telescope in September 2024. Her current research investigates the stellar mass growth and quenching of massive galaxies across cosmic time.


For more information, see https://www.charitywoodrum.com.

Research Interests


Observational Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Galaxy Quenching; Galaxy Star Formation Histories

Astrophysics: Galaxies

Positions/Employment


NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; ORAU - Greenbelt, MD

September 2024 - Present


Graduate Research Fellow

University of Arizona; National Science Foundation - Tucson, Arizona

August 2018 - August 2024


Undergraduate Researcher

University of Oregon, Fishergroup - Eugene, OR

March 2015 - June 2018


Tour Guide of the Night Sky

Pine Mountain Observatory - Bend, OR

May 2014 - June 2018


Research Intern

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - Huntsville, AL

June 2018 - August 2018

Education


  • Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Arizona (2024)
  • M.S. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Arizona (2021)
  • B.S. Physics, University of Oregon (2018)

Awards


  • NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2024)
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2018)
  • University of Oregon Department of Physics Weiser Undergraduate Research Award (2018)
  • University of Oregon Osher Scholar (2017)
  • NASA Oregon Space Grant Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2016)
  • University of Oregon Department of Physics Weiser Undergraduate Research Award (2016)

Selected Publications


Refereed

2024. "Using JADES NIRCam photometry to investigate the dependence of stellar mass inferences on the IMF in the early universe." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (42): [10.1073/pnas.2317375121] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Active Galactic Nuclei in the Green Valley at z ∼ 0.7." The Astrophysical Journal 974 (2): 305 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad74f1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "Identification of High-redshift Galaxy Overdensities in GOODS-N and GOODS-S." The Astrophysical Journal 974 (1): 41 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad6867] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "The JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey: Discovery of an Extreme Galaxy Overdensity at z = 5.4 with JWST/NIRCam in GOODS-S." The Astrophysical Journal 962 (2): 124 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad0da7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "JADES Initial Data Release for the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Revealing the Faint Infrared Sky with Deep JWST NIRCam Imaging." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 269 (1): 16 [10.3847/1538-4365/acf44d] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Molecular Gas Reservoirs in Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z ∼ 0.7 Linked to Late-time Star Formation." The Astrophysical Journal 940 (1): 39 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac9af7] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "ALMA Measures Rapidly Depleted Molecular Gas Reservoirs in Massive Quiescent Galaxies at z ∼ 1.5." The Astrophysical Journal 908 (1): 54 [10.3847/1538-4357/abcbf6] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "The Gemini/Hubble Space Telescope Galaxy Cluster Project: Stellar Populations in the Low-redshift Reference Cluster Galaxies." The Astronomical Journal 156 (5): 224 [10.3847/1538-3881/aae522] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "The Evolution of Bulge-dominated Field Galaxies from z ≈ 1 to the Present." The Astrophysical Journal 847 (1): 20 [10.3847/1538-4357/aa8871] [Journal Article/Letter]

Teaching Experience


  • Graduate Teaching Assistant ASTR 170B1: Exploring Our Universe, Spring 2024, University of Arizona, with Professor Edward Prather
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant ASTR 170B: The Physical Universe, Spring 2022, University of Arizona, with Professor Edward Prather
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant PHYS 201, 202, 203: Introduction to Physics, Summer 2015, University of Oregon
  • Science Educator Astronomy for Preschoolers, Summer 2015, Moss Street Children’s Center