Charity A Woodrum
(POST/DOC RESEARCH)
| 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 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: GalaxiesPositions/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
Selected Public Outreach
LIVE TV Interview as NASA Expert, WSAZ
December 2024 - December 2024