Kara Hartig Email & Phone Number

Providence, Rhode Island Area

• Planned and hosted a panel at Brown in November of 2016 on Intersectionality in Physics featuring prominent physicists and astronomers from Brown University, Mount Holyoke College, Boeing, and the Harvard-Smithsonian.
• Coordinate development, advertisement, and management of Physics WiSE events with two co-coordinators
• Organize and conduct monthly meetings with a 13-member cohort of WiSE mentors

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Received a 2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates NSF grant to conduct research in the Vanderbilt University Physics Department
• Researched Time-dependent Density Functional Theory (TDDFT) and applications in attosecond molecular simulations
• Designed and submitted over 100 TDDFT simulations of proton and alpha particle radiation effects on uracil and adenine molecules
• Extracted and analyzed results of TDDFT radiation simulations to characterize the influence of both radiated particle speed and point of entry in target molecule on the amount and type of energy transferred to the.
• Drafted a scientific paper presenting the results of TDDFT radiation simulations and outlining future work to describe energy transferred as an explicit function of both particle speed and point of entry
• Created a scientific poster summarizing and explaining the results of radiation simulations

Boulder, CO

• Tested 14-inch portable telescopes and CCD cameras for functionality and wrote internal instruction manuals for them in collaboration with four other interns
• Traveled to New Zealand for 2 weeks to collect data on the Pluto occultation event on 29-JUN-2015
• Processed and extracted light curves from CCD images of a Pluto occultation using Python
• Co-authoring (ongoing) two scientific papers presenting atmospheric temperature and pressure profiles and haze constraints on Pluto based on occultation data
• Presented a haze constraint poster at the 2015 Division of Planetary Science AAS Meeting

Boulder, CO

• Planned two Shorts Programs and Opening Night events and advertisement
• Developed and produced a commercial for the Boulder Audi dealership
• Reviewed films and shorts for entry into Youth Pavilion venue
• Line Control at 2014 Boulder International Film Festival
• Designed and programmed webpages for the Youth Pavilion on wordpress

Boulder, CO

• Attended monthly board meetings
• Reviewed monthly budget reports
• Planned a closing celebration for the organization, including invitations, gifts, volunteer shifts, venue, and catering.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Atmospheric Physics And Dynamics

Physics, Sophomore

Activities and Societies: Swing Club Tang Soo Do

High School

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations (Officer), JV Volleyball