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(Nov 2019)
Stephanie H Ho
ORCID: 0000-0002-9607-7365
Department Directory:
https://astro.nmsu.edu/facultydirectory/stephanie-ho.html
Publication List:
ADS Library (publications only)
ADS Library (publications, proposals abstracts, etc.)
Brief CV (html)
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, with Astrophysics Emphasis | 2013 - 2019
University of California, Santa Barbara
Advisor: Prof. Crystal L. Martin
B.Sc. in Physics/Enrichment Stream in Theoretical Physics | 2009 - 2013
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Reciprocity student of UC Education Abroad Program | 2011 - 2012
University of California, Santa Barbara
Positions Held &
Academic Appointments
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow | 2022 - present
Host Institution: New Mexico State University
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Christopher W. Churchill
Postdoctoral Research Associate | 2019 - 2022
Texas A&M University
Supervisor: Prof. Robert C. Kennicutt Jr.
Graduate Student Researcher | 2013 - 2019
University of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching Assistant | 2013 - 2015, 2016 - 2017, 2019
University of California, Santa Barbara
Grants, Honors and Awards
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship | NSF | 2022 - 2025
HST Cycle 29, GO-16742: 17 Orbits | NASA/STScI | 2022 - 2025
HST Cycle 27, GO-15866: 25 Orbits | NASA/STScI | 2020 - 2023
Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize (Honorable Mention) | AAS Winter Meeting | 2019
UC LEADS Program Fellowship (Mentoring) | UC Santa Barbara | 2018, 2019
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship | UC Santa Barbara | 2017 - 2018
Doctoral Student Travel Grant | UC Santa Barbara | 2017 - 2018
Graduate Research Mentorship Program Fellowship | UC Santa Barbara | 2015 - 2016
Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research | American Physical Society | 2015
Worster Summer Research Fellowship (Mentoring) | UC Santa Barbara | 2014, 2016
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award | UC Santa Barbara | 2014 - 2015
Yzurdiaga Graduate Fellowship | UC Santa Barbara | 2013 - 2014
Herbert P. Broida Fellowship | UC Santa Barbara | 2013 - 2014
Yasumoto International Exchange Scholarship | CUHK | 2011
Publications
(In reverse chronological order; updated: Jan 4, 2024 from ADS)
1st (and 2nd) author publications = 5 (6) with 169 (240) citations
Total publications = 7 [citations: 306]; h-index = 7
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Ho, S. H., Martin, C. L. & Schaye, J., How Identifying Circumgalactic Gas by Line-of-sight Velocity instead of the Location in 3D Space Affects O VI Measurements. 2021, ApJ, 923, 137. [ADS]
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Ho, S. H., Martin, C. L. & Schaye, J., Morphological and Rotation Structures of Circumgalactic Mg II Gas in the EAGLE Simulation and the Dependence on Galaxy Properties. 2020, ApJ, 904, 76. [ADS]
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Ho, S. H. & Martin, C. L., Resolving 3D Disk Orientation Using High-resolution Images: New Constraints on Circumgalactic Gas Inflows. 2020, ApJ, 888, 14 [ADS]
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Martin, C. L., Ho, S. H., Kacprzak, G. G. & Churchill, C. W., Kinematics of Circumgalactic Gas: Feeding and Feedback. 2019, ApJ, 878, 84 [ADS]
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Ho, S. H., Martin, C. L. & Turner, M. L., How Gas Accretion Feeds Galactic Disks. 2019, ApJ, 875, 54 [ADS]
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Ho, S. H., Martin, C. L., Kacprzak, G. G. & Churchill, C. W., Quasar Probing Galaxies: Signatures of Gas Accretion at Redshift z ≈ 0.2. 2017, ApJ, 835, 267 [ADS]
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Kacprzak, G. G., Martin, C. L., Bouché, N., Churchill, C. W., Cooke, J., LeReun, A., Schroetter, I., Ho, S. H. & Klimek, E. 2014, New Perspective on Galaxy Outflows from the First Detection of Both Intrinsic and Traverse Metal-line Absorption. 2014, ApJL, 792, L12 [ADS]
Approved Proposals
As Principle Investigator:
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HST, Cycle 29, 17 orbits (HST-GO-16742): Resolving the 3D Orientation of Galactic Disks: New Constraints on Circumgalactic Gas Flow
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VLA, 2020A, 36 hours awarded (VLA/20A-400): HI Observations of z=0.2 Galaxies with Corotating Circumgalactic Gas
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HST, Cycle 27, 25 orbits (HST-GO-15866): Angular Momentum of the Warm-Hot Circumgalactic Medium
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Gemini Observatory, 2015A, 7.2 hours (GN-2015A-Q-60): Studying Galaxy Disk Structures and its Relation with Gas Accretion in z=0.15-0.3 Galaxies
As Co-Investigator:
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MMT, Red Channel Spectrograph, 2021A, 1 night, PI: Rob Kennicutt
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MMT, Red Channel Spectrograph, 2020A, 1 night, PI: Rob Kennicutt
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HST, Cycle 24, 10 orbits (HST-GO-15754), PI: Crystal Martin
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Keck II, NIRC2/LGSAO, 2017A, 1 night, PI: Crystal Martin
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Keck II, NIRC2/LGSAO, 2016B, 1 night, PI: Crystal Martin
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Keck I, LRIS, 2015A, 2 nights, PI: Crystal Martin
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Keck I, LRIS, 2014A, 2 nights, PI: Crystal Martin
Observing Experience
Keck Observatory, Keck I, LRIS, 5 nights
Keck Observatory, Keck II, NIRC2/LGSAO, 3 nights
MMT Observatory, Blue Channel Spectrograph, 1 night
MMT Observatory, Red Channel Spectrograph, 1 night
Apache Point Observatory, 3.5m, DIS, 9 half nights
McDonald Observatory, 2.7m, Virus-W, 3 nights
Service & Outreach
Referee for ApJ, MNRAS, and Nature Astronomy | 2019 - present
Panelist, Cycle 30 Hubble Space Telescope Proposals, STScI | Apr - June 2022
Co-organizer, Astronomy Seminar, Texas A&M University | 2019 - 2022
Co-organizer, Astrosymposium, Texas A&M University | Aug 2020
External Reviewer, Cycle 28 Hubble Space Telescope Proposals | Mar - Apr 2020
Speaker, Astronomy on Tap Santa Barbara | Mar 2019
Panelist, APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics | Jan 2019
Judge, Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards, AAS | Jan 2019
Graduate Mentor, UC LEADS Program, UC Santa Barbara | 2018, 2019
Member, Physics Circus, UC Santa Barbara | 2014 - 2019
Graduate Research Mentor, Worster Research Fellowship Program, UCSB | 2014, 2016
Co-organizer, Physics Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, UCSB | 2016