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Henry Lee
Henry Lee
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Summary
• Project management for research projects with international collaborators.
• Research project roles, including planning & logistics, data collection, analysis & interpretation, writing, and publishing.
• External & internal documentation in support role of observatory user-instruments.
• Software & logistical program support to international astronomy-user community.
• 10+ years experience image-analysis & programming with astronomical data from telescopes.
• Multiple research papers written as first author & published in professional journals.
• Hundreds of hours of observing experience at telescopes.
Key Accomplishments
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Published first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Established research collaborations with astronomers in Australia, Europe, & US.
Experienced speaker at international research institutions & astronomy conferences.
Trained observatory staff with various roles in daytime and nighttime functional duties.
Evaluation committees & panels in service role to global astronomy community.
Travel-writing & -photography from 389 days of around-the-world travel in 2011-2013.
Recent Work History
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Science Fellow — Gemini Observatory (Gemini South), La Serena, Chile : 2006–2011.
Research Associate — University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA : 2003–2006.
Research Fellow — Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany : 2001–2003.
Research Assistant — York University, Toronto, Canada : 1994-2001.
Computing
• Basic scripting: Unix/OS X (t)cshell, perl, python, CSS, HTML, IRAF cl, Fortran90.
• Analysis: R, SuperMongo (SM), Microsoft Excel, Apple Numbers.
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• Presentation: L TEX ; Microsoft Word, PowerPoint; Apple Pages, Keynote.
Education
• Ph.D., astronomy : York University, Toronto, Canada, 2001.
• M.Sc., physics : University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1993.
• B.Sc., physics : Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, 1990.
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Henry Lee
First-Author Published Writing (Research/Technical)
• “Interstellar medium oxygen abundances of dwarf irregular galaxies in Centaurus A and nearby
groups”, Henry Lee et al. 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 376,
pg. 820 : link.
• “On Extending the Mass-Metallicity Relation of Galaxies by 2.5 Decades in Stellar Mass”, Henry
Lee et al. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 647, pg. 970 : link.
• Additional first-author papers are listed here.
Committees & Panels
• Gemini Observatory, internal hiring committees: 2008-2009 & 2009-2010.
• Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle 5 Time Allocation Committee: 2008 Feb. 11-13, Pasadena, USA.
• Scientific Organizing Committee, “Metals 2007 : Metallicity Calibrations for Gaseous Nebulae”, 2007 Jan. 22–26, Institute of Astronomy, Manoa, Hawaii.
• NOAO Time Allocation Committees: Galactic astronomy – Semester 2005A; Extragalactic
astronomy – Semesters 2005B, 2006A.
• Local and Scientific Organizing Committee: “Bright-Line Abundance Calibrations at Lowand High-Metallicity,” 28 May 2005, Univ. of Minnesota.
• Local Organizing Committee: “Ringberg Workshop on the Chemical Evolution of Dwarf
Galaxies,” Ringberg Castle, 2002 July 29–Aug. 2, Tegernsee, Germany.
• Referee for peer-review of manuscripts submitted to astronomy research journals.
Languages
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English: fluent.
German: conversation.
Cantonese: basic.
Spanish: basic.
French: basic
Interests
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Longer-form travel & photography blog: Fotoeins Fotopress.
Short-form photography blog: Fotoeins Wide.
Photographic themes: urban & natural landscapes on Flickr.
Travel: Europe, New Zealand, Hong Kong.
Germany: its people, the language, their culture.
Languages: the next on my list are Maori, Turkish, Czech.
Urban-transport, airline industry developments.
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