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publications
Astronomy 98 Final Paper
Published in Wolbach Library, 2019
A research project for course credit, using Prospector to perform SED fitting on galaxies included in the SDSS MaNGA sample.
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AAS Poster: A Dust Trap around the Young Multiple System HD 34700
Published in Proceedings of AAS 235, 2020
Using SMA observations, we detect a region of azimuthally asymmetric dust emission in a circumbinary disk around HD 34700Aa/Ab that is indicative of dust trapping.
Recommended citation: Benac P., Matra L., Jimenez-Donaire M.J., Zhang Q., Wilner D., 2020, AAS, 281.08 http://www.peytonbenac.com/files/Benac_AAS235_poster_final.pdf
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ApJ: A Dust Trap around the Young Multiple System HD 34700
Published in Astrophysical Journal, 2020
Using SMA observations, we detect a region of azimuthally asymmetric dust emission in a circumbinary disk around HD 34700Aa/Ab that is indicative of dust trapping.
Recommended citation: Benac, P., Matrà, L., Wilner, D., Jimènez-Donaire, M., Monnier, J., Harries, T., Laws, A., Rich, E., & Zhang, Q. (2020). A Dust Trap in the Young Multiple System HD 34700. The Astrophysical Journal, 905(2), 120. http://www.peytonbenac.com/files/2011.03489.pdf
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AJ: Re-examining the Radial Distributions of M13 Multiple Populations
Published in Astronomical Journal, 2020
We seek to resolve the tension in the literature regarding the presence of radially segregated multiple populations in the Galactic globular cluster M13. Previous studies of this nearby cluster have presented discordant results about the degree of dynamical mixing in the inner region of M13. Using ground-based (UBVI) photometry, we show that cumulative radial distributions of stars on the blue and red sides of the red giant branch are statistically identical.
Recommended citation: Smolinski, J., Hoogendam, W., Van Kooten, A., Benac, P., & Bruce, Z. (2020). Re-examining the Radial Distributions of M13 Multiple Populations. The Astronomical Journal, 160(5), 208. http://www.peytonbenac.com/files/2011.08684.pdf
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Senior Undergraduate Thesis
Published in Wolbach Library, 2021
Testing Optical Elements of the Wide-Field Phasing Testbed for the Giant Magellan Telescope.
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teaching
Science Olympiad
Middle School Coaching, Jenison High School, 2013
As a Science Olympiad coach, I taught basic astronomy, electromagnetism, optics, experimental design, scientific writing, and epidemiology to middle school students. The responsibilities of this role included lesson planning, test writing, curriculum design, and classroom management.
Yleana Leadership Academy
Summer Program, Yleana Leadership Academy, 2018
The Yleana Leadership Academy (YLA) is a summer program for students from high-need schools in major East coast cities where students live in a residential program and receive intensive SAT preparatory classes, as well as education about the real-world issues of justice and inequality. As a teacher for the YLA, I received extensive training on teaching test-taking strategies by building students’ critical thinking skills. Teaching at Yleana taught me to teach using the socratic method, to manage a classroom of students even during conflict, and to understand how students’ backgrounds impact their learning.
Harvard Ed Portal
Mentoring, Harvard Ed Portal, 2018
As an Ed Portal Mentor, I sought to provide innovative and engaging lessons to elementary and middle school students in the Allston area. Mentors were asked not to provide homework help, but instead to help students develop their curiosity on topics not covered in conventional schooling. For example, while working with a third-grade girl who was interested in space, we did various hands-on activities to help her learn about the size and scale of the solar system.
Teaching Assistant at UCLA
Term-time employment, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
As a graduate student, I am a teaching assistant for general education astronomy classes. I lead discussion sections and exam review sessions to help students deeply engage with the material. I have received excellent student evaluations and a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.