Philip Rosenfield

Facutly Application Materials

Here are application materials I used for astronomy or physics faculty applications. I should state some statistics as a caveat: I applied to only 4 positions and got one interview (two searches were canceled, but I didn't stand much of a chance anyway; the interview went very well, but they ended up going with a physicist since the small physics department already had two astronomers). I was extremely selective because I was optimizing on location (non-stop flight to family) and school type (non-PhD granting).

• Teaching Statement
• Research Statement
• Evidence of Teaching Excellence - This is akin to a teaching portfolio, it's Appendix T referred to in my teaching statement.
• Proposed Undergraduate Research Projects - This is Appendix R referred to in my research statement.

Research

How can we better understand the most complex phases a star goes through and how can we better use our understanding of stars to understand nearby galaxies and beyond? I use observations of resolved stellar populations to constrain stellar evolution models. My focus is on phases that have the greatest impact on galaxies but that we understand the least. So far, that's been the luminous core helium fusing phase (contained within the blue or red supergiant phase), asymptotic giant branch stars, and stars that have failed to become AGB stars.

ADS Listing

Data and code to reproduce Rosenfield+2017

See this repository: https://philrosenfield.github.io/core_overshoot_clusters/

Interpolated PARSEC Tracks

Download a simplified format of the PARSEC V1.2S tracks here

Grants and Programs

National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Fellowship (AST-1501205) 2015-2018
A Legacy Imaging Survey of M33: GO-14610, PI J. Dalcanton 2016
The Evolution of Metal-rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars: GO-14072, PI M. Boyer 2016
A Legacy Magellanic Clouds Star Clusters Sample for the Calibration of Stellar Evolution Models: AR-13901, PI M. Fouesneau co-PI P. Rosenfield 2014
Constraining Models of Evolved UV-Bright Stars in the M31 Bulge: GO-13710, PI P. Rosenfield 2014
Towards Identifying Carbon Stars Beyond the Local Group: GO-12862, PI M. Boyer 2012
Observational Constraints on Massive Star Models: HST AR-12619, PI P. Rosenfield 2011
University of Washington Planetarium Digital upgrade (co-PI P. Rosenfield) 2010
NASA Space Grant Fellowship 2010

Collaborations

Solving the TP-AGB STAR Conundrum: a KEY to Galaxy Evolution (STARKEY) PI: Paula Marigo, University of Padua

WFIRST Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey (WINGS) PI: Benjamin Williams, University of Washington