DR. CARL MELIS CURRICULUM VITAE - CASS - UC San Diego

DR. CARL MELISCURRICULUM VITAECenter for Astrophysics and Space Sciences Tel: 1 (858) 534-6627University of California, San Diego, CASS 0424 Fax: 1 (858) 534-22949500 Gilman Drive cmelis@ucsd.eduLa Jolla, CA 92093-0424http://cass.ucsd.edu/~cmelis/Current PositionResearchInterestsNSF AAPF Fellow/UCSD CASS Postdoctoral FellowDebris disks around nearby main sequence stars, ancient planetary systemsand their composition through the study of white dwarf stars, activelyaccreting dusty first-ascent giant stars, radio interferometric imaging ofprotoplanetary disks, very-long baseline imaging astrometry, cool browndwarfs as companions to nearby stars.Professional Ph.D. Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, 2009PreparationThesis title: “The Life, Death, and Composition of ExoterrestrialPlanets around Intermediate Mass Stars”Advisor: Prof. Emeritus B. ZuckermanM.S. Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, 2007B.S. Physics and Mathematics-Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, 2005Appointments NSF AAPF Fellow, UC San Diego, 2010-2013CASS Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Diego, 2009-2013Spitzer Visiting Graduate Student Fellow, Spitzer Science Center, 2008Research Assistant, UC San Diego, 2003-2005Teaching and ASTR 101L Instructor, MiraCosta College, Fall 2011 - Spring 2012Educational Observational Astronomy Research Course, UCSD, 2012 (planned).Outreach Guest Lecturer, UC San Diego, 2009-2010UCLA Planetarium and Telescope Coordinator, 2006-2008Teaching Assistant, UC Los Angeles, 2006-2008Major Fundingand AwardsPI, Herschel Space Telescope programs (OT1_cmelis_1, OT2_cmelis_3)Co-I, Herschel Space Telescope GO programsNSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010-2013PI, VLBA Key Science Project, 2010-2013(https://science.nrao.edu/science/key-science-projects/ksp_pdcontroversy)UCSD CASS Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2009-2013Lawrence Livermore National Labs Minigrant, 2009Spitzer Visiting Graduate Student Program Fellowship, 2008Regent’s Scholarship UC Los Angeles, 2005-2006Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship UC San Diego, 2004Boy Scouts of America Eagle Award, 2001Page 1 of 1

DR. CARL MELISBIBLIOGRAPHYPeer-Reviewed Research Publications20121 C. Melis, B. Zuckerman, J. Rhee, I. Song, S. Murphy, M. Bessell. “Rapid disappearanceof a warm, dusty circumstellar disk”. Accepted for publication in Nature Letters.2 A. Schneider, C. Melis, I. Song. “TW Hya Association Membership and New WISEdetectedCircumstellar Disks”. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.3 C. Melis, P. Dufour, J. Bochanski, A. Burgasser, S. Parsons, B Gaensicke, J. Farihi, D.Koester, B. Swift. “Gaseous Material Orbiting the Polluted, Dusty White Dwarf HE 1349-2305”. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 751, 4 (2012).4 B. Zuckerman, C. Melis, J. Rhee, A. Schneider, I. Song. “Stellar Membership and DustyDebris Disks in the ! Persei Cluster”. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.5 C. Melis, B. Zuckerman, J. Rhee, I. Song, S. Murphy, M. Bessell. “ObservationalDetermination of the Terrestrial Planet Formation Epoch and Occurrence Rate for IntermediatemassStars”. Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal.6 P. Dufour, M. Kilic, G. Fontaine, P. Bergeron, C. Melis, J. Bochanski. “Detailedcompositional analysis of the heavily polluted DBZ white dwarf SDSS J073842.56+183509.06:A window on planet formation?”. Astrophysical Journal, 749, 6 (2012).7 F. Fekel, M. Cordero, R. Galicher, B. Zuckerman, C. Melis, A. Weinberger. “ThirdComponent Search and Abundances of the Very Dusty Short-Period Binary BD+20°307”.Astrophysical Journal 749, 7 (2012).8 D. Rodriguez, C. Marois, B. Zuckerman, B. Macintosh, C. Melis. “A SubstellarCompanion to the Dusty Pleiades Star HD 23514”. Astrophysical Journal 748, 30 (2012).20119 B. Zuckerman, D. Koester, P. Dufour, C. Melis, B. Klein, M. Jura. “AnAluminum/Calcium-rich, Iron-poor, White Dwarf Star: Evidence for an Extrasolar PlanetaryLithosphere?”. Astrophysical Journal 739, 101 (2011).10 A. Riedel, S. Murphy, T. Henry, C. Melis, W. Jao, J. Subasavage. “The SolarNeighborhood. XXVI. AP Col: The Closest (8.4 pc) Pre-main-sequence Star”. AstronomicalJournal 142, 104 (2011).11 A. Schneider, C. Melis, I. Song, B. Zuckerman. “Hunting the Coolest Dwarfs: Methodsand Early Results”. Astrophysical Journal 743, 109 (2011).12 C. Melis, G. Duchêne, L. Chomiuk, P. Palmer, M. Perrin, S. Maddison, F. Ménard, K.Stapelfeldt, C. Pinte, G. Duvert. “Microwave Observations of Edge-on Protoplanetary Disks:Program Overview and First Results”. Astrophysical Journal Letters 739, 7 (2011).13 D. Rodriguez, B. Zuckerman, C. Melis, I. Song. “The Ultra Cool Brown DwarfCompanion of WD 0806-661: Age, Mass, and Formation Mechanism”. Astrophysical JournalLetters 732, 29 (2011).Page 1 of 3

Dr. Carl MelisBibliography14 C. Melis, J. Farihi, P. Dufour, B. Zuckerman, A. Burgasser, P. Bergeron, J. Bochanski,R. Simcoe. “Accretion of a Terrestrial-Like Minor Planet by a White Dwarf”. AstrophysicalJournal 732, 90 (2011).201015 C. Melis, C. Gielen, C. Chen, J. Rhee, I. Song, B. Zuckerman. “Shocks and a GiantPlanet in the Disk Orbiting BP Piscium?”. Astrophysical Journal 724, 470 (2010).16 B. Zuckerman, C. Melis, B. Klein, D. Koester, M. Jura. “Ancient planetary systems areorbiting a large fraction of white dwarf stars”. Astrophysical Journal 722, 725 (2010).17 C. Melis, M. Jura, L. Albert, B. Klein, B. Zuckerman. “Echoes of a decaying planetarysystem: the gaseous and dusty disks surrounding three white dwarfs”. Astrophysical Journal722, 1078 (2010).18 C. Melis, B. Zuckerman, J. Rhee, I. Song. “The Age of the HD 15407 System and TheEpoch of Final Catastrophic Mass Accretion onto Terrestrial Planets Around Sun-like Stars”.Astrophysical Journal Letters, 717, 57 (2010).19 B. Klein, M. Jura, D. Koester, B. Zuckerman, C. Melis. “Chemical Abundances in theExternally Polluted White Dwarf GD 40: Evidence of a Rocky Extrasolar Minor Planet”.Astrophysical Journal 709, 950 (2010).200920 C. Melis, B. Zuckerman, I. Song, J. Rhee, S. Metchev. “A Substantial Dust DiskSurrounding an Actively Accreting First-Ascent Giant Star”. Astrophysical Journal 696, 1964(2009).21 D. Tytler, M. Gleed, C. Melis, and 6 co-authors. “Metal Absorption Systems in Pairs ofQSOs”. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 392, 1539 (2009).200822 B. Zuckerman, C. Melis, and 16 co-authors. “Gas and Dust Associated with the Strange,Isolated, Star BP Piscium”. Astrophysical Journal, 683, 1085 (2008).200723 B. Zuckerman, D. Koester, C. Melis, B. Hansen, M. Jura. “The Chemical Composition ofan Extrasolar Minor Planet”. Astrophysical Journal, 671, 872 (2007).200524 D. Kirkman, D. Tytler, N. Suzuki, C. Melis, and 7 co-authors. “The HI opacity of theintergalactic medium at redshifts 1.6 < z < 3.2”. Monthly Notices of the Royal AstronomicalSociety, 360, 1373 (2005).25 T. Jena, M. L. Norman, D. Tytler, D. Kirkman, N. Suzuki, A. Chapman, C. Melis, and 8co-authors. “A Concordance Model of the Lyman-alpha Forest at z=1.95”. Monthly Notices ofthe Royal Astronomical Society, 361, 70 (2005).Page 2 of 3

Dr. Carl MelisBibliographyPh.D. Thesis“The Life, Death, and Composition of Exoterrestrial Planets around Intermediate Mass Stars” C.Melis, 2009, PhD Thesis, University of California, Los AngelesTalks Given06/2012 – Caltech Tea Time Series01/2012 – AAS Austin09/2011 – UC San Diego CASS Journal Club07/2011 – Mt. Stromlo Observatory Colloquium, Australian National University01/2011 – AAS Seattle09/2010 – San Diego State University Astronomy Department Colloquium01/2010 – UC San Diego CASS Colloquium01/2010 – AAS Washington, DC Dissertation Talk09/2009 – Keck Science Meeting 2009, Caltech09/2009 – Gemini-South Seminar, La Serena, Chile05/2009 – EVLA:Stars Meeting, Socorro, NM01/2009 – AAS Long Beach12/2008 – IPAC Lunch Seminar Series11/2008 – UC San Diego CASS Colloquium10/2008 – UCLA Earth and Space Sciences Lunch Seminar Series09/2008 – AURA Facilities Seminar, La Serena, Chile09/2008 – ESO Vitacura HQ Seminar, Santiago, Chile05/2008 – Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lunch Talk Series02/2008 – UCLA Astrophysics Journal Club01/2008 – AAS Austin09/2007 – NRAO Lunch Talk Series, Socorro, NM06/2007 – UCLA Astrophysics Journal Club01/2007 – AAS SeattlePage 3 of 3