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Elizabeth Teng | Curriculum Vitae Department of Physics and Astronomy Phone: 609-423-8627 Northwestern University Email: [email protected] 2145 Sheridan Road Twitter: etengastro Evanston, IL 60208 Website: elizabethteng.space EDUCATION expected 2026 PhD, Astronomy; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Advisor: Vicky Kalogera 05/20 BS, Astronomy and Physics; Haverford College, Haverford, PA Senior Thesis: “Surrogate modeling of protoplanetary disk SEDs: I can't believe it's not radiative transfer!” Advisors: Ryan Loomis, Patrick Sheehan RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 09/20 - present Graduate Research Assistant; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Advisor: Vicky Kalogera 05/19 - 08/20 Research Assistant; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA Advisors: Ryan Loomis, Patrick Sheehan Project: “Exploration of Surrogate Modelling Techniques for Protostellar SED Fitting” 06/18 - 05/19 Research Assistant; Haverford College, Haverford, PA Advisor: Andrea Lommen Projects: “Comparison of NICER Data Filtration Methods”, “Differentiating Chromatic and Achromatic Red Noise in NICER X-ray Pulsar Timing Spectra” PUBLICATIONS 1. Hazboun, J. S., … Teng, E., … , “A Detection of Red Noise in PSR J1824−2452A and Projections for PSR B1937+21 using NICER X-ray Timing Data,” arXiv: 2112.02160, accepted by ApJ TEACHING 01/22 - 03/22 TA, PHYSICS 135-3; Northwestern University 01/20 - 05/20 TA, Topics in Intro Programming: Physics and Astronomy; Haverford College 09/19 - 12/19 TA, Electronics, Oscillatory Systems, and Optics Lab; Haverford College 01/19 - 05/19 TA, First-Year Astrophysics; Haverford College PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 03/19 - 05/20 Physics and Astronomy Inclusion and Diversity Committee; Haverford College 10/18 Scientific Organizing Committee; NANOGrav Fall 2018 Meeting 09/18 - 05/20 Genders Underrep. in Astronomy and Physics, Founding Chair; Haverford College PUBLIC OUTREACH 03/22 Guest lecture for Northwestern University undergraduate physics course: “Binary evolution and gravitational waves” 11/20 ATHENA Webinar: “Where do baby solar systems come from?” (outreach for high school women from underrepresented backgrounds) AWARDS AND GRANTS 05/20 Louis C. Green Prize, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College (“given to the students who go above and beyond in their contributions to the departments as well as showing excellence in research”) 02/20 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship Award, Virginia Initiative on Cosmic Origins, University of Virginia (declined) 10/19 ALMA Student Observing Support Grant, National Science Foundation through the National Radio Astronomy Observatory 06/19 Research Experiences for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation through the National Radio Astronomy Observatory PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2018 - present American Astronomical Society, Graduate Student Member 2016 - 2020 American Physical Society, Student Member RESEARCH INTERESTS Machine Learning, Binary Evolution, Gravitational Waves, Statistical Inference, Data-Intensive Computing SKILLS Python, Scikit-learn, Numpy, Astropy, Scipy, Matplotlib, Jupyter, LaTex, Unix/Linux, Pandas, Git, R, Bash, SQL, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Last updated March 07, 2022