Curriculum vitae
Education:
Brown University,
PhD Student, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Advisor: Prof. Jack Mustard
Committee Members: Prof. Ralph Milliken & Prof. Stephen Parman
Anticipate completion in 2021
Wesleyan University,
BA Physics ’16
BA Astronomy ’16 (Honors)
minor in Planetary Science
Awards: CT Space Grant Undergraduate Directed Campus Scholarship, Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, THINK STEM Scholarship, William James & Dorothy Bading Lanquist Scholarship, Connecticut Space Grant Travel Award.
Thesis: Transit, Secondary Eclipse, and Phase Curve Analysis to Characterize Kepler Exoplanets.
Research Experience:
Graduate Research Assistant, Jack Mustard Group, Brown University, Fall 2016 – Present
Research Associate, Friedemann Freund Group, NASA Ames Space Academy, NASA Ames Research Center, Summer 2015
Research Assistant, Seth Redfield Group, Wesleyan University, Spring 2012-Spring 2016
Research Assistant, James Greenwood Group, Wesleyan University, Spring 2013-Summer 2014
Publications:
Relevant Coursework:
Astronomy
Exoplanets
Stellar Structure & Evolution
Radio Astronomy
Galaxies, Quasars & Cosmology
Observational Astronomy
Introductory Astronomy
Planetary Science Seminar
Astronomical Pedagogy
Physics
Thermal/Statistical Physics
Classical Dynamics
Electricity & Magnetism
Computational Physics
Quantum Mechanics I
Electronics Lab
Waves & Oscillations
Special Relativity
Multivariable Calculus
General Physics I & II
Vectors & Matrices
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Kinetics of Geochemical Processes
Remote Sensing
TA Planetary Geology
Sedimentation & Stratigraphy
Rheology of the Crust & Mantle
Environmental Geochemistry
Petrology
Physical Volcanology
Mineralogy
Planetary Evolution
Cosmochemistry
Brown University,
PhD Student, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Advisor: Prof. Jack Mustard
Committee Members: Prof. Ralph Milliken & Prof. Stephen Parman
Anticipate completion in 2021
Wesleyan University,
BA Physics ’16
BA Astronomy ’16 (Honors)
minor in Planetary Science
Awards: CT Space Grant Undergraduate Directed Campus Scholarship, Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, THINK STEM Scholarship, William James & Dorothy Bading Lanquist Scholarship, Connecticut Space Grant Travel Award.
Thesis: Transit, Secondary Eclipse, and Phase Curve Analysis to Characterize Kepler Exoplanets.
Research Experience:
Graduate Research Assistant, Jack Mustard Group, Brown University, Fall 2016 – Present
- Modeling radiolytic hydrogen production quantities and distribution on Mars in the Noachian.
- Analysis of Mars surface hydration using OMEGA and CRISM data.
- Serpentine characterization using VNIR reflectance spectroscopy.
Research Associate, Friedemann Freund Group, NASA Ames Space Academy, NASA Ames Research Center, Summer 2015
- Conducting experiments relevant to earthquake forecasting research.
- Measuring peroxy defect content of different rock types using Seebeck Effect.
- Modeling radio/microwave propagation through different rock substrates using MATLAB.
- Working to develop radar sounding smallsat system with the rest of NASA Ames Space Academy group.
- Assisting in development of Global Earthquake Forecasting Network by GeoCosmo Science Center.
Research Assistant, Seth Redfield Group, Wesleyan University, Spring 2012-Spring 2016
- Applying Python transit, secondary eclipse, and phase curve model to Kepler & K2 data to characterize of transiting and nontransiting exoplanets.
- Searching for transits of exoplanets orbiting white dwarf stars using the 24” Perkin Telescope.
- Reducing data using customized IDL and IRAF routines.
- Constructing variable input model of a white dwarf exoplanet transit using IDL.
- Constructing model of exoplanet atmosphere Rayleigh scattering using Python.
- Observed and conducted research during summer 2013 through Howard Hughes Research Fellowship.
- Operated WIYN 3.5m telescope at Kitt Peak with Professor Redfield.
Research Assistant, James Greenwood Group, Wesleyan University, Spring 2013-Summer 2014
- Synthesizing lunar glass using Deltech furnace.
- Analyzing samples with scanning electron microscope and ion microprobe.
- Developing experimental design for testing chondrule formation theory.
- Creating anaerobic furnace environment.
- Generated data from numerical simulations of ions in a Paul trap.
- Helped build 3 Beowulf class-supercomputers.
Publications:
- Tarnas, J. D.; Nam, Y. S.; Blümel, R. Universal heating curve of damped Coulomb plasmas in a Paul trap. Physical Review A 88, 041401(R) (2013).
- Tarnas, J. D.; Mustard, J. F., Sherwood Lollar, B.; Bramble, M.S.; Cannon, K. M.; Palumbo, A. M. Radiolytic H2 Production on Noachian Mars: Implications for Subsurface Habitability, Fourth Early Mars Conference, 3039 (2017).
- Tarnas, J. D.; Mustard, J. F.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Bramble, M. S. Radiolytic Hydrogen Production on Noachian Mars, LPSC XLVIII, 2030 (2017).
- Tarnas, J. D.; Mustard, J. F.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Bramble, M. S. Radiolytic Hydrogen Production on Noachian Mars, AbSciCon 2017, 3381 (2017).
- Mustard, J. F.; Tarnas, J. D. Hydrogen production from the upper 15 km of martian crust via serpentinization: implications for habitability, LPSC XLVIII, 2384 (2017).
- Tarnas, J., Redfield, S. Transit, Secondary Eclipse, and Phase Curve Modeling to Characterize Kepler Exoplanet Candidates. AAS Meeting #227, 138.14 (2016).
- Persaud, D.; Wu, T.; Tarnas, J.; Preudhomme, M.; Jurg, M.; Chalumeau, C.; Buckley, H.; Lombard-Poirot, N. HOMER: A smallsat ground penetrating radar sounding fleet to map planetary surfaces at high resolution, LPSC XLVII, 3051 (2016).
- Tregloan-Reed, J.; Tarnas, J., Plante, Z.; Freund, F.; Determination of the amount of peroxy in granite rock using the Seebeck Effect. AGU Fall Meeting, 84075 (2015).
- Wu, T.; Persaud, D.; Preudhomme, M.; Jurg, M.; Smith, M.K.; Buckley, H.; Tarnas, J.; Chalumeau, C.; Poirot-Lombard, N.; Mann, B. Subsurface Feature Mapping of Mars using a High Resolution Ground Penetrating Radar System. AGU Fall Meeting, 76961 (2015).
Relevant Coursework:
Astronomy
Exoplanets
Stellar Structure & Evolution
Radio Astronomy
Galaxies, Quasars & Cosmology
Observational Astronomy
Introductory Astronomy
Planetary Science Seminar
Astronomical Pedagogy
Physics
Thermal/Statistical Physics
Classical Dynamics
Electricity & Magnetism
Computational Physics
Quantum Mechanics I
Electronics Lab
Waves & Oscillations
Special Relativity
Multivariable Calculus
General Physics I & II
Vectors & Matrices
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Kinetics of Geochemical Processes
Remote Sensing
TA Planetary Geology
Sedimentation & Stratigraphy
Rheology of the Crust & Mantle
Environmental Geochemistry
Petrology
Physical Volcanology
Mineralogy
Planetary Evolution
Cosmochemistry
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