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Denise C. Nuttall Stephens is an associate professor of astronomy in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Brigham Young University.[2]

Education and research experience

Stephens graduated from Brigham Young University in 1996 as an undergraduate student with a degree in physics. She received her Master's and Ph.D. in Astronomy from New Mexico State University. She completed her a postgraduate program at the Space Telescope Science Institute and at Johns Hopkins University. She joined the faculty of BYU in 2007.[3] She studies the atmosphere of brown dwarfs, looks for and classifies binary systems, studies TNOs, and uses telescopes both on ground and in space to collect infrared data.[2]

In 2017, she and a team of undergraduates at BYU published their discovery of a new planet called KELT-16b, which was made as part of the KELT project.[4] Her team also co-discovered the hottest known exoplanet KELT-9b the same year.[5]

Community involvement

Stephens is a coordinator of the BYU Astronomical Society.[6] She also runs an annual public event called Astrofest which introduces physics and astronomy to kids in a fun way.[7] She is the team captain of an on-campus flag football team which is the only women's intramural faculty team at BYU.[1]

Personal life

Denise Stephens is married and is a mother to seven children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Murphy, Jen (2017-11-25). "The Football Team Full of Ph.Ds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. ^ a b Astronomy, BYU Physics and. "Faculty/Staff Directory". www.physics.byu.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ^ "ChronicleVitae". ChronicleVitae for higher ed jobs, career tools and advice. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ^ "Planet discovery a lesson in persistence, BYU astronomy students say". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  5. ^ Gaudi, B. Scott; Stassun, Keivan G.; Collins, Karen A.; Beatty, Thomas G.; Zhou, George; Latham, David W.; Bieryla, Allyson; Eastman, Jason D.; Siverd, Robert J.; Crepp, Justin R.; Gonzales, Erica J.; Stevens, Daniel J.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Pepper, Joshua; Johnson, Marshall C. (5 June 2017). "A giant planet undergoing extreme-ultraviolet irradiation by its hot massive-star host". Nature. 546 (7659): 514–518. arXiv:1706.06723. doi:10.1038/nature22392. ISSN 1476-4687.
  6. ^ "BYU Astronomical Society | Night Sky Network". nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  7. ^ BYU, Jessilyn Gale. "BYU professors lead next generation of female scientists". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-01-19.[permanent dead link]
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