Curriculum Vitae
Paul G. Kalas
Astronomy Department
601 Campbell Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 U.S.A.
Tel: (510) 642-8285
Circumstellar matter around main sequence and
pre-main sequence stars, extrasolar planet formation, trans-Neptunian objects, stellar and planetary dynamics,
optical and near-infrared
coronagraphy, high contrast imaging
with adaptive optics and the Hubble Space Telescope,
mid-infrared
and sub-millimeter imaging, and astronomy ethics.
Ph. D. (Astronomy) University of Hawai'i at Manoa,
December, 1996
Title: A coronagraphic survey for
circumstellar disks
around main sequence and pre-main sequence stars; Supervisor: Prof. David Jewitt
M.S. (Astronomy) University of Hawai'i at Manoa,
June, 1992
B.S. (Astronomy and Physics) University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, 1989
Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California, Berkeley 07/06 - present
Assistant Research Astronomer, University of California ,
Berkeley 05/01 - 06/06
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California and the
NSF Center for Adaptive Optics,
Berkeley 05/00 - 04/01
Postdoctoral Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute,
Baltimore 11/98 - 05/00
Postdoctoral Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy,
Heidelberg (MPIA) 9/96 - 10/98
Co-Project Scientist, Adaptive Optics with a Laser
for Astronomy( ALFA),
MPIA, 9/97-10/98
Key Discoveries:
First optical images of debris belts and disks around HD 15745 and HD 15115 (2007), HD 53143 and HD 139664 (2006), Fomalhaut (2005), and AU Microscopii (2004).
Research Grants:
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10896 (2006)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10895 (2006)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10599 (2005)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10598 (2005)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10390 (2005)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #10228 (2004)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #9862 (2003)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #9861 (2003)
PI, Hubble Space Telescope Program #9475 (2002)
PI, NASA Origins Program (2002)
Co-I, University of Crete Adaptive Optics System (2001)
PI, NASA/NSF SIM Preparatory Science Program
and the NStars Program (June 2000);
Co-I, NSF Advanced Technologies
and Instrumentation: Astronomical Applications with the
Advanced Electro-Optical
System (AEOS) of the United States Air Force (September 2000)
Appointed Panel Member: Subaru Telescope TAC (2006-present)
Appointed Panel Member: NASA Origins Program (2002-2004)
Appointed Panel Member: NASA Exozody Study Panel (1998)
Volunteer: ASP Project Astro (2001-2002)
Referee: Nature, Science,
Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Keck Observatory 10-m, Mauna Kea, NIR array with adaptive optics
Gemini Observatory 8-m, Mauna Kea,
mid-IR array Michelle
ESO Very Large Telescope 8-m, Cerro Paranal,
adaptive optics NAOS/CONICA
University of California Lick 3-m, Mt. Hamilton,
NIR array with adaptive optics
University of Hawaii 2.2 m, Mauna Kea, CCD and
coronagraph
Infrared Telescope Facility, Mauna Kea, NIR array,
1-5 micron, IR coronagraph CoCo
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, Mauna Kea,
NIR array IRCam, 10-20 micron camera, MAX
Hubble Space Telescope,
ACS, NICMOS, WFPC2, STIS
German-Spanish Observatory, Calar Alto 2.2 m and 3.5 m telescopes,
NIR and CCD arrays,
coronagraphs, and laser guide star adaptive optics
American Astronomical Society,
AAS Division of Planetary Sciences,
Hellenic Astronomical Society
Modern Greek (Fluent),
German, Spanish, Japanese