Denise Stephens

Denise C. Nuttall Stephens
Born1973 or 1974 (age 50–51)[1]
Occupationassociate professor
Children7
Academic background
EducationBrigham Young University (BS)
New Mexico State University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineAstronomy
Main interestsBrown dwarfs

Denise C. Nuttall Stephens (born 1973 or 1974)[1] 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. 1 2 3 4 Murphy, Jen (November 25, 2017). "The Football Team Full of Ph.Ds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Astronomy, BYU Physics and. "Faculty/Staff Directory". www.physics.byu.edu. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "ChronicleVitae". ChronicleVitae for higher ed jobs, career tools and advice. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Planet discovery a lesson in persistence, BYU astronomy students say". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  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. (June 5, 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 January 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ BYU, Jessilyn Gale. "BYU professors lead next generation of female scientists". Daily Herald. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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