I am a graduate student at
Wesleyan University in the Earth
& Environmental Sciences
Department, finishing up my Master's
degree in May 2008. I started
college at the age of 15, and received my
Bachelor of Science degree in Astronomy
and Physics from the University
of Washington in June of 2006.
My areas of study include/have
included:
- Martian mineralogy &
glaciology
- The recurrent novae T
CrB and RS Oph
- The cooling mechanisms
of interstellar dust clouds
- Supercool ice nucleation
in clouds
- The old, metal-rich open
cluster NGC 6791
This summer I will be working
for the University if
Washington's Astronomy
department, processing Hubble
Space Telescope data to study
star-forming regions of the
galaxy M31. I am also a
recipient of the spring 2008
NASA Space Grant Graduate
Fellowship.
Publications:
- Harrison, T.N. et al.
Experimental VNIR
Reflectance Spectroscopy of
Gypsum Dehydration:
Constraints on Sulfate
Composition at Iani Chaos,
Mars. LPSC 39,
abstract #1879.
- Harrison, T. N. et al.
Modeling Ground Ice Recharge
in the Antarctic Dry Valleys
Using In Situ and Satellite
Data. American
Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting 2006, abstract
#P31A-0123
- Wallerstein, George;
Harrison, T; Munari, U.
The Metallicity and Lithium
Abundances in the Repeating
Novae, RS Oph and T CrB.
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint
Meeting, American
Astronomical Society Meeting
209, #182.03
I also appeared in a
documentary that aired in The
Netherlands speaking about my
Martian calendar system: (link
coming soon)
Awards:
- 2008 NASA CT Space Grant
Graduate Fellowship
- 2004 GSN Get Schooled
Games Tour Seattle Champion
- 2003 Washington Promise
Scholar
- 2002 Dean's Honour List
My
hobbies include Irish dancing, singing,
and audio/video production. I am a big fan of
Farscape and
Battlestar Galactica,
but all of this interest in
space was sparked by watching
Star Trek as a kid. I also have a
passion for languages and
linguistics, and am fluent or
have some working knowledge of:
    
Only two of which are very useful in
the real world today. :)
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