Denise C. Nuttall Stephens
Born1973 or 1974 (age 49–50)[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 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 Murphy, Jen (2017-11-25). "The Football Team Full of Ph.Ds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. 1 2 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.
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