Angela Colman Des Jardins, PhD
desjardins@physics.montana.edu

Education
Employment
Publicaions
Honors 
Teaching Experience
Recent Service

 

EDUCATION:

       August 2002 - July 2007: Graduate school in the physics department at Montana State University - Bozeman.  PhD degree July, 2007.
       May 2004: Masters degree in physics at MSU - Bozeman.
       May 2001:  Bachelors degree in physics and honors with minors in math and German at MSU - Bozeman.

EMPLOYMENT:

        2007 (August) - Present: Deputy Director, Montana Space Grant Consortium.     
        2002 (August) - 2007 (August):  Graduate Reasearch Assistant (Solar Physics) and Teacher's Assistant (Phys), MSU.
       2004 (June) - 2006 (May): Manager, Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT), MSU.
       2001 (July) - 2002(July):  Accountant assistant, Charles Maund Imports, Austin, TX
       1998 (September) - 2001(June):  Research Assistant, Solar Physics Research Group, MSU.
       1998 (January) - 2001(May):  Holography Lab Assistant/Teacher's Assistant, MSU Phys.
       2000 (summer):  Space Scholar, Hanscom Air Force Base in Lexington, Massachusetts.
       1999 (summer):  Research Associate, Goddard NASA Academy in Greenbelt, Maryland.      
       1998 (February) - May 1999:  Undergraduate Presenter, Mars Public Outreach Project.
       1997 (January) - 1998 (September):  Youth ALIVE! Program Manager, Museum of the Rockies.
       1996 (summer):  NASA SHARP PLUS Apprenticeship, San Francisco, CA.
       1994 (June) - 1996 (December):  Education Intern, Museum of the Rockies.
 

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

        1) Des Jardins, A.C., Canfield, R.C., "Preflare phenomena in eruptive flares", Astrophysical Journal, Nov 20, 2003.
       2) Des Jardins, A.C., Canfield, R.C., Longcope, D.W., McLinden, E., Dillman, A., "Signatures of Magnetic Stress Prior to Three Solar Flares Observed by RHESSI", Astrophysical Journal, in press.
       3) Des Jardins, A.C., Canfield, R.C., Longcope, D.W., Fordyce, C., Waitukaitis, S., "Reconnection in Three Dimentions: The Role of Spines in Three Eruptive Flares", Astrophysical Journal...

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

         1) Des Jardins, A.; Canfield, R.; Longcope, D.; McLinden, E.; Fordyce, C.; Waitukaitis, S., "Relating RHESSI Footpoints to Reconnection: the Importance of Spines and Separators", AGU Dec. 2006.
         2) Des Jardins, Angela C.; Canfield, R.; Longcope, D., "Magnetic Topology of the 29 October 2003 X10 Flare", SPD June 2006.
         3) Des Jardins, Angela C.; Canfield, R. C., "Preflare Phenomena in Eruptive Flares", SHINE 2004.
         4) Colman, A. M.; Canfield, R. C., "Preflare Phenomena in Eruptive Flares", AGU June 2001.

PRE-PRINTS:

HONORS:

       1) Graduate Student member of Phi Kappa Phi national honors society, 2006.
       2) Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 2001, for paper/poster, "Preflare Phenomena in Eruptive Flares".
       3) MSU Physics Department's Senior of the Year, 2001.
       4) AAUW Women of Achievement Award, 2001.
       5) Chosen for a position in the Air Force Summer Space Scholar program, summer 2000.
       6) MSU Alumni/Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence, 1999.
       7) Chosen as one of 23 students from around the United States to attend the 1999 NASA Goddard Academy in Greenbelt, Maryland.
       8) Honors program member.
       9) Dean's List for academic excellence.
     10) Montana State University Greek System new member of the year for 1998-9. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 

        1) Wrote lab manual for new physics 312 course, junior level astronomy, 2003-5.
        2) Numerous hours in MSU Physics Department Help Center, 2002-present.
        3) Member of the planning committee for Expanding Your Horizons at MSU, 2004-present.
        4) Museum of the Rockies "Cosmic Guide" and course instructor for the Cosmic Questions Exhibit, 2005.
        5) Attended Center for Astronomy Education, "Teaching Excellence" workshop, Bozeman, MT, 2005.
        6) MSU Peaks and Potentials instructor, 2005.
        7) Lab instructor for physics 312 (2nd semester junior level astronomy), 2005.
        8) Lab instructor for physics 311 (1st semester junior level astronomy), 2002-4.
        9) Lab instructor for physics 212 (sophomore level electricity and magnetism), 2004.
      10) Instructor for several workshops for Expanding Your Horizons and Science Olympiad, 2000-present.
      11) Lab instructor for junior level physics of holography course, 1998-2001. 

RECENT SERVICE:

        1) Graduate Committee, Physics Dept., MSU, May 2006 - present.
        2) Graduate Recruiting Committee, Physics Dept., MSU, May 2005 - May 2006.
        3) Planning Committee, Expanding Your Horizons (EYH), MSU, 2004 - present.
        4) BIG Sister with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Gallatin Valley, June 2005 - present.