Kimberly Ennico

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office: 650-604-6067 Lab: 650-604-3196

B.A. Phi Beta Kappa, Physics, May 1994, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Ph.D. Astronomy, July 1999, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

2005 NASA Ames Superior Accomplishment Award for success in bringing new business to NASA Ames in organizing Ames Instrumentation Workshop 2005
2004 NASA Ames Superior Accomplishment Award for innovative development of a new data-collection and data analysis system for large format infrared detector arrays
2003 NASA Ames Superior Accomplishment Award for developing new means to analyze data during extended proton-irradiation tests of NIR detectors for JWST
2002 NASA Ames Spotlight Award for NGST proton testing of IR detectors
1999 JPL Certification of Appreciation: Successful Completion of the First High Performance Large Format Far Infrared Arrays for SIRTF
1997 British Federation of Women Graduates Fellowship, Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, AAUW Dissertation Fellowship, Isaac Newton Studentship
1996 Isaac Newton Studentship, Honorary Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholar
1994 Donald E. Kerr Medal for Excellence in Physics
1993 British Marshall Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, Society of Physics Students Scholarship

2006
K.A. Ennico, S. Sandford, and the ABE/ASPIRE Science Teams. (2006) AstroBiology Explorer Mission Concepts, COSPAR July 2006 Beijing, in preparation.

Ennico, K.; Pendleton, Y.; Chiar, J.; Roellig, T.; Mason, R.; Kornei, K.; Keane, J.; Lada, C.; Greene, T.; Tokunaga, A.; Tielens, A.; Werner, M.; Bernstein, M.; Rubin, M.; Keene, J. (2006) Ice Chemistry Through Quiescent Dust In IC5146 American Astronomical Society Meeting 208, #49.05

Pendleton, Y. J.; Chiar, J. E.; Ennico, K.; Boogert, A.; Greene, T.; Knez, C.; Lada, C.; Roellig, T.; Tielens, A.; Werner, M.; Whittet, D. (2006) Grain Growth and Silicates in Dense Clouds American Astronomical Society Meeting 208, #49.15

K.A. Ennico, L.D. Keller, D.J. Mar, T.L. Herter, D.T. Jaffe, J.D. Adams, T.P. Green. (2006) Grism performance for mid-infrared (5-40 micron) spectroscopy, SPIE 6267, in press.

D.J. Mar, J.P. Marsh, D.T. Jaffe, L.D. Keller, K.A. Ennico. (2006) Performance of large chemically etched silicon grisms for infrared spectroscopy, SPIE 6267, in press.

2005

Ennico, K. A.; Keller, L. D.; Herter, T. L.; Jaffe, D. T.; Mar, D.; Greene, T. P. (2005) Grisms for FORCAST - a New Medium Resolution 5-40 Micron Spectroscopic Mode on SOFIA, American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #129.02

Keller, L. D.; Ennico, K. A.; Herter, T. L.; Jaffe, D. T.; Mar, D. J.; Greene, T. (2005) SOFIA Observational Capabilities for Studies of Star and Planet Formation: A New Medium Resolution 5-40 ?m Spectroscopic Mode on SOFIA, Protostars and Planets V, Proceedings of the Conference held October 24-28, 2005, in Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii. LPI Contribution No. 1286., p.8481.

J.C. Pickel, R.A. Reed, R. Ladbury, P.W. Marshall, T.M. Jordan, G. Gee, B. Fodness, M. McKelvey, R. McMurray, K. Ennico, C. McCreight, A. Waczynski, E. Polidan, S. Johnson, R.A. Weller, M.H. Mendenhall, R.D. Schrimpf. (2005) Transient Radiation Effects in Ultra-low Noise HgCdTe IR Detectors for Space Based Astronomy, NSREC, in press.

2004

K. Ennico, S. Sandford, L. Allamandola, J. Bregman, M. Cohen, D. Cruikshank, C. Dumas, T. Greene, D. Hudgins, S. Kwok, S. Lord, S. Madden, C. McCreight, T. Roellig, D. Strecker, A. Tielens, M. Werner, K. Wilmoth. (2004) Identifying Organic Molecules in Space: The AstroBiology Explorer MIDEX Mission Concept. SPIE 5487, in press.

R.A. Reed, J. Pickel, P. Marshall, A. Waczynski, R. McMurray, G. Gee, E. Polidan, S. Johnson, M. McKelvey, K. Ennico, R. Johnson. (2004) Radiation-induced transient effects in NIR focal plane arrays SPIE 5487, in press.

M.E. McKelvey, K.A. Ennico, R.R. Johnson, P.W. Marshall, R.E. McMurray Jr., C.R. McCreight, J.C. Pickel, R.A. Reed. (2004) Radiation Performance of JWST Prototype FPAs. SPIE 5617, 223-234.

2003

Ennico, K. A.; Sandford, S. A.; Allamandola, L. J.; Bregman, J. D.; Cohen, M.; Cruikshank, D. P.; Dumas, C.; Greene, T. P.; Hudgins, D. M.; Kwok, S.; Lord, S. D.; Madden, S. C.; McCreight, C. R.; Roellig, T. L.; Strecker, D. W.; Tielens, A. G. (2003) Identifying Organic Molecules in Space - The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) Mission Concept, American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #03.10

K.J. Ando, A.W. Hoffman, P.J. Love, A. Toth, C. Anderson, G. Chapman, C.R. McCreight, K.A. Ennico, M.E. McKelvey, R.E. McMurray Jr. (2003) Development of Si:As Impurity Band Conduction (IBC) Detectors for Mid-Infrared Applications. SPIE 5074, 648-653.

K.A. Ennico, M.E. McKelvey, C.R. McCreight, R.E. McMurray, Jr., R. Johnson, A.W. Hoffman, P.J. Love, N.A. Lum. (2003) Large Format Si:As IBC Array Performance for NGST and Future IR Space Telescope Applications, SPIE 4850, 890-901.

K.A. Ennico, T.P. Greene, C.R. McCreight, M.E. McKelvey, R.E. McMurray, J.R. Cripe. (2003) Development and Testing of a 1024 x 1024 pixels Si:As IBC Detectors for SOFIA-like Applications, SPIE 4857, 155-165.

D. Deming, D.E. Jennings, G.H. McCabe, T. Moran, P. Sada, K.A. Ennico. (2003) Motivation, Design, and Development of a 12 Micron Imaging Stokes Polarimeters for Solar Magnetic Field Studies. SPIE 4853, 205-214.

K.A. Ennico, S. Sandford, L. Allamandola, J.D. Bregman, M. Cohen, D. Cruikshank, T.P. Greene, D. Hudgins, S. Kwok, S.D. Lord, S. Madden, C.R. McCreight, T.L. Roellig, D.W. Strecker, A.G.G.M. Tielens, M.W. Werner. (2003) The AstroBiology Explorer MIDEX Mission Concept ¡° Identifying Organic Molecules in Space, SPIE 4850, 1149-1160.

Sandford, S. A.; Allamandola, L. J.; Bregman, J. D.; Cohen, M.; Cruikshank, D. P.; Dumas, C.; Ennico, K.; Greene, T.; Hudgins, D.; Kwok, S.; Lord, S. D.; Madden, S. C.; McCreight, C. R.; Roellig, T. L.; Strecker, D. W.; Tielens, A. G.; Werner, M. W.; Wilmoth, K. (2003) Organics in the solar system and the Astrobiology Explorer (ABE) mission, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #35, #41.09.

2002

K. Ennico. (2002) Kinds of Astronomy Space Sciences, Vol. 2 Planetary Science and Astronomy, Macmillan References, USA, New York, ISBN 0-02-865548-6.

K.A. Ennico, S. Sandford, S. Cox, B. Ellis, D.J. Gallagher, N. Gautier, T.P. Greene, C.R. McCreight, G. Mills, W.R. Purcell. (2002) AstroBiology Explorer MIDEX Mission Concept, SPIE 4495, 273-282.

S. Sandford, L. Allamandola, J.D. Bregman, K.A. Ennico, T.P. Greene, D. Hudgins, D.W. Strecker. (2002) Identifying Organic Molecules in Space ¡°the AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) Mission Concept, SPIE 4495, 170-181.

Sandford, S.; Ennico, K.; Allamandola, L.; Bregman, J.; Greene, T.; Hudgins, D. (2002) The Astrobiology Explorer (ABE) Midex Mission Concept, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA., meeting.

2001

Sandford, S. A.; Allamandola, L. J.; Bregman, J.; Ennico, K.; Greene, T.; Hudgins, D.; Strecker, D. (2001) Identifying Organic Molecules in Space - The AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) MIDEX Mission Concept, American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #04.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.790.

2000

G.H. Rieke, E.T. Young, P. Ade, J.W. Beeman, W. Burmester, J. Cadien, K.A. Ennico, K.D. Gordon, M. Hegge, G.B. Heim, M.L. Henderson, T. Horne, D.M. Kelly, T.J. McMahon, M. Neitenbach, A. Noriega-Crespa, G. Rivlis, R. Schnurr, J.P. Schwenker, S. Siewert, J.A. Stansberry, D.W. Strecker, G.S. Winters, C. Yanoski. (2000) Performance of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF, SPIE 4131, 38-49.

K. Ennico, T.P. Greene. (2000) An Integrated Science Instrument Module for the Next Generation Space Telescope, ASP Proc. Vol. 207, NGST Science & Technology Exposition, p.127-137.

1999

K.A. Ennico (1999) Near infrared faint-object spectroscopy, The Observatory, 119, p. 307-308.

Bechtold, J.; Ennico, K.; Greene, T. P.; Burge, J. H.; Rieke, M. J.; Rieke, G. H.; Rix, H.-W.; Young, E. T.; Lesser, M. P.; Sarlot, R.; Angel, J. R. P.; McCarthy, D. W.; Thompson, R. I.; Forney, P.; Lesyna, L.; Triebes, K.; Gunn, J. E. (1999) The University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin Conceptual Study of the NGST Science Instrument Module, American Astronomical Society, 194th AAS Meeting, #91.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.986.

K. Ennico, J. Bechtold, T. Greene, L. Lesyna, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, R. Thompson. (1999) Final NGST ISIM study report submitted to NASA in response to NRA98-GSFC-1 award.

Scientific Society Memberships:
American Astronomical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, American Association of University Women

Services to Community
2005 Lead for cross-center Ames Instrument Workshop, April 2005 (180 participants, 36 orals + 3 invited speakers, ~30 posters, 3 panel discussions)
2005-2006 Founding Member of Ames Instrument Working Group; Member New Business Forum
2002-2003 SS Division Colloquia Series Committee Co-Chair
2004 NASA APRA Review Panel Member
2000 Participant writer, editor and reviewer for Space Sciences, Kinds of Astronomy Space Sciences, Vol. 2 Planetary Science and Astronomy, Macmillan Reference, a reference series for high school students

Interaction & Mentoring
2006-2009 With Tom Greene (Code SSA), co-mentor a GSRP student, Casey Deen, from UT Austin to support star formation and astrobiology observations on SOFIA using silicon and KRS-5 grisms in the SOFIA FORCAST instrument.
Summer 2006 Mentor of undergraduate Derek Tia (sophomore UC Berkeley) in the USRP summer program on a data archivist project in the Ames Infrared Detector Lab.
2002-2004 Mentored two CS, Joe Sacco and Pat Whittaker, during their transitions from the wind-tunnels to the Space Projects division (Code SF). Instructed them about infrared detectors and their applications to space missions such as SOFIA, JWST, and ABE. Pat Whittaker eventually joined the IR Detector Lab in Code SFT/PMF, where I continued to work with her in the establishment of a data reduction system, until her resignation from Ames in 2004. Joe Sacco now supports the SOFIA project.
2004-2005 Assisted Yvonne Pendleton's (Code SST) undergraduate students Ryan Nothhaft (San Jose State) and Kathy Kornei (senior at Yale U.) in support of ground-based and Spitzer observations of quiescent dust clouds. Assisted Kathy Kornei in the preparation, data acquisition and analysis of ground-based IRTF data.

Volunteer Education and Public Outreach (E/PO)
2004-present Presenter for Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County Tech Time Science Club for Girls
This series is a American Association of University Women (AAUW)-sponsored Monday-evening 2-hour workshop with hands-on activities for a group of 30-40 Santa Clara county Girl Scouts from grades 4,5, & 6. In 2004 I designed & led a workshop entitled Spectroscopy: Fingerprints of Light allowing the girls to build their first spectrometer out of a shoebox and a holographic grating and use it to learn about the colors of light. I designed and led a second workshop in 2005 on the nature of Infrared Light: More than Your Eyes Can See, where the girls participated in several activities using a thermal IR camera and liquid crystal thermal sensors. I also participated in a follow-up 30-minute interview for AAUW Connections (4/28/05), on KMVT15, which highlighted the latter presentation and emphasized the theme of women in science.
2001-2002 5th grade presenter, various schools CA & NJ with presentations on A Beginner's Guide to Infrared Astronomy, General Astronomy, and What It is Like to be a NASA Scientist.
2001 Space Camp California presenter on Playing with Cool Space Toys for Space Astronomy where I led a lecture and a cryogenic demonstration for Space Camp Grades 7&8 participants.
2001-2002 San Jose State Mentornet Program where I mentored two students at college level in engineering and science.
1996-1998 Presenter on CCDs, optical telescopes, and general astronomy topics for the National Science Week, Cambridge, UK, through Cambridge University and the Association of Women in Science and Engineering (AWISE).

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