Skip to main content Dr. Andrea Banzatti
- Associate Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Reviewer / Referee, Nature Astronomy.
January 2023 - Present.
- Member, Research Enhancement Program Review Committee.
September 2025 - Present.
- Member, PRIMA Telescope Concept Study - phase A.
March 2025 - Present.
- Coordinator / Organizer, JWST data analysis sessions.
February 2025 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, SPIE Journal for Astronomical Telescopes.
January 2025 - Present.
- Coordinator / Organizer, JWST data analysis sessions for the JDISCS collaboration.
September 2024 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
January 1, 2023 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal.
2021 - Present.
- Library Representative for Physics, Texas State Library.
September 2021 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
2020 - Present.
- Member, Undergraduate Program Committee.
September 2020 - Present.
- Reviewer / Referee, The Astrophysical Journal.
2015 - Present.
2025
- Member, CoSE 60th Anniversary Planning Committee.
September 2025 - May 2025.
- Speaker, LifeLong Learning public talk series - San Marcos Public Library.
March 11, 2025.
- Coordinator / Organizer, A sharper view: celebrating three years of JWST observations of planet-forming disks.
February 24, 2025 - February 28, 2025.
- Speaker, Valor Education public school.
January 10, 2025.
2024
- Speaker, Blanco River Academy.
December 13, 2024.
- Speaker, Regina Mundi school.
December 2, 2024.
- Participant, Department of Health and Human Performance, Texas State University.
April 29, 2024 - April 30, 2024.
- Speaker, Crossroads Cultural Center and Rice University.
January 23, 2024.
- Speaker, LifeLong Learning public talk series - San Marcos Public Library.
January 12, 2024.
2023
- Chair, Review panel on Planets and Planet Formation - NASA James Webb Space Telescope Cycle 2 observations.
March 1, 2023 - April 28, 2023.
- Coordinator / Organizer, First meeting for the JDISCS collaboration.
December 6, 2023 - December 8, 2023.
- Speaker, Society of Physics Students.
November 16, 2023.
- Member, CoSE Postdoc Development Working Group.
February 2023 - March 2023.
2022
- Coordinator / Organizer, First Science Results from the James Webb Science Telescope.
December 12, 2022 - December 14, 2022.
- Speaker, Astronomy Club, Texas State University.
October 5, 2022.
- Speaker, S.Orsola high school, Rome.
September 26, 2022.
- Reviewer / Referee, NASA Hubble Space telescope Time Allocation Committee.
April 2021 - June 2022.
- Physics Representative, Bobcat Day.
April 9, 2022.
- Speaker, Society of Physics Students professional development seminar.
April 7, 2022.
2021
- Physics Representative, Bobcat Day.
November 20, 2021.
2020
- Round Table Discussion leader, STEP program for new tenure-track faculty members.
August 19, 2020.
- Speaker, Society of Physics Students professional development seminar.
March 2020.
2018
- Reviewer / Referee, NOAO Time Allocation Committee.
2016 - 2018.
- Organizer, Star and Planet Formation Seminar Series at STScI and of Origins Seminars at the University of Arizona.
2018.
- Judge, Judge for 8th grade student projects at the annual meeting of SARSEF (Southern Arizona Research, Science, and Engineering Foundation), supporting underrepresented groups into STEM fields.
2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, ALMA grants for the “Development of Chilean Astronomy” (CONICYT).
2017 - 2018.
2017
- Reviewer / Referee, NASA Keck Time Allocation Committee.
2016 - 2017.
- Member, Graduate Student Career Development seminars.
2017.
2016
- Chair, STScI workshop “Linking Exoplanets and Disks Compositions”.
2016.
- Curator, STScI Science Blog “An eye on the Universe”.
2014 - 2016.
2014
- Judge, Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards, 223rd AAS winter meeting.
2014.
- SOC, STScI spring symposium “Habitable worlds across Time and Space”.
2014.
2013
- Organizer, “The PhD work-in-progress meeting” at the Institute for Astronomy.
2012 - 2013.
- SOC, “Planet-Z” initiative between the University of Zurich and the ETH.
2012 - 2013.
2012
- LOC, Swiss Astronomical Society annual meeting.
2012.
2008
- Member, three scientific exhibits, including “Why so many lights? The Milky Way in science, history, and art”.
2006 - 2008.
