Academic History
University of Colorado at Boulder
PhD Candidate, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
expected conferral 05/2024
Advisor: Dr. David Brain
University of Colorado at Boulder
M.S., Astrophysics (2021)
Advisor: Dr. Kevin France
University of Colorado at Boulder
B.A., Astrophysics (2018), summa cum laude
Minor, Political Science
Advisor: Dr. Fran Bagenal
Presenting the 3D Model of the Io Plasma Torus on NASA's hyperwall at AGU 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Hinton, P. C. et al (2022), Far-ultraviolet Flares on Accreting Protostars: Weak and Classical T Tauri Stellar Pair Analysis, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac8f26
Hinton, P. C., Bagenal, F., & Bonfond, B. (2019), Alfvén wave propagation in the Io plasma torus. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1242– 1249. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081472
Hinton, P. C., et al (2021), New Far-Ultraviolet Reflectivity Measurements from
ALD-Deposited Mirror Coatings. SPIE proceedings, Optics and Photonics, https://www.doi.org/10.1117/12.2593525
Brain, D. et al (2023), The Influence of Planetary and Stellar Characteristics on Atmospheric Escape and Habitability, White Paper for Bulletin of the AAS, https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.71233830
Aguirre, F. Cruz, et al. (2023), "The Radiation Environments of Middle-aged F-type Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aced9f
Buie, M. et al. (2021), "Size and Shape of (11351) Leucus from Five Occultations", The Planetary Science Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac1f9b
Espaillat, C.C. et al. (2022), "The ODYSSEUS Survey. Motivation and First Results: Accretion, Ejection, and Disk Irradiation of CVSO 109", The Astrophysical Journal, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac479d
Fernando Cruz Aguirre, Nicholas Nell, Nicholas Kruczek, P.C. Hinton, Matthew Bridges,
Kevin France, and Brian Fleming (2021), The Assembly, Calibration, and Predicted Performance of the SISTINE-2 Sounding Rocket Payload, SPIE proceedings, Optics and Photonics, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594393
J. R. Szalay, F. Bagenal, F. Allegrini, B. Bonfond, G. Clark, J. E. P. Connerney, F. Crary, R. W. Ebert, R. E. Ergun, D. J. Gershman, P. C. Hinton, M. Imai, S. Janser, D. J. McComas, C. Paranicas, J. Saur, A. H. Sulaiman, M. F. Thomsen, R. J. Wilson, S. Bolton, and S. M. Levin (2020), "Proton Acceleration by Io's Alfvénic Interaction", JGR Space Physics,
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027314
Buie, M. et al. (2020), "Size and Shape Constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from Stellar Occultations", The Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab6ced
Hue, V., Greathouse, T. K., Bonfond, B., Saur, J., Gladstone, G. R., Roth, L., Davis, M. W., G
erard, J.C., Grodent, D. C., Kammer, J. A., Szalay, J. R., Versteeg, M. H., Bolton, S. J.,
Connerney, J. E. P., Levin, S. M., Hinton, P. C., Bagenal, F. (2019), Juno-UVS observation
of the Io footprint during solar eclipse, JGR Space Physics, 5184 - 5199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026431
Research Talks
California, San Francisco, American Geophysical Union, “Scaling Laws for Atmospheric Ion Escape”, Fall 20203, [Poster]
SUNTEC, Singapore, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Magnetic Shielding of Earth’s Atmosphere from the Solar
Wind, Fall 2023, [Poster]
Sendai, Japan, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, “Alfvén Wave Propagation in the Io Plasma Torus”, Summer 2018, [Poster]
Washington, D.C., American Geophysical Union, “Predicting Io's Auroral Footprint”, Fall 2018, [Invited Lightning Talk + Poster]
Honolulu, HI, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, “Predicting the Location of the Io Auroral Footprint and Comparing with Juno’s Observations”, Spring 2018, [Poster]
Boulder, CO, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, “Alfvén Wave Propagation in a 3D Model of the Io Plasma Torus”, Summer 2018, [Poster]
New Orleans, LA, American Geophysical Union, “A 4D Model of the Io Plasma Torus”, Fall 2017, [Talk + Poster]
Fort Collins, CO, American Physical Society 4CS, “A 4D Model of the Io Plasma Torus”, Fall 2017 [Talk]
Field Work & Observing
Lusk, WY, Occultation observing campaign for the EMA mission. Target: Main belt asteroid Justitia. Good data gathered, no chord. Aug, 31, 2023
Salina, KS, Occultation observing campaign for the Lucy spacecraft. Target: Trojan Asteroids Polymele and its companion Shaun. Good data gathered, no chord. Feb 4, 2023
Midland, TX, Occultation observing campaign for the Lucy spacecraft. Target: Trojan Asteroids Patroclus and Menoetius. Positive chord defining southern limb of Menoetius. May 9, 2021
White Sands Missile Range, NM, Integration, test, and launch of SISTINE II rocket payload, Fall 2021
White Sands Missile Range, NM, Integration, test, and launch of SISTINE rocket payload, Summer 2019
San Antonio, TX, Occultation observing campaign for the Lucy spacecraft. Target: Trojan Asteroid Leucus. Data gathered, target was south of our position, other team members managed to successfully record the event, obtaining 5 chords in total. (see publication)
Thies, Senegal, Occultation observing campaign for the New Horizons spacecraft. Target: Kuiper Belt Object Mu69. Clouded out, other team members managed to successfully record the event. (see publication)
Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, Occultation observing campaign for the New Horizons spacecraft. Target: Kuiper Belt Object Mu69. Successfully observed the event, the team recorded 5 chords. (see publication)
Awards and Honors
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National Solar Observatory Hale Fellowship (2023)
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Ben C. Parmenter Memorial Scholarship (2023)
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summa cum laude, Astronomy, 2018
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Outstanding Student Poster Award (AGU Fall Meeting 2018)
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Grand Prize winner of the American Geophysical Union Data Visualization and Storytelling Contest 2017 (Awarded a travel grant to attend two space science meetings and present on NASA’s Hyper Wall at the AGU)
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Outstanding Student Poster Award (AGU Fall Meeting 2017)
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Awarded the Charles A. Barth Scholarship in Space Research (2017)
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Dean’s List (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2017)
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Instrument rated private pilot