\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[space]{grffile}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{booktabs,array,multirow}
\usepackage{amsfonts,amsmath,amssymb}
\providecommand\citet{\cite}
\providecommand\citep{\cite}
\providecommand\citealt{\cite}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0}}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd\@combinedblfloats{\box\@outputbox}{\unvbox\@outputbox}{}{%
  \errmessage{\noexpand\@combinedblfloats could not be patched}%
}%
\makeatother
% You can conditionalize code for latexml or normal latex using this.
\newif\iflatexml\latexmlfalse
\providecommand{\tightlist}{\setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}%

\AtBeginDocument{\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.pdf,.PDF,.eps,.EPS,.png,.PNG,.tif,.TIF,.jpg,.JPG,.jpeg,.JPEG}}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}




\begin{document}

\title{Spotlight on Authoreans: Stella Offner\\}


\author{David}
\affil{Affiliation not available}

  
\author{Matteo Cantiello}
\affil{Affiliation not available}
  



\date{\today}

\maketitle




\selectlanguage{english}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.35\columnwidth]{figures/Stella-2016-01-23-1/Stella-2016-01-23-1}
\caption{{\textbf{Stella Offner
}Assistant Professor, Astronomy
UMass Amherst%
}}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\textbf{What does being a scientist mean to you?}\\

To me, science is about thinking rationally, solving problems and
enjoying learning new things about the universe.\\

People who are not professional scientists can also be scientists. This
is the idea behind ``citizen science'' projects:
\href{https://www.zooniverse.org/}{https://www.zooniverse.org}. You,
too, can be a scientist, even if it's only for an hour at a time!\\

~~\\

\textbf{Can you summarize the main focus of your research and what drew
you to that field of study/work?}\\

I use numerical simulations to model how stars like our sun formed. When
I was a physics graduate student I was interested in working on some
kind of computational modeling. It turns out there are a lot of really
interesting complex problems in astrophysics that you can only study
with large computers. The study of star formation has a lot of different
physics in it: gravity, magnetic fields, turbulence, and radiation.
These interact in nonlinear and sometimes unexpected ways, which make
star formation a fun thing to model. I also use the simulations to make
cool movie\\\selectlanguage{english}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/pltsn04780-0-0-temp2/pltsn04780-0-0-temp2}
\caption{{Still from a simulation on star formation.%
}}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\textbf{What was your first time getting published? What was that
experience like?}~\\

My undergraduate senior thesis at Wellesley College resulted in a
publication in a physics journal. It was exciting that I could make a
tangible scientific contribution as an undergraduate. The paper involved
modeling electrorheological fluids in a shear flow. An
electrorheological fluid contains particles which respond to an applied
electric field, for example, by lining up along the field lines to form
particle sheets The fluid properties change as the field is turned on
and off. These types of fluids have applications for breaks and shock
absorbers.\\

\textbf{What are your thoughts on Open Access/Open Science?}\\

Open science is both important and necessary. Since science experiments,
instruments and people are largely funded by the public (especially true
in astronomy!), it is important to freely share information, communicate
results, and make the products of the research available to anyone who
is interested. Open science also facilitates progress and
collaboration.\\

\textbf{What's the best advice you've ever gotten? What advice would you
want to impart on young scientists who are coming up?}\\

My undergraduate advisor would tell me to `Just do it' whenever we were
confronted by some difficult or tedious task. People get the idea
sometimes that science is all about discovery and requires being super
smart. Mostly, however, science is persistence and determination.~ That
is the sentiment behind Thomas Edison's quote, ``Genius is 99\%
perspiration and 1\% inspiration.''~ Of course, that 1\% of discovery is
one of the rewards of science.~\\

My advice to young scientists is: be curious. Ask questions about how
and why things work. Not only will you learn something new, but you
might find out something other people have missed. Discovery is one of
the exciting parts of science.\\

\textbf{What do you like to do when you're not studying star
formation?}\\

I like traveling to new places, running, and cooking. I also read just
about everything. Recently, I read What Works for Women at Work. Women
across all types of jobs make less than their male colleagues. The
book's authors interview more than a hundred professional women and
examine what factors cause bias and how women can individually address
it.~\\

\textbf{What has your transition to Authorea been like?}\\

I find Authorea to be extremely useful for collaborations. I have all my
students begin their paper drafts on Authorea. It allows me to keep up
with their progress, add comments, and contribute text without
interfering with ongoing changes.\\

Astronomy papers are generally written in LaTeX, which is a programming
language for producing documents. Authorea hides some of the complexity
of the programming, which allows my undergraduate students to start
writing about their work immediately and then gradually learn more LaTeX
over time.\\\selectlanguage{english}
\begin{figure}[h!]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.70\columnwidth]{figures/Stella-Teaching/Stella-Teaching}
\caption{{Teaching an undergraduate Astronomy class at Umass Amherst.%
}}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\selectlanguage{english}
\FloatBarrier
\end{CJK}\end{document}

