Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. in Astrophysics — University of California, Berkeley (expected 2026)
  • M.A. in Astrophysics — University of California, Berkeley (2022)
  • B.S. in Physics, Magna Cum Laude — University of Maryland, College Park (2020)
  • B.S. in Astronomy with High Honors, Magna Cum Laude — University of Maryland, College Park (2020)

Research Appointments

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow — Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley (2020 - )
  • Graduate Student Researcher — Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley (2020 - )
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher — Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park (2017 - 2020)
  • NSF REU Fellow — Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (2019)
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher — Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2018)
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher — Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago (2017)

Selected Publications

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  1. Harada, C.K., Dressing, C.D., Kane, S.R., Blunt, S., Dietrich, J., Hinkel, N.R., Li, Z., Mamajek, E., Rice, M., Tuchow, N.W., Turtelboom, E.V. and Wittenmyer, R.A., Submitted to AAS Journals. "SPORES-HWO. II. Limits on Planetary Companions of Future High-contrast Imaging Targets from >20 Years of HIRES and HARPS Radial Velocities"
  2. Harada, C.K., Dressing, C.D., Kane, S.R. and Adami Ardestani, B. 2024 ApJS 272 30. "Setting the Stage for the Search for Life with the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Properties of 164 Promising Planet Survey Targets"
  3. Desai, A., Turtelboom, E. V., Harada, C.K. et al. 2024 AJ 167 194. "The TESS-Keck Survey. XVIII. A Sub-Neptune and Spurious Long-period Signal in the TOI-1751 System"
  4. Harada, C.K., Dressing, C.D., Alam, M.K. et al. 2023 AJ 166 208. "Stability and Detectability of Exomoons Orbiting HIP 41378 f, a Temperate Jovian Planet with an Anomalously Low Apparent Density"
  5. Duck, A., Harada, C.K., Harrell, J., Morris, R.A., Williams, E., Crossfield, I., Werner, M. and Deming, D. 2021 AJ 162 136. "K2, Spitzer, and TESS Transits of Four Sub-Neptune Exoplanets"
  6. Harada, C.K., M.-R. Kempton, E., Rauscher, E., Roman, M., Malsky, I., Brinjikji, M. and DiTomasso, V. 2021 ApJ 909 85. "Signatures of Clouds in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres: Modeled High-resolution Emission Spectra from 3D General Circulation Models"