Sarah Tuttle

Tuttle was born and raised in Santa Cruz,{{Cite web|url=https://astrotweeps.wordpress.com/category/instrumentation/|title=Introducing Sarah Tuttle|website=astrotweeps.wordpress.com|date=21 April 2014|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233326/https://astrotweeps.wordpress.com/category/instrumentation/|archive-date=2018-07-02|url-status=live}} studied physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and graduated with a B.Sc in 2001.{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae: Sarah Tuttle |url=https://astrotuttle.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/tuttle_cv_2014.pdf |website=astrotuttle.files.wordpress.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503035840/https://astrotuttle.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/tuttle_cv_2014.pdf|archive-date=3 May 2019|url-status=live}} From 2001 to 2002, she worked for Add-Vision in Scotts Valley as a research scientist, and was part of the team that built the first screen-printed polymer light emitting diodes.{{Cite web|title=Screen printable electroluminescent polymer ink |url= https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/11/42/1f/09559e6bd0d892/WO2003053707A2.pdf |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization|date=3 July 2003 |access-date=2018-07-02}}

Tuttle received a M.Sc and M.Phil in astronomy from Columbia University in 2006 and 2007,{{cite web |title=Sarah Tuttle (CV) |date=September 2009 |url=http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~sarah/C.V..html |website=user.astro.columbia.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224014452/http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~sarah/C.V..html |archive-date=24 December 2018|url-status=live}} and obtained her Ph.D in 2010, working with David Schiminovich on the Faint Intergalactic medium Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBall).{{Cite web|url=http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~sarah/Sarah%20Tuttle.html|title=Sarah Tuttle|website=user.astro.columbia.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701235900/http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~sarah/Sarah%20Tuttle.html|archive-date=2018-07-01|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Tuttle|first=Sarah|url=https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/2009/07/27/july-27th-astronomical-ballooning-or-what-goes-up-must-come-down/|title=July 27th: Astronomical Ballooning – Or, What Goes Up Must Come Down|date=27 July 2009|work=365 Days of Astronomy|publisher=Columbia University Astronomy Podcast|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703050516/https://cosmoquest.org/x/365daysofastronomy/2009/07/27/july-27th-astronomical-ballooning-or-what-goes-up-must-come-down/|archive-date=3 July 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite book|last1=Milliard|first1=Bruno|last2=Martin|first2=D. Christopher|last3=Schiminovich|first3=David|last4=Evrard|first4=Jean|last5=Matuszewski|first5=Matt|last6=Rahman|first6=Shahinur|last7=Tuttle|first7=Sarah|last8=McLean|first8=Ryan|last9=Deharveng|first9=Jean-Michel|chapter=FIREBALL: The Faint Intergalactic medium Redshifted Emission Balloon: Overview and first science flight results |editor3-first=Tadayuki|editor3-last=Takahashi|editor2-first=Stephen S|editor2-last=Murray|editor1-first=Monique|editor1-last=Arnaud|display-authors=7|date=16 July 2010|title=Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray|chapter-url=https://utexas.influuent.utsystem.edu/en/publications/fireball-the-faint-intergalactic-medium-redshifted-emission-ballo|journal=Proceedings of SPIE|volume=7732|pages=773205|language=en|doi=10.1117/12.857850|bibcode=2010SPIE.7732E..05M|s2cid=8060117|url=https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161031-112536885 |access-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233205/https://utexas.influuent.utsystem.edu/en/publications/fireball-the-faint-intergalactic-medium-redshifted-emission-ballo|archive-date=2018-07-02|url-status=live}} Tuttle built the world's first fiber fed ultraviolet spectrograph, which launched on FIREBall in 2009.{{Cite book|last1=Tuttle|first1=Sarah E.|last2=Schiminovich|first2=David|last3=Milliard|first3=Bruno|last4=Grange|first4=Robert|last5=Martin|first5=D. Christopher|last6=Rahman|first6=Shahinur|last7=Deharveng|first7=Jean-Michel|last8=McLean|first8=Ryan|last9=Tajiri|first9=Gordon|chapter=The FIREBall fiber-fed UV spectrograph |editor2-first=Mark M|editor2-last=Casali|editor1-first=Ian S|editor1-last=McLean|display-authors=3|date=9 July 2008|title=Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II|journal=Proceedings of SPIE|language=en|volume=7014|pages=70141T|bibcode=2008SPIE.7014E..1TT|doi=10.1117/12.789836|s2cid=44516391|url=https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170406-103359612 |chapter-url=https://authors.library.caltech.edu/75799/1/70141T_1-1.pdf}}

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Tuttle's research applies novel hardware approaches to spectrograph instrumentation design, particularly aimed to isolate star formation regulation in galaxies through emission and infall from the interstellar medium.{{Cite web|url=http://depts.washington.edu/astron/uncategorized/faculty-spotlight-sarah-tuttle/|title=Faculty Spotlight: Sarah Tuttle|date=6 October 2017|publisher=University of Washington|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703001819/http://depts.washington.edu/astron/uncategorized/faculty-spotlight-sarah-tuttle/|archive-date=2018-07-03|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-02}}

During her Ph.D. at Columbia, Tuttle built the spectrograph for FIREBall, a balloon-borne telescope that is coupled to an ultraviolet spectrograph and designed to discover the intergalactic medium (IGM) in emission.{{Cite web|url=http://stratocat.com.ar/fichas-e/2007/PAL-20070723.htm|title=FIREBALL (Faint Intergalactic-medium Redshifted Emission Balloon) -2007-|website=stratocat.com.ar|access-date=2019-05-06}} The FIREBall spectrograph built by Tuttle was the world's first fiber fed ultraviolet spectrograph and placed upper constraints on IGM emission.

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Tuttle served as the lead for the Hobby–Eberly Telescope's VIRUS detector from 2010 until 2012, where she prototyped, finalized and characterized the VIRUS spectrograph.{{Cite web|url=http://hetdex.org/updates/virus-units-come-together.html|title=Update: Mass Production - HETDEX|access-date=2019-05-08|archive-date=19 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919155503/http://www.hetdex.org/updates/virus-units-come-together.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://astronomyontap.org/2017/06/astronomy-on-tap-seattle-may-24th-at-peddler-brewing/|last=Garofali|first=Kirsten|title=Astronomy on Tap Seattle: May 24th at Peddler Brewing|date=9 June 2017 |access-date=2019-05-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ing.iac.es/conferences/mos/PDF/Hill-MOS-LaPalma-Mar-2015.pdf|title=HETDEX & VIRUS: Panoramic Integral Field Spectroscopy with 35K Fibres|last=Hill|first=Gary|access-date=2019-05-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1532169|title=MRI: Development of VIRUS2 – A Scalable Integral Field Spectrograph for McDonald Observatory|publisher=National Science Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233429/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1532169|archive-date=2018-07-02|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.astro.columbia.edu/event?eid=473|title=The Era of 'Replicated' Spectroscopy (Colloquium)|last=Tuttle|first=Sarah|date=2017|publisher=Columbia University Department of Astronomy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620232840/http://www.astro.columbia.edu/event?eid=473|archive-date=2018-06-20|url-status=live|access-date=2018-07-02}} The instrument consists of 156 spectroscopic channels fed by 34944 fiberoptic channels, covering a 22 arcminute field of view.{{Cite journal|title=VIRUS early installation and commissioning|last=Tuttle|first=Sarah|editor3-first = Hideki|editor3-last = Takami|editor2-first = Luc|editor2-last = Simard|editor1-first = Christopher J|editor1-last = Evans|journal = Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI|date=2016-08-01|volume = 9908|pages = 99081I|doi = 10.1117/12.2231253|bibcode = 2016SPIE.9908E..1IT|s2cid=124054930|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fc932c05-e8ea-481d-a751-8ee3526b521f}} Tuttle and her colleagues' current astrophysics work still utilizes VIRUS data.{{Cite journal|title=HETDEX: Diffuse Lyman-Alpha Emission|last=Tuttle|first=Sarah|journal = American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219|year = 2012|volume = 219|pages = 424.23|bibcode = 2012AAS...21942423T}}

In 2016 she joined the University of Washington as an assistant professor. As of May 2019, Tuttle was leading the recommissioning of the KOSMOS spectrograph for the Apache Point Observatory, an instrument originally stationed at Kitt Peak Observatory.{{Cite journal|title=NASA/ADS|bibcode = 2019AAS...23314607T|last1 = Tran|first1 = Debby|last2 = Tuttle|first2 = Sarah|last3 = McKay|first3 = Myles|last4 = Kadlec|first4 = Kal|last5 = Sayres|first5 = Conor|journal = American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233|year = 2019|volume = 233|pages = 146.07}}

Her science-outreach work includes appearances on the podcast 365 Days of Astronomy in 2009 and writing for The Toast in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://the-toast.net/2014/10/09/gal-science-working-dark-energy/ |title=Gal Science: On Working With Dark Energy |website=The Toast |date=2014-10-09 |access-date=2019-05-03 |last=Tuttle |first=Sarah}} She regularly appears as an astronomy expert in articles in The Seattle Times, The Mercury News and Gizmodo.{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/experts-answer-your-burning-questions-about-the-2017-solar-eclipse/ |title=Experts answer your burning questions about the 2017 solar eclipse |website=Seattle Times |date=2017-08-16 |access-date=2019-05-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/07/in-the-shadow-of-the-moon-jay-friedland-santa-cruzs-total-eclipse-chaser/ |title=In the shadow of the moon: Jay Friedland, Santa Cruz's total eclipse chaser |last=Guzman |first=Kara |website=Mercury News |date=2017-08-09 |access-date=2019-05-03}}{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/our-neighbor-andromeda-may-have-cannibalized-another-ga-1827807710 |title=Our Neighbor Andromeda May Have Cannibalized Another Galaxy |last=Mandelbaum |first=Ryan F. |website=Gizmodo |date=2018-07-23 |access-date=2019-05-03}}{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/holy-crap-this-galaxy-has-no-dark-matter-1824145359 |title=Holy Crap, This Galaxy Has No Dark Matter |last=Mandelbaum |first=Ryan F. |date=2018-03-28 |access-date=2019-05-03}} In 2014, the National Academy of Sciences honored her as a Kavli Fellow.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/news/2014-kavli-fellows.html |title=Distinguished Young Scientists Selected to Participate in Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia |date=2015-01-23 |access-date=2019-05-03 |website=National Academy of Sciences}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/frontiers-alumni/alumni-directory/sarah-tuttle.html |title=Sarah Tuttle |website=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=2019-05-03}} Tuttle has also contributed to American Astronomical Society workshops and supported new guidelines to build a more diverse and inclusive environment.{{Cite arXiv|last1=Brinkworth|first1=Carolyn|last2=Skaer|first2=Allison Byrd|last3=Prescod-Weinstein|first3=Chanda|author-link3=Chanda Prescod-Weinstein|last4=Teske|first4=Johanna|last5=Tuttle|first5=Sarah|date=5 October 2016|title=Building an Inclusive AAS – The Critical Role of Diversity and Inclusion Training for AAS Council and Astronomy Leadership|eprint=1610.02916|class=astro-ph.IM}}

Tuttle was a board member and hotline operator for the Lilith Fund until 2016, a reproductive-rights nonprofit that provides Texas women with financial support for obtaining abortions.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-aug-25-la-na-abortion-funds-20130826-story.html |title=Raising money to ensure women have access to abortions |last=Villeneuve |first=Marina |date=25 August 2013|access-date=2019-05-03 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2014-08-15/how-not-to-stop-patriarchy/ |title=How Not to 'Stop Patriarchy' |last=Tuma |first=Mary |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=2019-05-03 |website=Austin Chronicle}}{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2014/08/14/%e2%80%9care_the_white_women_wearing_actual_chains%e2%80%9d_meet_the_abortion_rights_group_texas_feminists_oppose/ |title="Are the white women wearing actual chains?": Meet the abortion rights group Texas feminists oppose |last=Klabusich |first=Katie |date=14 August 2014|access-date=2019-05-03 |website=Salon}} She currently serves on the board of Kadima,{{Cite web|url=http://www.kadima.org/|title=Kadima Home|website=Kadima Reconstructionist Community|language=en|access-date=2019-05-06}} a Seattle-based Reconstructionist Jewish community.

Her 2015 response to Tim Hunt's statements about women in the laboratory drew international coverage and was featured on BuzzFeed.{{cite web |last1=Wheaton |first1=Oliver |title=Female astrophysicist has a MASSIVE rant about Tim Hunt's 'bulls*** misogyny' |url=https://metro.co.uk/2015/06/11/female-astrophysicist-has-a-massive-rant-about-tim-hunts-bulls-misogyny-5241113/amp/ |website=Metro |access-date=4 May 2019 |date=11 June 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Silver |first1=Laura |title=This Astrophysicist Just Delivered The Perfect Response To Tim Hunt's Sexist Comments |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/laurasilver/this-astrophysicist-just-delivered-the-perfect-response-to-t |website=BuzzFeed |access-date=4 May 2019 |language=en |date=2015-06-11}} In an interview with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein during the buildup to the 2017 March for Science, The Washington Post cited a group statement by Tuttle, Prescod-Weinstein and Joseph Osmundson on The Establishment.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/02/03/scientists-plan-to-march-on-washington-but-where-will-it-get-them/|title=Scientists plan to march on Washington — but where will it get them?|last=Kaplan|first=Sarah|date=3 February 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204013223/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/02/03/scientists-plan-to-march-on-washington-but-where-will-it-get-them/|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live}} Their article entitled "We Are The Scientists Against A Fascist Government" called for greater participation of scientists in politics and compared the political situation in the United States to early-1930s Germany.{{Cite news|last1=Prescod-Weinstein|first1=Chanda|author-link1=Chanda Prescod-Weinstein|last2=Tuttle|first2=Sarah|last3=Osmundson|first3=Joseph|author-link3=Joseph Osmundson|url=https://theestablishment.co/we-are-the-scientists-against-a-fascist-government-d44043da274e|title=We Are The Scientists Against A Fascist Government|date=2 February 2017|work=The Establishment|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504143345/https://theestablishment.co/we-are-the-scientists-against-a-fascist-government-d44043da274e|archive-date=4 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

She has produced numerous studies on the gender bias within astrophysics, including one published in Nature in 2017 which found women's 1st author papers receive 10% fewer citations than similar papers led by male 1st authors.{{cite journal|last1=Tuttle|first1=Sarah|date=2 June 2017|title=Astronomical community: The power of being counted|journal=Nature Astronomy|volume=1|issue=6|pages=0154|doi=10.1038/s41550-017-0154|bibcode=2017NatAs...1E.154T|s2cid=126024222 }} She furthermore emphasizes the importance of supporting scientists from underrepresented groups.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/niais?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor|title=Sarah Tuttle (@niais) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-06}}

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