• A.B., Physics (cum laude) - Princeton University (1991)
• M.A., Astronomy - University of California, Berkeley (1994)
• Ph.D., Astrophysics - University of California, Berkeley (1999)

• Observational cosmology; identifying and studying galaxies at high redshift
• Active galaxies; understanding the cosmic history of black hole formation and activity

• NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1999-Present)
  • Project Scientist, NuSTAR (2007-Present)
  • Research Scientist, (2001-Present)
  • Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, working with Peter Eisenhardt (1999-2001)
• Graduate Researcher with Hyron Spinrad; Research implementing optical and infrared imaging and spectroscopy (Lick Observatory, Keck Observatory, HST, IRTF), emphasizing observational cosmology and the distant Universe (1993-1999)
• Graduate Researcher with Joe Silk; Theoretical Cosmology Research Considering Microwave Background Fluctuations In A Topologically Closed Universe (1992-1993)

• Lew Allen Award for Excellence in Research (2005)
• IGPP Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (1997-1999)
• DAAD scholar in Munich, Germany (1991-1992)

Over 120 Refereed Publications - First author publications include:

1. Stern, D., et al., "Mid-Infrared Selections of Brown Dwarfs and High-Redshift Quasars," ApJ, 663, 677-685 (2007)
2. Stern, D., Chary, R., Eisenhardt, P., & Moustakas, L., "Spitzer Observations of the Prototypical Extremely Red Objects HR10 and LBDS53W091: Separating Dusty Starbursts from Old Ellipticals," AJ, 132, 1405-1414 (2006)
3. Stern, D., Eisenhardt, P., Gorjian, V., et al., "Mid-Infrared Properties of Active Galaxies," Ap. J, 631, 163-168 (2005)
4. Stern, D., Yost, S., Eckart, M., Harrison, F., Helfand, D., Djorgovski, S.G., Malhotra, S., & Rhoads, J.E., "Discovery of a Lyman-Alpha Emitting Galaxy at z = 6.545 and Constraints on the Epoch of Reionization," ApJ, 619, 12-18 (2005)
5. Stern, D., Sand, D., van Dokkum, P.G., Bloom, J.S., Ellis, R.S., Frail, D.A., Kneib, J.-P., Koopmans, L.V.E., Nugent, P., Sullivan, M., and Treu, T., "Discovery of a Transient U -Band Dropout in a Lyman-Break Survey: A Tidally-Disrupted Star at z = 3.3?," ApJ, APJ, 612, 690-697 (2004)
6. Stern, D., Hall, P., Barrientos, L.F., Bunker, A.J., Elston, R., Ledlow, M.J., Raines, S.N., & Willis, J., "Gemini-South + FLAMINGOS Demonstration Science: Near-IR Spectroscopy of the z = 5.77 Quasar SDSS J083643.85+005453.3," ApJ L, 596, L39-42 (2003)
7. Stern, D., Holden, B., Stanford, S.A., & Spinrad, H., "Spectroscopic Confirmation of a Radio-Selected Galaxy Group at z = 1.11," AJ, 125, 2759-2768 (2003)
8. Stern, D., et al., "SPICES II: Optical and Near-Infrared Identifications of Faint X-Ray Sources from Deep Chandra Observations of Lynx," AJ, 123, 2223-2245 (2002)
9. Stern, D., et al., "Chandra Detection of a Type-II Quasar at z = 3.288," ApJ, 568, 71-81 (2002)
10. Stern, D., Eisenhardt, P., Spinrad, H., Dawson, S., van Breugel, W., Dey, A., de Vries, W., & Stanford, S.A., "Evidence Against a Redshift z > 6 for the Galaxy STIS 123627+621755," Nature, 408, 560-562 (2000)
11. Stern, D., Bunker, A.J., Spinrad, H., & Dey, A., "One-Line Redshifts and Searches for High-Redshift Lyman-Alpha Emission," ApJ, 537, 73-79 (2000)
12. Stern, D., Spinrad, H., Eisenhardt, P.R., Bunker, A.J., Dawson, S., Stanford, S.A., & Elston, R., "Discovery of a Color-Selected Quasar at z = 5.50," ApJ, 533, L75-L78 (2000)
13. Stern, D., Djorgovski, S.G., Perley, R., de Calvalho, R., Wall, J., "Radio Properties of Optically-Selected z > 4 Quasars," AJ, 132, 1526-1533 (2000)
14. Stern, D., Dey, A., Spinrad, H., Maxfield, L., Dickinson, M., Schlegel, D., & Gonzalez, R., "New High Redshift Radio Galaxies from the MG Catalog," AJ, 117, 1122-1138 (1999)
15. Stern, D. & Spinrad, H., "Search Techniques for Distant Galaxies," PASP, 111, 1475-1502 (1999)
16. Stern, D., Spinrad, H., & Dickinson, M., "HST Observations of the Radio Galaxy MG 1136+1346 (z = 1.003)," AJ, 111, 102-108 (1996)
17. Stern¹, D., Scott, D., & Silk, J., "Microwave Background Anisotropy in a Toroidal Universe," Phys. Rev. Lett., 71, 20-23 (1993)

¹ My surname at the time of this publication was Stevens; I have since returned to the pre-WWII family surname of Stern.