BA in Physics, Math/Computer Science, Augustana College, May 1984.
MS equivalent in Physics, University of New Mexico, August 1987.
MS in Astronomy, University of Arizona, December 1999.

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp., Kamuela (Waimea), HI. Observing Assistant, Scientific Staff, 1999-present. Duties: operate telescope, instrument troubleshooting, queue observer, writing instruction manuals, air puck cleaning during shutdowns, website management for help pages and Hoku (Online Educational Resource for Teachers and Parents), outreach, and miscellaneous small duties like training others as OAs, and in the use of OTP and LSI.
University Of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Teaching and Research Assistant, 1994-1998. Duties: instruction of astronomy labs as TA, research projects as RA, see publications below.
Kitt Peak National Observatory/Central Computing Services, Tucson Arizona. Data Reduction Specialist/Summit Assistant, Observer Support Staff, 1992-1994. Duties: summit assistant, instruction in the use of IRAF, Finder/Astro, Grant Plate Scanning Machine, GASP, and UNIX, observing for and with collaborators, writing of IRAF reduction manuals for specific instruments and tasks, IRAF testing, minor duties of system management of summit computers (backups and upgrades), and management of the KPNO tape archive.
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile. Data Reduction Specialist, Observer Support Staff, 1987-1992. Duties: instruction in the use of IRAF, GASP, and other UNIX commands, writing of IRAF reduction manuals for specific instruments used at CTIO, observing for research collaborations and instrument calibrations, and management of the CTIO Tape archives.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. GRA, summers of 1985 and 1986. Duties: running hydrodynamical simulations in different morphological regimes to produce simulated radio maps to compare with observed radio jets.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graduate assistant in physics and astronomy, 1984-1987. Duties: instruction of astronomy labs, running the weekly campus observatory open house during the approach of Halley's comet, and instruction in the use of AIPS for data reduction.
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. Laboratory assistant in physics, 1983-1984. Duties: set up and instruction of physics labs, the astronomy advanced lab, grading, and running the John Deere Planetarium.

DAR Award for Excellence in History, 1976; 1st Prize in the Modern Woodmen of America Speech Contest, 1976; Induction in the National Honorary Society, 1980; Varsity Letter, 1980; Induction in two Honorary Fraternities, Alpha Psi Omega (National Honorary Dramatics Fraternity), 1983 and Pi Kappa Delta (National Honorary Forensics Fraternity), 1984. Graduate Student Association Travel Grant (University of New Mexico) to attend the AAS Meeting #168 in Ames, Iowa. AAS Small Travel Grant to attend the IAU Colloquium #145 in Xian, China, 1993. NSF International Travel Grant and Women In Science and Engineering Grant to attend the NATO ASI on Thermonuclear Supernovae in Aigua Blava, Spain, 1995. Theoretical Astrophysics Program Award for travel to attend the ESO/CTIO/LCO Workshop on SN 1987A in La Serena, Chile, 1997.

Research projects: Though I have made no progress on it since I started here at CFHT, I hope to one day get the light curve for SN1992bd finished and published.

I am currently working as an Observing Assistant at CFHT in Hawaii. My duties have included running the telescope during night time operations, instrument troubleshooting, support astronomer for instrument startups and in LAMA mask cutting, service observing, writing manuals, website development and upkeep (help pages and Hoku), and instruction in the use of OTP and LSI (doing optical turbulence profiling), as well as outreach, and the use of IRAF to reduce data taken at CFHT. During my first 2-3 years here I was still getting IRAF questions from people around the world. I have been involved in other activities such as helping during the shutdowns in the Primary Mirror air puck cleaning, reassembly, and testing. I am close to being certified as a Remote Observer for the move to remote operations and observations from our downtown headquarters. I have observed with CFH12K, MegaPrime, WIRCam, and ESPaDOnS. I enjoy participating in the various outreach activities at the observatory also. I worked at KPNO for 2 years and at CTIO for 5 years as a Data Reduction Specialist. My duties included helping visiting astronomers, using NOAO telescopes, reduce their data with IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility), writing reduction manuals for IRAF, managing the tape archive, and updating and writing software for general use. I helped with the reduction of data from the CTIO 4-meter echelle instrument for the determination of grating efficiencies. At KPNO, I worked with data from the solar magnetograph at NSO, and helped visitors use the new automated spectral reduction tasks for reducing Hydra and Coude Feed data. I wrote many manuals for general use of IRAF such as registering images, removal of cosmic rays, a quick guide to photometry packages available, and use of the mountain computers.

I was the first staff member to perform classical service observations at the CFHT using 12K when astronomers left before the end of their allocated nights. I have observed at the IRTF with collaborators. I have used the blue spectrograph on the MMT. I have also observed at the WIYN, KPNO 4.0-meter, 2.1-meter, Coude Feed, 0.9-meter, and Burrell Schmidt telescopes using the Hydra Spectrograph, IR Imager, CF/CCD, Coude spectrograph, and photographic plates; and the CTIO 4-meter, 1.5-meter, 1-meter, 36-inch, and Curtis Schmidt telescopes using the Argus fiber fed spectrograph, echelle spectrograph, CS/CCD, IR Imager, 2dFrutti, CF/CCD, and photographic plates. The resulting research projects involved searching thin prism plates taken in void regions for emission line galaxies, finding supernovae (SNe) in the rebirth of the CTIO/Cerro Calan SN Search, obtaining images and photoelectric photometry to produce light curves for SNe, obtaining good spectral coverage of the evolution of SNe, determining the radial velocities of a large sample of bulge stars, comparing JHK galaxy intensity profiles (using GASP) with published BV data, and searching for SN events in starburst nucleii using I band imaging, (see publications below). While on staff at KPNO and a grad student at the UofA, I also continued my SNe collaborations with the Harvard SNe Monitoring project with observing duties at the 2.1M, doing one half night per month, and the occassional night at MMT with the blue spectrograph.

While in New Mexico, I worked as a GRA at Los Alamos National Laboratory with Michael L. Norman. This work entailed calculating hydrodynamical flows using the Cray/CTSS system, to produce brightness distributions of radio jets. We then used the Astronomical Image Processing System (AIPS) on a VAX/VMS system to make observationally comparable images.

My computer experience includes work on Dell, Sun, Cray, VAX, Zenith, Apple, and PDP 11/70 computers. I am familiar with Windows, Linux, UNIX, CTSS, VMS, MS-Dos, and RSTS operating systems, and I have extensive programming skills in BASIC, and FORTRAN programming languages with some experience in C+. Besides extensive knowledge of IRAF, I have also worked with AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System), DAOPhot, and the GASP package (GAlaxy Surface Photometry). I have also acquired skill in HTML, JAVA, Confluence, and web site management.

I have been a member of the AAS since 1986, am a trained first responder, and am fluent in French and Spanish.

HOKU: An Online Newletter for Educators and Parents, L. A. Wells, Liz Bryson. 2002.
Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae, Garnavich, P., et al. Given at the 191st AAS Meeting, January 1997, BAAS, 29, 1350.
The Bolometric Light of SN 1993J in M81, L. A. Wells. Given at the ESO/CTIO/LCO Workshop on "SN 1987A: Tens Years After" in La Serena, Chile, February 1997.
SN 1993J in M81: The UBVRI Light Curves During the First 450 Days, N. M. Silvestri, T. J. Balonek, L. A. Wells, R. Tweedy, E. G. Hintz, M. D. Joner, J. W. Moody, J. L. Koch, T. A. Boroson, and A. C. Porter. Given at the 185th AAS Meeting, Tucson, AZ., January 1995, BAAS, 26, 1444.
Reddening Correction and the Bolometric Light Curve of SN 1989B, by L. A. Wells, Nicholas B. Suntzeff, and Mark M. Phillips. IAU Colloquium #145: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, Xian, China, May 1993, in Proceedings, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
The Early Light of SN 1993J, by L. A. Wells, et al. IAU Colloquium #145: Supernovae and Supernova Remnants, Xian, China, May 1993, in Proceedings, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
CCD Observations of SN1993J in M81 from the Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium, Benson, P. J., et al., 1993, BAAS, 25, 835.
Photometry and Spectroscopy of SN1989B, by L. A. Wells, and Mark M. Phillips. Given at the 176th AAS Meeting, Albuquerque, N.M., June 1990, BAAS, 22, 838.
CTIO Observations of SN 1987A in the LMC, by J. E. Elias, B. Gregory, M. Hamuy, S. R. Heathcote, S. Kirhakos, M. Navarette, M. M. Phillips, N. B. Suntzeff, and L. A. Wells. ASP Conference Series, Volume 1, Progress and Opportunities in Southern Hemisphere Optical Astronomy: The CTIO 25th Anniversary Symposium, La Serena, Chile, BYU Press, 1988.
Hydrodynamical Models of Radio Galaxies: Simulated Radio Brightness Maps, by L. A. Wells, Michael L. Norman, and Jack O. Burns. Given at the 168th AAS Meeting, Ames, Iowa, June 1986, BAAS, 18, 688.

Did Supernova 1989B Exhibit a Light Echo?, Milne, P. A., Wells, L. A., 2003, AJ, 125, 181.
The CTIO nova survey: data, Williams, R. E., et al, 2003, JAD, 9.
The Type Ic SN 1990B in NGC 4568, A. Clocchiatti, et al., 2001, ApJ, 553, 886.
Constraints on Cosmological Models from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of High-z Supernovae, Garnavich, P., et al., 1998, ApJL, 493, L53.
Optical Light Curves of the Type Ia Supernovae SN 1990N and SN 1991T, P. Lira, et al., 1998, AJ, 115, 234.
BVRI Light Curves for 29 Type Ia Supernovae, M. Hamuy, et al., 1996, AJ, 112, 2408.
Photometry and Spectroscopy of Supernova 1989B, by L. A. Wells, et al., 1994, AJ, 108, 2233.
SN 1992K: A Twin to the Subluminous Type Ia SN 1991bg, M. Hamuy, et al., 1994, AJ, 108, 2226.
Two Views of the Andromeda Galaxy H-alpha and Far Infrared, Nicholas A. Devereux, Rob Price, L. A. Wells, & Neb Duric, 1994, AJ, 108, 1667.
SN1991T: Reflections of Past Glory, Brian P. Schmidt, et. al, 1994, ApJL, 434, L19.
Infrared Imaging of Spiral Galaxies: Colors and Luminosity Profiles, by Don M. Terndrup, R. L. Davies, Jay A. Frogel, Darren L. DePoy, and L. A. Wells, 1994, ApJ, 432, 518.
The 1990 Calan/Tololo Supernova Search, M. Hamuy, et al., 1993, AJ, 106, 2392.
K-Corrections for Type Ia Supernovae, Mario Hamuy, M. M. Phillips, L. A. Wells, and Jose Maza, 1993, PASP, 105, 787.
Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of SN 1990E in NGC 1035: Observational Constraints for Models of Type II Supernovae, Brian P. Schmidt, et al., 1993, AJ, 105, 2236.
SN 1991bg: A Type Ia Supernova with a Difference, Bruno Leibundgut, R. P. Kirshner, M. M. Phillips, L. A. Wells, et al., 1993, AJ, 105, 301.
SN 1991T: Further Evidence of the Heterogeneous Nature of Type Ia Supernovae, by M. M. Phillips, L. A. Wells, N. B. Suntzeff, M. Hamuy, B. Leibundgut, R. P. Kirshner, and C. B. Foltz, 1991, AJ, 103, 1632.
The Evolution and Classification of Postoutburst Novae Spectra, by R. E. Williams, M. Hamuy, M. M. Phillips, S. R. Heathcote, L. A. Wells, and M. Navarrete, 1991, ApJ, 376, 721.

Search for SN light in XRF 040912 with MEGACAM, Stratta, G., et al., 2004, GRB Coordinates Network, Circular Service, No. 2797.
Supernova 1993J in NGC3031, Garnivch, P., Challis, P., Kirshner, R., Wells, L., Berlind, P., 1995, IAU Circular No. 6257.
Supernova 1994O in Markarian 268, Challis, P., Wells, L., 1994, IAU Circular No. 5988.
Supernova 1993J in NGC 3031, R. Tweedy, T. Balonek, E. Hintz, M. Joner, E. Joner, and L. Wells, 1993, IAU Circular No. 5817.
Supernova 1993J in NGC 3031, R. Tweedy, T. Balonek, and L. Wells, 1993, IAU Circular No. 5769.
Supernova 1993J in NGC 3031, A. C. Porter, and L. A. Wells, 1993, IAU Circular No. 5748.
Supernova 1992bd, C. Smith, and L. Wells, 1992, IAU Circular No. 5638.
Supernova 1992as, J. Maza, and L. Wells, 1992, IAU Circular No. 5575.
Supernovae 1992aq AND 1992ar In Anonymous Galaxy, H. Hamuy, J., Maza, L. Wells, C. Muena, 1992, IAU Circular No. 5574.
Supernovae 1992ae and 1992af, L. Wells, and J. Maza, 1992, IAU Circular No. 5554.
The ABCs of CCDs in Astronomy II: Image Reduction, by L. A. Wells, 1992, IAPPP Communications, No. 47.
Supernova 1991al in Anonymous Galaxy, L. Wells, and J. Maza, 1991, IAU Circular No. 5310.
Supernova 1991U in IC 4232, J. Maza, M. M. Phillips, M. Hamuy, L. Wells, 1991, IAU Circular No. 5247.
The ABCs of CCDs in Astronomy I: How a CCD Works, by L. Wells, 1990, IAPPP Communications, No. 39.
Dwarf Nova in Pavo, Maza, J., et al., 1990, IAU Circular No. 5073.
Supernova 1990B in NGC 4568, Suntzeff, N. B., et al., 1990, IAU Circular No. 4959.

I have been given permission to put online, some of the labs which have done in the past both at UNM, and the University of Arizona for the CFHT Outreach page. I'm hoping to find time to get these online as resources for Teachers and Parents as part of the outreach activities of the observatory. They would then be highlighted in Hoku as well.
The Highly Obscured Supernova 1992bd in NGC 1097, Lisa A. Wells and R. Chris Smith. In progress.