Hi! I’m an astronomy PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill on the science team of Evryscope, a UNC project led by Dr. Nicholas Law (PI).
I’m on the post-doctoral job market this fall (2020). You can check out my Research, Teaching, Curriculum Vitae, or About pages here!
I currently lead the EvryFlare Survey collaboration, which investigates the habitability of rocky planets orbiting nearby flare stars. The survey has detected over 500 large stellar flares from hundreds of nearby K and M dwarf stars, including a superflare from Proxima Centauri. I am Principle Investigator of the NASA TESS Guest Investigator Program 3174, “Multi-Wavelength Superflares And Planetary Habitability.” My publications are available on ADS, here.
I may be contacted by email at wshoward [at] unc dot edu.

Evryscope team during Evryscope-North deployment. Top: Ward Howard, Bottom (left to right): Jeff Ratzloff, Amy Glazier, Nicholas Law, Hank Corbett

Evryscope-North deployment. I’m helping to attach the telescope pier to the roof of the control room below.

Evryscope-North deployment. After hauling telescope parts and equipment to Mount Laguna Observatory in CA, we took a “Top-Gear” style photo.
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