Devin Silvia completed his bachelor studies at the University of Washington in June of 2007. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Astronomy with a minor in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Physics. Devin graduated Magna Cum Laude with both Departmental and College Honors. As of August 2007, he is a graduate student at the University of Colorado at Boulder in pursuit of a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Devin spent his first year as a teaching assistant for one of the University's introductory astronomy courses. Presently, he is involved with a research project that studies dust destruction in supernova remnants using numerical simulations. In May 2009, Devin was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
