Curriculum Vitae


	Curriculum Vitae A more detailed and printable .pdf of this page: curriculum vitae Education 2005: Ph.D. Boston College. Chestnut Hill, MA. Theoretical condensed-matter physics. Advisor: Kevin Bedell. 1998: B.S. Duquesne University. Pittburgh, PA. Physics and mathematics. 1994: James M. Coughlin High School. Wilkes-Barre, PA. Employment 2008 -- present: Assistant Professor of Astronomy. New Mexico State University in the Department of Astronomy. 2005 -- 2008: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Helioseismology Group at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany. 2001 -- 2005: Research Assistant in condensed-matter physics. Boston College Physics Department. Teaching ASTR 105G: The Planets. (2008F, 2009S, 2010S, 2011S) ASTR 110G: Introductory Astronomy. (2012S, 2012F, 2013S, 2013F) ASTR 301V: Revolutionary Ideas in Science. (2010S, 2011S) ASTR 565: Stellar Structure and Evolution. (2013F). ASTR 698: Introduction to Solar Astrophysics. (2009F, 2011F, 2012S). Graduate Student Advising Laura Mayorga, 2012 - present Meredith Rawls, 2012 - present Jean McKeever, 2011 - present Kyle Degrave, 2010 - present Leland Wehland, 2009 - 2012, MS Michael S. Kirk, 2008 - 2013, PhD Postdoctoral Advising Patrick Gaulme, 2011 - present, astero- and jovian seismology Vigeesh Gangadhara, 2011 - present, MHD, helioseismology Professional Service Journal reviewer for: Astrophysical Journal, Solar Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, New Astronomy. Panel reviewer for: NASA, NSF. Research Interests Solar physics, helioseismology, asteroseismology, magnetohydrodynamics, stellar evolution, binary stars. Superconductivity, magnetic phase transitions, BEC-BCS crossover phenomena. Baseball sabermetrics. Proposal Awards 2011 - 2012. Co-PI: "Efficient and intelligent management of solar data by utilizing high-performance computer infrastructure and semantic knowledge for data-intensive retrieval and exploration." NMSU Interdisciplinary Research Grants. 2011 - 2012. PI: "Continuation of the project: Automatic recognition of solar features for developing data-driven prediction models of solar activity and space weather." AFRL. 2010 - 2013. PI: "The National Solar Observatory's annual solar physics workshops of the American Astronomical Society." NSF. 2011 - 2013. PI: "Probing stellar interiors with asteroseismology." LANL Institute for Geophysical and Planetary Physics. 2010 - 2011. PI: "Characterizing the top of the Red Giant Branch using Kepler drop-list stars." NASA Kepler Guest Observer Program Cycle 2. 2010 - 2011. Co-I: "A fresh look at Jovian seismology." NASA. 2009 - 2012. Co-PI: "New Mexico solar and stellar seismology." NASA EPSCoR. 2009 - 2012. Co-I: "A PAARE program between New Mexico State University, the National Solar Observatory, and the Air Force Research Lab." NSF PAARE. 2009. Co-I: "Measuring the sub-millimagnitude frequency spectra of pulsating B stars." NASA Kepler Guest Observer Program Cycle 1. 2009. Collaborator (with Joyce Guzik): "A search for Gamma Doradus/Delta Scuti pulsating variable stars." NASA Kepler Guest Observer Program Cycle 1. 2009 - 2012. Co-I: "Developing physics-based procedures for local helioseismic probing of sunspots and magnetic regions." NASA SDO Science Center. 2009. PI: "Collaboration initiation between NMSU and LANL for seismic studies of the Sun and stars." Los Alamos Institute for Advanced Studies. Other Awards 2002: Donald White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College. 1994: Presidential Academic Scholarship, Duquesne University (4 years). 1994: Division I Golf Scholarship, Duquesne University (4 years). Conference Organization 2011: Scientific organizing committee member of The Fourth SONG Workshop. Charleston, SC. 2011: Local organizing committee (chair) and scientific organizing committee (member) of 2011 AAS SPD standalone meeting. Las Cruces, NM. 2010: Scientific organizing committee member of The Third SONG Workshop. Beijing, China. 2007: Local organizing committee member of HELAS II International Conference on Helioseismology, Asteroseismology, and MHD Connections. Göttingen, Germany. Summer Schools and Workshops 2005: Attendant of Solar Physics Division Summer School on Helioseismology. Boulder, CO. 2003: Attendant of Boulder Summer School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics: Frontiers in Magnetism. Boulder, CO. 2003: Attendant of ICAM Workshop on Quantum Criticality. New York, NY. Invited Talks 2013: Conference: SDSS III Collaboration Meeting. Baltimore, MD. 2013: Conference: NSO Worshop #27. Tucson, AZ. 2012: Conference: APS 4 Corners Meeting. Soccoro, NM. 2010: Boston College, Department of Physics. Chestnut Hill, MA. 2010: Conference: The Third SONG Workshop. Beijing, China. 2009: New Mexico State University, Department of Physics. Las Cruces, NM. 2009: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Department of Physics. Prescott, AZ. 2009: Conference: 3rd HELAS Local Helioseismology Workshop. Berlin, Germany. 2009: University of New Mexico, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Albuquerque, NM. 2008: New Mexico State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences. Las Cruces, NM. 2008: New Mexico State University, Department of Astronomy. Las Cruces, NM. 2008: Conference: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. 2007: Conference: HELAS II: Helioseismology, Asteroseismology and MHD Connections. Göttingen, Germany. 2005: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany. 2003: Adam Mickiewicz University. Poznan, Poland. Public Outreach "Using acoustic sounds to look inside stars." NMSU pre-freshman engineering program (PREP). July 2010. "The sky tonight." Open house presentation, NMSU Tombaugh Observatory, August 2009. "The nearest star, our Sun." Open house presentation, NMSU Tombaugh Observatory, April 2009. Press News about the Las Cruces AAS/SPD meeting in June 2011. LC Sun News, NMSU press release, Las Cruces Bulletin. NMSU Research Magazine article, 3/1/2010. link. NMSU press release about grants, 9/4/2009. link. Las Cruces Sun News, 8/24/2009. Link. KRWG radio interview, 7/10/2009. Link. Affiliations 2013 - present: New Mexico Academy of Science - Vice President 2009 - present: American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division - member 2008 - present: American Geophysical Union - member Volunteer Work Humane Society of Southern New Mexico Languages Fluent in Italian, conversant in German and French. Interests Baseball and cricket. Organic gardening. Commercial-free community supported radio, such as WFMU and WZBC. Things like this and this, and especially this.