Meetings
AAS Austin, 2008
National Capital Area Disks Group, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2007
AAS Washington DC, 2006
Harley Wood Winter School, Coolangatta 2004
IAU Sydney, 2003
Observing
Kitt Peak, Arizona (2007)
Spectrum of Wolf-Rayet star HD186943
Supervised by David Rupke
Images of HH215 (Herbig A star and Reflection
Nebula)
Supervised by Stacy McGaugh
Anglo-Australian Obersvatory, Australia (2002)
Globular Cluster Surface Brightness and Dynamical Evolution
Supervised by Brian Schmidt
Mount Stromlo, Australia (2001)
Spiral Galaxy Spectroscopy and Rotation Curves
Mount Stromlo, Australia (2000)
Cataclysmic Variable Photometry: Introduction to IRAF
Supervised Research
Marc Kuchner: Goddard Space Flight Center
Douglas Hamilton: University of Maryland
Gaseous Debris Disks (2006-)
Dynamical models of dust around Beta Pictoris
Second Year Project Presentation
Thermal models of gas around Beta Pictoris
David Eichler: Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Gamma Ray Burst Radiative Efficiency (2005)
Andrew Prentice: Monash University, Australia
Composition and Structure of Mercury (Honours Project 2002)
Rosemary Mardling: Monash University, Australia
Spin Orbit Coupling (Honours Essay 2002)
Teaching Archive
2006: University of Maryland
Astr 100
2005: University of Maryland
Astr 101 (with Laboratory)
2002-2005: Monash University
Engineering Mathematics; Statistics; Numbers, Logic and Graphs;
Multivariable Calculus
Research Support
2007: HST Theory Grant
With the Collaboration of Marc Kuchner (GSFC), Doug Hamilton (UMD), Aki
Roberge (GSFC), Inga Kamp (STScI) and David Golimowski (STScI)
Languages and Software Experience
Fortran
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html
IDL
Gnuplot
Latex
Powerpoint
Publications
The Blast Energy Efficiency of Gamma-Ray Bursts
D. Eichler, D Jontof-Hutter, 2005, ApJ, 635.1182E
Honours Project on Mercury
Appointments
UMD Astronomy Unjournal Club Organizer 2006-2007
GSFC Exoplanets Club Co-Organizer 2007
Graduate Classes
Radiative Processes
Galaxies
Stars
Cosmology
Instrumentation
Planets
Isotope Geology
High Energy Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium
Computational Astrophysics
Presentations
AAS Austin (2008)
Explaining The X-Pattern of Beta Pictoris
National Capital Area Disks Group Meeting (2007)
A model for the Beta Pictoris Gaseous Debris Disk
Second Year Project Defense (2007)
The Dynamics of Dust Grains around Beta Pictoris
Goddard Space Flight Center Exoplanets Club (2007)
The Effect of Gas Drag and Radiation Pressure on Dust Around Beta
Pictoris
High Energy Astrophysics Class Presentation (2007)
Double Supernovae
Isotope Geology Class Presentation (2006)
The Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
Cosmology Class Presentation (2006)
Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe
College Park Observatory Open House (2006)
The New Age of Planet Discovery
Galaxies Class Presentation (2005)
Initial Mass Function and Abundance Ratios in Ellipticals:
Formation and Evolution
Honours Project Defense (2002)
The Composition and Structure of Mercury
Honours Essay Defense (2002)
Spin Orbit Coupling
Public Outreach
Berwyn Heights Elementary School Science Fair
6th Grade Science Projects Judge, December 5th 2007
Queen Elizabeth II visits Goddard Space Flight Center
Poster Presentation, May 25th 2007
College Park Observatory Open House Presentation
The New Age of Planet Discovery, October 4th 2006
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