Curriculum Vitae

James J. Marshall	July 13, 2004

School/Office:	Home:
Department of Astronomy	N/A via web
University of Maryland	N/A via web
College Park, MD 20742	Phone: N/A via web
Phone: (301) 405-1554
E-mail: marshall@astro.umd.edu

Education

2004 Ph.D. Astronomy (estimated)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Dissertation: A Large Survey for Very Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
Advisor: Stacy S. McGaugh

1999 M.S. Astronomy, Non-Thesis
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Scholarly Paper: Dynamical Evolution of Young Stellar Clusters
Advisor: Eve C. Ostriker

1996 B.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Minor in Physics
Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Awards/Honors

1996 Graduated Summa Cum Laude (GPA 3.90)
1996 Edward F. Jenkins O.S.A. Award for Academic Excellence in Astronomy and Astrophysics
1996 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
1996 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1995 Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society

Employment

Jan. 2001 - Aug. 2004		Graduate Research Assistant III
June 1999 - Dec. 2000		Graduate Research Assistant II
Sept. 1997 - May 1999		Graduate Teaching Assistant II
June 1997 - Aug. 1997		Graduate Research Assistant II
Sept. 1996 - May 1997		Graduate Teaching Assistant I
Sept. 1993 - May 1995		Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Apr. 1993 - May 1996		Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research Experience

As a graduate research assistant I performed the reduction, calibration, and analysis of data from a large optical survey designed to detect very low surface brightness galaxies and determined scientific results for my dissertation. To do this, I learned how to use software packages designed for astronomical image reduction and analysis, primarily IRAF, installed additional packages and programs as needed, and wrote scripts/pipelines in IRAF and UNIX to automate as much of the process as possible.

During my second year as a graduate student, I participated in a research project studying the dynamical evolution of young stellar clusters. This was a theoretical/computational project involving N-body simulations to attempt to model clusters such as the Orion Nebula Cluster and determine how they evolved into their present states and from what initial conditions they started. This included using the NEMO software package and modifying some of its code.

As an undergraduate, I helped my professors in a number of research projects as a research assistant including observing a supernova (at my suggestion) and performing observations of eclipsing binary stars, primarily to measure their apsidal motion rates to use a test of general relativity. Other projects for classes included using Villanova's telescopes to perform observations using a photoelectric photometer and a CCD camera.

Teaching Experience

As a graduate teaching assistant, I assisted the professor during lectures as necessary (e.g., with slides or demonstrations), led two to three weekly discussion sections for 40 students per section, wrote some assignments and quizzes, contributed questions for mid-term and final exams, graded all assignments for my sections, graded parts of exams for all sections of the class, wrote solution sets for assignments, led review sessions before exams, and helped students individually upon their request.

As an undergraduate teaching assistant, I assisted the professor during laboratory sessions by helping students who were having difficulty with the labs. I performed all of the labs in advance, some of which were done on computers, in order to anticipate where students may have trouble and to prepare explanations for those points.

Computer Skills

I am experienced with UNIX, IRAF, C, HTML, SourceExtractor (SExtractor), GIM2D for IRAF, and scripting in UNIX and IRAF.

Professional Societies

1996-present Society of Physics Students

1993-present American Astronomical Society

Grants

2004 Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant

Publications

Burns, J.F., Guinan, E.F., Marshall, J.J, 1996, New Apsidal Motion Determination of the Eccentric Eclipsing Binary V1143 Cygni, IBVS Bulletin 4363.

Guinan, E.F., Maley, J.A., Marshall, J.J, 1996, Eccentric Eclipsing Binary Stars as Test of General Relativity: the case of V541 Cygni, IBVS Bulletin 4362.

Guinan, E.F. and Marshall, J.J., 1995, Multicolor Photoelectric Photometry of SN 1993J, IBVS Bulletin 4229.

Marshall, J.J. and Guinan, E.F., 1995, Possible Low Amplitude Light Variations in DI Her, IBVS Bulletin 4161.

Guinan, E.F., Marshall, J.J., Maloney, F.P., 1994, A New Apsidal Motion Determination for DI Herculis, IBVS Bulletin 4101.

Klochkova, V., Panchuk, V., Prugniel, P., Guinan, E., Marshall, J., McCook, G., Okyudo, M., Ishida, T., 1993, Supernova 1993J in NGC 3031, IAU Circular 5770.

Abstracts

Marshall, J.J., McGaugh, S.S., Aldering, G., 2004, BAAS, Vol. 35, No. 5, p1353.

Maley, J.A., Guinan, E.F., Maloney, F.P., Marshall, J.J., McCook, G.P., Bradstreet, D.H., 1996, BAAS, Vol. 28, No. 1, p756.

Guinan, E.F., Marshall, J., McCook, G.P., 1993, BAAS, Vol. 25, No. 4, p1349.

Publications In Preparation

Marshall, J.J., McGaugh, S.S., Aldering, G., 2004, in preparation, First Results from a Large Survey for Very Low Surface Brightness Galaxies.

References

Stacy S. McGaugh
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-7897
E-mail: Available on request

Sylvain Veilleux
Department of Astronomy
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: (301) 405-0282
E-mail: Available on request

Greg Aldering
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Rd.
MS 50-232
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: (510) 495-2203
E-mail: Available on request

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