Amanda Heiderman
Education
2006-Present Graduate Student, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin
2005 A.B. Astrophysics, UC Berkeley
Publications
2007 Heiderman, A., Jogee,
S., Bacon, D., and STAGES Collaboration, Transformation Of Galaxies By
Interactions And Mergers In The A901/02 Supercluster:
Environmental Constraints From The Stages
Survey, 211th AAS, #96.13.
2005 Heiderman, A. L., Hibbard, J.E., Johnson, K.E., Gallagher, S.C., Charlton, J.C., Hornschemeier, A.E., VLA HI and Spitzer Study of HCG 07 and HCG 19, 207th AAS, Session 179. AAS Abstract
2003 Heiderman, A. L., Analysis of DEEP2 Redshift Survey Spectra: Measurement of [OII] Equivalent Widths, 203rd AAS, Session 119. AAS Abstract
2003 WIA II: 10 Years After, Report on the status of women in astronomy
2005 Heiderman, A. L., Hibbard, J.E., Johnson, K.E., Gallagher, S.C., Charlton, J.C., Hornschemeier, A.E., VLA HI and Spitzer Study of HCG 07 and HCG 19, 207th AAS, Session 179. AAS Abstract
2003 Heiderman, A. L., Analysis of DEEP2 Redshift Survey Spectra: Measurement of [OII] Equivalent Widths, 203rd AAS, Session 119. AAS Abstract
2003 WIA II: 10 Years After, Report on the status of women in astronomy
Research
2006-07 University of
Texas at Austin
Department of Astronomy
Advisor: Shardha
Jogee
2006 University of Virgina
Department of Astronomy
Advisor: Remy Indebetouw
Project: Investigation of massive star forming regions in the Spitzer GLIMPSE 3-8 micron Galactic plane survey.
2005-06 National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Advisors: Kelsey Johnson (University of Virginia) and John Hibbard (NRAO)
Project Title: "HI and Spitzer Observations of Hickson Compact Groups" abstract
2004 University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Astrophysics and Cosmology Group
Advisor: Crystal Martin
Project Title: "Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies M101 and NGC 3351"
2003 University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
DEEP2 Redshift Survey
Advisor: Marc Davis
Project Title: "DEEP2 Redshift Survey Spectra: Measurement of [OII] Equivalent Widths"
2002-03 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physics Division
Supernova Cosmology Project's Nearby Supernova Factory
Astrophysics and Cosmology Group
Advisors:: Gerson Goldhaber and Greg Aldering
Project Title: "Detection and Assessment of Nearby Supernova"
Department of Astronomy
Advisor: Remy Indebetouw
Project: Investigation of massive star forming regions in the Spitzer GLIMPSE 3-8 micron Galactic plane survey.
2005-06 National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
Advisors: Kelsey Johnson (University of Virginia) and John Hibbard (NRAO)
Project Title: "HI and Spitzer Observations of Hickson Compact Groups" abstract
2004 University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Astrophysics and Cosmology Group
Advisor: Crystal Martin
Project Title: "Star Formation in Nearby Galaxies M101 and NGC 3351"
2003 University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
DEEP2 Redshift Survey
Advisor: Marc Davis
Project Title: "DEEP2 Redshift Survey Spectra: Measurement of [OII] Equivalent Widths"
2002-03 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Physics Division
Supernova Cosmology Project's Nearby Supernova Factory
Astrophysics and Cosmology Group
Advisors:: Gerson Goldhaber and Greg Aldering
Project Title: "Detection and Assessment of Nearby Supernova"
Talks
2006
“The Dynamical Evolution of Galaxies in Compact
Groups: Insights from VLA HI and Spitzer mid-IR
Studies”, University of Texas at Austin
Teaching
2007 Graduate Teaching
Assistant, Astronomy 301, Professor John
Kormendy
2002 Department of Physics, UC
Berkeley
Physics Scholars Program
Tutor
2001-02 Western Nevada
Community College
Physics Laboratory Teaching
Assistant
Conferences Attended
2005 Presenter, Physics for
the Third Millennium: II, Huntsville, AL
2005 205th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,San Diego, CA
2005 Presenter, UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium, UCSF, CA
2004 Presenter, 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,Atlanta, GA
2004 Presenter, UC Santa Barbara Summer Undergraduate Colloquium, CA
2004 Presenter, UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium, UCLA, CA
2003 Presenter, Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, 2003, Los Angeles, CA
2003 WIA II: 10 Years Later, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, WIA II Report
2005 205th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,San Diego, CA
2005 Presenter, UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium, UCSF, CA
2004 Presenter, 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,Atlanta, GA
2004 Presenter, UC Santa Barbara Summer Undergraduate Colloquium, CA
2004 Presenter, UC LEADS Research and Leadership Symposium, UCLA, CA
2003 Presenter, Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, 2003, Los Angeles, CA
2003 WIA II: 10 Years Later, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, WIA II Report
Observing
2006-07
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (10 nights)
2006 Fan Mountain Observatory,
Charlottesville, VA (1 night)
2005 Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV (1 night)
2004 Lick Observatory Nickel Telescope, MountHamilton, CA (3 nights)2004 RadioLab, L-Band Horn & X-band Interferometer, Berkeley, CA (>50 hours) 2003 Leuschner Observatory, OpticalLab, Lafayette, CA (~30 hours)
2005 Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, WV (1 night)
2004 Lick Observatory Nickel Telescope, MountHamilton, CA (3 nights)2004 RadioLab, L-Band Horn & X-band Interferometer, Berkeley, CA (>50 hours) 2003 Leuschner Observatory, OpticalLab, Lafayette, CA (~30 hours)
Memberships
2003-07 American Astronomical Society
2003-07 American Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2002-07 Western Nevada Astronomical Society
2003-07 American Association of University Women
2003-07 Sigma Xi
2003-07 Association for Women in Science
2001-07 The Planetary Society
2002-03 Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at UC Berkeley, Vice President
2002-05 Society of Women in Physical Science at UC Berkeley
2003-07 American Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2002-07 Western Nevada Astronomical Society
2003-07 American Association of University Women
2003-07 Sigma Xi
2003-07 Association for Women in Science
2001-07 The Planetary Society
2002-03 Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at UC Berkeley, Vice President
2002-05 Society of Women in Physical Science at UC Berkeley
Outreach
2005 Workshop Leader,
Expanding Your Horizons Confernce, Mills
College, EYH Website 2004 Launch Day , UC
Berkeley, Website
2004 Workshop Leader, Expanding Your Horizons Confernce, Mills College, Website
2004 Workshop Leader, Expanding Your Horizons Confernce, Mills College, Website
