Curriculum Vitae

John C. Barentine


The University of Texas
Department of Astronomy
1 University Station, C1400
Austin, TX 78712-0259

Tel: 512-232-3923
Fax 512-471-6016
Email: jcb(at)astro(dot)as(dot)utexas(dot)edu


OBJECTIVE

 Employment in support of scientific research in astronomy/astrophysics; specifically, instrumentation development/maintenance, observatory support staff, or data reduction and analysis support.

EDUCATION

M.A. (Astronomy), University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Thesis: "A Comparative Astrochemical Study Of NGC 7538 IRS 1 and IRS 9"

M.S. (Physics), Colorado State University, 2002

Thesis: "A Diagnostic Analysis Of A SciTech STAR Class 0.5m Telescope For The Purpose Of High Precision Photometry" (PostScript) B.S. (Physics), University of Arizona, 1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research/Technical

August 2006-Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin:

  • Operation of the TEXES mid-infrared spectrograph, Hawai'i
  • Modeling of C2H2 and HCN absorption in the ULIRG galaxy NGC 4418

January 2004-July 2006: Observer, Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM:

  • Operation of the SDSS 2.5m telescope; development of procedures and documentation; quality assurance.

August 2003-February 2005: Observing Specialist II
September 2001-July 2003: Observing Specialist I, Apache Point Observatory, Sunspot, NM:

August 2000-December 2002: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

  • High-precision photometry of the open cluster M67, supervised by Dr. Roger Culver (CSU) and Dr. Eric Craine (Western Research Company, Inc./CSU). Thesis research.

June-August 1999: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

  • Scanning Hall-probe microscopy of magnetic flux vortices in superconducting metals. Supervised by Dr. Stuart Field (CSU).

February 1998-May 1999: National Solar Observatory, Tucson AZ.

  • Solar physics research involving properties of active regions and contribution of various activity features to overall solar flux rate. Supervised by Dr. Karen Harvey (Solar Physics Research Corporation, Tucson).

May-August 1997: National Solar Observatory, Tucson AZ.

  • Acoustic holography of terrestrial lightning bolts with applications to holographic "imaging" of sub-photospheric solar structures. Supervised by Dr. Charles Lindsey (Solar Physics Research Corporation, Tucson).

September 1995-May 1996: National Solar Observatory, Tucson, AZ.

  • Preliminary processing and archival of raw helioseismic imagery collected at the South Pole during the austral summer of 1994-95. Supervised by Dr. Stuart Jeffries (NSO/University of Delaware).

September 1994-December 1998: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ.

  • Independent investigation of the nature and origin of IC 349 (Barnard's Merope Nebula) under advisement of Dr. Catherine Pilachowski (NOAO) and Dr. Ian Gatley (Rochester Institute of Technology). Activities included successful application for observing time at Kitt Peak National Observatory (January 1996).


Teaching

August 2000-July 2001: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant responsible for teaching introductory astronomy laboratories.

August 1999-August 2000: Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant responsible for teaching both introductory and upper-division undergraduate physics laboratories and conducting recitation sections of the introductory course.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 "A Time Delay for the Largest Gravitationally Lensed Quasar: SDSS J1004+4112" J. Fohlmeister, et al., submitted to ApJ (2006)

 "A Catalog of Spectroscopically Confirmed White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4" D. Eisenstein, et al., accepted by ApJ (2006)

 "A Curious New Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major" D. Zucker, et al., submitted to ApJ Letters (2006)

 "An Orphan in the 'Field Of Streams'" V. Belokurov, et al., submitted to ApJ Letters (2006)

 "A Faint New Milky Way Satellite in Bootes" V. Belokurov, et al., ApJL 647, 111 (2006)

 "Hot DB White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" D. Eisenstein, et al., AJ 132, 676 (2006)

 "A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici" D.B. Zucker, et al., ApJL 643, 103 (2006)

 "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Survey: Quasar Luminosity Function from Data Release 3" G.Richards, et al., AJ 131, 2766 (2006)

 "The 2.5 m Telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" J. Gunn, et al., AJ 131, 2332 (2006)

 "SDSS J0806+2006 and SDSS J1353+1138: Two New Gravitationally Lensed Quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" N. Inada, et al., AJ 131, 1934 (2006)

 "A Catalog of Spectroscopically Selected Close Binary Systems from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release Four" N. Silvestri, et al., AJ 131, 1674 (2006)

 "A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. IV. Discovery of Seven Additional Quasars" X. Fan, et al., AJ 131, 1203 (2006)

 "Cataclysmic Variables from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. V. The Fifth Year (2004)" P. Szkody, et al., AJ 131, 973 (2006)

 "SDSS J103913.70+533029.7: A Super Star Cluster in the Outskirts of a Galaxy Merger" G.Knapp, et al., AJ 131, 859 (2006)

 "The Fourth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" Adelman-McCarthy, et al., ApJS 162, 38 (2006)

 "SDSS J102111.02+491330.4: A Newly Discovered Gravitationally Lensed Quasar" B. Pindor, et al., AJ 131, 41 (2006)

 "Candidate spectroscopic binaries in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey" D. Pourbaix, et al., A&A 444, 643 (2005)

 "Ultracompact AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Three Candidates Plus the First Confirmed Eclipsing System" S. Anderson, et al., AJ 130, 2230 (2005)

 "New Low Accretion Rate Magnetic Binary Systems and their Significance for the Evolution of Cataclysmic Variables" G.D. Schmidt, et al., ApJ 630, 1037 (2005)

 "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. III. Third Data Release" D.P. Schneider, et al., AJ 130, 367 (2005).

 "A New Milky Way Dwarf Galaxy in Ursa Major" B.Willman et al., ApJ 626, 85 (2005).

 "Atomic and Molecular Emission Lines from the Red Rectangle" L.M. Hobbs, et al., ApJ 615, 2, 947 (2004).

 "Near-infrared camera and Fabry-Perot spectrometer (NIC-FPS)" F.Hearty, et al. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5492, pp. 1623-1632 (2004)

 "Mass-producing spectra: the SDSS spectrographic system" P.Newman, et al. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 5492, pp. 533-544 (2004)

 "Near-infrared camera and Fabry-Perot spectrometer - NIC-FPS" M. Vincent, et al. Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4841, pp. 367-375 (2003)

 "Capacitive position sensor with simultaneous, linear X-Y readout" S. Field and J. Barentine. Review of Scientific Instruments 71 (6), 2603 (2000)

 "Barnard's Merope Nebula (IC 349): An Interstellar Interloper" J. Barentine and G. Esquerdo. AJ 117, 1402 (1999)

 "Observational and Computational Evidence For Gravitationally Stable Particle Accretions in the Perseid Meteor Stream," J. Barentine, 57th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Prague, Czech Republic, July 1994. 1994 Meteoritics 29, 441. (abstract) Also appeared in Lunar & Planetary Science XXV, Abstracts of the 25th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held in Houston, TX, 14-18 March 1994., p.57

SKILLS
  • Effective Communication: Extensive public speaking experience, including delivery of scientific talks. Competent at technical writing of reports and papers.

  • Large Optical Telescope Observing: Experience observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory (Coude Feed, 1.3m), Wyoming Infrared Observatory (2.3m telescope), and Apache Point Observatory (3.5m telescope).

  • Computer Proficiency: Thorough familiarity with IBM PC/Apple Macintosh platforms for scientific and other applications. Working knowledge of UNIX-based platforms (SunOS, Solaris, Linux) and the Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF) image-processing environment for astronomy.
OUTREACH EXPERIENCE

 September 2001-present: Volunteer outreach representative for the Astrophysical Research Consortium promoting APO 3.5m and SDSS science at various local public events.

 September 1994-May 1999: Telescope operator, Flandrau Science Center (Tucson, AZ). Operated the Flandrau 16" telescope for supervised public viewing sessions.

 September 1994-January 1997: Docent volunteer, Kitt Peak National Observatory Visitor Center. Led guided tours of observatory telescopes and facilities.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

CONTACT jcb/astro.as.utexas.edu (replace "/" with "@" to email)