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Christopher C. Lindner
The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Astronomy
1 University Station,
C1400
Austin, Texas 78712-0259
Office Phone: ( 512) 471-0445
Cell: ( 843)
860-1928
Email: lindner@astro.as.utexas.edu
Homepage: http://www.as.utexas.edu/~lindner/
Education
Ph.D. Astronomy ,
The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2013.
B.S. Physics ,
College of Charleston 2008.
B.A. Astronomy ,
College of Charleston, 2008.
Minor: Computer Science
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
First Astronomy Graduate in the State of South
Carolina.
GPA: 3.857 /
4.000
Research Interests
Computational Magnetohydrodynamics
Gamma Ray Bursts
Black Hole Accretion Disks
Relativistic Jets
Core-Collapse Supernovae
Academic Employment
The University of Texas at Austin, Fall
2008 - present
Advisor: Milos Milosavljevic
Fellowship Research Assistant ,
Fall 2009 - Present
Physics Tutor ,
Summer 2009
Research Assistant ,
Summer 2009
Teaching Assistant ,
Fall 2008 -
Spring 2009
College of Charleston, Summer 2006
- Summer 2008
Advisor: P. Chris Fragile
Physics Tutor ,
Summer 2008
Research Assistant ,
Summer 2006 -
Summer 2008
Teaching Assistant ,
Fall 2007
Other Employment
Compusult Inc. Fall 2007
eCommerce Systems Analyst
Best Buy Summer 2005 -
Summer 2007
Geek Squad Counter Intelligence
Senior
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Electronics Refurbishment Spring 2001 -
Spring 2005
Ran highly successful electronics refurbishment and
sales business
Publications
Collapsar Accretion and the Gamma-Ray Burst Light
Curve , Lindner, C. C.,
Milosavljevic, M., Couch,
S., & Kumar, P. 2009, Submitted to ApJ
Application of the Cubed-Sphere Grid to Tilted Black
Hole Accretion Disks , Fragile, P. C.,
Lindner,
C. C., Anninos, P., & Salmonson, J. D.
2009,
ApJ, 691,
482
Global General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic
Simulation of a Tilted Black Hole Accretion
Disk , Fragile, P. C., Blaes,
O. M., Anninos, P., & Salmonson, J. D. 2007, ApJ, 668, 417
(Acknowledgments)
Presentations
Collapsar Accretion and the Gamma-Ray Burst Light
Curve
Lindner, C. C., Milosavljevic, M., Couch, S., &
Kumar, P. 2009, Poster, KITP Conference: Stellar
Death and Supernovae
Numerical Studies of Accretion Disks, Jets, and Gamma
Ray Bursts
Lindner, C. C.
Poster, April 2009, The University of Texas at Austin Graduate
Research Fair
Invited Poster ,
February 2009, Meeting of the McDonald Observatory Board of
Visitors
Visualization with VisIt
Lindner, C. C., Presentation, July 2009, Institute for Advanced Study Prospects in
Theoretical
Physics
Constrained Transport vs. Divergence Cleanser Options
in Astrophysical MHD Simulations
Lindner, C. C., & Fragile, P. 2009, Poster, AAS Meeting
#213, Bulletin of the American Astronomical
Society, 41,
215
A Numerical Study of Jets from Tilted Black-Hole
Accretion Disks
Lindner, C. C., & Fragile, P.
April 2008, Presentation, College of Charleston Physics
Student Awards Presentations
April 2008, Poster, College of Charleston Student Poster
Session
March 2008, Presentation, Meeting of the South Carolina
Academy of Science
January 2007,
Poster, AAS Meeting #211,
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, 810
Dark Energy and the Big Rip: The Expansion and
Eventual Death of the Universe
Lindner, C. C., 008, Presentation, College of Charleston Open
House
What’s out There?
Lindner, C. C., A six part interactive presentation
series spanning 2007 -
2008, College of
Charleston Open House
Computational Simulations of Relativistic Jets using
the Cubed Sphere Grid
Lindner, C. C., & Fragile, P.
September 2007, Presentation, College of Charleston Physics
Colloquium
September 2007, Poster, College of Charleston SURF Poster
Session
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Relationships Between Relativistic Jet Orientations
and Black Hole Accretion Disks
Lindner, C. C., & Fragile, P.
May 2007, Poster, Meeting of the South Carolina Academy
of Science
May 2007, Poster, Meeting of Astronomers of South
Carolina
May 2007, Poster, College of Charleston Student Poster
Session
Relatvistic MHD Simulations of Tilted Black Hole
Accretion Disks
Lindner, C. C., & Fragile, P.
September 2006, Presentation, College of Charleston Physics
Colloquium
Research Grants, Fellowships, and
Scholarships
2009 - 2012 NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship
2008 The University of
Texas at Austin Dean’s Excellence Award
2008 Albert E. Rainis
Memorial Scholarship
2008 College of
Charleston RPG Grant
2008 NCSA Medium
Allocation Grant
2007 - 2008 South Carolina
Space Grant
2006 - 2008 Malone Memorial
Scholarship
2004 - 2008 Palmetto Fellows
Scholarship
2004 - 2008 College of
Charleston Presidential Scholarship
2007 College of
Charleston SURF Grant
Awards and Honors
2008 College of
Charleston Outstanding Student in Physics and
Astronomy
2008 College of
Charleston Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Physics and
Astronomy
2008 Sigma Xi Award
for Outstanding Research by an Undergraduate
Student
2004 - 2008 College of
Charleston Dean’s List
2007 Barry M.
Goldwater Scholarship Nominee
2003 - 2004 Youth in
Government Outstanding Statesman
2004 Mock Trial
Regional Champion
Professional Affiliations
American Astronomical Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Society of Physics Students
College of Charleston Chapter Vice President: Fall
2007 -
Spring 2008
Sigma Pi Sigma
Workshops Attended
Prospects in Theoretical Physics: Computational
Astrophysics , July
2009, The Institute for Advanced
Study
Galaxy Evolution: Emerging Insights and Future
Challenges , November
2008, The University of
Texas at Austin
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Miscellaneous
Programming Knowledge: C, C++, FORTRAN, Java, ML, IDL, Python, Alice,
BASIC, Assembly, Bash,
Csh, Mathematica
Application Knowledge: LATEX, Eclipse, CorelDraw Suite, Corel Painter,
Inkscape, VisIt, Microsoft Office
Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Frontpage,
Paint.Net, Linux/Unix, Windows, OSX, Emacs
Hardware Knowledge: Two years of Cisco Certified Network Associate
training, extensive hardware and
software troubleshooting
knowledge
Last updated: October 1,
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