Christopher C. Lindner - CV

 

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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, 2009