CV - Department of Astronomy

Timothy T. Pennucci
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University of Virginia
Oce(Fax): 434.924.7494(3104)
Department of Astronomy
Email:
PO Box 400325
Webpage:
[email protected]
www.astro.virginia.edu/∼ttp4tx
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia (expected graduation: Spring 2015)
Thesis: Wideband Measurements of Millisecond Pulsars
Advisor: Scott Ransom; Co-advisor: Paul Demorest
M.S. Astronomy, University of Virginia, 2011.5.22
Advisor: Scott Ransom
B.A. Astrophysics, Columbia University in the City of New York, 2009.5.20
Thesis Advisor: Fernando Camilo
Honors: Magna Cum Laude & Departmental Honors
Research
Interests
Pulsars: high-precision timing, searching, timing arrays for gravitational wave detection (NANOGrav
member since 2009), neutron star properties
Publications
Primary:
Elementary Wideband Timing of Radio Pulsars , Pennucci, T. T., Demorest, P. B., & Ransom, S. M. (2014), The Astrophysical Journal, 790, 93.
Collaborative:
A Two-Solar-Mass Neutron Star Measured Using Shapiro Delay , Demorest, P. B., Pennucci, T.,
Ransom, S. M., Roberts, M., S. E. & Hessels, J. W. T. (2010), Nature, 467, 1081.
The 1.97±0.04 M Pulsar J1614−2230 , Pennucci, T. et al. (2011), Radio Pulsars: An Astrophysical
Key to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1357, 353
Three Radio Millisecond Pulsars in Fermi LAT Unassociated Bright Sources , Ransom, S. et al. (2011),
The Astrophysical Journal, 727, L16.
The Green Bank Telescope 350 MHz Drift-scan Survey I: Survey Observations and the Discovery of
13 Pulsars , Boyles, J. et al. (2013), The Astrophysical Journal, 763, 80
The Green Bank Telescope 350 MHz Drift-scan Survey II: Data Analysis and the Timing of 10 New
Pulsars, Including a Relativistic Binary , Lynch, R. et al. (2013), The Astrophysical Journal, 763, 81
A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary , Anotoniadis, J. et al. (2013), Science, 340, 6131
Gravitational Waves from Individual Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Circular Orbits: Limits
from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves , Arzoumanian, Z., et al. (2014),
The Astrophysical Journal, 794, 2
A Broadband Radio Study of the Average Prole and Giant Pulses from PSR B1821-24A, Bilous, A.,
Pennucci, T. T., Demorest, P. B., & Ransom, S. M., submitted to ApJ; arXiv:1412.7629
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Successful Principal-Investigator Observing Proposals
100-m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope:
Measuring Shapiro Delay in NANOGrav Pulsars, 13A-446, 77.5 hr, 2013
A high-frequency search for pulsations from two AMXPs, 11B-052, 11 hr, 2011
Shapiro Delay Measurements of Two Binary Pulsars, 11A-059, 56 hr, 2011
Measuring the Mass of PSR J1614−2230 with the Relativistic Shapiro Delay, 10A-069, 20 hr, 2010
300-m William E. Gordon Telescope at Arecibo Observatory:
Measuring Shapiro Delay in NANOGrav Pulsars, P2723, 60 hr, 2012
Previous Experience
NANOGrav PIRE research experience at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Sardinia, December
2013 March 2014, with Andrea Possenti; GBT measurements of the galactic center magnetar
Graduate Student Internship, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville VA, Summer 2010,
with Scott Ransom; Timing of three Fermi millisecond pulsars
Senior Thesis: Deep Searches for Young, Slowly Rotating Pulsars in Supernova Remnants, Columbia
University, Spring 2009, with Fernando Camilo
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville
VA, Summer 2008, with Scott Ransom; Using Dynamic Power Spectra for binary pulsar searches
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville
VA, Summer 2007, with Scott Ransom; Pulsar searching in the 350 MHz GBT Drift Scan Survey
New York Space Grant Consortium Internship, Columbia University, New York, NY, Summer 2006, with
David Helfand; Looking for unidentied supernova remnants in the Milky Way
Independent High School Internship, The Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, Summers 2003 & 2004, with Charles Liu; Study of Correlations Between
Radio Jet Velocity and Supermassive Black Hole Mass in Active Galaxies
Other
github.com/pennucci; procient in Python, capable in shell scripting
Extensive experience with standard pulsar analysis packages such as TEMPO, PSRCHIVE and, to a
lesser extent, DSPSR, PRESTO
Extensive observational experience with the GBT+GUPPI and AO+PUPPI
Experience on Apache Point Observatory 3.5-m with DIS spectrograph
Experience on Fan Mountain Observatory 40-in with FOBOS spectrograph
Languages: English (native), Italian (conversational), Hungarian (basic)
Teaching & Outreach
Research mentor, Advised and worked with a UVa senior undergraduate student on a senior thesis project
that related directly to my PhD thesis work, Fall 2014
Judge, Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair, John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA, March 13,
2013
Research mentor, Advised pulsar projects for two high school students at Roanoke Valley Governor's
School as part of one of the department's outreach programs, Winter 20122013.
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Telescope Operator, Astronomy Department Telescope Observing Lab, University of Virginia, Spring
2012Fall 2012 and various Public Nights at McCormick Obseravtory, 2009
Tutor, ASTR 1220: Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe, University of Virginia, Department
of Athletics, Fall 2011
Instructor, ASTR 3480: An Introduction to Cosmology, University of Virginia, Summer 2011,
www.astro.virginia.edu/∼ttp4tx/astr3480/
Teaching Assistant, Astronomy Department Constellation Quiz NightLab, University of Virginia, Fall
2010Spring 2011
Honors, Awards, & Fellowships
Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate STEM Research Fellowship, 2012 & 2013
President's Fellowship, University of Virginia, 20092012
Fellowship for Outstanding Doctoral Candidates, Oce of the Vice President for Research, University of
Virginia, 20092012
Dean's List, Columbia University, 20052009
Dean's Named Scholarship Recipient, Columbia University, 20062009
Golden Key International Honour Society, 2007
Intel Science Talent Search Seminalist, 2005; research later published in the CUSJ.
Professional Activities
Referee, The Astrophysical Journal
Junior Member, American Astronomical Society
Graduate Representative for the department's Graduate Admissions Committee, 2013 admissions cycle
Associate Editor, Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, 20072009
Recent Presentations/Activity
McGill Astro Seminar
McGill Space Institute, Montreal, Canada
January 22, 2015
Talk: The NANOGrav PTA Experiment: Overview and Developments
NRAO TUNA Talk
NRAO Headquarters, Charlottesville, VA
November 18, 2014
Talk: The NANOGrav PTA Experiment: Overview and Developments
NRAO Domenici Science Operations Center, Socorro, NM
October 23 31, 2014
Talk: The NANOGrav PTA Experiment: Overview and Developments
NANOGrav Fall 2012 Collaborative Meeting
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
October 20 22, 2014
Talk: The NANOGrav Wideband Dataset
IPTA 2014 Science Meeting
The Ban Centre, Alberta, Canada
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June 23 27, 2014
Talk: Wideband Timing of Radio Pulsars
Astro Chiacchiere
Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia
March 11, 2014
Talk: GBT Measurements of the Galactic Center Magnetar (and other pulsar musings)
Third Dutch Gravitational Wave Meeting
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
February 7, 2014
Talk: Wideband Timing of Radio Pulsars
NANOGrav Fall 2013 Collaborative Meeting
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
October 21 22, 2013
IPTA 2013 Science Meeting
Krabi, Thailand
June 24 28, 2013
Talk: Developments in Wideband Timing
Presenting Data and Information: one-day course by Edward Tufte
Arlington, VA
June 18, 2013
NANOGrav Spring 2013 Collaborative Meeting
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV
May 22 24, 2013
Talk: Developments in Wideband Timing
13th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
March 27, 2013
Talk: New Methods in High-Precision Pulsar Timing
Recieved 1st Place, Math & Physical Sciences Section
Physical Applications of Millisecond Pulsars
Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO
January 19 24, 2013
Talk: Wideband timing and Shapiro delay measurments of NANOGrav MSPs
NANOGrav Fall 2012 Collaborative Meeting
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
October 24 26, 2012
Talk: Wideband Timing & Pulse Portraiture
12th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
March 21, 2012
Poster: No Radio Pulsations from AMXP J00291+5934
NANOGrav Winter 2012 Collaborative Meeting
NAIC Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
February 8 10, 2012
Principles of Multi-wavelength High Time Resolution Astrophysics
Santa Margherita di Pula, Sardinia, Italy
October 10 15, 2011
Poster: No Radio Pulsations from AMXP J00291+5934 (yet)
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IPTA 2011 Student Workshop and Science Meeting
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV & Snowshoe, WV
June 6 17, 2011
Invited Speaker, Charlottesville Astronomical Society
McCormick Observatory, Charlottesville, VA
June 1, 2011
Talk: The Physics of Astronomy: Quantum Mechanics
Indisicpline Music-Science Collaboration
The Haven, Charlottesville, VA
April 21, 2011
Advised Paul Turowski for basis of his composition Source & Origins
Substitute lecturer, ASTR 1270 Mysteries of the Universe with Prof. Ed Murphy
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
April 19, 2011
Talk: Quantum Mechanics
11th Annual Huskey Research Exhibition
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
March 28, 2011
Talk: Discovery and Implications of the Most Massive Neutron Star
Recieved 1st Place, Math & Physical Sciences Section
Inauguration of President Teresa A. Sullivan Poster Competition
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
March 1, 2011
Submitted poster: Discovery and Implications of the Most Massive Neutron Star
Pulsar Conference 2010
Domus de Maria Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
October 10 15, 2010
Poster: The 1.97 +/- 0.04 M Pulsar J1614−2230
Proceedings: The 1.97±0.04 M Pulsar J1614−2230
IPTA 2010: Detecting Gravitational Waves with Pulsars
University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
June 21 July 2, 2010
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AAS Meeting
Long Beach, CA
January 4 8, 2009
Poster: Dynamic Power Spectra: Searching for Compact Binary Pulsars
Fourth NAIC-NRAO School on Single-Dish Astronomy
Green Bank, WV
July 8 15, 2007
Last updated: January 30, 2015

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