Assistant Project
Resume:
The Catholic University of America
ELYSSE NICOLE VOYER Dept. of Physics, 200 Hannan Hall
Washington D.C. 20064
Curriculum Vitae abpheg@r.postjobfree.com
Citizenship: United States
Education
The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C.
PhD Candidate, Physics expected May 2011
Master of Science, Physics January 2009
Graduate Thesis Advisor: Dr. Duilia F. de Mello
Villanova University Villanova, PA
Bachelor of Science, Astronomy & Astrophysics May 2006
Minor in Physics
Awards and Accomplishments
2008-present NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center
(Technical Advisor: Dr. Jonathan P. Gardner, Observational Cosmology Lab)
2009 American Astronomical Society International Travel Grant
2009 International Astronomical Union Travel Grant
2005 NASA-Delaware Space Grant College Undergraduate Tuition Scholarship
2004 NASA-Delaware Space Grant Undergraduate Summer Research Assistance Program,
NASA Grant NTG5-40024
Research Experience
2007-present Graduate Research Assistant, CUA/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Location: Washington, D.C./Greenbelt MD, U.S.A.
Advisors: Dr. Duilia F. de Mello and Dr. Jonathan P. Gardner
Thesis research includes the following projects:
Detecting Timescales of Morphological Hubble Sequence Evolution of Star- Forming
Galaxies from intermediate-z to z=0
Collaborator: Dr. Swara Ravindranath (IUCAA, India)
Far-Ultraviolet Number Counts of Galaxies
Collaborators: Dr. Harry Teplitz (NASA/IPAC) and Dr. Brian Siana (Caltech)
Morphological Properties of Intermediate-z Star-Forming Galaxies
Collaborator: Dr. Harry Teplitz (NASA/IPAC)
U-band Catalog of Star-forming Galaxies at Intermediate-z
Collaborators: Dr. Harry Teplitz (NASA/IPAC) and Dr. Brian Siana (Caltech)
Other graduate research project:
Multiwavelength Morphologies of Tadpole Galaxies in the HUDF
Project Lead: Dr. Amber Straughn (NASA's GSFC)
Collaborators: Dr. Swara Ravindranath (IUCAA, India) and Dr. Duilia de Mello
Description: Using HST Early Science Release WFC3 data from UV to IR to study
multiwavelength morphologies and sizes of distant tadpole galaxies. Goals are to detect
role of tadpoles galaxy evolution and search for local counterparts.
*Paper in preparation for submission to the Astrophysical Journal.
Fall 2005 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Villanova University
Location: Villanova, PA, USA
Advisor: Dr. Edward M. Sion
Description: Analyzed three cataclysmic variable systems in outburst by modeling their
spectra to find white dwarf masses, system inclinations, and mass accretion rates.
*This work is published in the Astrophysical Journal (2007).
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Summer 2005 Research Education for Undergraduates (REU) Internship with the Southeastern
Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
Location: Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA USA
Advisor: Dr. Kenneth S. Rumstay
Description: Completed an 8 week research project plotting and analyzing four-year light
curves of selected active galactic nuclei from data obtained both on-site and remotely from
the SARA 0.9m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, AZ.
*This work is published in the IAPPP Journal (2005).
2004-2005 NASA-Delaware Space Grant Undergraduate Research Assistance Program
Location: Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA
Advisor: Dr. Edward F. Guinan
Description: Analyzed UV and X-ray archival spectra of dwarf-K stars comparing age vs.
period and age vs. spectral irradiance to determine affects of radiation on surrounding
habitable zones and potential exoplanets.
*Work was presented as a poster and in a press release at the 206th AAS meeting.
Teaching Experience
8/2006-5/2008 Teaching Assistant, Catholic University of America Physics Dept.
Taught recitation sections of College Physics I & II and University Physics I & II.
Responsibilities included leading the discussion section for each class, providing guidance
with homework problems, and proctoring and grading quizzes and exams.
Fall 2004,2005 Teaching Assistant, Villanova University Astronomy Dept.
Assisted in astronomy lab taught to non-major students in the liberal arts college.
Required to be fluent in all laboratory computer programs and lab procedures, answer
student questions during lab period, and grade student lab reports.
Spring 2003 Public Observatory Assistant, Villanova University Astronomy Dept.
Assisted in running the 15 telescope in the public observatory. Helped students and
general public find certain celestial objects for their astronomy class assignments and
general interest. Assisted with public open house events.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages: IDL, C/C++, LaTeX, UNIX shell scripting (csh/sh), HTML
Operating Systems & Relevant Software Packages: Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX, Linux, IRAF/PyRAF,
DS9, SourceExtractor, Drizzle/Multidrizzle, MIRA, DFM Telescope Control, MaxIm DL, SBIG Software
(TheSky, CCDSoft, CCDOps), GALFIT
Observing Experience
Spring 2010 Subaru Telescope, Mauna Kea, HI, USA
Two nights assisting with observations using the Multi-Object Infrared Camera and
Spectrograph (MOIRCS) to detect kinematic rotational signatures in infrared spectra of z~2
disk galaxies. P.I: Dr. Susan Kassin (Oxford).
Winter 2009 Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, Mt. Graham Int. Observatory, AZ, USA
Became a trained observer on VATT during a 10 night observing run to collect H and R-
band imaging data to detect star-formation in regions between interacting galaxies.
Summer 2005 SARA 0.9m Telescope, Kitt Peak National Observatory, AZ, USA
Four night observing run using the Apogee Ulta U55 CCD camera to obtain B,V,R, and I
photometry of seven AGN systems displaying short-term variability, and thus subjects of a
long-term reverberation mapping program.
Meetings
05/2010 Space Telescope Science Institute 2010 May Symposium, Baltimore, MD, USA (Poster):
"Understanding the Assembly of Galaxies in the Era of JWST and ELTs"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, J.P. Gardner, H.I. Teplitz, B.D. Siana, & D.F. de Mello
04/2010 ESA/ESO Workshop: JWST and the ELTs: An Ideal Combination, Garching, Germany (Poster):
"Understanding the Assembly of Galaxies in the Era of JWST and ELTs"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, J.P. Gardner, H.I. Teplitz, B.D. Siana, & D.F. de Mello
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215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C., USA (Poster):
01/2010
"Measuring FUV Galaxy Number Counts"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, H.I. Teplitz, & B. Siana
09/2009 NASA Graduate Student Symposium, Greenbelt, MD, USA (Poster):
"Bridging Galactic Star Formation from Intermediate to Local Epochs"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, B. Siana, & H.I. Teplitz
08/2009 XXVIIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
(Posters): "Bridging Galactic Star Formation from Intermediate to Local Epochs "
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, B. Siana, & H.I. Teplitz
"Probing Star Formation at Intermediate z"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, C. Quirk, J.P. Gardner, B. Siana, & H.I. Teplitz
01/2009 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA, USA (Posters):
"Probing Star Formation at Intermediate-z"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, B. Siana, & H.I. Teplitz
"Confusion in Galaxy Counts Using the Galaxy Evolution Explorer"
Authors: C. Quirk, D. de Mello, & E. Voyer
11/2008 When the Universe Formed Stars, Martinique, France (Poster):
"Probing Star Formation at Intermediate-z"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, B. Siana, & H.I. Teplitz
09/2008 NASA Graduate Student Symposium, Greenbelt, MD, USA (Poster):
"U-band Sources in The Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Precious UV Photons"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, S.M. Petty, J.P. Gardner, H.I. Teplitz, & B.D. Siana
01/2008 211th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Austin, TX, USA (Poster):
"U-band Sources in The Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Precious UV Photons"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, D.F. de Mello, S.M. Petty, J.P. Gardner, H.I. Teplitz, & B.D. Siana
01/2006 207th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C., USA (Posters):
"A Photometric Analysis of Four Active Galaxies"
Authors: E.N. Voyer, L.M. Hachmeister, K.S. Rumstay, & R.S. French
"A Multiwavelength Study of Four Active Galaxies"
Authors: L.M. Hachmeister, E.N. Voyer, & K.S. Rumstay
05/2005 206th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Poster):
"Magnetic Activity and High Energy XUV Irradiances of Dwarf K-Stars: Impacts of XUV Emission on
Hosted Extrasolar Planets"
Authors: S.L. Lakatos, E.N. Voyer, E.F. Guinan, L.E. DeWarf, I. Ribas, & G.M. Harper
References
Dr. Du lia de Mello, Department of Physics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064
phone: 202-***-****, email: abpheg@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Jonathan P. Gardner, Observational Cosmology Laboratory, Code 665, Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, phone: 301-***-****, email: abpheg@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Harry I. Teplitz, NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, MS 100-22, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
phone: 626-***-****, email: abpheg@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Memberships
2008-present Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
2008-present Society of Physics Students
2005-present American Astronomical Society, Junior Member
Activities
Spring 2009 Volunteer for International Year of Astronomy Activities at Catholic University
2003-2006 Villanova Astronomical Society
Secretary and Treasurer, (fall 2004-spring 2005)
2002-2006 Villanova Women s Varsity Rowing, Division I
2004-2006 Villanova Physics Club
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