Assistant Years Experience

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January 22, 2013

Michael A. Gill

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COMPUTER 5+ years experience: C, C Shell Scripting, Latex, Supermongo, HTML, Word,

SKILLS Excel, Powerpoint, Windows, Linux/Unix

Some experience: Matlab, Mathematica, MPI, Subversion, Java, Swing, Eclipse

EDUCATION Ph.D. Astrophysics: University of Maryland, College Park 2011

B.S. Mathematics: University of Maryland, College Park 2004

B.S. Physics: University of Maryland, College Park 2004

EXPERIENCE Research Assistant 2006-2011

University of Maryland Department of Astronomy

Developed software to create and perform simulations of realistic Monte-Carlo

star cluster models

Upgraded a version-controlled, multi-processor N-Body tree code by adding

relativistic e ects

Enhanced/developed software to extract and visualize simulation data

Performed Bayesian statistical analysis of simulation data

Collaborated with other scientists to compare simulation data to observations

and publish results

Teaching Assistant 2004-2006

University of Maryland Department of Astronomy

Earned Astronomy Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in September 2006

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant 2002-2004

University of Maryland Department of Mathematics

Won Strauss Teaching Assistantship to teach Calculus I/II

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2002

University of Maryland Department of Physics

Designed a small experiment to test the growth of magnetic elds in convective

liquid sodium

PUBLICATIONS Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Induced Quenching of Mass Segregation in Star Clusters

Gill, M., Trenti, M., Miller, M., van der Marel, R., Hamilton, D., Stiavelli, M.

2008, The Astrophysical Journal, 686, 303G

Mass Segregation in NGC 2298: Limits on the Presence of an Intermediate Mass Black

Hole

Pasquato, M., Trenti, M., de Marchi, G., Gill, M., Hamilton, D., Miller, M., Sti-

avelli, M., van der Marel, R., 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 699, 1511

The Dynamical State of the Globular Cluster M10 (NGC 6254)

Beccari, G., Pasquato, M., De Marchi, G., Dalessandro, E., Trenti, M., Gill, M., 2010,

The Astrophysical Journal, 713, 194

HOBBIES Bridge (USA Jr. National Team 2006), Strategy Board/Computer Games, Running