Physics Ph.D.
Resume:
Johanna-Laina Fischer
Philadelphia, PA 19104
jo *@***.*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA August 2013 - Present M.S. in Physics (May 2015)
Ph.D Candidate in Physics and Astronomy
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL August 2009 - December 2012 B.S. in Physics
B.S. in Space Sciences: Astronomy and Astrophysics (dual degree) SKILLS
Python
IDL
MySQL
MATLAB
Linux/Unix
LaTex
Public Speaking
Scienti c Writing
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA January 2014 - Present
{ Used Python-based software package called PyMorph which uses image processing and analysis to measure the brightness, sizes, and components of galaxies within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
{ Showed PyMorph still valid for later SDSS pipelines
{ Created the catalog, "MaNGA PyMorph DR15 photometric catalog" which will be released in December as part of SDSS-IV 15th data release that includes measurements for all galaxies currently observed by MaNGA, a subset of SDSS. This 6.3 Mb catalog contains measurements for 4706 galaxies PAST RESEARCH
NASA GSFC Research Fellowship January 2013 - August 2013 USRP Fellowship at the Goddard Center Laboratory for X-ray Astrophysics.
{ Worked with multiple large data sets (each multiple Gb) in combination with each other to determine the properties of luminous X-ray binaries in nearby and distant galaxies using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory
{ Honed IDL skill set through use with multi-wavelength data catalogs and analysis REU at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI May 2012 - August 2012 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) on the comparison of model and observations of Venus’s atmosphere.
{ Utilized MATLAB and later IDL to evaluate temperature and CO2 levels comparing simulated and real
(from the Venus Express) data
{ Obtained rst publication, "Upper atmosphere temperature structure at the Venusian terminators: A comparison of SOIR and VTGCM results"
{ Presented work at the annual Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting in Reno, NV in October 2012 SULI at the FNAL, Batavia, IL June 2011 - August 2011 Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) on the implementation of a Neutron Veto for the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS).
{ Extensively used GEANT4 and ROOT (both C++ frameworks) to perform analysis on the di erent con- gurations of materials to block out background particles
{ Presented work at the end of internship to participating scientists in the program REU at the FNAL, Batavia, IL May 2010 - August 2010 Analyzed real type Ia supernovae from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey and SNANA-simulated supernovae with FORTRAN
{ Presented work at the end of internship to participating scientists in the program Research at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI June 2008 - August 2009 Determined supernova redshifts and correlations with supernova light curve properties.
{ Utilized supernova simulation software (called SNANA; C and FORTRAN based) and many other C-based software packages to compare real and simulated supernova properties. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (4 out of 9)
SDSS-IV MaNGA PyMorph Photometric and Deep Learning Morphological Catalogs and implications for bulge properties and stellar angular momentum, J.-L. Fischer, H. Dominguez-Sanchez, M. Bernardi, 2018, MNRAS, in preparation
Improving galaxy morphologies for SDSS with Deep Learning, H. Dom nguez Sa nchez, M. Huertas-Company, M. Bernardi, D. Tuccillo, J.-L. Fischer, 2017, MNRAS, submitted (arXiv:1711.05744) Comparing PyMorph and SDSS photometry { II. The di erences are more than semantics and are not dominated by intracluster light, M. Bernardi, J.-L. Fischer, R. K. Sheth, A. Meert, M. Huertas-Company, F. Shankar, V. Vikram, 2017, MNRAS, in press (arXiv:1702.08527) Comparing PyMorph and SDSS photometry { I. Background sky and model tting e ects, J.-L. Fischer, M. Bernardi, and A. Meert, 2017, MNRAS, 467, 490
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching assistant/grader for every semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer) August 2013 - December 2018
{Physics Laboratories
{Introductory Astronomy
Completed an introductory course for teaching assistants, as well as a course on teaching for Active Learning PRESENTATIONS
SDSS-IV Collaboration Meeting, Seoul, South Korea June 2018 Annual Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV October 2012 Northrup Grumman Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase at FIT, Melbourne, FL April 2012 Southeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (SCUWP), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE October 2011
Northrup Grumman Engineering and Science Student Design Showcase at FIT, Melbourne, FL April 2010 Florida Academy of Sciences at Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL March 2010 SCUWP, Duke University, Durham, NC January 2010
LEADERSHIP
President of the Diversity and Inclusion in Physics at Penn (DIP) September 2016 - April 2018
{ Founded DIP due to lack of diversity in the Physics Department with the goal of educating the Department and beyond to explain the need for diversity and how to encourage it
{ Secured grant money via several successful applications
{ Held monthly meetings and lunches as well as led discussions in said meetings for our 30+ members
{ Organized rst invited speaker’s visit
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