DANIEL ERIC REICHART - The Department of Physics and Astronomy

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DANIEL ERIC REICHART
June 2, 2012
EDUCATION
University of Chicago Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. 2000
University of Chicago Astronomy and Astrophysics M.S. 1998
Pennsylvania State University Astronomy and Astrophysics B.S. 1996
Pennsylvania State University Physics B.S. 1996
Pennsylvania State University Mathematics B.S. 1996
Pennsylvania State University History Minor 1996
APPOINTMENTS
2012- Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2010-2012 Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2008- Director of Morehead Observatory
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2007-2010 Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2005- Director of the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2004- Director of the Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes
(PROMPT)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2002-2007 Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2000-2002 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
2000 Visiting Research Associate
Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
1996-2000 Research and Teaching Assistant
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
1992-1996 Research Assistant
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
AFFILIATIONS
2005- Skynet Robotic Telescope Network
2004- Panchromatic Robotic Optical Monitoring and Polarimetry Telescopes (PROMPT) Collaboration
2002-2008 Follow-Up Network for Gamma-Ray Bursts (FUN GRB) Collaboration
2000-2005 Sloan Digital Sky Survey C4 Galaxy Cluster Catalog
2000-2002 California Institute of Technology / National Radio Astronomy Observatory Gamma-Ray Burst
Collaboration
1998-2000 Astrophysical Research Consortium Gamma-Ray Burst Collaboration
1998 Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica Viper Sunyaev-Zeldovich Survey
1997-1998 Serendipitous High-Redshift Archival ROSAT Catalog (SHARC) Survey
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1992- Educational Research in Radio Astronomy (ERIRA) Program
HONORS
2010- Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professorship in Recognition of
Outstanding Scholarship, Creativity and Commitment to Undergraduate Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2003 Ernest F. Fullam Award
Dudley Observatory, Schenectady, NY
2003 Robert J. Trumpler Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Research in Astronomy
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2000 Donn MacMinn Award for Service beyond the Walls of the University
Astronomy and Astrophysics Center, University of Chicago
2000-2002 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship
Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA
1999 Breakthrough of the Year, Tenth Place
Science Magazine
1999 Nathan Sugarman Award for Excellence in Research
Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago
1998 Carl Sagan Award for Excellence in Teaching
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
1994-1996 Mercury Seven Foundation Scholarship
1993-1995 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
FUNDING
2004- National Science Foundation: $4.0M
2000- National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $1.0M
2002- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: $0.5M
2003- Other Awards: $0.2M
2002- Donations/Contracts: $0.4M
2003- Student Awards: $0.2M

Total: $6.3M

PUBLICATIONS
1997- Journal Articles: 65
1998- Conference Proceedings: 28
1998- Observing Reports: 353

Citations: 4545
Normalized Citations: 901
>100 Citation Publications: 9
>100 Normalized Citation Publications: 2

H Index: 32
M Index: 2.2

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GRANTS
2012-2014 Co-Principal Investigator, Astronomy and Astrophysics Grant (AAG) Program, NSF, $324,743
2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Higher Education Course Development Program, North Carolina Space
Grant Consortium, NASA $5,000
2012-2013 Principal Investigator, Center for Faculty Excellence 100+ Initiative: Engaging Students in
Large Classes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $6,000
2011-2012 Principal Investigator, Bowman and Gordon Gray Teaching and Technology Award,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $10,000
2010-2012 Co-Principal Investigator, Astronomy and Astrophysics Grant (AAG) Program, NSF, $165,208
2010-2011 Principal Investigator, Higher Education Course Development Program, North Carolina Space
Grant Consortium, NASA $10,000
2010-2013 Principal Investigator, Major Research Instrumentation-Recovery and Reinvestment (MRI-R2)
Program, NSF, $1,795,854
2009 Principal Investigator, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, NSF, $5,500
2009-2012 Principal Investigator, Education and Specrial Programs (ESP) Program, NSF, $23,427
2009-2012 Principal Investigator, Mount Cuba Astronomical Foundation, $81,600
2009-2010 Principal Investigator, Higher Education Course Development Program, North Carolina Space
Grant Consortium, NASA, $10,000
2009-2010 Principal Investigator, Swift Guest Investigator Program, NASA, $35,000
2008-2009 Principal Investigator, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, NSF, $138,460
2008-2009 Principal Investigator, GLAST Guest Investigator Program, NASA, $49,463
2008-2009 Principal Investigator, Higher Education Course Development Program, North Carolina Space
Grant Consortium, NASA, $10,000
2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, NSF, $140,405
2007-2009 Principal Investigator, Astronomy and Astrophysics Grant (AAG) Program, NSF, $181,683
2007-2008 Principle Investigator, Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis (APRA) Program,
NASA, $96,048
2007-2008 Principal Investigator, Swift Guest Investigator Program, NASA, $48,000
2006-2007 Principal Investigator, New Investigations Program, North Carolina Space Grant Consortium,
NASA, $15,000
2006-2007 Co-Principal Investigator (P.I.: C. Evans), IBM, $100,000
2006-2007 Principal Investigator, Swift Guest Investigator Program, NASA, $42,860
2005 Principal Investigator, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, NSF, $9,000
2005-2010 Principal Investigator, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, NSF, $490,328
2005-2007 Principle Investigator, Astronomy and Physics Research and Analysis (APRA) Program,
NASA, $189,000
2005-2006 Principal Investigator, Swift Guest Investigator Program, NASA, $30,000 ·
2004-2006 Principal Investigator, Program for Research and Education with Small Telescopes (PREST),
NSF, $176,158
2004-2007 Principal Investigator, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, NSF $515,198
2003-2004 Principal Investigator, Ernest F. Fullam Award, Dudley Observatory, $10,000
2003-2006 Co-Principal Investigator (P.I.: D. Young), Initiative to Develop Ideas through Astronomy and
Space Science (IDEAS), Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA, $49,949
2003 Principal Investigator, Junior Faculty Development Award, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, $5,000
2001-2002 Co-Investigator (P.I.: S. R. Kulkarni), Hubble Space Telescope General Observer Program,
Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA, $242,603
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2000-2002 Hubble Fellow, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Space Telescope Science Institute,
NASA, $158,680

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STUDENTS SUPERVISED
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Justin Moore 4th Year
Adam Trotter Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy 2011

THESIS: The Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Modeling Project: Foundational Statistics and
Absorption and Extinction Models

Aaron LaCluyzé Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy, 2008
Michigan State University
Melissa Nysewander Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy 2006

THESIS: Exploring Optically Dark and Dim Gamma-Ray Bursts: Instrumentation,
Observation, and Analysis

MASTERS STUDENTS
Nathan Frank 2nd Year
Justin Moore M.S. Physics and Astronomy 2011
Kevin Ivarsen M.S. Computer Science 2006
Melissa Nysewander M.S. Physics and Astronomy 2004
Jane Moran M.S. Physics and Astronomy 2004

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Thankful Cromartie 3rd Year
Eric Speckhard 4th Year
Rebecca Egger 4th Year
Apurva Oza B.S. Physics and Astronomy, 2012
Highest Honors

THESIS: Modeling GRB 091018A: Spectral Evolution and Evidence of a Superwind
Progenitor

Jana Styblova B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2011
Mark Schubel B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2010
Thomas Brennan B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2009
Andrew Foster B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2008
Joshua Haislip B.S. Physics and Astronomy, 2007
Highest Honors

THESIS: Modeling the Afterglows of High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts 050904 and 060206
with Galapagos

Chelsea MacLeod B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2006
Justin Kirschbrown B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2006
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Matthew Greco B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2005
John Bartelme B.S. Physics and Astronomy, 2004
Computer Science
Matthew Bayliss B.S. Physics and Astronomy 2003

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COURSES TAUGHT

Enrollment ASTR ASTR ASTR ASTR ASTR ASTR ASTR ASTR Research2,3
101 101 101L 101L 102 102 111L 702
(CCO) (CCO) (CCO) (EE)1
Summer 20125 25 20 5
Spring 2012 258 20 229 6 3
Fall 2011 361, 16 297 11 8
2624
Summer 2011 19 10 4
Spring 2011 12 158 7 5
Fall 2010 379 11 229 7 8
Summer 2010 8 17 11 5
Spring 2010 18 121 6 70 2
Fall 2009 247 13 208 2 7
Summer 2009 11 21 11
Spring 2009 71 13 51
Fall 2008 13 190 5 2
Summer 2008 17
Spring 2008 91 13
Fall 2007 120 11
Summer 2007 21
Spring 2007 11 2
Fall 2006 17
Summer 2006 15
Spring 2006 22 4
Fall 2005 127 12
Summer 2005 14
Spring 2005 82 11
Fall 2004 127 11
Spring 2004 81
Fall 2003 124
Spring 2003 87

1 Fieldwork component takes place during previous summer
2 ASTR 291/PHYS 295: Typically 1 or 2 per semester
3 PHYS 901/992/993/994: Typically 1 or 2 per semester
4 Two sections
5 Current enrollments

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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ASTR 101

Spring 2009- Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System
Before Descriptive Astronomy

CCO = Carolina Courses Online

ASTR 101L

Summer 2009- Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory: Our Place In Space
Before Descriptive Astronomy: Laboratory

CCO = Carolina Courses Online

ASTR 102

Fall 2009- Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

CCO = Carolina Courses Online

ASTR 111L (EE)

Summer 2008- Educational Research in Radio Astronomy

EE = Experiential Education

ASTR 291/PHYS 295

Undergraduate Research

GRADUATE COURSES

ASTR 702

High-Energy Astrophysics

PHYS 900/992/993/994

Graduate Research

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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
DEPARTMENT
2009- Services
2009- Graduate Examinations
2008- Morehead Observatory Director
2007-2010 Undergraduate Affairs and Studies
2004-2011 Undergraduate Recruiting
2004- SOAR/PROMPT Instrumentation Program
2002- K-12 Outreach
2002-2004, 2011- Graduate Affairs and Studies

UNIVERSITY
2009-2010 Goldwater Scholarship Selection
2008- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Faculty Advisory

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES SINCE 2002

2011 Colloquia at (1) University of Rochester Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, NY,
and (2) North Carolina State University Department of Physics and Astronomy, Raleigh, NC
2010 Invited talk at North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC
2009 Invited talk at UNC-Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
2008 Invited talks/colloquia at (1) National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV, (2)
North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC, and (3) Southeastern Section of the
American Physical Society, Raleigh, NC,
2008 Nature Research Center Advisory Committee member, North Carolina Museum of Natural
Science, Raleigh, NC,
2007 Invited talks/colloquia at (1) Brigham Young University Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Provo, UT, and (2) Agness Scott College, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Decatur, GA
2006 Invited talks/colloquia at (1) 207th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington,
DC, (2) April 2006 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Dallas, TX, (3) 2006 Symposium
on Telescope Science, Big Bear Lake, CA, (4) North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting,
Jamestown, NC, and (5) University of Virginia Department of Astronomy, Charlottesville, VA
2005 Invited talks/colloquia at (1) Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, La Serena, Chile, (2)
North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC, (3) North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University Department of Physics, Greensboro, NC, (4) Sigma Xi Headquarters,
Research Triangle Park, NC, (5) Guilford College Department of Physics, Guilford, NC, (6)
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Bradford, PA, and (7) New Views of the Universe: The
Kavli Inaugural Symposium, Chicago, IL
2004 Invited talks/colloquia at (1) Wake Forest University Department of Physics, Winston-Salem,
NC, (2) University of North Carolina at Greensboro Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Greensboro, NC, (3) North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC, (4) Gamma-Ray
Bursts in the Afterglow Era: 4th Workshop, Rome, Italy, (5) Appalachian State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Boone, NC, and (6) University of North Carolina at
Wilmington Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Wilmington, NC
2004 Helped to organize/coordinate SOAR Telescope pre-dedication at Morehead Planetarium and
Science Center
2003 Invited talks/colloquia at (l) Gamma-Ray Bursts 2003: 30 Years of Discovery, Santa Fe, NM, (2)
North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC, (3) Sonoma State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rohnert Park, CA, (4) North Carolina State University
Department of Physics, Raleigh, NC, (5) Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society,
Wrightsville Beach, NC, and (6) College of Charleston Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Charleston, SC
2003-2004 Scientific Advisory Committee member for SOAR Telescope
2002 Invited talks/colloquia at (l) Gamma-Ray Bursts Today and Tomorrow, Pisgah Astronomical
Research Institute, Rosman, NC, (2) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne Department of
Astronomy, Urbana, IL, and (3) North Carolina Astronomers’ Meeting, Jamestown, NC
2002-2003 Scientific Advisory Committee member for conference Gamma-Ray Bursts 2003: Thirty Years
of Discovery, Santa Fe, NM
2002-2004 Scientific Advisory Committee member for Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman,
NC
2002 Scientific Advisory Committee chair for workshop Gamma-Ray Bursts Today and Tomorrow,
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman, NC

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