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I am a
sixth year Ph.D.
student in the Harvard University Department
of Astronomy. I received my B.A in Physics & Astrophysics from
UC Berkeley in 2001, and an A.M. in Astronomy
from Harvard in 2006. I am working
on my Ph.D. thesis project with Professor
Robert Kirshner on Infrared
Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae (expected graduation 2010). Type Ia Supernovae
can be used as standardizable
candles for cosmology
to measure the expansion
history of the universe and constrain the mysterious dark energy thought to be causing the acceleration of cosmic expansion. The supernova aspect of
the project uses infrared data obtained with the fully robotic 1.3 meter Peters
Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL)
at the Fred
Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona (P.I. Professor
Joshua Bloom, UC Berkeley).
My previous work with Professor
Ramesh Narayan and Professor
Joshua Bloom focused on testing the potential
applications of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) for cosmology by studying
GRB spectra and energetics. My work has been supported
in part by
a National Science
Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and
a NASA Graduate
Student Research Program Fellowship, where I collaborated
with researchers at the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, including Dr.
Neil Gehrels, the Principal Investigator of the NASA
Swift Satellite, a space experiment that studies both GRBs and
supernovae.
-Andrew Samuel Friedman, 9/27/09
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Media Coverage
4. Astronomy Podcast - Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs): A discussion with Robert Naeye & Andrew Friedman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics Science Media Group, Interview with Robert Naeye, Senior Editor, Sky & Telescope Magazine, (May 10 2006) 3. Professor Robert Kirshner (my thesis advisor) and I were interviewed at the 207th AAS Conference in Washington DC, Jan 11 2006 by Robert Irion of Science Magazine. Only one of us ("the President") is quoted, but the article provides a good look at the recent excitement and controversy surrounding Gamma-Ray burst cosmology. It appears in "Astronomers Push and Pull Over Dark Energy’s Role in Cosmos", Irion, R., Science, 20 Jan. 2006, Vol. 311, pg. 316 2. During the January 2005 American Astronomical Society conference in San Diego, I was interviewed by a local radio DJ, Onto the Ontologist on his program, "Temporary Autonomous Zones: Dialogue with an Astrophysicist", at http://radioactiveradio.org/. We discuss The Big Bang, the nature of time, parallel universes, astrology, aliens, and the militarization of space [Listen to the mp3] 1. Professor Joshua S. Bloom and I were interviewd by Robert Irion of Science Magazine about our work on Gamma Ray Bursts and Cosmology. We are Quoted in "Astronomer's Eager for a Swift New Vision of the Universe", Irion, R., Science, 8 Oct. 2004, Vol. 306, pg. 214-215 | ||||||||||
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Ph.D. Research - Harvard University
Infrared Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae PAIRITEL Website Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics and Cosmology http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~afriedman/ Undergraduate Research - University of California, Berkeley Supernova Discoveries Page, The Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS) IAU Circulars, Senior Thesis, Astro Labs, Andy's Cheat Sheets Berkeley Scientific Journal Graphics, Berkeley Scientific Journal |
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