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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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Public Talks
10. “Our Place in Space”, Dudley House Crosstalk, Harvard University, with Jason Gallicchio, Harvard Physics Department, (March 6 2008) [Event Flyer] 9. “Measuring Cosmic Expansion and Acceleration with Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts”, Guest Lecture, Summer Science Program, Ojai, California, (July 3, 2006) 8. “The Coolest Things In Astronomy: II”, Guest Lecture, The Math Circle, Northeastern University, (Dec 10 2005) 7. “Your Place in the Cosmos: From Planets to Stars to Galaxies and Beyond”, Dudley House Crosstalk, Harvard University, With Ryan Hickox, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics, (Dec 8 2005) [Event Flyer, blurb text] 6. “2 Hour Coursewide Final Exam Review Session”, Science A-47, Cosmic Connections, Professor David Charbonneau, Harvard University, Fall 2005 [Streaming Real Player Video (or go here and click on Review Session link)] (January 21st 2006) 5. “White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Supernova Explosions, and the Origins of Humanity”, Guest Lecture, Science A-47: Cosmic Connections, Harvard University, (Nov 7 2005) [Streaming Real Player Video] 4. “The Coolest Things In Astronomy”, Guest Lecture, The Math Circle, Northeastern University, (May 22 2005) 3. “Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology”, Guest Lecture at the Summer Science Program, Ojai, CA, (2002) 2. “Fundamental Constants of Physics: The Genes of the Universe”, Guest Lecture at the Summer Science Program, Ojai, CA, (2002) 1. “Stephen Wolfram's: A New Kind of Science”, Guest Lecture at the Summer Science Program, Ojai, CA, (2002) | ||||||||||
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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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