UC Berkeley, Astronomy Department | Tel: (510) 642-1280 | |
601 Campbell Hall | Fax: (510) 642- 3411 | |
Berkeley, CA, USA | e-mail: mmodjaz@astro.berkeley.edu | |
URL: http://astro.berkeley.edu/~mmodjaz/ |
EMPLOYMENT
20072010 | MILLER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW |
UC Berkeley |
EDUCATION
20012007 | HARVARD UNIVERSITY |
Ph.D., Astronomy (June 2007) | |
Ph.D. Thesis: Varied Deaths of Massive Stars: Properties of Nearby | |
Type IIb, Ib and Ic Supernovae | |
Advisor: Prof. Robert P. Kirshner | |
A.M., Astronomy (2003) | |
19962000 | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY |
B.A., Astrophysics (2000) | |
Honors Thesis: The Peculiar Type Ia Supernova 1998de in NGC 252 | |
Advisor: Prof. Alexei V. Filippenko |
HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS
Dec 2007 | Grand Poster Prize at IAU Symposium 250: ``Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines'' |
2007 | UC Berkeley: Miller Institute Research Fellowship |
2007 | Fireman Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Astronomy, Harvard University |
2006 | Harvard Graduate Student Council Conference Award |
2006 | AAS International Travel Grant |
2002, 2003, 2005 | Certificates of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University |
20022003 | NRAO Student Grant |
2000 | Dorothea Klumpke Roberts Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Astronomy, UC Berkeley |
2000 | Commencement Speech, Physics & Astronomy Department, UC Berkeley |
2000 | High Honors, UC Berkeley |
19972000 | Golden Key National Honor Society |
1996 & 1999 | UC Berkeley Dean's Honor List |
TEACHING & MENTORING
20022006 | Mentor, Harvard College Science Mentors Program |
2004, 2005 | Session Leader, Teaching Fellows Conference, Bok Center for Teaching |
2005 Fall | Teaching Fellow, Science A47 - `Cosmic Connections'' |
2002 & 2003 Spring | Teaching Fellow, Science A35 - ``Matter and the Universe'' |
2000 Fall | Teaching Fellow, AY 10, UC Berkeley - ``General Astronomy'' |
MEMBERSHIP: | American Astronomical Society (AAS) |
``Astronomische Gesellschaft'' of Germany |
RESEARCH INTERESTS: | Observations of Stripped-Envelope Core-Collapse Supernovae |
SN-GRB connection | |
Environments of SN and GRBs |
OBSERVING EXPERIENCE
Conference Proceedings & Contributions
Papers in preparation
Circulars
Prof. Robert P. Kirshner | Prof. Jim M. Moran | |
Harvard University | Harvard University | |
Department of Astronomy | Department of Astronomy | |
60 Garden St., MS 19 | 60 Garden St., MS 42 | |
Cambridge, MA 02138 | Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
Tel: (617) 495-7519 | Tel: (617) 495-7477 | |
email: rkirshner@cfa.harvard.edu | email: jmoran@cfa.harvard.edu | |
Prof. Kris Stanek | ||
The Ohio State University | ||
Department of Astronomy | ||
40 W. 18th Avenue | ||
Columbus, OH 43210-1173 | ||
Tel: (614) 292-1773 | ||
email: kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu | ||