Tereasa G. Brainerd

Biographical Information


Education

Ph.D. (Astronomy), The Ohio State University, 1992
  • Thesis Title: A Study of Properties of Dark Galaxy Halos in a CDM Universe Using N-body Computer Simulations
  • Thesis Advisor: Jens Verner Villumsen
    • B.Sc. (Honours Physics), University of Alberta, 1987

    Professional Experience & Related Research:

    Associate Professor of Astronomy (Boston University), 09/01-present
  • anisotropic locations of satellite galaxies
  • intrinsic alignments of galaxies
  • weak gravitational lensing by flattened dark matter halos
  • multiple weak deflections in the HDF-North
  • weak gravitational lensing by NFW halos
  • redshift distribution of faint galaxies
  • dynamical mass estimators for isolated field galaxies
    • Assistant Professor of Astronomy (Boston University), 09/95-08/01
  • high resolution N-body simulations of the formation of clusters of galaxies
  • clustering of local galaxies on large angular scales from the Palomar-STScI Digitized Sky Survey
  • weak gravitational lensing by galaxies
    • Postdoctoral Research Associate (Los Alamos National Laboratory), 08/94-08/95
  • observations and theory of weak gravitational lensing of distant galaxies by foreground galaxies
  • effect of peculiar velocities and non-linear clustering on the redshift space power spectrum of dark matter halos in CDM universes
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (California Institute of Technology), 09/92-08/94
  • evolution of large-scale structure (autocorrelation function, power spectra, and gravitational potential) in large N-body simulations
  • observational investigations of the distortion of distant galaxy images due to weak gravitational lensing by (1) large-scale structure and (2) dark matter halos of foreground galaxies
  • observed angular clustering statistics of faint galaxies (r = 26)
    • Graduate Research Associate (The Ohio State University), 09/87-08/92
  • mass functions, clustering properties, and velocity fields of dark matter halos as a function of local environment using high-resolution N-body simulations
  • theory of weak gravitational lensing of distant galaxies by large-scale structure

    • Associations:

  • American Astronomical Society
  • Society of Physics Students

    • Boston University Service:

  • Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Astronomy (2003-present)
  • CAS Summer Orientation Advisor (2001,2002,2003,2004)
  • Faculty Council (2002/03)
  • Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee (2000/01)
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Astronomy (1999/00)
  • Director of Graduate Admissions, Dept. of Astronomy (1995/96, 1996/97,1997/98,1998/99)

    • Service to the Professional Community:

  • Local Organizing Committee member, Milky Way Surveys, The Structure and Evolution of our Galaxy (Boston University, June 2003)
  • Publications Board Member, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2001/02, 2002/03)
  • Review panel member for grant proposals and observing proposals (National Science Foundation, NASA, and Space Telescope Science Institute)
  • Review of manuscrips for The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Scientific Organizing Committee member, National Academy of Sciences' 11th Annual Frontiers of Science Symposium (National Academy of Sciences, November 1999)
  • Chair of Local Organizing Committee and co-chair of Scientific Organizing Committee for international astrophysics meeting, Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress & Future Goals (Boston University, July 1999)
    • This page was last updated on September 15, 2004.