Curriculum Vitae    (PDF version also available)

Education

Ph.D.; Astronomy  ·  Columbia University  ·  2011 (expected)

M.Phil.; Astronomy  ·  Columbia University  ·  2008

M.E.; Electrical Engineering  ·  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art  ·  2006
    Yusuf Z. Efe Award for outstanding Master's Thesis

B.E.; Electrical Engineering  ·  The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art  ·  2004
    Summa Cum Laude; Leon Machiz Prize for graduating senior excellence



Selected publications (see ADS query for more)

Project 1640: A New High Contrast Imaging Program at Palomar Observatory
Hinkley; S.; Oppenheimer; B. R.; Zimmerman; N.; Brenner; D.; Parry; I. R.; Crepp; J. R.; Vasisht; G.; Ligon; E.; King; D.; Soummer; R.; Sivaramakrishnan; A.; Beichman; C.; Shao; M.; Roberts; L. C.; Bouchez; A.; Dekany; R.; Pueyo; L.; Roberts; J. E.; Lockhart; T.; Zhai; C.; Burruss; R.
(submitted to Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

A Data Pipeline for a Coronagraphic Integral Field Spectrograph
Zimmerman; N.; Brenner; D.; Oppenheimer; B. R.; Parry; I. R.; Hinkley; S.; Hunt; S.; Roberts; R.
(under review by Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Discovery and Characterization of a Faint Stellar Companion to the A3V Star Zeta Virginis
Hinkley; S.; Oppenheimer; B. R.; Brenner; D.; Zimmerman; N.; Roberts; L. C.; Parry; I. R.; Soummer; R.; Sivaramakrishnan; A.; Simon; M.; Perrin; M. D.; King; D. L.; Lloyd; J. P.; Bouchez; A.; Roberts; J. E.; Dekany; R.; Beichman; C.; Hillenbrand; L.; Burruss; R.; Shao; M.; Vasisht; G.
The Astrophysical Journal; Volume 712; Issue 1; pp. 421-428 (2010)

Parallactic Motion for Companion Discovery: An M-Dwarf Orbiting Alcor
Zimmerman; N.; Oppenheimer; B. R.; Hinkley; S.; Brenner; D.; Parry; I. R.; Sivaramakr- ishnan; A.; Hillenbrand; L.; Beichman; C.; Crepp; J. R.; Vasisht; G.; Roberts; L. C.; Burruss; R.; King; D. L.; Soummer; R.; Dekany; R.; Shao; M.; Bouchez; A.; Roberts; J. E.; and Hunt; S.
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 709, Issue 2, pp. 733-740 (2010)

The Solar-System-Scale Disk around AB Aurigae
Oppenheimer, B. R.; Brenner, D.; Hinkley, S.; Zimmerman, N.; Sivaramakrishnan, A.; Soummer, R.; Kuhn, J.; Graham, J. R.; Perrin, M.; Lloyd, J. P.; Roberts, L. C.; Harrington, D. M.
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 679, Issue 2, pp. 1574-1581 (2008)

The Magnetar XTE J1810-197: Variations in Torque, Radio Flux Density, and Pulse Profile Morphology
Camilo, F.; Cognard, I.; Ransom, S. M.; Halpern, J. P.; Reynolds, J.; Zimmerman, N.; Gotthelf, E. V.; Helfand, D. J.; Demorest, P.; Theureau, G.; Backer, D. C.
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 663, Issue 1, pp. 497-504 (2007)

Transient pulsed radio emission from a magnetar
Camilo, F.; Ransom, S. M.; Halpern, J. P.; Reynolds, J.; Helfand, D. J.; Zimmerman, N.; Sarkissian, J.
Nature, Volume 442, Issue 7105, pp. 892-895 (2006)


Talks and posters presented to professional audiences

High Contrast Studies of Nearby Stars with Project 164013 Jan 2011
AAS Thesis Talk - slides (15 Mb PDF)Location: 217th AAS Meeting, Seattle, WA

High Contrast Studies of Nearby Stars with Project 164023 Aug 2010
TPF/SEEDS seminarLocation: Princeton U. Dept. of Astronomy, Princeton, NJ

High Contrast Studies of Nearby Stars with Project 164010 Apr 2010
Talk at spring ASNY Meeting - AbstractLocation: Colgate University, Colgate, NY

High Contrast Studies of Nearby Stars with Project 164017 Feb 2010
Lunch seminar - AbstractLocation: Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

First Light with Project 1640, an Integral Field Spectrograph for Exoplanetary Science4 May 2009
Poster for Life in the Universe May Symposium at STScI - Poster (11 Mb PDF)Location: STScI, Baltimore, MD