Eric Hilton

University of Washington Astronomy Graduate Student

Box 351580, U.W., Seattle, WA 98195-1580

hilton@astro.washington.edu ● 206.616.1505

Publications

· Hilton, E. J. et. al. XMM-Newton Observations of the Cataclysmic Variable GW Librae,

2007, AJ, 134,1503H

· West, A. A. et al. Constraining the Age-Activity Relation for Cool Stars: The SDSS DR5

Low-Mass Star Spectroscopic Sample. 2007, AJ accepted.

· Castander, F. J. et. al. The First Hour of Extra-galactic Data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Spectroscopic Commissioning: The Coma Cluster. 2001, AJ. 121, 2331

Research

· University of Washington, 01/06 – present, Advisor: Suzanne Hawley

Simultaneous stellar flare observations in multiple wavelengths

Light curves of M Dwarfs in the SDSS Equatorial Stripe

M Dwarf flare characteristics

· University of Washington, 06/06 – present, Advisor: Paula Szkody

Analysis of XMM-Newton observations of several interesting cataclysmic variables

· Carnegie Mellon University, 2000- 2003, Advisor: Robert Nichol

Double-bent radio source finding; spectral analysis of post-starburst galaxies in SDSS

· NASA JPL, Summer 2001, Advisor: Dimitris Menemenlis, oceanography.

Sea surface height measurements with Topex/Poseidon

Education

· University of Washington. Astronomy PhD program, 2005-present: GPA = 3.7 / 4.0

Astrobiology Topics, Astrophysics I, Radiative Processes, Stellar Atmospheres, High

Energy Astrophysics, Stellar Interiors, Solar System, Techniques in Optical

Astronomy, Magneto-Hydrodynamics, Interstellar Medium

· Carnegie Mellon University B.S. physics, 1999-2003: QPA = 3.74 / 4.0