jillian@astro.washington.edu
Education:
Ph.D. student in Astronomy at the University of Washington
M.S. Astronomy; University of Washington; Fall 2005
B.S. Astronomy-Physics (honors), Physics, Philosophy; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Spring 2001
Research
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Sept. 2006 – present
Introducing supermassive black holes with feedback to cosmological n-body simulations
Advisor: Fabio Governato
Spitzer Science Center, August 2007 – February 2008
Dust Emission and Radio Loudness in PG Quasars
Advisor: Patrick Ogle
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, July 2005 – August 2007
Analyzing the effect of the radial orbit instability on the structure of dark matter halos using n-body simulations.
Advisor: Julianne Dalcanton
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, April 2005 – present
Determining the column density of the absorbing component of broad absorption line quasars using Chandra observations.
Advisor: Scott Anderson
Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Sept. 2004 – Jan. 2006
Examined the interstellar dust extinction in all directions observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Advisor: Zeljko Ivezic
Maria Mitchell Observatory, REU Intern, Summer 2000 and Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, 1999-2001
Conducted spectropolarimetric observations at Pine Bluff Observatory 36’’ telescope and the WIYN 3.5m telescope; reduced data; analyzed observations of the B[e] star MWC349
Advisors: Ken Nordsieck, Vladimir Strelnitski, Jennifer Hoffman
Meyer, J.M., Ogle, P.M., Antonucci, R., Leipski, C., Whysong, D. 2007, AAS, 211, 4509
“Dust Emission and Radio Loudness in PG Quasars”, poster presentation
Anderson, S. F., Margon, B., Voges, W., Plotkin, R. M., Syphers, D., Haggard, D. Collinge, M.J., Meyer, J.M., Strauss, M.A., Agüeros, M. A., et al. 2007, AJ, 133, 313
“A Large, Uniform Sample of X-Ray-emitting Active Galactic Nuclei from the ROSAT All Sky and Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: The Data Release 5 Sample
Meyer,
J. M., Dalcanton, J. J., Austin, C. G., Barnes, E. I., Williams,
L. R., Babul, A. 2007, IAUS, 235, 124
“The Role of
the Radial Orbit Instability in Dark Matter Halo Formation and
Structure”
Meyer, J. M., et al. 2005, AAS, 207, 13101
“Dissecting the Milky Way with SDSS III: The properties of interstellar dust”, poster presentation
Meyer, J. M., Nordsieck, K.H., and Hoffman, J.L. 2002, AJ, 123, 1639
“Spectropolarimetric Clues to the Structure and Evolutionary Status of MWC 349A”
Meyer, J.M., Nordsieck, K.H., and Strelnitski, V. 2000, AAS, 197, 9103
“Optical Spectropolarimetry of MWC349”, oral presentation
Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, 2006
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2005
Doherty Award, Astronomy Dept., University of Wisconsin, 2001
Albert A. Radtke Award, Physics Dept., University of Wisconsin, 2001
Teaching Experience
Astronomy Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Sep. 2004 – June 2005
Physics Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison, Jan. - May 2004
Physics Lecturer at Gambia College, The Gambia, during Peace Corps service 2001-03
Astronomy Teacher Maria Mitchell Association summer science classes, ages 8-12, 2000
Diversity
Involved with Pre-MAP, a program for underrepresented students in astronomy
Graduate Advisor for the McNair and the Early Identification Programs, Sep. 2005 – June 2007
Mentor, Making Connections, Oct. 2005 – May 2007
Professional Memberships
American Astronomical Society