Arthur B. Congdon:
Curriculum Vitae
May 2008 Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Thesis: “Probing
Small-Scale Structure in Galaxies with Strong Gravitational Lensing”
Advisor: Charles R. Keeton
May 2001 B.S.
in Physics, Summa Cum Laude
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2003-2006 Graduate Research Fellowship,
National Science Foundation
2001 Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society
2001 Murray Green Memorial Prize in Physics,
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2006-present Graduate
Assistant,
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
2001 AAAS Entry Point Intern
Goddard Space Flight Center
4/29/2008 Center
for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics, Ohio State University
12/14/2007 Center
for Cosmology and Particle Physics, New York University
11/8/2007 Institute
for Advanced Study
10/25/2007 Space
Telescope Science Institute
10/3/2007 Department
of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
9/25/2007 Department
of Astronomy, Columbia University
9/21/2007 Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
9/17/2007 Department
of Astronomy, University of Maryland
9/12/2007 Department
of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics
7/6/2007 Naval
Research Laboratory
11/20/2006 Department
of Physics, Temple University
10/10/2006 Department
of Physics, Drexel University
9/29/2006 Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
Coordinator of Rutgers astrophysics journal
club
Graduate student mentor
Active participant and presenter for Rutgers
astrophysics group weekly seminar series
Member of American Astronomical Society,
American Physical Society & American Association for the Advancement of
Science
Poster presentation at Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy IV
12-15 June 2006 at Penn State University
Poster presentation at STScI 2007 Spring Symposium: Black Holes
23-26
April 2007 at Space Telescope Science Institute
A. B. Congdon, C. R. Keeton & C. E. Nordgren, "Analytic Relations for Magnifications and Time Delays in Gravitational Lenses with Fold and Cusp Configurations," Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 389, 398-406 (2008)
A.
B. Congdon, C. R. Keeton,
& C. E. Nordgren, “Prospects for Testing General Relativity
with Lensing by Massive Black Holes,” Physical
Review D, submitted (2007)
A. B. Congdon, C. R. Keeton & S. J. Osmer, “Microlensing of an Extended Source by a Power-Law Mass Distribution,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 376, 263-272 (2007)
A. B. Congdon & C. R. Keeton , “Multipole Models of Four-Image Gravitational Lenses with Anomalous Flux Ratios,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 364, 1459-1466 (2005)
A.
B. Congdon & C. R.
Keeton, “Dependence of Microlensing on Source Size and Lens
Mass,” Statistical Challenges in Modern
Astronomy IV, eds. G. J. Babu & E. D. Feigelson,
12-15 June 2006 at Penn State University, University Park, PA,USA, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 371, 411-412 (2007)