Arthur B. Congdon: Curriculum Vitae

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Education 

 

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

 

Fellowships and Awards

 

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

 

Appointments

 

2006-present    Graduate Assistant,

Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

 

2001                AAAS Entry Point Intern

Goddard Space Flight Center

 

Seminars & Invited Talks

 

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

9/11/2007          Institute for Theory & Computation,

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

 

Professional Activities

 

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

 

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

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)

 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

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)