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  Hey, I'm Andrew Friedman, currently a fourth year Astronomy Ph.D. student at Harvard University. I did my undergrad at UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) double majoring in Physics and Astrophysics, and I'm originally from San Diego, so I'm not yet used to this whole ice age phenomenon here on the east coast. As it is, I'm excited to be here at Harvard and in Cambridge. I'm currently working on my thesis project with Professor Robert Kirshner, with the goal of using Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) as standardizable candles for cosmology, specifically to measure the expansion history and equation of state of the universe. The supernova aspect of the project uses infrared supernova data obtained with the fully robotic Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL) P.I. Professor Joshua Bloom, UC Berkeley. The GRB aspect expands upon my previous work with Professor Ramesh Narayan and Professor Joshua Bloom, which focused on Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) spectra and energetics and testing the potential applications of GRBs for cosmology. My work has been supported in part by the NSF through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship., and will be supported by NASA through the Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP). For the GSRP project, I will collaborate with researchers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, including Dr. Neil Gehrels, the Principal Investigator of the NASA Swift Satellite, a dedicated space satellite for studying GRBs.
Graduate Research - Harvard University
      Infrared Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae
      www.pairitel.org

      Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics and Cosmology
      www.cosmicbooms.net
Publications: Refereed, Popular Science NASA ADS: All, First Author
Resume/CV: (pdf)
Presentations: Research, Courses, Public Talks and Guest Lectures, Media Interviews
PAPER: Type Ia Supernovae are Good Standard Candles in the Near Infrared: Evidence from PAIRITEL,Wood-Vasey, W.M, Friedman A.S., Bloom, J.S., Hicken, M., Modjaz, M., Kirshner, R.P. et al., ApJ Submitted November 2007,(pdf / astro-ph/0711.2068 / ADS)

PRESENTATION: The Absolute Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae In the Near Infrared from PAIRITEL: Implications for the NASA/DOE Joint Dark Energy Mission,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, September 21-23, 2007 (pdf)

PRESENTATION:
Infrared Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae from PAIRITEL, Workshop: Accretion and Explosion: The Astrophysics of Degenerate Stars, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), University of California, Santa Barbara, February 20, 2007 (pdf / Movie online here)

AWARDS: NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, Symposium for New Fellows, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, September 20-22, 2006
(How to Apply For a NASA GSRP Fellowship. Sample proposals: GSFC, OSS)

POPULAR SCIENCE: Using GRBs For Cosmology,Sky & Telescope, August 2006, Volume 112, No. 2, pg. 35 (with Robert Naeye, “Dissecting the Bursts of Doom”, Sky & Telescope, August 2006 pp 30-37) (pdf)

PUBLIC TALK: Measuring Cosmic Expansion and Acceleration with Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts, Guest Lecture, Summer Science Program, Ojai, California, July 3, 2006(pdf / ppt)

PRESENTATION: Cosmological Applications of Novel Standardized Candles, Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics, June 26, 2006 (pdf / ppt)

PRESENTATION: Selected PAIRITEL Data Analysis Issues,2nd Annual PAIRITEL Workshop, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics, May 16, 2006(pdf / ppt)

MEDIA: Astronomy Podcast - Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs): A discussion with Robert Naeye & Andrew Friedman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics Science Media Group, Interview with Robert Naeye, Senior Editor, Sky & Telescope Magazine, May 10 2006

PRESENTATION: The Promise and Limitations of GRB Standard Candles, Graduate Student Research Forum, Harvard University, March 14, 2006(pdf)

PRESENTATION: Infrared Light Curves of Nearby Supernovae with the Peters Automated Infrared Imaging Telescope (PAIRITEL), Poster Presentation, 207th Meeting of the AAS, Washington, DC, USA, Jan. 8-12, 2006 (ADS, pdf) [www.pairitel.org]

MEDIA: Professor Robert Kirshner (my thesis advisor) and I were interviewed at the 207th AAS Conference in Washington DC, Jan 11 2006 by Robert Irion of Science magazine. Only one of us ("the President") is quoted, but the article provides a good look at the recent excitement and controversy surrounding Gamma-Ray burst cosmology. It appears in the January 20th issue of Science - Irion, R.,Astronomers Push and Pull Over Dark Energy’s Role in Cosmos, Science, 20 Jan. 2006, Vol. 311, pg. 316, (pdf)

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Undergraduate Research - UC Berkeley
    Supernova Discoveries Page, The Lick Observatory Supernova Search (LOSS)
     IAU Circulars, Senior Thesis, Berkeley Scientific Journal, Astro Labs, Andy's Cheat Sheets
Contact Info:
Andrew Friedman
Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics
60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Office P-302 Phone: (617) 495-4142
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