Research Interests. Research Positions. Education. Fellowships and Awards. Publications (see attached publication list)
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1 Research Interests Curriculum Vitae - Peter K. Blanchard National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA pblanchard@cfa.harvard.edu, Time-Domain Astrophysics (with a focus on rare transients) Superluminous Supernovae Gamma-Ray Bursts Tidal Disruption Events EM Counterparts of GW events Transient Host Galaxies Research Positions National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow 2014 present Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Dr. Alex Filippenko Topics: Supernova discovery with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope and supernova follow-up with the Lick Observatory Nickel Telescope Research Assistant, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics REU Program 2012 Advisors: Dr. Matthew Bayliss and Dr. Michael McDonald Topic: Searching for cooling signatures in strong lensing galaxy clusters Education Harvard University, Ph.D. Astrophysics in progress conferral expected in May 2019 Advisor: Dr. Edo Berger Harvard University, M.A. Astrophysics 2015 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Physics and Astrophysics 2013 Fellowships and Awards NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2014 present Harvard University, Astronomy Department, Peirce Fellowship 2013 Highest Distinction in General Scholarship at Graduation, UC Berkeley 2013 UC Berkeley Astronomy Department Commencement Speaker and Citation Award 2013 Publications (see attached publication list) 6 first author (5 published, 1 submitted), 29 co-author Successful PI Observing Proposals Spectroscopic and Photometric Follow-up of SLSNe and TDEs 25 nights MMT 6.5m, 14 nights Magellan 6.5m, 24 nights FLWO 60-inch, 30 nights FLWO 48-inch in 2016B, 2016C, 2017A, 2017B, 2017C, 2018A, 2018B, and 2018C UV Spectroscopy of the Nearby Superluminous Supernova SN2018bsz (PID 15488) 1
2 2 HST orbits with COS/FUV, 1 orbit with STIS/NUV in Cycle 25 (Director s Discretionary Time program) X-ray Study of a Tidal Disruption Event in an AGN Galaxy 20ks with Chandra in Cycle 20 Nebular Phase Spectrum of an Unusual Superluminous Supernova 2 hours with Gemini/GMOS (Fast Turnaround program) Constraining the Late-Time Lightcurve Behavior of Three Diverse Superluminous Supernovae (PID 15162) 9 HST orbits of ACS/WFC (6 orbits in Cycle 25 and 3 orbits in Cycle 26) Chasing Two Superluminous Supernovae into the Nebular Phase 4 hours with Gemini/GMOS (Fast Turnaround program) Imaging and UV Spectroscopy of the Luminous and Unique Nuclear Transient PS16dtm (PID 14902) 1 HST orbit of STIS spectroscopy and imaging in Cycle 24 (Director s Discretionary Time program) Chasing a Fast Timescale Type I Superluminous Supernova into the Nebular Phase 2.5 hours with Gemini/GMOS (Fast Turnaround program) Academic Presentations Conference Presentations Alex Filippenko s 60th Birthday Symposium (Aptos, CA), poster Aug 2018 UC Santa Cruz Pre-Filippenkopalooza Meeting, talk Aug 2018 Unveiling the Physics Behind Extreme AGN Variability (USVI), talk Jul 2017 MIAPP Workshop on Superluminous Supernovae (Munich, Germany), talk May 2017 Harvard Radcliffe Transients Workshop, talk Nov 2016 Mysterious Connections Between SLSNe and GRBs (STScI), talk May 2016 Time Domain Astrophysics with Swift (Clemson University, SC), talk Oct 2015 HST 25th Anniversary Symposium (STScI), poster Apr th American Astronomical Society Meeting (Seattle, WA), poster Jan st American Astronomical Society Meeting (Long Beach, CA), poster Jan 2013 Department Seminars NOAO FLASH seminar, talk Oct 2018 Northwestern University CIERA Theory Lunch, talk Oct 2018 Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto, Special Seminar, talk Oct 2018 Caltech Astronomy Tea Talk, talk Sept 2018 Carnegie Observatories Lunch Talk, talk Sept 2018 Harvard-Smithsonian CfA ITC Lunch, talk Apr 2017 Harvard-Smithsonian CfA High-Energy Phenomena Seminar, talk Dec 2015 Harvard AstroStats Group, invited talk Oct 2015 Harvard-Smithsonian CfA REU Symposium, talk Aug 2012 Public Presentations Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Observatory Night, talk Feb 2018 Teaching Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching 2014, 2016 Harvard College, Astro 100: Observational Methods, Teaching Fellow
3 Harvard College, SPU 21: Stellar Understanding of the Cosmos, Teaching Fellow 2014 Service and Outreach Reviewer for The Astrophysical Journal 2018 present Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observatory Night 2015 present Assist with public outreach program that includes a lecture followed by observing with telescopes Mentor for a CfA REU Student 2015 Harvard Observing Project Conducted observing sessions to engage Harvard community members in astronomy Bryce Canyon National Park Astronomy Volunteer 2010 Conducted stargazing programs for park visitors Professional Organizations American Astronomical Society member Observing Experience 2012 present Optical Imaging and Long-Slit Spectroscopy 43 nights: MMT 6.5m (Blue Channel, Binospec, MMTCam), Magellan 6.5m (IMACS, LDSS3c), FLWO 60-inch (FAST) 20+ nights: Nickel and Shane Telescopes at Lick Observatory Optical Echelle Spectroscopy 1 night: Magellan 6.5m (MagE) NIR Imaging and Spectroscopy 4 nights: Magellan 6.5m (FourStar, FIRE) Publications (6 first author, 29 co-author) First Author Journal Publications 1. Blanchard, P. K., Nicholl, M., Berger, E., et al. 2018, The Type I Superluminous Supernova PS16aqv: Lightcurve Complexity and Deep Limits on Radioactive Ejecta in a Fast Event, ApJ, 865, 9 2. Blanchard, P. K., Berger, E., Fong, W., et al. 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW VII. Properties of the Host Galaxy and Constraints on the Merger Timescale, ApJ, 848, L22 3. Blanchard, P. K., Nicholl, M., Berger, E., et al. 2017, PS16dtm: A Tidal Disruption Event in a Narrow-line Seyfert 1 Galaxy, ApJ, 843, Blanchard, P. K., Berger, E., & Fong, W. 2016, The Offset and Host Light Distributions of Long Gamma-Ray Bursts: A New View From HST Observations of Swift Bursts, ApJ, 817, Blanchard, P. K., Bayliss, M. B., McDonald, M., et al. 2013, Searching for Cooling Signatures in Strong Lensing Galaxy Clusters: Evidence Against Baryons Shaping the Matter Distribution in Cluster Cores, ApJ, 772, 24 3
4 First Author Journal Submissions 1. Blanchard, P. K., Nicholl, M., Berger, E., et al. 2018, A Hydrogen-Poor Superluminous Supernova with Enhanced Iron-Group Absorption: A New Link Between SLSNe and Broad-Lined Type Ic SNe, arxiv: , Submitted to ApJ Co-Author Journal Publications 1. Margutti, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, An embedded X-ray source shines through the aspherical AT2018cow: revealing the inner workings of the most luminous fast-evolving optical transients, arxiv: , Submitted to ApJ 2. Nicholl, M., Blanchard, P. K., Berger, E., et al. 2018, One Thousand Days of SN2015bn: HST Imaging Shows a Light Curve Flattening Consistent with Magnetar Predictions, ApJ, 866, L24 3. Nicholl, M., Berger, E., Blanchard, P. K., et al. 2018, Nebular-phase spectra of superluminous supernovae: physical insights from observational and statistical properties, arxiv: , Submitted to ApJ 4. Alexander, K. D., Margutti, R., Blanchard, P. K., et al. 2018, A Decline in the X-Ray through Radio Emission from GW Continues to Support an Off-axis Structured Jet, ApJ, 863, L18 5. Villar, V. A., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Observations of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817, ApJ, 862, L11 6. Eftekhari, T., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, Associating Fast Radio Bursts with Extragalactic Radio Sources: General Methodology and a Search for a Counterpart to FRB , ApJ, 860, Margutti, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, The Binary Neutron Star Event LIGO/Virgo GW Days after Merger: Synchrotron Emission across the Electromagnetic Spectrum, ApJ, 856, L18 8. Coppejans, D. L., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, Jets in Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae: Constraints from a Comprehensive Analysis of Radio Observations, ApJ, 856, Cantiello, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2018, A Precise Distance to the Host Galaxy of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW Using Surface Brightness Fluctuations, ApJ, 854, L Guidorzi, C., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, Improved Constraints on H 0 from a Combined Analysis of Gravitational-wave and Electromagnetic Emission from GW170817, ApJ, 851, L Villar, V. A., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Combined Ultraviolet, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves of the Kilonova Associated with the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817: Unified Data Set, Analytic Models, and Physical Implications, ApJ, 851, L21 4
5 12. Abbott, B. P., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant, Nature, 551, Fong, W., Berger, E., Blanchard, P. K., et al. 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW VIII. A Comparison to Cosmological Short-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts, ApJ, 848, L Alexander, K. D., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW VI. Radio Constraints on a Relativistic Jet and Predictions for Late-time Emission from the Kilonova Ejecta, ApJ, 848, L Margutti, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW V. Rising X-Ray Emission from an Off-axis Jet, ApJ, 848, L Chornock, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW IV. Detection of Nearinfrared Signatures of r-process Nucleosynthesis with Gemini-South, ApJ, 848, L Nicholl, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW III. Optical and UV Spectra of a Blue Kilonova from Fast Polar Ejecta, ApJ, 848, L Cowperthwaite, P. S., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models, ApJ, 848, L Soares-Santos, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW I. Discovery of the Optical Counterpart Using the Dark Energy Camera, ApJ, 848, L Abbott, B. P., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger, ApJ, 848, L Nicholl, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, The Superluminous Supernova SN 2017egm in the Nearby Galaxy NGC 3191: A Metal-rich Environment Can Support a Typical SLSN Evolution, ApJ, 845, L8 22. Margutti, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, X-Rays from the Location of the Double-humped Transient ASASSN-15lh, ApJ, 836, Nicholl, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2017, An Ultraviolet Excess in the Superluminous Supernova Gaia16apd Reveals a Powerful Central Engine, ApJ, 835, L8 24. Fong, W., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2016, The Afterglow and Early-type Host Galaxy of the Short GRB B at z = , ApJ, 833, Lunnan, R., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2016, PS1-14bj: A Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernova With a Long Rise and Slow Decay, ApJ, 831, 144 5
6 26. Villar, V. A., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2016, The Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transient SN 2010da: The Progenitor, Eruption, and Aftermath of a Peculiar Supergiant High-mass X-Ray Binary, ApJ, 830, Nicholl, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2016, Superluminous Supernova SN 2015bn in the Nebular Phase: Evidence for the Engine-powered Explosion of a Stripped Massive Star, ApJ, 828, L Nicholl, M., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2016, SN 2015BN: A Detailed Multiwavelength View of a Nearby Superluminous Supernova, ApJ, 826, Mauerhan, J. C., et al. (incl. Blanchard, P. K.) 2013, The unprecedented 2012 outburst of SN 2009ip: a luminous blue variable star becomes a true supernova, MNRAS, 430,
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