Gregory Dobler, PhD. Curriculum Vitae

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1 Gregory Dobler, PhD Curriculum Vitae Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara phone: (805) Education and Employment Haverford College Physics (Mathematics minor) BS, 2001 University of Pennsylvania Physics and Astronomy MS, 2003 University of Pennsylvania Physics and Astronomy PhD, 2006 Harvard-Smithsonian Center Postdoctoral Fellow for Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Postdoctoral Fellow 2009-present Theoretical Physics Kavli Institute for Karp Fellow 2010-present Theoretical Physics Honors and Awards.Graduated with High Honors in Physics (2001).Elected to Phi Beta Kappa society (2001).Magna Cum Laude (2001).STScI Theory Grant ( CoI, Grant#:HST-AR A).AAS International Travel Grant (2009 and 2011).Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award ( ) Teaching and Student Mentoring 2012 Instructor for UCSB Physics 6A: Introductory Physics (Newtonian Mechanics, Work, Energy, Momentum, and Rotation, 150 students, 4.5 hrs lecture per week; Co-advisor for undergraduate students Sarah Satinover and Lauren Weiss (Harvard/CfA with Prof. Douglas Finkbeiner) 2008 Advisor to undergraduate summer REU student Daniel D Orazio (formerly of Juniata College, then Fulbright Scholar, now grad student at Columbia) Guest lecturer for Principles of Astronomical Measurement (Graduate, Harvard/CfA) Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Astrophysics (Undergrad, UPenn) dobler@kitp.ucsb.edu 1

2 Guest lecturer for Introduction to Astrophysics and Foundations of Modern Cosmology (Undergrad and Grad, UPenn) 2003 Teaching Assistant for Foundations in Modern Cosmology (Graduate, UPenn) 2003 Private tutor for undergraduate physics students (UPenn) Instructor for first year undergraduate physics laboratory sections (UPenn) Teaching Assistant for Classical and Modern Physics I& II (Haverford) Organizational and Outreach Activities Internal reviewer for Planck collaboration publications (Santa Barbara, CA) 2012 High school outreach lectures on gravitational lensing at Bishop Garcia Diego High School (Santa Barbara, CA) 2011 Public lecture for the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit (Santa Barbara, CA) entitled A Light in the Dark: the Pursuit of the Nature of Dark Matter 2010 Mentored/advised high school student Jason Paras on gravitational lensing for local science fair (Goleta Valley High, Goleta, CA) 2010 Presentation on understanding dark matter to high school students through the Summer Science Program in Santa Barbara, CA 2010 Co-organizer of Santa Barbara Astro day at UCSB 2010 Public lecture on dark matter for the Friends of KITP (Santa Barbara, CA) Chair and co-founder of the CfA Postdoc Council (Harvard/CfA) 2007 Creator of the Postdocs Explain for Other Postdocs LEcture Series (PEO- PLES) at Harvard/CfA 2007 Co-creator of the annual CfA Postdoc Science Symposium(Harvard/CfA) 2003 Co-designed optical lenses for a tabletop gravitational lens simulation educational display (UPenn w/ undergraduate student Harrison Prentice- Mott and Prof. Bhuvnesh Jain) Publications - indicates lead author publication 1. Planck Collaboration, Planck Intermediate Results IX: Detection of the Galactic Haze with Planck, 2012, arxiv: , Astronomy & Astrophysics submitted 2. Dobler G., Identifying the Radio Bubble Nature of the Microwave Haze, 2012, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 760, L8 3. Guo F., Mathews W.G., Dobler G., & Oh S.P., The Fermi Bubbles II: The Potential Roles of Viscosity and Cosmic Ray Diffusion in Jet Models, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, dobler@kitp.ucsb.edu 2

3 756, Pietrobon D., et al., Analysis of WMAP 7-Year Temperature Data: Astrophysics of the Galactic Haze, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 755, Dobler G., A Last Look at the Microwave Haze/Bubbles with WMAP, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 750, Dobler G., Cholis I., & Weiner N., The Fermi Gamma-Ray Haze from Dark Matter Annihilations and Anisotropic Diffusion, 2011, Astrophysical Journal, 741, Lin T., Finkbeiner D.P., & Dobler G., The Electron Spectrum Determined by Anomalous Excesses in Cosmic Ray, Gamma Ray, and Microwave Data, 2010, Physical Review D, 82, Dobler G., Finkbeiner D.P., Cholis I., Slatyer T.R., & Weiner N., The Fermi Haze: A Gamma-ray Counterpart to the Microwave Haze, 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 717, K.B. Schmidt, P.J. Marshall, H-W Rix, S. Jester, J.F. Hennawi, & Dobler G., Selecting Quasars by their Intrinsic Variability, 2010, Astrophysical Journal, 714, Cholis I., Dobler G., Finkbeiner D.P., Goodenough L., & Weiner N., The Case for a 700+ GeV WIMP: Cosmic Ray Spectra from ATIC and PAMELA, 2009, Physical Review D, 80, Cholis I., Dobler G., Finkbeiner D.P., Goodenough L., Slatyer T.R., & Weiner N., The Fermi gamma-ray spectrum of the inner galaxy: Implications for annihilating dark matter, 2009, arxiv: Dobler G., Draine B.T., & Finkbeiner D.P., Constraining Spinning Dust Parameters with the WMAP Five-Year Data, 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 699, Dobler G., C.R. Keeton, A.S. Bolton, & S. Burles, Lensing Probabilities for Spectroscopically Selected Galaxy-Galaxy Strong Lenses, 2008, Astrophysical Journal,685, Dobler G. & Finkbeiner D.P., Identification of Spinning Dust in Hα-Correlated Microwave Emission, 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 680, Dobler G. & Finkbeiner D.P., Extended Anomalous Foreground Emission in the WMAP 3-Year Data, 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 680, Hooper D., Zaharijas G., Finkbeiner D.P., & Dobler G., Prospects For Detecting Dark Matter With GLAST In Light Of The WMAP Haze, 2008, Physical Review D, 75, Hooper D., Finkbeiner D.P., & Dobler G., Possible Evidence for Dark Matter Annihilations From the Excess Microwave Emission Around the Center of the Galaxy Seen by the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, 2007, Physical Review D, 76, Dobler G., C.R. Keeton, & J. Wambsganss, Microlensing of Central Images in Strong Gravitational Lens Systems, 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 377, 977 dobler@kitp.ucsb.edu 3

4 19. Dobler G. & C.R. Keeton, Microlensing of Lensed Supernovae, 2006, Astrophysical Journal, 653, Dobler G. & C.R. Keeton, Finite Source Effects in Strong Lensing: Implications for the Substructure Mass Scale, 2006, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 365, 1243 White Papers 21. LSST Science Collaborations, LSST Science Book, 2009, Version 2.0, arxiv: Fraisse A., et al., Foreground Science Knowledge and Prospects, 2009, CMB Polarization Workshop: Theory and Foregrounds: CMBPol Mission Concept Study. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1141, Dunkley J., et al., Prospects for Polarized Foreground Removal, 2009, CMB Polarization Workshop: Theory and Foregrounds: CMBPol Mission Concept Study. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1141, Moustakas L.A., et al., Strong Gravitational Lensing Probes of the Particle Nature of Dark Matter, 2009, Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no Marshall P.J., et al., Dark Matter Structures in the Universe: Prospects for Optical Astronomy in the Next Decade, 2009, Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 194 Students Advised Daniel D Orazio Harvard/CfA Summer 2008 REU student. Project: Quantifying Dark Matter Substructure with Gravitational Lensing. Daniel was an undergraduate at Juniata College at the time of working with me. He went on to be a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Zurich and is now a graduate student in astronomy at Columbia University. Sarah Satinover 2007 Harvard University undergraduate. Project: A Milky Way Simulation as a Test for the exciting Dark Matter Theory. Sarah was co-advised by myself and Prof. Douglas Finkbeiner at Harvard University for her Senior Thesis. She is now a graduate student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Lauren Weiss 2008 Harvard University undergraduate. Project: Searching for Dark Matter Beyond the WMAP Haze. Lauren was an undergraduate at Harvard working with me for her Junior Thesis. She received the CfA Junior Thesis prize for this work. After graduation she went to the University of Cambridge for her Master s degree and is now a graduate student in astronomy at UC Berkeley. dobler@kitp.ucsb.edu 4

5 References - indicates letter of reference available upon request Douglas P. Finkbeiner Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MS 51 M/S Garden St 4800 Oak Grove Drive Krzysztof M. Górski (Planck Scientist) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Cambridge, MA Pasadena, CA dfinkbeiner@cfa.harvard.edu krzysztof.m.gorski@jpl.nasa.gov Lars Bildsten S. Peng Oh Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Physics Kohn Hall Broida Hall Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara, CA bildsten@kitp.ucsb.edu peng@physics.ucsb.edu Neal Weiner Charles R. Keeton New York University Rutgers University 4 Washington Place 136 Frelinghuysen Road New York, NY Piscataway, NJ neal.weiner@nyu.edu keeton@physics.rutgers.edu Charles R. Lawrence (Planck Co-I) Jet Propulsion Laboratory M/S Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA charles.lawrence@jpl.nasa.gov dobler@kitp.ucsb.edu 5