Education Dr. Bailey E. Tetarenko Department of Physics University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada Email: btetaren@ualberta.ca Ph.D., Physics September 2014-August 2018 Supervisor: Gregory R. Sivakoff Thesis Title: Constraining the Physics of the X-ray Irradiated Accretion Discs in Lowmass X-ray Binaries with Observations M.Sc., Physics September 2012-August 2014 Supervisor: Gregory R. Sivakoff Thesis Title: The Definitive All-Sky Observational Study Of Accretion Disc Physics In Galactic Black Hole X-ray Binaries B.Sc. (Hons), Astrophysics University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada September 2006-April 2012 Research & Employment McLaughlin Fellow University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA September 2018-Present Graduate Student September 2012-August 2018 Research Assistant September-December 2011 University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada Refereed Publications B.E. Tetarenko, G. Dubus, J.-P. Lasota, C.O. Heinke, G.R. Sivakoff, 2018, MNRAS, 480, 2 B.E. Tetarenko, J.-P. Lasota, C.O. Heinke, G. Dubus, G.R. Sivakoff, 2018, Nature, 554, 69 B.E. Tetarenko, A. Bahramian, R.M. Arnason, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, S. Repetto, C.O. Heinke, T.J. Maccarone, L. Chomiuk, G.R. Sivakoff, J. Strader, F. Kirsten, W. Vlemmings, 2016, ApJ, 825, 1 B.E. Tetarenko, G.R. Sivakoff, C.O. Heinke, J.C. Gladstone, 2016, ApJS, 222, 15 Page 1 of 5
Non-Refereed Publications B.E. Tetarenko, A. Bahramian, R.M. Arnason, J.C.A. Miller-Jones, S. Repetto, C.O. Heinke, T.J. Maccarone, L. Chomiuk, G.R. Sivakoff, J. Strader, F. Kirsten, W. Vlemmings, 2016, Chandra X-ray Observatory Press Release - Clandestine Black Hole May Represent New Population Presentations, Seminars, and Posters Invited Talks Astrophysics Seminar November 2017 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Disks17: Confronting MHD Theories of Accretion Disks with March 2017 Observations Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP), Santa Barbara, CA, USA SEAL Colloqium Febuary 2016 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA Milky Way Nights Symposium July 2011 Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Calgary, AB, Canada Contributed Talks 42nd Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Assembly July 2018 Pasadena, CA, USA From quiescence to outburst: when microquasars go wild September 2017 Ile de Porquerolles, France Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting 2017 May 2017 Shining into the Heart of Darkness: Black Hole Accretion September 2016 and Jets Kathmandu, Nepal Stellar Remnants at the Junction June 2016 Junction, TX, USA American Astronomical Society High Energy Astrophysics August 2014 Division (HEAD) Meeting Chicago, IL, USA Posters Stellar Remnants at the Junction June 2016 Junction, TX, USA Time-domain Astrophysics with Swift October 2015 Clemson University, SC, USA Canadian Astronomical Society Annual Meeting 2014 June 2014 Quebec City, QC, Canada Stellar Tango at the Rockies March 2014 Lake Louise, AB, Canada Page 2 of 5
Professional Societies Canadian Astronomical Society Grants and Awards Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Level (15,000 CAD) 2017-2018 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Level (15,000 CAD) 2016-2017 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Level (15,000 CAD) 2015-2016 University of Alberta PhD Recruitment Scholarship (10,000 CAD) 2014-2015 ALIS Alberta Scholarship Program Graduate Student Scholarship (3,000 CAD) 2014-2015 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Master s Level (10,800 CAD) 2013-2014 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship - Master s Level (10,800 CAD) 2012-2013 University of Calgary Admissions Scholarship (1,250 CAD) 2006 Professional Experience University Observatory Assistant September-December 2017 University of Alberta,Edmonton, AB, Canada Lead and organized scientific sessions for both public (day-time solar & night-time) observing and undergraduate course lab requirements. Volunteer for the Canadian Astronomical Society Meeting (CASCA 2017) June 2017 Volunteered and assisted organizing CASCA 2017 held at the University of Alberta. Astrophysics Research Group Leader September 2014-August 2018 University of Alberta,Edmonton, AB, Canada Lead and organized the astrophysics research group meetings, including journal club and astro-seminars. Observational Astronomy Internship May-August 2011 Rothney Astrophysical Observatory,Calgary, AB, Canada Astronomical imaging and data reduction of various variable stars, globular clusters and nebulae, as well as optimization/calibration of various telescopes. Teaching Astrophysics Research Group Student Advisor September 2014-August 2018 Developed and implemented an Introduction to Astro Grad School course for in-coming students, teaching computational techniques and software, presentation skills, and literature review basics. Page 3 of 5
Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Physics Labs September 2012-April 2018 Led laboratory sessions on the subjects of Mechanics, Electromagnetism and Engineering Physics. Supervisor to Undergraduate Student May 2017-August 2017 Lead an undergraduate student, who was a part of the Mitacs Globalink Research Internship program, through a summer research project. Telescope Technician May-August 2011 Rothney Astrophysical Observatory, Calgary, AB, Canada Provided demonstrations to the general public of the Clark-Milone Telescope (CMT). Junior Lab Assistant May-August 2011 University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada Prepared academic demonstrations of physical principles and led laboratory/tutorial sessions for undergraduate and high school level physics courses. Allocated Observing Time co-i: Swift XRT/UVOT monitoring of the low-extinction black hole X-ray binary Swift J1357.2-0933 Swift - ToO (PI: Gregory Sivakoff) Time Awarded: 44 observations for a total of 15 hrs co-i: Simultaneous ASTROSAT + Multiwavelength Observations of the Prototypical Transient Black Hole X-ray Binary GX339-4 ASTROSAT - Cycle A02, A03, A04 (PI: Gregory Sivakoff) Time Awarded: 60 ks (A02), 54 ks (A03), 54 ks (A04) co-i: The first confirmation and mass measurement of a stellar-mass black hole discovered in a quiescent low-mass X-ray binary GTC - 2017A (PI: Jorge Casares) Time Awarded: 8 hrs co-i: Determining the nature of donor stars in sub-luminous transient X-ray binaries GEMINI - 2016A,2017A (PI: Arash Bahramian) Time Awarded: 7 hrs (16A), 7 hrs (17A) PI: The first confirmation and mass measurement of a stellar-mass black hole discovered in a quiescent low-mass X-ray binary GEMINI 2016B (fast-turnaround) Time Awarded: 1.4 hrs PI: Identifying the Counterpart of Two Candidate Black Hole X-ray Binaries GEMINI 2015A Time Awarded: 4.6 hrs Page 4 of 5
Skills Computational Techniques: Extensive knowledge of Ubuntu and MacOSX operating systems. Knowledge and expertise in multiple programming languages: including, Python (expert), Perl (intermediate), C++, Fortran, and IDL (basic). Publication experience in LaTEX and MS Office. Database/WEB Services experience in MySQL, HTML, and PHP. Implementation and use of cloud computing platforms Observational Data Analysis Techniques: Expert in analysis of spectroscopic and time-series data from multiple X-ray telescopes including: RXTE, Swift, MAXI, INTEGRAL, Chandra, and NuStar. Expert in analysis of infrared single-slit and integral-field spectroscopic data from the Gemini Observatory (GMOS and NIFS). Expert user of astrophysical data software for X-ray (FTools, XSpec/pyXspec, DS9) and infrared (IRAF/pyRAF) data analysis. Statistical Techniques: Extensive knowledge of data-mining and astro-statistics techniques for large data sets. Expert in advanced bayesian statistical methods with astrophysical applications ranging from X-ray spectral fitting and broad-band Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) modelling, to advanced hierarchical modelling of accretion discs. Page 5 of 5