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CURRICULUM VITAE
John P. McFarland
Contact Information
John P. McFarland
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4106
Atlanta, GA 30302-4106 U.S.A
Phone: 1-404-651-1363
Fax: 1-404-651-1389
E-mail: jpm@chara.gsu.edu
URL: www.chara.gsu.edu/~jpm/
Personal Information
Born 17 Mar 1969 in Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Served in the U.S. Air Force from Mar 1987 to Mar 1991
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Astronomy, Georgia State University (GSU)
12/2001 M.S. Physics (Astronomy Concentration), GSU
05/1998 B.S. Astronomy, University of Florida
05/1995 A.A. Physical Sciences, Brevard Community College,
Cocoa, Florida
Positions Held
02/2003-09/2004 Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope
System (SMARTS) 0.9m Telescope Coordinator
08/2001-07/2002 Science Laboratory Instructor, 4th grade, Nickajack
Elementary School, Smyrna, GA
01/2001-05/2001 Visiting Lecturer, Introductory Astronomy, GSU
1999-present Network System Administrator, GSU
1998-present Graduate Research Assistant, GSU
1998-present Graduate Teaching Assistant, GSU
Awards
02/2003-09/2004 SMARTS Fellowship Recipient
2001-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Recipient
Professional Memberships
American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Observatories and Telescopes
Hard Labor Creek Observatory (HLCO), Rutledge, GA
- 0.4m Boller and Chivens Telescope
- 0.4m Meade LX200 Telescope
- 1.0m (effective) Multi Telescope Telescope
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ
- 1.05m Hall Telescope
- 1.8m Perkins Telescope
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile
- 0.9m SMARTS Telescope
Emory University Observatory, Decatur, GA
- 0.6m DFM Telescope
Computer Skills and Languages
OS experience: Linux, Windows, Solaris, Mac OS, DOS, OS/2
Scripting: BASH, CSH, AWK, IRAF, PERL, PYTHON, CGI
Programming: C, C++, IDL, FORTRAN, PMIS (Photometrics)
Markup: HTML, TeX, LaTeX
Networking: DNS, YP/NIS, NFS, FTP, Web, security,
firewalling
Public Outreach
08/1998-present Managed various Open Houses at HLCO
08/2001-07/2002 Participated in Curriculum enhancement for 4th grade
science laboratory at Nickajack Elementary
1999 Assisted with Astronomy events at Georgia Science Olympiad
Publications
"Multi-wavelength Investigation of the Variability of the Blazars
PKS 1510-089, PKS 1514-241, PKS 1622-297, and PKS 2155-304"
McFarland, J. P. & Miller, H. R. AAS Meeting 203, #79.05, (2003)
"The Optical Variability Timescales for the Blazar PKS 2201+044"
Ryle W. T. et al. AAS Meeting 203, #79.02, (2003)
"An Investigation of the Optical Microvariability of the Blazar PG
0735+178" McFarland, J. P. et al. AAS Meeting 202, #42.16,
(2003)
"Amplitude and Frequency Variability of the Pulsating DB White
Dwarf Stars KUV 05134+2605 and PG 1654+160 Observed with the Whole
Earth Telescope" Handler, G. et al. MNRAS, 340, 1031, (2003)
"An Investigation of the Optical Microvariability for the Blazar
3C 446" McFarland, J. P. et al. AAS Meeting 199, #98.05; BAAS,
33, 1453, (2001)
"Day-Scale Variability of 3C 279 and Searches for Correlations in
Gamma-Ray, X-Ray, and Optical Bands" Hartman, R. C. et al. ApJ,
558, 583 (2001)
"Multiepoch Multiwavelength Spectra and Models for Blazar 3C 279"
Hartman, R. C. et al. ApJ, 553, 683 (2001)
"Detection of the Faint Companion in the Massive Binary HD 199579"
Williams, A. M. et al. ApJ, 548, 425 (2001)
"A Search for Optical Microvariability in a Sample of Narrow-Line
Seyfert 1 Galaxies" Ferrara, E. C. et al. ASP Conference
Proceedings, 224, 319, (2001)
"A Possible Optical/Gamma-Ray Short-Term Correlation in 3C 279"
Hartman, R. C. et al. ASP Conference Proceedings, 224, 249 (2001)
"Blazar Microvariability" Miller, H. R. et al. ASP Conference,
224, 63, (2001)
"The 3C 279 campaign of winter 1999: a gamma-optical correlation?"
Hartman, R. C. et al. Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana,
72, 141, (2001)
The Rapid Variability of BL Lac" Miller, H. R. et al. HEAD
Meeting #32, #05.09; BAAS, 32, 1191, (2000)
"Evidence of Rapid Optical Variability in Selected Narrow-line
Seyfert 1 Galaxies" Miller, H. R. et al. New Astronomy Reviews,
44, 539, (2000)
"A Search for Rapid Optical Variability in Selected Narrow-Line
Seyfert 1 Galaxies" Wilson, J. W. et al. AAS Meeting 195,
#115.06; BAAS, 31, 1543, (1999)
"A New Orbit For The Massive Binary HD 199579" Williams, A. M. et
al. AAS Meeting 195, #76.10; BAAS, 31, 1484, (1999)
"The Variability of the Blazar, OF 038" McFarland, J. P. et al.
AAS Meeting 195, #16.05; BAAS, 31 1397, (1999)
"The Microvariability of BL Lac During the 1997-1999 Outburst"
Ferrara, E. C. et al. AAS Meeting 195, #16.04; BAAS, 31, 1396,
(1999)
References
H. R. Miller, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4106
Atlanta, GA 30302-4106 U.S.A.
- miller@chara.gsu.edu
Douglas R. Gies, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4106
Atlanta, GA 30302-4106 U.S.A.
- gies@chara.gsu.edu
Todd J. Henry, Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4106
Atlanta, GA 30302-4106 U.S.A.
- thenry@chara.gsu.edu
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