-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A PDF of this document exists at: http://www.chara.gsu.edu/~jpm/cv.pdf -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-