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Joanna M. Taylor
Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 338-4501 jotaylor@stsci.edu http://www.stsci.edu/~jotaylor/

EMPLOYMENT

Research and Instrument Analyst 2012-present Space Telescope Science Institute Functional support of the COS and STIS spectrographs onboard HST; calibration support and analysis; assisting users with data reduction and analysis; delivery and installation of instrument reference files. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN B.S. in Astronomy/Astrophysics and Physics Minors in Mathematics and Italian 2012

EDUCATION

FUNCTIONAL WORK

Research and Instrument Analysis Branch RIA Training 2013-present Train newly-hired RIAs by presenting a short introduction to HST spectrographs. Edit and update spectroscopy training exercises as needed. Grade and offer corrections to training exercises. Trained 16 RIAs to date. COS and STIS Instrument Help Desk Interact with users and provide answers and advice on any spectrographs questions. STScI Triage Help Desk Route incoming help calls to appropriate teams. HST TAC Panel Support Scientist 2012-present

2013-2015 2013

STIS Calibration and Support STIS Calibration Monitors 2013- present Analysis Lead for four calibration programs in Cycle 21- CCD Performance Monitor, CCD Dark Monitor, CCD Bias and Readnoise Monitor, and CCD Hot Pixel Annealing. PI of same programs for Cycle 22. Prepare Phase 1 and 2s, analyze data, upload to webpages, and write summaries for end-of-cycle calibration ISR. STIS PR Testing Tested 8 STIS Problem Reports to date. 2013-present


CalSTIS Testing 2012-2013 Tested the new IRAF-independent version of the CalSTIS Pipeline. COS Calibration and Support COS Hotspot Support 2015-present Verify that new CalCOS code correctly flags hotspots in FUV data and is recorded in corrtags, x1ds, and x1dsums. COS FUV LP3 Support 2014-present Test new optimal extraction, including trace correction, encircled energy calculation, x1d column outputs, DQ flag assessment, DQ blurring and shifting. Report any bugs to be fixed. Perform regression testing. COS LSFs 2014 Generate COS Line Spread Functions for all Lifetime Positions. Learned Code V, VMWare, and Mathematica to create and analyze LSFs. COS NUV TDS 2013-present Co-I on Cycle 21 program. PI on Cycle 22 and 23 programs. Prepare Phase 1 and 2s, analyze data, write summary in end-of-cycle ISR. COS PR Testing Tested 7 COS Problem Reports to date 2013-present

COS Repository 2012-present Maintain and update COS data repository including retrieving new COS data, calibrating it, and updating a database used to track all exposures. Automated many manual data retrieval and calibration routines. ReDCaT Team (formerly CRDS Team) 2012-present Delivery of reference files that have been sent by all instrument teams. Test and validate reference files to be ingested into DP, DADS, and CRDS. Assist in CDBS to CRDS transition by testing CRDS functions and delivering files to 4 systems for each delivery. Pipeline Deputy 2014-present Assist pipeline lead with tracking/testing PRs, overseeing pipeline development for COS and STIS, track reference file and dataset changes, and track database modifications. Submit testing PRs as needed. Interface with DP, DMS, Archive, CRDS, and SSB on behalf of COS and STIS. Assist or lead pipeline and software meetings. Testing for a Recoiling Supermassive Black Hole 2015-present in the Giant core of BCG 2261 Supervisor: Dr. Marc Postman Calibrate and analyze STIS long-slit spectral data in order to search for evidence of a recoiling supermassive black hole. Includes testing new STIS CTI correction code, correcting STIS fringing, and devising a method

RESEARCH SUPPORT


to co-add visits and extract three spatially clustered spectra. 2015

COURSES TAKEN

SciPy Tutorials Attended four 4-hour tutorials on python programming at SciPy conference. Advanced Python Course Course offered by Wesley Emeneker of Continuum Analytics. Software Carpentry Course Course offered by Greg Wilson of Software Carpentry Scientific Python Course Course offered by SSB at Space Telescope Science Institute

2015 2013 2012-2013

COMPUTER SKILLS

Programming Languages Python, Fortran, IDL, SuperMongo, Mathematica Astronomical Software IRAF/PyRAF, DS9, APT, Code V Tools LaTeX, Vim, git, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint Research Assistant, Indiana University 2010-2012 Advisor: Dr. John J. Salzer Determinations of active galaxy metallicities; 3-dimensional representations of large-scale structure and distribution; investigations of environmental influences on the chemical evolution of galaxies such as metallicity, luminosity, and star-formation rate. Research Intern, National Optical Astronomy Observatory Summer 2011 Advisor: Dr. Dara Norman Investigation of X-ray selected AGN in a merging cluster environment; reduction and analysis of Gemini galaxy spectra and redshift determinations. Research Intern, Lowell Observatory Summer 2010 Advisor: Dr. Philip Massey Spectroscopic studies of yellow supergiants in M31 and using the O I 7774 line as a luminosity indicator; determining M31 stars' radial velocities and creating a program to automatically measure O I 7774 equivalent width. Research Assistant, Indiana University 2008-2010 Advisor: Dr. Catherine A. Pilachowski Spectroscopic studies of stars in the open cluster NGC 752; determination of metal abundances using MOOG. Photometric studies of variable stars;

PREVIOUS WORK EXP.


light curve analysis and periodicity determinations.

OBSERVING EXPERIENCE

Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO (WIYN) 0.9m telescope Kitt Peak National Observatory 4 nights Steward Observatory 61" Kuiper Telescope Steward Observatory, Tucson, AZ 1 night KPNO 2.1m telescope Kitt Peak National Observatory 5 nights WIYN 3.5m telescope Kitt Peak National Observatory 3 nights

March 2012

July 2011

July 2011

June 2011

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Astronomical Society Society of Physics Students

2010-present 2010-present

PUBLICATIONS

Technical Instrument Reports Taylor, Joanna, Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Jedrzejewski, R., Ely, J., Oliveira, C. 2015, TIR COS 2015-02, COS Optimal Extraction Trace Correction Verification Hernandez, S., Aloisi, A., Cox, A., Ely, J., Lockwood, S., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Sana, H., Taylor, Joanna. 2015, TIR STIS 2014-02, Overview of the STIS Monitoring Program Instrument Science Reports Sana, H., Fox, A., Roman-Duval, J., Ely, J., Cox, C., DiFelice, A., Hernandez, S., Lockwood, S., Oliveira, C., Proffitt, C., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna, Welty, A., Wheeler, T. 2015, ISR STIS 2015-XX, In Prep, Summary of the STIS Cycle 21 Calibration Program Sana, H., Fox, A., Roman-Duval, J., Ely, Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Sahn Taylor, Joanna, Welty, A., Wheeler, T. In Prep, Summary of the COS Cycle 21 Calib J ., B o s tr o e m , A ., L o c k w o o d , S ., ow, D., Sonnentrucker, P., 2015, ISR COS 2015-XX, ra tio n P ro g ra m

Papers Turner, J., Smart, B., Hardegree-Ulmann, K. Carleton, T., WalkerLaFollette, A., Crawford, B., Smith, C., McGraw, A., Small, L., Rocchetto, M., Cunningham, K., Towner, A., Zellem, R., Robertson, A., Guvenen, B., Schwarz, K., Hardegree-Ullman, E., Collura, D., Henz, T., Lejoly, C., Richardson, L., Weinand, M., Taylor, Joanna, Daugherty,


M., Wilson, A., Austin, C. 2013, MNRAS, 428, 1. Conference Proceedings Sahnow, D., Becker, G., Debes, J., Ely, J., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna. Characterizing, controlling, and correcting distortions in the COS FUV detector. SPIE; Aug 2015; in prep Posters Ely, J., Becker, G., Biretta, J., Debes, J., Fox, A., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Monroe, T., Oliveira, C., Peeples, M., Penton, S., Plesha, R., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sahnow, D., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna, Walborn, N. Updates to the Performance and Calibration of the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope. IAU General Assembly; Aug. 2015; #2255542 Oliveira, C., Becker, G., Debes, J., Ely, J., Fox, A., Jedrzejewski, R., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Monroe, T., Peeples, M., Penton, S., Plesha, R., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sahnow, D., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna, Walborn, N. Performance of the HST Cosmic Origins Spectrograph FUV Channel at Lifetime Position 3. IAU General Assembly; Aug. 2015; #2257613 Sahnow, D., Debes, J., Ely, J., Fox, A., Hernandez, S., Hodge, P., Jedrzejewski, R., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna. The Far Ultraviolet Channel of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on HST: Current Status and the Upcoming Lifetime Move. AAS #225; Jan. 2015; #338.10.

Taylor, Joanna, Bostroem, K. A., Debes, J., Ely, J., Hernandez, S.,

Hodge, P., Jedrzejewski, R., Lindsay, K., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sahnow, D., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P. Changes to the Spectral Extraction Algorithm At the Third COS FUV Lifetime Position. AAS #225; Jan 2015; #338.48 Ely, J., Bostroem, K. A., Debes, J., Hernandez, S., Hodge, P., Jedrzejewski, R., Lindsey, K., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Roman-Duval, J., Sahnow, D., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna. Advanced Time-domain Calibrations and DataReduction Techniques with HST/COS. AAS #224; June 2014; #122.07. Proffitt, C., Bostroem, K. A., Debes, J., Ely, J., Hernandez, S., Hodge, P., Jedrzejewski, R., Lindsey, K., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Penton, S., Roman-Duval, J., Sahnow, D., Sana, H., Sonnentrucker, P., Taylor, Joanna. Moving COS FUV Spectra to the Third COS FUV Lifetime Position. AAS #224; June 2014; #122.08. Sonnentrucker, P., Bostroem, K. A., Ely, J., Debes, J., DiFelice, A., Hernandez, S., Hodge, P., Lindsey, K., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Roman-Duval, J., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Taylor, Joanna.


Update to the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph FUV Calibration: Improved Calibration Below 1150 Angstroms and Improved Absolute Flux Calibration at all Wavelengths. AAS #223; Jan. 2014; #149.25.

Taylor, Joanna, Aloisi, A., Bacinski J., Bostroem, K. A., Debes, J.,

Roman-Duval, J., Ely, J., DiFelice, A., Hernandez, S., Kriss, G., Hodge, P., Lindsey, K., Lockwood, S., Massa, D., Oliveira, C., Osten, R., Penton, S., Proffitt, C., Sahnow, D., Sonnentrucker, P., Wheeler, T. Updated Status and Performance for the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. AAS #222; June 2013; #316.06.

Taylor, Joanna, Norman, D., Soechting, I., Coldwell, G. X-Ray
Selected AGN in A Merging Cluster. AAS #219; Jan. 2012; #154.23.

Taylor, Joanna, Massey, P., Drout, M., Tokarz, S., Caldwell, N.
The O I 7774 Line as a Luminosity Indicator in M31. AAS #217; Jan. 2011; #153.16