| 2004-2008 | Alumni Fellow/Research Assistant, U. of Florida, supervisor: Dr. Steven Eikenberry |
| | * Lead collaborations and composed papers for publication in the Astrophysical Journal. |
| | * Composed research proposals and traveled to various telescopes to perform observations. |
| | * Presented my work at a number of astronomy conferences. |
| | * Served as a member of the Local Organizing Committee for 'A Population Explosion' conference held in St Petersburg, FL in 2007. |
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| 2003-2004 | Alumni Fellow, U. of Florida, supervisor: Dr. Vicki Sarajedini |
| | * Collected, analyzed, and interpreted data from the Hubble Space Telescope |
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| 2000-2002 | Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins U., supervisor: Dr. Wei Zheng |
| | * Correlated data catalogs from ground and space-based observatories |
| | * Assessed techniques for data analysis |
| | * Published work in the Astrophysical Journal |
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| June-August 2001 | REU Student, Kitt Peak National Observatory, supervisor: Dr. Buell Januzzi |
| | * Developed data analysis techniques that were applied in a number of publications. |
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| June-August 1999 | Summer Student, STScI, supervisors: John MacKenty/M. Sally Oey |
| | * Assessed capabilities of instrument under development |
| | * Analyzed population statistics |
| | * Published work in the Astronomical Journal |
| 2002- 2008 | Participated in several outreach events with the Department of Astronomy and Graduate
Astronomy Organization at the University of Florida.
- Assisted Campus Teaching Observatory Public Night Program.
- Planned and led group activities for Elementary age children.
- Assisted with organization and implementation of profession development workshops
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| 2001-2002 | Planned, coordinated, and directed “Hopkins Science Mania”, a summer science camp
hosted at Johns Hopkins University, funded by the JHU Office of Public Outreach and the Maryland Space Grant Consortium, targeting middle school children in Baltimore, MD.
- Hired and managed a team of 8 full time employees
- Coordinated volunteers over multiple departments
- Developed educational activities and programming
- Coordinated field trips
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| 2000-2002 | Directed and taught dance as part of an after school program at Margaret Brent
Elementary School, Baltimore, MD |
| 2008 | Mikles, V. J.; Varniere, P.; Eikenberry, S. S.; Rodriguez, J.; Rothstein, D. M. "QPO
Frequency - Color Radius Connection in GRS 1915+105: Observational Evidence Supporting
AEI Predictions," 2008, Astrophysical Journal Letters, submitted.
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| 2008 | Mikles, V. J.; Eikenberry, S. S.; Muno, M. P.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M. "Discovery and
Interpretation of an X-ray Period in the Galactic Center X-ray Source
CXOGC J174536.1-2856," 2008, Astrophysical Journal, in press.
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| 2006 | Mikles, V. J.; Eikenberry, S. S.; Muno, M. P.; Bandyopadhyay, R. M.; Patel, S. "Identification
of the Infrared Counterpart to a Newly Discovered X-Ray Source in the Galactic Center," 2006,
Astrophysical Journal, 651, 408.
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| 2006 | Mikles, V. J.; Eikenberry, S. S.; & Rothstein, D. M. "Does Low Frequency X-ray QPO
Behavior in GRS 1915+105 Influence Subsequent X-ray and Infrared Evolution?"
2006, Astrophysical Journal, 637, 978.
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| 2005 | Zheng, W.; Mikles, V. J.; Mainieri; V., Hasinger, G.; Rosati, P.; Wolf, C.; Norman, C.;
Szokoly, G.; Gilli, R.; Tozzi, P.; Wang, J. X.; Zirm, A.; Giacconi, R. "Photometric Redshift
of X-Ray Sources in the Chandra Deep Field-South," 2004, Astrophysical Journal
Supplemental Series, 155, 73.
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| 2003 | Brown, M. J. I.; Dey, A.; Jannuzi, B. T.; Lauer, T. R.; Tiede, G. P.; Mikles, V. J. "Red
Galaxy Clustering in the NOAO Deep Wide-Field Survey," 2003, Astrophysical Journal,
597, 225.
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| 2003 | Oey, M. S.; Parker, J. S.; Mikles, V. J.; Zhang, X. "H II Regions in Spiral Galaxies:
Size Distribution, Luminosity Function, and New Isochrone Diagnostics of Density-Wave
Kinematic," 2003, Astronomical Journal, 126, 2317.
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