CURRICULUM VITAE

ALCESTE BONANOS

Work Address:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, DTM
5241 Broad Branch Road
Washington, DC 20015, USA
tel: (202) 478-8859
fax: (202) 478-8821
e-mail: bonanos at dtm.ciw.edu
WWW: http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/bonanos/

Citizenship:

US

EDUCATION:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ph.D. in Astronomy	2005
PhD Thesis Topic: Distances to Nearby Galaxies
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Stanek
M.A. in Astronomy	2002
WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
B.A. in Astronomy and Physics	2000

EMPLOYMENT:

	CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, Washington, District of Columbia
	DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM
	Vera Rubin Fellow 2005 - present
	HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts
	DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY
	Teaching Assistant for Science A-35 (Introductory Astronomy) 2001 - 2002
	WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
	DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
	Tutor for Physics 107/108 (Introductory Mechanics/Electromagnetism) 1998 - 2000
	HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS, Cambridge, Massachusetts
	SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY
	REU Summer Intern 1999
	WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
	DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY
	Summer Research Assistant 1998, 1997

DISTINCTIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS:

	Fireman Prize, Harvard University 2005
	Durant Scholar, magna cum laude, Wellesley College 2000
	Phyllis J. Fleming Prize for Distinction in Physics, Wellesley College 2000
	Phi Beta Kappa, Wellesley College 2000
	Sigma Xi, Wellesley College 2000

MISCELLANEOUS:

	Senior Personnel of the NSF Grant AST-0707982: ``Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'',
	$360,000 awarded in 2007-2010.
	Have 16 papers in refereed journals (8 as the first author, 5 as the second/third author),
	3 GCN circulars. Publications cited >350 times to date.
	Seminar coordinator at Carnegie/DTM (Fall 2007, Spring 2008).
	Invited talks at Hawaii, Catolica (Chile), STScI, Toronto, NRL, USNO, CTIO, NASA/Goddard, UCSB, ESO (Chile).
	Work described in general audience articles in: Nature, CNN, USA Today, Boston Globe,
	Time Magazine, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now, Science Now.
	Fluent in Greek, conversant in Russian, reading knowledge of French.

SELECTED ALLOCATIONS OF TELESCOPE TIME:

	DUPONT, 2.5-m telescope
	Most Massive Stars Survey (LMC, Westerlund 2, Quintuplet) - PI          $31$ nights in 2005-2008
	MAGELLAN, 6.5-m telescope
	Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund 1 and the LMC - PI           17 nights in 2006-2008
	GEMINI OBSERVATORY, 8-m telescope
	The DIRECT Distance to M33 - PI         $17$ hrs in 2004, 33 hrs in 2007
	SWOPE, 1-m telescope
	Surveying Westerlund 1, the LMC, and RCW 38 - PI          $63$ nights in 2006-07
	HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, Cycle 15 (GO 10919)
	Zeropoint of the Cosmic Distance Scale - CoI          $1$ orbit in 2007
	GEMINI OBSERVATORY, 8-m telescope
	Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster - PI          $1.4$ nights in 2006
	MMT OBSERVATORY, 6.5-m telescope
	Accurate Parameters of Massive Stars in M31 and M33 - PI          $5.5$ nights in 2004
	W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY, 10-m telescope
	Spectroscopy of Detached Eclipsing Binaries in M31/M33 - CoI          $11$ half-nights in 2002 - 2004

PUBLICATIONS:

Refereed journals:

1. ``Towards an Accurate Determination of Parameters for Very Massive Stars: the Eclipsing Binary LMC-SC1-105'', A.Z.Bonanos, submitted to ApJ (astro-ph/0807.3742)

2. ``'Slow' and Fast Rotators among Hypervelocity Stars", M. López-Morales & A.Z.Bonanos, submitted to ApJL (astro-ph/0802.2945)

3. ``Low Metallicity Indicates that the Hypervelocity Star HE 0437-5439 was Ejected from the LMC'', A.Z.Bonanos, M. López-Morales, I.Hunter, R.S.I. Ryans 2008, ApJ, 675, L77

4. ``The Initial-Final Mass Relationship of White Dwarfs in Common Proper Motion Pairs'', S.Catalan, J.Isern, E.Garcia-Berro, et al. (incl. A.Z.Bonanos) 2008, A&A, 477, 213

5. ``Variability of Young Massive Stars in the Galactic Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, AJ, 133, 2696

6. ``The Nature of the Variable Galactic Center Source GCIRS 16SW Revisited: A Massive Eclipsing Binary'', M.S.Peeples, A.Z.Bonanos, D.L.DePoy, et al. 2007, ApJ, 654, L61

7. ``The First DIRECT Distance Determination to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33'',
   A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, R.P.Kudritzki, L.M.Macri et al. 2006, ApJ, 652, 313

8. ``Detection of a Variable Infrared Excess Around SDSS 121209.31+013627.7'', J.H.Debes, M.López-Morales, A.Z.Bonanos, A.J.Weinberger 2006, ApJ, 647, L147

9. ``Deep Photometry of GRB 041006 Afterglow: Hypernova Bump at Redshift z = 0.71'', K.Z.Stanek, P.M.Garnavich, P.A.Nutzman, et al. (incl. A.Z.Bonanos) 2005, ApJ, 626, L5

10. ``The Luminosity of SN 1999by in NGC 2841 and the Nature of the "Peculiar" Type Ia Supernovae'', P.Garnavich, A.Z.Bonanos, et al. 2004, ApJ, 613, 1120

11. ``WR 20a is an Eclipsing Binary: Accurate Determination of Parameters for an Extremely Massive Wolf-Rayet System'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, A.Udalski et al. 2004, ApJ, 611, L33

12. ``The RR Lyrae Distance to the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, A.H.Szentgyorgyi, D.D.Sasselov & G.A.Bakos 2004, AJ, 127, 861

13. ``Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its Associated Supernova 2003dh: The First Two Months'', T.Matheson, P.M.Garnavich, K.Z.Stanek et al. (incl.  A.Z.Bonanos) 2003, ApJ, 599, 394

14. ``DIRECT Distances to Nearby Galaxies Using Detached Eclipsing Binaries and Cepheids. IX. Variables in the Field M31Y Discovered with Image Subtraction'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, D.D.Sasselov, B.J.Mochejska, L.M.Macri & J.Kaluzny 2003, AJ, 126, 175

15. ``Reanalysis of Very Large Telescope Data for M83 with Image Subtraction-Ninefold Increase in Number of Cepheids'', A.Z.Bonanos & K.Z.Stanek 2003, ApJ, 591, L111

16. ``An Optical Study of BG Geminorum: An Ellipsoidal Binary with an Unseen Primary Star'', P.J.Benson, ADullighan, A.Z.Bonanos, K.K.McLeod, S.J.Kenyon 2000, AJ, 119, 890

Selected Conference contributions:

1. Poster: ``A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, IAU Symposium 250 (Kauai; December 2007)

2. Talk: ``The Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, 8th Hellenic Astronomical Conference (Thassos, Greece; September 2007)

3. Poster: ``Magnetic Activity on the Degenerate Secondary Star in EF Eri'', S.Kafka, S.B.Howell, F.M.Walter, A.Z.Bonanos, D.Steeghs, 2006, BAAS, 209, 0917

4. Invited Review Talk: ``Eclipsing Binaries as Calibrators of the Extragalactic Distance Scale and Probes of the Most Massive Stars'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Massive Stars: Fundamental Parameters and Circumstellar Interactions'', (Carilo, Argentina, December 2006)

5. Invited Review Talk: ``Eclipsing Binaries in Local Group Galaxies'', A.Z.Bonanos 2006, IAU Symposium 240, 79 (astro-ph/0610923)

6. Invited Talk: ``Massive Extragalactic Eclipsing Binaries'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Calibrating the Top of the Stellar Mass-Luminosity Relation'', 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 5, 16 August 2006

7. Poster: ``Fundamental Parameters of the Most Massive Stars in the Magellanic Clouds'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Massive Stars: From Pop III and GRBs to the Milky Way'' (Baltimore, May 2006)

8. Talk: ``The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, R.P.Kudritzki, et al. 2006, Ap&SS, 53 ``Close Binaries in the 21st Century'' (Syros, Greece, June 2005)

9. Talk: ``The Most Massive Stars in the Local Group: Measuring Accurate Masses of Stars in Eclipsing Binaries'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, ``The Fate of the Most Massive Stars'' (Wyoming, May 2004), ASP Conf. Ser. 332, 257

10. Talk: ``Determining Accurate Distances to Nearby Galaxies'', A.Z.Bonanos, Proceedings of the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference (September 2003, astro-ph/0312310)

11. Poster: ``DIRECT Distances to Nearby Galaxies Using Detached Eclipsing Binaries and Cepheids. Variables in Field M31Y.'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, D.D.Sasselov,
    B.J.Mochejska, L.M.Macri & J.Kaluzny 2002, BAAS, 201, 0408

12. Poster: ``Stellar Metallicity Enhancement by Exoplanet Consumption'',
    K.T.Hole, D.D.Sasselov, P.T.Kondratko, C.O.Heinke, S.Schnee, A.Z.Bonanos & G.Ball 2001, BAAS, 199, 6111

13. Poster: ``The Sub-Luminous Type Ia Supernova 1999by'', A.Z.Bonanos, P.M.Garnavich, E.Schlegel, S.Jha, P.Challis, R.Kirshner, K.Hatano, D.Branch 1999, BAAS, 195, 3806

14. Talk: ``The Variable Star BG Geminorum'', A.Z.Bonanos 1998, Proceedings of the 1998 Undergraduate Symposium on Research in Astronomy, Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium, held 2-3 October, 1998 at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, p.17