Kevin V. Croxall

Contact 4055 McPherson Laboratory Voice: +1 (614) 688-7426 Information 140 West 18th Avenue Fax: +1 (614) 292-2928 Dept. of Astronomy E-mail: [email protected] The Ohio State University Web: www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~croxall Columbus, OH 43210 USA

Education Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Ph.D. Astronomy, April 2010 • Thesis Title: “Examining the Luminosity-Metallicity Relation of Galaxies” • Minor in Mathematics • Adviser: Liese van Zee M.A. Astronomy, Sept 2006

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA B.S. Physics, June 2003 • Minor in Mathematics

Research Galaxy evolution, abundance determinations and calibration, chemical mixing, evolution of the ISM. Interests

Research The Ohio State University: (Supervisors - Richard Pogge) Experience Extragalactic: Calibration of the abundance scale using optical spectroscopy from MODS on the Large Binocular Telescope. The University of Toledo: (Supervisor - J.D. Smith) Extragalactic: Heating and cooling processes in the ISM. Absolute calibration of nebular abundances using Far-IR emission. Indiana University: (Supervisors - Liese van Zee and Constantine Deliyannis) Extragalactic: Chemical evolution of local volume galaxies. Detailed abundance analysis of HII re- gions. Modeling galaxy rotation curves. Stellar: Stellar evolution via lithium depletion. Cluster properties via calibrated photometry. Brigham Young University: (Supervisors - Benjamin Taylor and Mike Joner) Statistical: Differences in stellar populations between stars hosting and not hosting exoplanets. Stellar: Performed differential photometry on numerous variable stars. The University of Toledo: (Supervisors - Nancy Morrison and Karen Bjorkman) Stellar: REU Analyzing disk emission via variable Hα profiles in Be Stars

Data Analysis Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy: & Observing LBT: MODS; Gemini: GMOS; WIYN: HYDRA; Blanco: HYDRA; WIYN 0.9m: Mosaic, S2KB; Experience KPNO 2.1m: CFIM; DAO-Plasktt: SITe-5; DAO-1.2m: SITe-4; DDT: Imager Near IR Imaging: SAAO-0.75m: Mk II Space-based observations: Spitzer: IRAC, IRS, MIPS; Herschel: PACS, SPIRE Radio observations: continuum and line observations with the VLA Data Pipelines: HIPE - PACS Spectral Cubes; IDL and IRAF - Multi-object Optical Spectroscopy Grants and • Awarded 7 hours of observing time on the Large Binocular Telescope, 2012 Awards PI: R. Pogge CoIs: E. Skillman, K. Croxall, D. Berg, F. Walter, & J. Moustakas • Awarded 15.3 hours of observing time on Herschel, 2011 PI: K. Croxall CoIs: J.D Smith, B. Groves, K. Sandstrom, R. Kennicutt Jr., & J. Moustakas ∼$75,000. Towards a Resolution of Uncertainties in Calibrating Nebular Abundances • Awarded 34.7 hours of observing time on Herschel, 2011 PI: K. Sandstrom; 14 CoIs ∼$43,000. [C II] Observations of the Unexplored Atomic Gas-Rich ISM in Nearby Galaxies • Awarded 52.8 hours of observing time on Herschel, 2011 PI: J.D. Smith CoIs: D. Dale, Y. Yang, C. Tremonti, A. Zabludo, T. Jarrett, S. Petty, K. Croxall, B. Draine, & F. Walter ∼$132,000. After the Fall: Probing Dust and Gas in Post-Starburst Galaxies with Herschel • Awarded 46.4 hours of observing time on Herschel , 2011 PI: A. Bolatto; 18 CoIs ∼$116,000. The Mass and Structure of Molecular Gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Herschel Legacy at Low Metallicity • Awarded 149.4 hours of observing time on Herschel, 2010 PI: J.D. Smith; 28 CoIs $375,313. Beyond the Peak: Resolved Far-Infrared Spectral Mapping of Nearby Galaxies with SPIRE/FTS • $1000. J & F Morgan Swain Fellowship, 2008 • $500. IU College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant, 2008 • $600. Goethe-Link Prize for Outreach & Public Education, 2005, 2006, 2007 • $30,000. Indiana Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship, 2006, 2007 • $2,500. Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, 2006. • Eagle Scout, 1993. Funding dependent on the completion of observations prior to exhaustion of cryogen

Teaching IU & UT, Substitute Instructor for upper and lower division Courses 2007-Present Experience NASA CAE Teaching Excellence Workshop Feb 2007 IU, Research Advisor for undergraduate student Walter Trentadue Summer 2006 IU, Research Advisor for undergraduate student Amandeep Gill Summer 2006 IU, Instructor A105 - Stars and Galaxies Summer 2004, Sept 2005 – July 2006 IU, Instructor for A100 - The Solar System, via IU Continuing Studies Sept 2005 – June 2009 Associate Instructor A100, A105, E105, A222 Sept 2003 – May 2005 Solar System, Stars & Galaxies, Life in the Universe, and General Astronomy BYU, Teaching Assistant for Physics & Astronomy Courses Sept 2001 – May 2003 P107, P108, P127, P227, P228, P329 St Louis de Senegal, Math Instructor - Marketplace Mathematics Summer 2000 LDS Missionary - Marseille France Oct 1997 – Nov 1999

Outreach & PACS Data Processing Users Group 2011 - 2012 Service Organized and ran weekly astrophysics journal club at the University of Toldeo 2009 - 2012

Croxall, K. – 2 of 5 Numerous Public and Group Observatory tours of Kirkwood Observatory 2003 - 2009 Organized Astronomy booth for the Indiana State Fair 2004, 2006 - 2009 Ran yearly Astronomy lab for Brownie Math & Science Program at Indiana Univ. 2003 - 2009 Organized and ran weekly Astronomy Lunch Talk Series at Indiana Univ. 2006 - 2007 New Faculty Hiring Committee, Indiana Univ 2006 Astronomy Outreach Coordinator, Indiana Univ 2006 Co-wrote and Filmed segment for PBS Children’s show ’The Friday Zone’ 2005

Refereed Strong Line Abundances in Well Resolved Nebula, Croxall, K. et al. 2012, in Prep. Publications Removing Temperature dependencies from Abundance determinations: NGC 0628, Croxall, K. et al. 2012, in Prep.

The CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor and Dust-to-Gas Ratio On Kilo-parsec Scales In Nearby Galaxies, Sandstrom, K. M. et al. 2012, in Prep.

Mapping the cold dust temperatures and masses of nearby KINGFISH galaxies with Herschel, Galametz, M. et al. (Croxall, K. author 9 of 21) 2012, MNRAS, 425, 763

A Study of Heating and Cooling in NGC 1097, Beir˜ao,P. et al. (Croxall, K. author 6 of 41) 2012, ApJ, 751, 144

Resolving the Far-IR Line Deﬁcit: Photoelectric Heating and Far-IR Line Cooling in NGC 1097 and NGC 4559, Croxall, K. V. et al. (+32 authors) 2012, Apj, 747, 81

Herschel Far-Infrared and Sub-millimeter Photometry for the KINGFISH Sample of Nearby Galax- ies, Dale, D. .A. (Croxall, K. author 15 of 42) et al. 2012, ApJ, 745, 95

KINGFISH – Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies: A Far-Infrared Survey with Herschel: Survey De- scription and Image Atlas, Kennicutt, R. C. et al. (Croxall, K. author 10 of 43)2011, PASP, 123, 1347

The Emission by Dust and Stars of Nearby Galaxies in the Herschel KINGFISH Survey, Skibba, R. A. et al. (Croxall, K. author 17 of 32) 2011, ApJ, 738, 89

Calibrating Extinction-free Star Formation Rate Diagnostics with 33 GHz Free-free Emission in NGC 6946, Murphy, E. J. et al. (Croxall, K. author 13 of 23), 2011, 737, 67

The 2001-2003 Low State of Nova Lacertae 1950 (DK Lac), Honeycutt R. K., Kafka, S., Jacobson, H., Henden, A. A., Hoﬀman, D., Maxwell, T., Robertson, J. W., & Croxall, K. 2011, AJ, 141, 122

The Displaced Dusty Interstellar Medium of NGC 3077: Tidal Stripping in the M 81 Triplet, Walter, F. et al. (Croxall, K. author 5 of 35) 2011, ApJ, 726L, 11

Far-infrared line imaging of the starburst ring in NGC 1097 with the Herschel/PACS spectrometer, Beir˜ao,P. et al. (Croxall, K. author 5 of 41) 2010, A&A, 518L, 60

Mapping far-IR emission from the central kiloparsec of NGC 1097, Sandstrom, K. et al. (Croxall, K. author 18 of 42) 2010, A&A, 518L, 59

Croxall, K. – 3 of 5 Enhanced dust heating in the bulges of early-type spiral galaxies, Engelbracht, C. W. et al. (Croxall, K. author 16 of 41) 2010, A&A, 518L, 56

Chemical Abundances of Seven Irregular and Three Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in the M81 Group, Crox- all, K.V., van Zee, L., Lee, H., Skillman, E.D., Lee, J.C., Cˆot´e,S., Kennicutt, R.C., & Miller, B.W. 2009, ApJ, 705, 723.

Lithium in the Intermediate-Age Open Cluster, NGC 3680, Anthony-Twarog, B.J., Deliyannis, C.P. Twarog, B.T., Croxall, K.V., & Cummings, J.D. 2009, AJ, 138, 1171.

The widths and peak metallicities of thin-disc metallicity distributions for solar neighbourhood dwarfs and giants, Taylor, B. J. & Croxall, K, 2005, MNRAS 357, 967.

Invited Talks University of Toledo Colloquium Feb 2013

Max-Planck-Institut f¨urAstronomie Colloquium Oct 2012

Ohio State University Colloquium Sept 2012

Conference Oxygen in the Far-IR: mapping nearby galaxies with Herschel, Croxall, K. V., Mapping Oxygen in Presentations the Universe, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, 2012

Fishing for the FIR Line Deﬁcit in the Local Swimming Hole: Heating and Cooling of Extragalactic ISMs in Early KINGFISH Data, Croxall, K. V. et al., IAP CEA From dust to galaxies, Paris, 2011.

Photoelectric Heating And The Physical Conditions Of The ISM: Observations Of NGC 4559 With The Herschel/PACS Spectrometer, Croxall et al. AAS 217.25508, 2011.

The Physical Conditions In The ISM: Observations Of NGC 4559 With The Herschel/PACS Spec- trometer, Croxall, K. V. et all, Stormy Cosmos, Pasadena 2010.

Heating and Cooling of Gas and Dust in the ISM of NGC 4559, WittFest, Toledo, 2010.

Analysis of Optical Imaging from the Local Volume Legacy Survey, Friberg, S. and 8 co-authors, AAS 215.45712, 2010.

Chemical Abundances of Dwarf Galaxies in the M81 Group, K. Croxall and 7 co-authors, AAS 213.41907, 2009.

Probing Second Parameters in the Luminosity-Metallicity Relation in the Local Universe, K. Croxall, The Cosmic Odyssey of the Elements, Aegina, Greece, 2008. http://www.luth.obspm.fr/aegina08/index.html

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Precision UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 1817, S. Ciampa and 6 co-authors, AAS 211.10405, 2007.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: UBVRI CCD Photometry of Open Cluster NGC 2506, C. Henderson and 6 co-authors, AAS 211.5819, 2007.

A Study Of Lithium And Iron Abundances In NGC 3680, B.J. Anthony-Twarog and 7 co-authors, AAS 211.5808, 2007.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Lithium in the Young and Metal-Poor Cluster M36, K. Croxall, J. Cummings, C.P. Deliyannis, & A. Steinhauer, AAS 209.16510, 2006.

Croxall, K. – 4 of 5 WIYN Open Cluster Study: Lithium Abundances in Dwarf Stars of the Old (6-7Gyr) Open Cluster NGC 188, A. Gill, K. Croxall, W. Trentadue, C.P. Deliyannis, & J.R. King, AAS 209.16509, 2006.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Signature(s) of Main Sequence Lithium Depletion Mechanism(s) from Subgiants of the Old (6-7Gyr) Open Cluster NGC 188, W. Trentadue, K. Croxall, A. Gill, C.P. Deliyannis, J.R. King, & L.J. Hainline, AAS 209.16508, 2006.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Precision UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 2506, J. Hughto, N. Lauﬀenburger, A. Steinhauer, C.P. Deliyannis, K. Croxall, & A. Sarajedini, AAS 209.16504, 2006.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Precision UBVRI CCD Photometry of the Open Cluster NGC 2420, A. Steinhauer, N. Lauﬀenburger, J. Hughto, C.P. Deliyannis, K. Croxall, A. Sarajedini, AAS 209.16503, 2006.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Lithium Depletion in the Hyades Aged Cluster NGC 6633, K. Croxall, J.D. Cummings, C.P. Deliyannis, A. Steinhauer, R.D. Jeﬀries, & S.J. Margheim, AAS 207.7109, 2005.

WIYN Open Cluster Study: Lithium in the Hyades-Aged NGC 2539, J.D. Cummings, K. Croxall, C.P. Deliyannis, A. Steinhauer, & S.J. Margheim, AAS 207.7107, 2005.

The Metallicity Histograms For Stars With Planets and Other Nearby Dwarfs, B.J. Taylor & K. Croxall, AAS 201.4603, 2002.

Spectroscopy of Be Stars Kappa Draconis and 60 Cygnus, K. Croxall, N.D. Morisson, & K.S. Bjork- man, AAS 199.13307, 2001.

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