CURRICULUM VITAE - 1st December 2018 Mark T. Reynolds

306GWestHall, Phone:+1734764–4160 1085 S. University Ave., Email: [email protected] Ann Arbor, Homepage: dept.astro.lsa.umich.edu/∼markrey MI 48109

Education: Ph.D.Astrophysics 2008,UniversityCollegeCork,Ireland Title: Optical & IR observations of quiescent LMXBs. Advisor: Prof. Paul Callanan

B.Sc. Physics 2003, University College Cork, Ireland Graduated with first class honours

Employment: • 2013 – Present: Assistant research scientist in the astronomy department at the University of Michigan. • 2008 – 2013: Postdoctoral researcher in the astronomy department at the University of Michigan (w/ Jon Miller).

Research Interests: • Accretion as a function of M, M˙ , ‘feedback’, disk-jet connections in accreting sources. • Accretion physics, stellar remnants (BHs, NSs & WDs), transients & variable sources • Supermassive black-hole/Galaxy growth & co-evolution. • Using black holes and neutron stars to test GR in the strong field limit. • Using neutron stars to constrain the equation of state of ultra-dense matter. • X-ray binaries, compact object mass estimation, population studies, LMXB - millisecond radio pulsar link, SNRs, YSOs. • Extragalactic X-ray binaries, supernovae, gamma-ray bursts.

Selected Publications: • “A Swift Survey of Accretion onto Stellar Mass Black Holes” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2013, ApJ, 769, 16 • “Reflection From the Strong Gravity Regime in a z=0.658 Gravitationally Lensed-Quasar” Reis R.C., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Walton D., 2014, Nature, 507, 207 • “A Rapidly Spinning Black Hole Powers the Einstein Cross” Reynolds M.T., Walton D.J., Miller J.M., Reis R.C., 2014, ApJ, 792, 19 • “Chandra Grating Spectroscopy of the Be/X-ray Binary 1A 0535+262” Reynolds M.T., Jon Miller, 2010, ApJ, 723, 1799 • “An Anomalous Quiescent Stellar Mass Black Hole” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2011, ApJ, 734, 17 Observing Programs as PI: • XMM-Newton AO20 – 135ks: Is Accretion Really Driving the X-rays in TW Hya? • Chandra AO20-DDT – 20ks: A multiwavelength ATCA/GAIA/Chandra Search for the Weakest Jets • NuSTAR AO4 – 50ks: Constraining the Relativistic Outflow in the Micro-Quasar GRS 1758-258 • NuSTAR AO3 – 50ks: A NuSTAR Study of the Inner Accretion Flow in the Microquasar 1E 1740.7-2942 • XMM-Newton AO16 – 65ks: X-Ray Plasma Diagnostics with RGS: A Bright T-Tauri Star in Sco Cen • Chandra AO18 – 20ks: The Anomalous Quiescent Accretion Flow in GS 1354-64 • NuSTAR AO2 – 50ks: The NuSTAR View of an AMXP Accretion Flow • Chandra AO17 – 30ks w/ 20ks NuStar: Accretion Disk Winds in the Presence of a Neutron Star with a 1012 G Magnetic Field • Hubble C23 – 2 orbits: 2 orbits: Characterizing a Magnetic CV Associated with a PNe via COS UV Spectroscopy • Chandra AO16 – 30ks: 16ks: Characterizing a New Variable Hard X-ray Source in the Planetary Nebula G343.3-0.6. 20ks: Characterizing a New Radio Faint SNR: G309.4-0.1. • Suzaku AO9 – 200ks: Constraining the Hard X-ray Emission from the Young SNR G306.3-0.9 • XMM-Newton AO13 – 45ks: 16ks: Characterizing a New Variable Hard X-ray Source in the Planetary Nebula G343.3-0.6. 29ks: Characterizing a New Radio Faint SNR: G309.4-0.1. • NOAO/Gemini-N 2010A – 20 hrs: The Mass of the Black Hole in the Galactic Microquasar GRS 1915+105 • Chandra AO14 – 20ks: Sub-Arcsecond Imaging of the Microquasar SS433 • XMM-Newton AO11 – 30ks: Characterizing New X-ray Sources in the Swift Galactic Plane Survey. • Chandra AO13 – 40ks: The Luminosity of Quiescent Stellar Mass Black Holes • XMM-Newton AO10 – 134ks: Constraining the Spin of the Black Hole in the Microquasar 1E 1740.7-2942 • Chandra AO12 – 40ks: The Quiescent X-Ray Luminosity of Stellar Mass Black Holes • Chandra A10-DDT – 20ks: Chandra High Resolution Spectroscopy of the Be X-Ray binary A0535+262 • NOAO/Gemini-N 2010A – 10 hrs: The Mass of the Black Hole in the Galactic Microquasar GRS 1915+105

Selected Programs as Co-I: • Swift – 1.5 Ms: The Swift Galactic Plane Survey (lead scientist)

Professional Memberships: American Astronomical Society (AAS) & High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) Service: Referee for ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, Science. Served on time allocation committee for Chandra, Suzaku, Swift, Hubble, Magellan. Reviewer for NASA (ADAP, NPP). Reviewer for NSF.

Teaching Experience: Lecturer University of Michigan: Astro102 (winter 2017), Astro220 (fall 2018, fall 2017, winter 2016), Astro107 (winter 2018).

Lecturer University of Michigan-Dearborn: Galaxies & Cosmology (Astro445, winter 2015).

Substitute Lecturer University of Michigan: On-going a number of times per year, various 100/200/300 level courses.

Undergraduate student project supervisor University of Michigan: E.g., current – Decklyn Scott (incoming 2019), Sameer Ali (fresher), Major Stevens (fresher), Audrey Lang (fresher); 2016/current – Kinsey Johnson (junior); 2017/current – Alanah Cardanes O’Toole (junior)

Supervisor/Demonstrator UCC Astrophysics degree observing trip to Kryoneri Observatory, Greece, 2004-2007

Laboratory Demonstrator University College Cork, 2002-2006

Honors and Awards: UCC College Scholar 2003

Talks: “Accretion as the Driving Mechanism for the Observed X-Ray Emission in TW Hya” Accretion in Stellar Systems, Boston, Massachusetts, 2018

“A Relativistic Outflow Detected in the Hard State from the Microquasar GRS 1758-258” 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Pasadena, California, 2018

“Chandra/HETGS observations of SMC X-3 at a Luminosity of ∼ 10 LEdd” 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Pasadena, California, 2018

“Detection of a Relativistic Outflow from the Galactic Microquasar GRS 1758-258 in the Hard State” 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016 (cancelled)

“Swift Studies of Galactic X-ray Sources” Time Domain Astrophysics with Swift II, Clemson SC, 19 – 21 October, 2015

“Reflection from the Strong Gravity Regime in a Lensed Quasar at z=0.658” X-ray Universe 2014, Dublin, Ireland, 16 – 19 June, 2014

“The Swift Galactic Plane Survey” 2013 Swift senior review meeting, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, 28-30 October, 2013. “X-Ray Binaries as Astrophysical Laboratories” 2013 Departmental Colloquium, University of Michigan, Michigan USA, 10 January, 2013.

“The Swift Galactic Plane Survey” 2011 High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 7-10 September, 2011.

“Galactic X-Ray Binaries as observed by Swift” Swift Mission Conference Celebrating 5 Years, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, 18-20 November, 2009.

“X-Ray Binary Systems” MSU-UM interchange talk, Michigan State University, 21st January 2009.

“Suzaku Broadband Spectroscopy of the Black Hole Candidate Swift J1753.5-0127” 213th AAS meeting, Long Beach, California, 4th − 8th January 2009.

“IR Contamination from the Accretion Disc in Quiescent X-Ray Novae” Astronomy Science Group of Ireland Spring Meeting, Armagh Observatory, 14th March, 2008.

“The Black Widow Pulsar PSR B1957+20” Astronomy Science Group of Ireland Spring Meeting, University College Cork, 3rd/4th May, 2006. PUBLICATION LIST Mark T. Reynolds (H-Index: 21; i10-Index: 41) See on Google Scholar

Refereed Publications: 1. “Evidence for the ultra-compact nature of IGR J17062-6143” Hernandez Santisteban J. V., Cuneo V., Degenaar N., van den Eijnden J., Altamirano D., Gomez M. N., Russell D. M., Wijnands R., Golovakova R., Reynolds M. T., Miller J. M., 2018, MNRAS, subm. 2. “The Swift observations and strong X-ray flaring activity of the TeV-detected blazar 1ES 1959+650 in 2016 August - 2017 November” Kapanadze B., Dorner D., Vercellone S., Romano P., Hughes P., Aller M., Aller H., Reynolds M.T., Ka- panadze S., Tabagari L., 2018, ApJS, 238, 13 3. “Constraining the inclination of the Low-Mass X-ray Binary Cen X-4” Hammerstein E.K., Cackett E.M., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 4317 4. “Planet formation imager: project update” Monnier, J.D., Ireland, M., Kraus, S., ... Reynolds M.T., et al., 2018, SPIE, 10701E, 18 5. “Mid-UV Studies of the Transitional Millisecond Pulsars XSS J12270-4859 and PSR J1023+0038 During Their Radio Pulsar States” Rivera Sandoval L.E., Hernndez Santisteban J.V., Degenaar N., Wijnands R., Knigge C., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Altamirano D., van den Berg M., Hill A., 2018, MNRAS, in 476, 1086 6. “The second strong X-ray flare and multifrequency variability of 1ES 1959+650 in 2016 January-August” Kapanadze B., Dorner D., Vercellone S., Romano P., Hughes P., Aller M., Aller H., Reynolds M.T., Ka- panadze S., Tabagari L., 2018, MNRAS, 473, 2542 7. “Simultaneous Multiwavelength Observations of V404 Cygni during its 2015 June Outburst Decay Strengthen the Case for an Extremely Energetic Jet-base” Maitra D., Scarpaci J.F., Grinberg V., Reynolds M.T., Markoff S., Maccarone T.J., Hynes R.I., 2017, ApJ, 851, 148 8. “A Multi-wavelength Analysis of Binary-AGN Candidate PSO J334.2028+01.4075” Foord A., Gultekin K., Reynolds M.T., Ayers M., Liu T., Gezari S., Runnoe J., 2017, ApJ, 851, 106 9. “The Chandra Dust-scattering Halo of Galactic Center Transient Swift J174540.7-290015” Corrales L.R., Mon B., Haggard D., Baganoff F.K., Garmire G., Degenaar N., Reynolds M.T., 2017, ApJ, 839, 76 10. “A cold neutron star in the transient low-mass X-ray binary HETE J1900.1-2455 after 10 yr of active accretion” Degenaar N., Ootes L.S., Reynolds M.T., Wijnands R., Page D., 2017, MNRAS, 465, 10 11. “X-Ray Flaring Activity of MRK 421 in the First Half of 2013” Kapanadze, B.; Dorner, D.; Vercellone, S.; Romano, P.; Aller, H.; Aller, M.; Hughes, P.; Reynolds M.T., Kapanadze, S.; Tabagari, L., 2016, ApJ, 831, 102 ∗ 12. “Deep Chandra Observations of the Compact Starburst Galaxy Henize 2-10: X-Rays from the Massive Black Hole” Reines A.E., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Sivakoff G.R., Greene J.E., Hickox R.C., Johnson K.E., 2016, ApJ, 830, 35 13. “NuSTAR Observations of the Black Hole GS 1354-64: Evidence of Rapid Black Hole Spin” El-Batal A.M., Miller J.M., Reynolds, M.T., Tomsick J., Harrison F.A., et al., 2016, ApJ, 826, 12 14. “X-Ray Flaring Activity of MRK 421 in the First Half of 2013” Kapanadze B., Dorner D., Vercellone S., Romano P., Aller H., Aller M., Hughes P., Reynolds M.T., Ka- panadze S., Mdzinarishvili T., 2016, ApJ, 831, 102 15. “The Intermediate Luminosity Optical Transient SN 2010da” Villar, V.A., Berger, E., Chornock, R., Margutti, R., Laskar, T., Brown, P.J., Blanchard, P.K., Czekala, I., Lunnan, R., Reynolds, M.T., 2016, ApJ, 830, 11 16. “Discrete Knot Ejection from the Jet in a Nearby Low Luminosity Active Galactic Nucleus, M81” King A.L., Miller J.M., Bietenholz M., Gultekin K., Reynolds M.T., Mioduszewski A., Rupen M., Bartel N., 2016, Natur Physics, 12, 772 17. “High-resolution Chandra HETG Spectroscopy of V404 Cygni in Outburst” King A.L., Miller J.M., Raymond J., Reynolds M.T., Morningstar W., 2015, ApJ, 813, 37 18. “⋆ Flows of X-ray gas reveal the disruption of a star by a massive black hole” Miller J.M., Kaastra J.S., Miller M.C., Reynolds M.T., Brown G., Cenko S.B., Drake J.J., Gezari S., Guillo- chon J., Gultekin K., Irwin J., Levan A., Maitra D., Maksym W.P., Mushotzky R., O’Brien P., Paerels F., de Plaa J., Ramirez-Ruiz E., Strohmayer T., Tanvir N., 2015, Natur, 526, 542 19. “A Dynamical Study of the Black Hole X-ray Binary Nova Muscae 1991” Wu J., Orosz J.A., McClintock J.E., Steeghs D., Longa-Pena P., Callanan P.J., Gou L., Ho L.C., Jonker P.G., Reynolds M.T., Torres M.A.P., 2015, ApJ, 806, 92 ∗ 20. “Broad Iron Emission from Gravitationally Lensed Quasars Observed with Chandra” Walton D.J., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Reis R.C., Stern D., Harrison F.A., 2015, ApJ, 805, 161 21. “Tomography of X-ray Nova Muscae 1991: Evidence for ongoing mass transfer and stream-disc overflow” Peris C.S., Vrtilek S.D., Steiner J.F., Vrtilek J.M., Wu J., McClintock J.E., Longa-Pea P., Steeghs D., Callanan P., Ho L.C., Orosz J.A., Reynolds, M.T., 2015, MNRAS, 449, 1584 22. “Are spectral and timing correlations similar in different spectral states in black hole X-ray binaries?” Kalamkar M., Reynolds M.T., van der Klis M., Altamirano D., Miller J.M., 2015, ApJ, 802, 23 23. “The Rate of Gas Accretion onto Black Holes Drives Jet Velocity” King A.L., Miller J.M., Bietenholz M., Gultekin K., Reynolds M.T., Mioduszewski A., Rupen M., Bartel N., 2015, ApJL, 799, 8 24. “Results of the Swift Monitoring Campaign of the X-Ray Binary 4U 1957+11: Constraints on Binary Parameters” Maitra D., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Reis R.C., Nowak M., 2014, ApJ, 794, 85 ∗ 25. “A Rapidly Spinning Black Hole Powers the Einstein Cross” Reynolds M.T., Walton D.J., Miller J.M., Reis R.C., 2014, ApJ, 792, 19 26. “The Peculiar Galactic Center Neutron Star X-Ray Binary XMM J174457-2850.3” Degenaar N., Wijnands R., Reynolds M.T., Miller J. M., Altamirano D., Kennea J., Gehrels N., Haggard D., Ponti G., 2014, ApJ, 792, 109 ∗ 27. “The Quiescent X-ray Spectrum of Accreting Black Holes” Reynolds M.T., Reis R.C., Miller J.M., Cackett E.M., Degenaar N., 2014, MNRAS, 441, 3656 28. “The 2013 outburst of a transient very faint X-ray binary, 23′′ from Sgr A∗” Koch E., Bahramian A., Heinke C., Mori K., Rea N., Degenaar N., Haggard D., Wijnands R., Ponti G., Miller J., Yusef-Zadeh F., Dufour F., Cotton W., Baganoff F., Reynolds M.T., 2014, MNRAS, 422, 372 29. “Chandra Spectroscopy of MAXI J1305-704: Detection of an Infalling Black Hole Disk Wind?” Miller J.M., Raymond J., Kallman T., Maitra D., Fabian A.C., Proga D., Reynolds C., Reynolds M.T., De- genaar N., Cackett E., Kennea J., Beardmore A., 2013, ApJ, 788, 53 30. “A Seyfert-2 like Spectrum in the High Mass X-ray Binary Microquasar V4641 Sgr” Morningstar W.R., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Maitra D.M., 2014, ApJL, 786, 20 31. “Multi-Wavelength Coverage of State Transitions in the New Black Hole Binary Swift J1910.2-0546” Degenaar N., Maitra D., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Reis R.C., King A.L., GultekinK., Bailyn C.D., Buxton M.M., MacDonald R., Cackett E.M., Fabian A.C., Fox D.B., Rykoff E.S., 2014, ApJ, 784, 122 ∗ 32. “Reflection From the Strong Gravity Regime in a z=0.658 Gravitationally Lensed-Quasar” Reis R.C., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Walton D., 2014, Nature, 507, 207 33. “RATS-Kepler – A Deep High Cadence Survey of the Kepler Field” Ramsay G., Brooks A., Hakala P., Barclay T., Garcia-Alvarez D., Antoci V., Greiss S., Still M., Steeghs D., Gansicke B., Reynolds M.T., 2014, MNRAS, 437, 132 34. “Daily, multiwavelength Swift monitoring of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary Cen X-4” Bernadini F., Cackett E., Brown E., D’Angelo C., Degenaar N., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Wijnands R., 2013, MNRAS, 436, 2465 35. “SWIFT J1910.2-0546: A Possible Black Hole Binary with a Retrograde Spin or Truncated Disk” Reis R.C., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Walton D., Maitra D., King A.L., Degenaar N., 2013, ApJ, 778, 155 36. “Revisiting Putative Cool Accretion Disks in Ultraluminous X-ray Sources” Miller J.M., Walton D., King A.L., Reynolds M.T., Fabian A.C., Miller C., Reis R.C., 2013, ApJ, 776, 36 37. “A Distinctive Disk-Jet Coupling in the Lowest-Mass Seyfert, NGC 4395” King A.L., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Gultekin K., Gallo E., Maitra D., 2013, ApJ, 774, 25 38. “An X-ray-UV correlation in Cen X-4 during quiescence” Cackett E., Brown E., Degenaar N., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Wijnands R., 2013, MNRAS, 433, 1362 39. “Swift Discovery of a New Soft Gamma Repeater, SGR J1745-29, near Sagittarius A*” KenneaJ., BurrowsD., KouveliotouC., Palmer D., Gogus E., Kaneko Y., Evans P., Degenaar N., Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Wijnands R., Mori K., Gehrels N., 2013, ApJ, 770, 24 40. “The X-ray flaring properties of Sgr A* during six years of monitoring with Swift” Degenaar N., Miller J.M., Kennea J., Gehrels N., Reynolds M.T., Wijnands R., 2013, ApJ, 769, 155 ∗ 41. “A Swift Survey of Accretion onto Stellar Mass Black Holes” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2013, ApJ, 769, 16 42. “Determining the nature of GRS 1915+105: Emission, absorption and uncertainty” Hurley D.J., Callanan P.J., Elebert P., Reynolds M.T., 2013, MNRAS, 430, 1382 43. “G306.3-0.9: A Newly Discovered Young Galactic Supernova Remnant” Reynolds M.T., Loi S., Murphy T., Miller J.M., Maitra D., Gultekin K., Gehrels N., Kennea J., Siegel M., Gelbord J., Kuin P., Moss V., Reeves S., Robbins W., Gaensler B., Reis R.C., Petre R., 2013, ApJ, 766, 112 44. “Evidence of Light-Bending Effects and its implication for spectral state transitions” Reis R.C., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T, Fabian A.C., Walton D., Cackett E.M., Steiner J., 2013, ApJ, 763, 48 ∗ 45. “A 200-s Quasi-Periodicity Following the Tidal Disruption of a Star by a Dormant Black Hole” Reis R.C., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Gultekin K., Maitra D., King A.L., Strohmayer T., 2012, Science, 337, 949 46. “Suzaku Observation of the Black Hole Candidate MAXI J1836-194 in a Hard/Intermediate Spectral State” Reis R.C., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Fabian A.C., Walton D., 2012, ApJ, 751, 34 ∗ 47. “Multimessenger Astronomy with Pulsar Timing and X-ray Observations of Massive Black Hole Binaries” Sesana A., Roedig C., Reynolds M.T., Dotti M., 2012, MNRAS, 420, 860 48. “A strong emission line near 24.8 angstrom in the X-ray binary system MAXI J0556–332” Maitra D., Miller J.M., Raymond J.R., Reynolds M.T., 2011, ApJ, 743, 11 49. “Ground and Space-Based Study of Two Globular Cluster CVs: M22 CV1 and M5 V101” Hourihane A.P., Callanan P.J., Cool A.M., Reynolds M.T., 2011, MNRAS, 414, 184 50. “An Anomalous Quiescent Stellar Mass Black Hole” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2011, ApJ, 734, 17 51. “A Distinctive Disk-Jet Coupling in the Seyfert-1 AGN NGC 4051” King A.L., Miller J.M., Cackett E.M., Fabian A.C., Markoff S., Nowak M.A., Rupen M., Gultekin K., Reynolds M.T., 2011, ApJ, 729, 19 ∗ 52. “Chandra Grating Spectroscopy of the Be/X-ray Binary 1A 0535+262” Reynolds M.T., Jon Miller, 2010, ApJ, 723, 1799 53. “Suzaku Observations of the Galactic Center Microquasar 1E 1740.7-2942” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., 2010, ApJ, 716, 1431 54. “Suzaku Broadband Spectroscopy of SWIFT J1753.5-0127 in the Low-Hard State” Reynolds M.T., Miller J.M., Homan J., Miniutti G., 2010, ApJ, 709, 358 55. “A Photometric Study of the Field Around the Candidate Recoiling/Binary Black Hole SDSS J092712.65+294344.0” Decarli R., Reynolds M.T., Dotti M., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 458 56. “Optical Spectroscopy and Photometry of SAX J1808.4-3658 in Outburst” Elebert P., Reynolds M.T., Callanan P.J., Hurley D.J., Ramsay G., Lewis F., Russell D.M., Nord B., Kane S.R., DePoy D.L., Hakala P., 2009, MNRAS, 395, 884. 57. “Broad Relativistic Iron Emission Line Observed in SAX J1808.43658” Cackett E.M., Altamirano D., Patruno A., Miller J.M., Reynolds M.T., Linares M., Wijnands R., 2009, ApJ, 694, 21. 58. “IR Contamination in Galactic X-Ray Binaries” Reynolds M.T., Callanan P.J., Robinson E., Froning C., 2008, MNRAS, 387, 788 59. “The Light Curve to the Companion of PSR B1957+20” Reynolds M.T., Callanan P.J., Fruchter A.S., Torres M.A.P., Beer M.E., Gibbons R.A., 2007, MNRAS, 379, 1117 60. “Keck Infrared Observations of GRO J0422+32 in Quiescence” Reynolds M.T., Callanan P.J., Filippenko A.V., 2007, MNRAS, 374, 657