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PDF Version of CV Tracy M.A. Webb (514) 398-7226 (office) 3600 rue University [email protected] Montr´eal QC H3A 2T8 http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/∼webb papers to date (January 2017): 49 citations to date (January 2017): 1871 Education • University of Toronto Toronto, ON PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics Sep. 1998 - Oct. 2002 – Adviser: Simon Lilly • McMaster University Hamilton, ON Master of Science in Physics & Astronomy Sep. 1996 - Aug. 1998 – Advisor: Douglas Welch • University of Toronto Toronto, ON Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy Sep. 1992 - May 1996 – Senior Project Advisor: Ray Carlberg Work Experience • Assistant Professor Montreal, QC McGill University Jan 2006 - Present • VENI Fellow Leiden, The Netherlands Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden April 2005 - Jan 2006 – Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – part of VENI, VIDI, VICI program • NOVA Fellow Leiden, The Netherlands Leiden Observatory, University of Leiden Oct 2002 - March 2005 – Dutch National Postdoc Awards and Scholarships 2007 University Faculty Award, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada held at McGill University 2003 J.S.Plaskett Medal (given jointly by the CASCA and RASC for the “most outstanding [Canadian] doctoral thesis in astronomy or astrophysics in the proceeding two calendar years” 2000-2001 Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2000-2001 Sumner Fellowship, Walter C. Sumner Foundation 1999 Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology 1999 Frank S. Hogg Memorial Fellowship 1999 C.A. Chant Fellowship 1998 University of Toronto Open Fellowship Talks: Invited 2016 The Star Formation History of BCGs to z = 1.8 from the SpARCS/SWIRE Survey: Ev- idence for Significant in Situ Star Formation at High Redshift, Space Telescope Science Institute Colloquium, Baltimore USA 2015 The Star Formation History of BCGs to z = 1.8 from the SpARCS/SWIRE Survey: Evi- dence for Significant in Situ Star Formation at High Redshift, University of Massachusetts Colloquium, Amherst USA 2013 The Importance of Environment in Galaxy Formation Aspen Center For Physics workshop, The Dusty Universe, discussion session 2012 The Role of the Environment in the Assembly of Galaxy Mass University of Toronto Colloquium 2009 Spitzer detections of Lyman-alpha Blobs in the SSA22 Field Queens’s University Seminar, Kingston, Ontario 2008 Spitzer detections of Lyman-alpha Blobs in the SSA22 Field University de Montr´eal Astrophysics Seminar 2006 Continuum Observing in the Submm/mm: (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques Summer School, Victoria, Canada 2006 Star formation at high redshift: Spitzer observations of Distant Red Galaxies: Studying Galaxy Evolution with Spitzer and Herschel, Agios Nikolaos, Greece 2006 Star formation at high redshift: Spitzer observations of Distant Red Galaxies Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium, UBC 2006 Star formation at high redshift: Spitzer observations of Distant Red Galaxies Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium, DAO-NRC 2005 The Shrouded Universe: Uncovering the hidden phases of galaxy formation Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Discovery Series, Leiden University 2004 High-Redshift Starbursts with Sinfoni Sinfoni Workshop, Leiden Observatory 2003 The Submillimeter Properties of Extremely Red Objects Kapteyn Institute Colloqium, Groningen, The Netherlands 2003 The Submillimeter Properties of Extremely Red Objects Hertzberg Institute for Astrophysics Colloquium, Victoria, Canada 2003 A Dusty Universe: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation Canadian Astronomical Society General Meeting, Waterloo, Canada 2003 The Canada-UK Deep Submillimeter Survey Leiden Observatory Seminar, Leiden, The Netherlands 2002 The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation: A Deep Submm Survey Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics Colloqium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Talks: Contributed 2016 The In-Situ Formation of a z = 1.7 Brightest Cluster Galaxy Massive Beasts of the Cosmos, Kruger, South Africa 2015 The In-Situ Formation of a z = 1.7 Brightest Cluster Galaxy The Many Pathways of Galaxy Formation, Prato, Italy 2014 The In-Situ Formation of a z = 1.7 Brightest Cluster Galaxy Evolving Galaxies in Evolving Environments, Bologna, Italy 2013 The Evolution of Dusty Star Formation in Clusters Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies conference, Sexten Center for Astro- physics, Sexton/Sesto, Italy 2009 Infrared Studies of High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters Canadian Astronomical Society General Meeting, Toronto, Canada 2008 Spitzer detections of Lyman-alpha Blobs in the SSA22 Field Canadian Astronomical Society General Meeting, Victoria, Canada 2006 Star formation at high redshift: Spitzer observations of Distant Red Galaxies: Cosmic Frontiers Conference, Durham, UK Teaching Experience McGill Lecturer (2016) Our Evolving Universe PHYS182, first year, non-science majors McGill Lecturer (2015) Thermal Physics PHYS253, second year physics honours McGill Lecturer (2015,16) Space Time and Matter PHYS180, first year non-science majors McGill Lecturer (2012-2013) Introductory Astronomy PHYS512, final year physics honours McGill Lecturer (2011-2014) The Milky Way Inside and Out PHYS183, non-science majors McGill Lecturer (2011) Dynamics of Simple Systems PHYS230, second year physics majors McGill Lecturer (2007,09) Heat and Waves PHYS232, second year physics majors McGill Lecturer (2006-09) Introduction to Astrophysics PHYS214, aimed at second year science students, re-designed existing course McGill Lecturer (2007,09,11) Galaxies and Cosmology, PHYS644 graduate course, team-taught with one other professor, designed new course McGill Lecturer (2007,09,10) Observational Techniques in Modern Astrophysics PHYS641, grad- uate course, team-taught with six other professors, designed new course Summer School Lecturer (2006) (Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques Summer School, Victoria, Canada Public Schools (1996-1998) Presentations on physics and astronomy topics to elementary school classes Student Supervision Current PhD Students: Anna Delahaye; A photometric redshift study of high-redshift galaxy clusters Nina Bonaventura; The star-formation properties of Brightest Cluster Galaxies Current MSc Students: Ariane Trudeau; VLA observations of the SpARCS1049 Brightest Cluster Galaxy Past Postdoctoral Fellows 2010-2013 James Geach, Banting Fellow (2011) 2010-2013 Kristen Coppin, L’Oreal Excellence in Research Award (2011) Past Visiting/Exchange Students Daniela Carrasco; 2013 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; supported by a DFAIT Emerging Leaders in Americas Scholarship ($10K) PhD Graduated: Ashley Faloon; A spectroscopic study of infrared-luminous galaxies in high-redshift galaxy clusters (Dec 2013) Allison Noble; Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies in high redshift galaxy clusters (Jan 2014) MSc Graduated: (1) Nadia D’Alfonso 2008 Thesis: Radio imaging of the galaxy cluster RCS0224 (2) Ashley Faloon 2008 Thesis: A spectroscopic survey of the supercluster RCS2319+00 (3) Daniel O’Donnell 2009 Thesis: An Infrared Survey of Galaxy Clusters with the Spitzer Space Telescope (4) Allison Noble 2009 Thesis: Submm imaging of galaxy clusters: robust source detection and analysis (5) Yuuki Omori 2013 Thesis: Searching for Cosmic Strings in Large Scale Structure (6) Derek Attewell, 2015 Thesis: Studies of AGN in High Density Environments Undergraduate students: Thesis Project 2017 Simon Chen, Anmolijeet Gill, Nicholas Wolfe Thesis Project 2017 Sacha, Sacha Perry-Fagant, Maryam Dasani, David Pederos Fonseca Thesis Project 2014 Julien Renfour-Tannenbaum Honors Thesis 2013 Daniel Varon Honors Thesis 2013 Lydia Dyda Honors Thesis 2013 Lydia Elais Summer Research Project: Daniel Varon 2013 Thesis Research Project: Bernard Philie-L’Heureaux 2012 Summer Student: Maryam Sadat Tabatabaei Shafiei 2012 Thesis Research Project: Justin Lee 2011 Thesis Research Project: Alex Peng 2011 NSERC Summer Undergraduate: Olivier Trottier 2009 Summer Student and Hon Phys Thesis: Nathalie Ouellette 2009/10 Research Assistants: 2009 Juliano Cottitto, Lucas Versteegh Thesis Research Project (PHYS396): Alexandra Kirshner 2007 Summer Student: Jean-Michel Carter 2006 MSc/PhD Examination Committees: 2015: PhD External Examiner of Viktoria Asboth, University of British Columbia 2012: Internal PhD Examiner for Alexander van Engelen, McGill University 2012: PhD Examination Committee of Jon Dudley, McGill University 2011: PhD Examination Committee of Michael McCutcheon, McGilll University 2008: PhD Examination Committee of Luis Valcarel, McGill University 2007: PhD Examination Committee of Jason Hessels, McGill University 2006: External Examiner, McGill Department of Physics, MSc: Alexander Van Engelen 2005: PhD committee (Referent) of Kirsten Kraiberg Knudsen, University of Leiden 2005: PhD examination committee of Ivo Labbe, University of Leiden Scientific Consortia and Working Groups Spitzer Adaptation of the RCS (SpARCS) collaboration CCAT Working Group Canadian Roadmap for Submm Astronomy, Chair CSA Far-Infrared Astronomy Discipline Working Group (project finished) SCUBA2 Debris Disks Survey consortium Red Sequence Cluster Survey consortium Canada-UK Deep Submm Survey consortium (project finished) Professional Affiliations Canadian Astronomical Society Canadian Association of Physicists Conferences Organized Jan 2014, LOC/SOC Conference for Canadian Undergraduate Women in Physics, McGill University 2009, LOC, Canadian Time Allocation Committee meeting, Montreal 2002, LOC/SOC of The CFHT Legacy Survey Meeting, Mount Washington, BC Committees and Organizational Activities: Department/University
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