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Charles D. Kilpatrick Contact University of California, Santa Cruz Voice: (831) 459-5098 Information Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics E-mail: [email protected] 1156 High Street www: https://people.ucsc.edu/~cdkilpat Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Office: ISB 363 Research gravitational wave astronomy, supernovae, supernova remnants, transient astronomy Interests Academic Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz 2016{Present Appointments Advisor: Ryan J. Foley Education Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Arizona 2016 \New Observational Insight on Shock Interactions Toward Supernovae and Supernova Remnants" Advisor: George H. Rieke B.Sc., Astrophysics & History (Minor), California Institute of Technology 2010 Previous Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2009 Research Division of Physics, Math, & Astronomy, Caltech Experience Advisor: Lynne Hillenbrand Topic: Modeling Enhanced Metallicity in the Atmospheres of Planet-Host Stars Physical Science Technician 2008 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Advisor: Brian McLeod Topic: Calibrating the MMT & Magellan Infrared Spectrograph Summer Research Fellowship 2007 Department of Physics & Astronomy, UNC Chapel Hill Advisor: J. Christopher Clemens Topic: Modeling and Testing the Throughput of Volume Phase Holographic Gratings Honors and UC Santa Cruz Barbara Walker \Best Paper" Award 2018 Awards AAS Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize 2016 Caltech, graduated with Honors in Astrophysics & History 2010 Observing Ongoing Programs as Principal Investigator Programs Nickel 1m/APF 2.4m (2016Q4{present) 80 nights Title: SCEPTr: Santa Cruz Exploration of Peculiar Transients Nickel 1m/Swope 1m (2017Q4{present) 24 nights Title: Multi-band Follow-up of K2 Supernovae LCOGTN (207AB{present) 6.7 hours Title: Constraining Supernova Progenitor Systems with LCOGTN VLA (16A-101, 16A-439, 16B-428, 17B-201)/L+X+C bands 26.5 hours Title: Environments of Late-Time SNe IIn/II-L with the VLA Keck/NIRC2 & OSIRIS (2017B, 2018A) 4 hours Title: Identifying the Progenitors of Astrophysical Transients Gemini-South/GSAOI+GeMS (2018A, 2018B) 5.7 hours Title: Identifying the Progenitors of Astrophysical Transients 1 Previous Programs as Principal Investigator HHSMT/0.8mm (2015B{2016A) 60 hours Title: Physics of SN Remnant-Molecular Cloud Interactions in 12CO J=3-2 HHSMT/1.3mm (2012-2015) 200 hours Title: Shock Broadened 12CO Emission Toward Supernova Remnants Bok 2.3m/PISCES (2013B) 4 nights Title: Near-IR Synchrotron Emission Around SN Remnants with PISCES Observing y: independently operated telescope/instrument Experience Cerro Tololo Observatory, SOAR 4m (Goodman HTS) Kitt Peak National Observatory, Mayall 4m (KOSMOS, MOSAIC3) Lick Observatory, Nickel 1m (Directy), Shane 3m (KAST) W.M. Keck Observatory, 10m (LRIS, OSIRIS, NIRC2) Large Binocular Telescope, 2×8.4m (MODS1) Las Campanas Observatory, Swope 1m (Directy) University of Arizona, Kuiper 1.5m (Mont4Ky), Bok 2.3m (PISCESy, B&Cy) Arizona Radio Observatory, SMT 10m (ALMA Band 6), Kitt Peak 12m (ALMA Band 3) Teaching Teaching Assistant, \Cosmology" (ASTR 201), University of Arizona 2013 Experience Teaching Assistant, \Life in the Universe" (ASTR 202), University of Arizona 2014 Computer Skills Reduction and analysis of radio, sub-millimeter, infrared, optical, and X-ray data. Includes data taken with HST/WFPC2, ACS, & WFC3, VLA, HHSMT/Band 3 & 6, Spitzer/IRS & IRAC, Swift/UVOT & XRT, Chandra/ACIS, Keck/LRIS, NIRC2, & OSIRIS, Bok/B&C spectrograph, Kuiper/Mont4K, Nickel/Direct, Swope/Direct. Programming languages and packages C, Python, Perl, IDL, CASA, CLASS, Miriad, IRAF, ds9. Student 1. Wynn Jacobson-Gal´an, Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitor Scenarios with Extremely Mentoring Late-time Photometry of Supernova SN 2013aa, 2018, ApJ, 857, 88 2. Sarah Bowman, Late-time Emission from Core-collapse Supernovae Observed by HST, 2018, in prep. 3. John Lopez, Nickel mass estimates from 20 Type Ia Supernovae Observed by HST, 2018, in prep. Professional Referee ApJ, MNRAS, A&A 2016{present Service TAC Panel Member NuSTAR Refereed First Author: 9, Contributing Author: 19 Publications First Author h-index=5, 114 citations 9. Kilpatrick, C.D., Coulter, D. A., Dimitriadis, G., et al. X-ray Limits on the Progenitor System of the Type Ia Supernova 2017ejb. (2018), MNRAS, 481, 4123 8. Kilpatrick, C.D. & Foley, R.J. The Dusty Progenitor Star of the Type II Supernova 2017eaw. (2018), MNRAS, 481, 2536 7. Kilpatrick, C.D., Takaro, T., Foley, R.J., et al. A Potential Progenitor for the Type Ic Super- nova 2017ein. (2018), MNRAS, 480, 2072 6. Kilpatrick, C.D., Foley, R.J., Drout, M.R., et al. Connecting the progenitors, pre-explosion variability, and giant outbursts of luminous blue variables with Gaia16cfr. (2018), MNRAS, 473, 4805 2 5. Kilpatrick, C.D., Foley, R.J., Kasen, D., et al. Electromagnetic Evidence that SSS17a is the Result of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. (2017), Science, 358, 1583 4. Kilpatrick, C.D., Foley, R.J., Abramson, L.E., et al. On the Progenitor of the Type IIb Super- nova 2016gkg. (2017), MNRAS, 465, 4650 3. Kilpatrick, C.D., Andrews, J., Smith, N., et al. An optical and near-infrared study of the Type Ia/IIn Supernova PS15si. MNRAS, 463 (2016) 1088 2. Kilpatrick, C.D., Bieging, J.H., & Rieke, G.H. A Systematic Survey for CO Toward Galactic Supernova Remnants. ApJ, 816 (2016) 1 1. Kilpatrick, C.D., Bieging, J.H., & Rieke, G.H. Interaction Between Cassiopeia A and Nearby Molecular Clouds. ApJ, 796 (2014) 144 Nth Author h-index=9, 1,242 citations 19. Chen, T.-W., Inserra, C., Fraser, M., et al. SN 2017ens: The Metamorphosis of a Luminous Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernova to a SN IIn. (2018), ApJL, submitted. 18. Laskar, T., Alexander, K.D., Berger, E., et al. First ALMA Light Curve Constrains Refreshed Reverse Shocks and Jet Magnetization in GRB 161219B. (2018), ApJ, 862, 94 17. Jones, D.O., Riess, A.G., Scolnic, D.M., et al. Should Type Ia Supernova Distances be Corrected for their Local Environments?. (2018), ApJ, submitted. arXiv:1805.05911. 16. Bose, S., Dong, S., Kochanek, C.S., et al. ASASSN-15nx: A luminous Type II supernova with a \perfect" linear decline. (2018), ApJ, submitted. arXiv:1804.00025. 15. de Jaeger, T., Galbany, L., Guti´errez,C.P., et al. SN 2016esw: a luminous Type II supernova observed within the first day after the explosion. (2018), MNRAS, 478, 3776 14. Jacobson-Galan, W.V., Dimitriadis, G., Foley, R.J., Kilpatrick, C.D. Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitor Scenarios with Extremely Late-time Photometry of Supernova SN 2013aa. (2018), ApJ, 857, 88 13. Bullivant, C., Smith, N., Williams, G.G., et al. SN 2013fs and SN 2013fr: Exploring the circumstellar-material diversity in Type II supernovae. (2018), MNRAS, 476, 1497 12. Foley, R. J., Scolnic, D., Rest, A., et al. The Foundation Supernova Survey: motivation, design, implementation, and first data release. (2018), MNRAS, 475, 193 11. Tartaglia, L., Sand, D.J., Valenti, S., et al. The Early Detection and Follow-up of the Highly Obscured Type II Supernova 2016ija/DLT16am. (2018), ApJ, 853, 62 10. Shappee, B.J., Simon, J.D., Drout, M.R., et al. Early spectra of the gravitational wave source GW170817: Evolution of a neutron star merger. (2017), Science, 358, 1574 9. Drout, M.R., Piro, A.L., Shappee, B.J., et al. Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis. (2017), Science, 358, 1570 8. Coulter, D.A., Foley, R.J., Kilpatrick, C.D., et al. Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source. (2017), Science, 358, 1556 7. Abbott, B.P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T.D., et al. A gravitational-wave standard siren measure- ment of the Hubble constant. (2017), Nature, 551, 85 6. Murguia-Berthier, A., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., Kilpatrick, C.D., et al. A Neutron Star Binary Merger Model for GW170817/GRB 170817A/SSS17a. (2017), ApJL, 848, 34 5. Pan, Y.-C., Kilpatrick, C.D., Simon, J.D., et al. The Old Host-galaxy Environment of SSS17a, the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational-wave Source. (2017), ApJL, 848, 30 4. Siebert, M.R., Foley, R.J., Drout, M.R., et al. The Unprecedented Properties of the First Electromagnetic Counterpart to a Gravitational-wave Source. (2017), ApJL, 848, 26 3 3. Abbott, B.P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T.D., et al. Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. (2017), ApJL, 848, 12 2. Shivvers, I., Zheng, W., Van Dyk, S.D., et al. The nearby Type Ibn supernova 2015G: signa- tures of asymmetry and progenitor constraints. (2017), MNRAS, 471, 4381 1. Smith, N., Kilpatrick, C.D., Mauerhan, J.C., et al. Endurance of SN 2005ip after a decade: X-rays, radio and Hα like SN 1988Z require long-lived pre-supernova mass-loss. (2017), MN- RAS, 466, 3021 Astronomer's Telegram (bold is first author): 7456, 8239, 8300, 8994, 9333, 9335, 9355, 9361, 9367, 9372, 9468, 9536, 9607, 9930, 9982, 10032, 10041, 10057, 10167, 10337, 10375, 10396, 10409, 10443, 10460, 10543, 10549, 10559, 10575, 10582, 10592, 10593, 10620, 10654, 10868, 10908, 10959, 10966, 11172, 11433, 11842, 11921 Press Coverage \The Slack Chat That Changed Astronomy" The Atlantic Oct 17, 2017 \Early-career researchers make waves with Science's Breakthrough of the Year" Science Magazine Dec 21, 2017 \Astronomers Find the Progenitor to a Unique Type of Supernova" STScI Press Release Oct 21, 2018 Scientific 11. Invited Talk, Adventures in Astrophysics: Alex Filippenko, Aptos, CA Aug, 2018 Presentations 10. Contributed Talk, Shocking Supernovae, Stockholm, Sweden May, 2018 9. Contributed Talk, Deciphering the Violent Universe, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico Dec, 2017 8. Contributed Talk, Keck Science Meeting, Santa Cruz, CA Sep, 2017 7. Contributed Talk, Fifty One Ergs, Corvallis, Oregon June, 2017 6. Invited Talk, Supernova Remnants on the Beach Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA May, 2017 5. Invited Panel Member, CSI: Princeton Cassiopeia A Workshop Apr, 2017 4. Contributed Talk, IAU 331: SN 1987A, 30 Years Later, R´eunion Feb, 2017 3. Contributed Talk, Supernova Remnants, Chania, Greece June, 2016 2.