Curriculum Vitae PHILIP D

Curriculum Vitae PHILIP D. BENNETT

Eureka Scientiﬁc, Inc. 2452 Delmer Street, Suite 100 Oakland, CA 94602-3017 U.S.A. and Department of Astronomy & Physics Saint Mary’s University Halifax, NS B3H 3C3 Canada

Tel: (902) 423-8489 e-mail: [email protected]

Citizenship: U.S., Canadian & British

Education: •B.Sc. (Math., Hon. 1st class), Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, B.C., Canada: May 1975 •M.Sc. (Astronomy), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.: November 1983 •Ph.D. (Astronomy), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.: November 1991

Scholarships: •Crown Zellarbach Scholarship (1970–74) •British Columbia Government Scholarships (10 awarded during 1970–74) •University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship (1982–83) •University of British Columbia Graduate Fellowship (1983–84)

Professional Aﬃliations: •American Astronomical Society •Canadian Astronomical Society •Astronomical Society of the Paciﬁc •International Astronomical Union

Graduate Research Supervisor: •Dr. J. R. Auman, University of British Columbia

Teaching Experience •Part-time Faculty: PHYS 2400 (Electricity & Magnetism), Winter 2009, Dept. of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University •Part-time Faculty: ASTR 3400 (ISM & Stellar Evolution), Fall 2008, Dept. of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University Teaching Experience (continued) •Part-time Faculty: PHYS 3417 (Thermal Physics), Winter 2008, Dept. of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University •Part-time Faculty: PHYS 3405 (Classical Mechanics), Fall 2007, Dept. of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University •Part-time Faculty: AST 608 (Selected Topics: Stellar Atmospheres & Winds), Winter 2002, Dept. of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University •Part-time Faculty: PHY 446 (Advanced Lab), Fall & Winter 2001–02, Department of Astronomy & Physics, Saint Mary’s University •Honorarium Lecturer: ASTR 1120 (General Astronomy: Stars & Galaxies), Spring 1999, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of Colorado •Instructor: ASTR 1120 (General Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies), Summer 1998, Dept. of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado

Principal Investigator on Research Grants: ...... Total funds awarded $862,367† •Imaging CO Cameron Band Structure in the Red Rectangle ...... Awarded $25,000 — GALEX Cycle 4 (2007) Guest Investigator Program (094) •Masses and Mass Loss Rates of Red Supergiants in Binaries II . . . Awarded $23,000 — FUSE Cycle 6 (2005) Guest Investigator Program (F915) •Masses and Mass Loss Rates of Red Supergiants in Binaries ...... Awarded $29,000 — FUSE Cycle 5 (2004) Guest Investigator Program (E937) •Stellar Parameters and Winds of Red Supergiants in Binaries . . . . .Awarded $30,600 — FUSE Cycle 4 (2003) Guest Investigator Program (D123) •VV Cephei: The Egress from Chromospheric Eclipse ...... Awarded $66,051 — HST Cycle 10 (2001) General Observer (GO-9231) •Mapping the Chromosphere of the K Supergiant 31 Cygni ...... Awarded $33,171 — HST Cycle 10 (2001) General Observer (GO-9109) •Chromospheres and Winds of Red Supergiants ...... Awarded CAD$43,001 — NSERC (Canada, 2001) Individual Research Grant •VV Cephei: The Egress from Chromospheric Eclipse ...... Awarded $39,942 — HST Cycle 9 (2000) General Observer (GO-8779) •A Semi-Empirical Model of the Structured Wind of 32 Cygni . . . . .Awarded $37,402 — HST Cycle 8 (1999) Archive •The Brilliant Lives of Massive Stars ...... Awarded $9,983 — Cycle 8 (1999) HST Education/Public Outreach (EO-8257) •VV Cephei: The Egress from Chromospheric Eclipse ...... Awarded $95,936 — HST Cycle 8 (1998) General Observer (GO-8257) •Chromospheric Structure & Wind Acceleration in ζ Aur Stars . . . . Awarded $40,000 — 1997 NASA Astrophysics Data Program •The 1997/98 Eclipse of VV Cephei ...... Awarded $174,810 — HST Cycle 7 (1997) General Observer (GO-7269) Suppl. Award $95,733 •Systematic Analysis of Mass Loss from Evolved Stars ...... Awarded $30,471 — HST Cycle 6 (1996) Archive •A NLTE Analysis of the UV Spectrum of HD 44179 ...... Awarded $37,115 — HST Cycle 6 (1996) Archive •Realistic NLTE Radiative Transfer for Modeling Stellar Winds . . . Awarded $62,300 — 1995 NASA Astrophysics Theory Program

†Grant funds are in US$ unless otherwise speciﬁed Research Experience and Positions Held

Oct 2005–present: Scientist VII, Eureka Scientiﬁc, Inc., Oakland, CA Dec 2000–present: Adjunct Professor, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1995–2005: Research Associate (PI), CASA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

• HST/STIS (GO-9109) and FUSE observations (D123) of the 2003 eclipses of 31 Cyg (K4 Ib + B4 V) and ζ Aur (K4 Ib + B5 V) in progress. • Analysis of the chromosphere of the primary star of the eclipsing binary VV Cephei (M2 Iab + B0?) from HST/STIS observations during total eclipse and egress phases. Funded by STScI grants GO-07269.01-96A & GO-08257.01-97A to P. Bennett. • Obtained coordinated VLA radio continuum observations of VV Cep (simultaneous with HST/STIS observations) at 1.3, 2, 3.6, and 6 cm (programs AB865 & AB875) to monitor wind variability. • Analysis of the wind variability of the ζ Aurigae binary system (K4 Ib + B5 V) over the 17 year lifetime of the IUE satellite (∼100 observations). Funded by NASA ADP grant NAG5-6901 to P. Bennett. • Continuing study of the detailed structure of the chromosphere and complex wind outflow from the ζ Aurigae binary system (K4 Ib + B5 V) using GHRS spectra observed near the April 1993 and December 1995 eclipses. Funded by STScI grants GO-3626.01-91A and GO-06069.01-94A to A. Brown. • A similar analysis of the wind around the binary star HR 2554 (G7 II + A1 V), based on HST/GHRS observations, is completed. Funded by STScI GO grant to A. Brown. • Modeling the chromosphere and wind of the K supergiant star λ Velorum based on HST/GHRS spectra using the faster J-MULTI non-LTE multi-level code to compute Fe II wind line profiles; work completed. Funded by NASA ATP grant NAG5-3033 to P. Bennett. • Computation of model chromosphere and wind of the M supergiant star α Orionis constrained by medium and high resolution GHRS observations; work completed. Funded by STScI grant AR-06383.01-95A to P. Bennett. • The computation of non-LTE models of circumstellar CO around the post-AGB star HD 44179; work in progress. Funded by STScI grant AR-06387.01-95A to P. Bennett. • Continuing observing program, The Precise Mass Project, to determine fundamental stellar and orbital parameters of ∼50 ζ Aur binary stars accurate to ∼1%. Since 1994, ∼5000 Coudé spectra have been obtained at the DAO 1.2 m McKellar telescope, near Victoria, Canada.

1992–94: Research Associate, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO • Computation of model photospheres of ζ Aur B (B5 V) using the non-LTE TLUSTY code of I. Hubeny, and production of synthetic spectra using Hubeny’s SYNSPEC code. Funded from a STScI GO grant (PI: A. Brown). • Investigation of the importance of radiation pressure in initiating and accelerating the winds of cool, evolved stars (with G. Harper) • Determination of the masses, radii, luminosities and distance of the ζ Aurigae binary system using Hubble Space Telescope GHRS observations and existing data from the literature. Funded from a STScI GO grant (PI: A. Brown) 1984–91: Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Geophysics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada • Developed and implemented the ATHENA model photosphere code which computed spherically symmetric models of cool giant and supergiant stars using the complete linearization method.

1974–81, part-time 1982–92: Programmer Analyst/Accelerator Physicist, TRIUMF, University of British Columbia • Maintained, implemented, and documented code changes and upgrades as necessary to support several large numerical accelerator design codes at a cyclotron and nuclear physics laboratory • Assisted with cyclotron and beam line commissioning and tuning • Developed OPDATA, a high-level, interative, programming environment for mathe- matical and physical analysis • Co-developed (with J. Chuma) OPDATA’s successor, PHYSICA, now in use at hun- dreds of sites worldwide.

1989–92: President, Integral Mathware, Inc., Vancouver, B.C., Canada • Negotiated transfer of PHYSICA software ownership and distribution rights to Inte- gral Mathware from TRIUMF and the University of British Columbia. • Awarded a British Columbia Science Council MART grant of $40,000 to undertake a market survey and develop a plan for commercial production and sale of PHYSICA.

1984–87: President, UBC Graduate Student Society, University of British Columbia • Managed an organization with an annual budget of ∼ $1M • Supervised oﬃce with 4 permanent staﬀ and ∼ 15 casual student employees • Led the executive team that negotiated a major agreement with the University in support of graduate student operations, thereby ending more than 2 years of political dispute over building operations and control of revenues.

Papers in Preparation

Bennett, P.D., Bauer, W.H., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Guinan, E., Yang, S., Baade, R., Reimers, D., Stencel, R., & Linsky, J.L. 2010, HST/STIS Observations of the 1997-98 Eclipse and Egress of VV Cephei, in preparation, to be submitted to AJ.

Bennett, P.D., & Harper, G.M. 2010, A Multi-Wavelength Analysis of the Eclipsing Binary ² Aurigae, in preparation, to be submitted to MNRAS. Refereed Publications

Bauer, W.H., Gull, T.R., & Bennett, P.D. 2008, Spatial Extension in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of VV Cephei, AJ, 136, 1312.

Bauer, W.H., Bennett, P.D., & Brown, A. 2007, An Ultraviolet Spectral Atlas of VV Cephei During Total Eclipse, ApJS, 171, 249.

Harper, G.M., Brown, A., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Walder, R., & Hummel, C.A. 2005, VLA Observations of ζ Aurigae: Conﬁrmation of the Slow Acceleration Wind Density Structure, AJ, 129, 1018–1034.

Cuntz, M., Harper, G.M., & Bennett, P.D. 2001, What can HST-GHRS Fe II observations of α Orionis (M2 Iab) tell us about short-period heating?, A&A, 376, 154.

Brown, A., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Reimers, D., Hatzes, A.P., & Kurster,¨ M. 2001, Ultraviolet Eclipse Observations and Fundamental Parameters of the Binary HR 2554 (G6 II + A1 V), AJ, 122, 392.

Bauer, W.H., & Bennett, P.D. 2000, The Ultraviolet Spectrum of VV Cephei Out of Eclipse, PASP, 112, 31

Carpenter, K.G., Robinson, R.D., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Mullan, D.J. 1999, GHRS Observations of Cool, Low-Gravity Stars: V. The Outer Atmosphere and Wind of the Nearby K-Supergiant λ Velorum, ApJ, 521, 382.

Ayres, T.R., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L., Carpenter, K.G., & Robinson, R.D. 1997, Digging Deeper in the Coronal Graveyard, ApJ, 491, 876.

Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M., Brown, A., & Hummel, C.A. 1996, The Masses and Radii of the Eclipsing Binary ζ Aurigae, ApJ, 471, 454.

Brown, A., Deeney, B.D., Ayres, T.R., Veal´e, A. & Bennett, P.D. 1996, Mg II Emission from Hybrid-chromosphere Stars: 1.5 Decades of Chromospheric Vari- ability Monitoring, ApJS, 107, 263.

Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Reimers, D., Toussaint, F., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Harper, G.M. 1996, The wind outﬂow of ζ Aur: a model revision using HST spectra, ApJ, 466, 979.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Linsky, J.L. 1995, A NLTE Analysis of the ζ Aurigae B-Type Secondary: I. Determination of the Fundamental Stellar Parameters, ApJ, 455, 317.

Harper, G.M., Wood, B., Linsky, J.L., Brown, A., & Bennett, P.D. 1995, A semiempirical determination of the wind velocity structure for the hybrid-chromosphere star α Trianguli Australis, ApJ, 452, 407.

Hickson, P. & Bennett, P.D. 1989, A Survey of Possible Observatory Sites in Southwestern British Columbia, JRASC, 83, 122.

Yang, S., Walker, G.A.H., & Bennett, P.D. 1987, The Spectral Variations of the δ Scuti Star ρ Puppis, PASP, 99, 245. Books

Leitherer, C., Bennett, P.D., Morris, P.W., van Loon, J.Th. eds. 2009, Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 450

Invited Papers

Bennett, P.D. 2008, Empirical Constraints on Modeling Red Supergiant Winds, invited presentation at Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 10–12 November 2008. Proceedings to be published by ASP Conf. Series.

Bennett, P.D. 2007, Chromospheres and Winds of Cool Supergiants, keynote presentation at The Biggest, Baddest, Coolest Stars Conference, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 16–18 July 2007. Proceedings to be published by ASP Conf. Series.

Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M., Brown, A., Linsky, J.L. 2003, NLTE Radiative Transfer in the Extended Atmospheres and Winds of Cool Stars, in Modelling of Stellar Atmospheres, eds. N.E. Piskunov, W.W. Weiss, & D.F Gray, IAU Symposium, Vol. 210, 93–105

Conference Proceedings and Other Non-Refereed Publications

Bennett, P.D. 2006, The 2003 Eclipse of 31 Cygni, in Astrophysics in the Far Ultraviolet: Five Years of Discovery with FUSE, ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 348, p.254, Proceedings of Workshop held at Victoria, B.C., Canada, 2–6 August 2004

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., Fawcett, S.M., Yang, S., & Bauer, W.H. 2004, Fundamental Parameters of Intermediate and High Mass Stars, in Spectroscopically and Spatially Resolving the Components of Close Binary Stars, ASP Conf. Series, 318, 222–225

Bennett, P.D., Bauer, W.H, & Brown, A. 2002, The Massive Wind of the Eclipsing Binary VV Cephei (M2Ia + B0-2), in Interacting Winds from Massive Stars, eds. A. Moﬀat & N. St-Louis, ASP Conf. Series, 260, 465–477

Linsky, J.L., Harper, G.M., Valenti, J., Bennett, P.D., & Brown, A. 2001, Inferring Mass Loss Rates for Cool Luminous Stars from High-Resolution GHRS Spectra, in The Carbon Star Phenomenon, Proc. IAU Symposium 177, ed R.F. Wing, Kluwer:Dordrecht, p.303

Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M., Brown, A., & Clayton, G.C. 1999, Is the Extended Red Emission due to CO?, in New Perspectives on the Interstellar Medium, ASP Conf. Series., Vol. 168, 231.

Linsky, J.L., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Valenti, J. 1998, A Critical Eval- uation of Mass Loss Rates and Wind Properties of Evolved Late-Type Stars, in Cyclical Variability in Stellar Winds, Proc. of ESO Workshop, eds. L. Kaper & A.W. Fullerton, Springer:Berlin, p.30 Bennett, P.D. & Harper, G.M. 1997, Semi-Empirical Wind Models for λ Velorum (K4 Ib-II), in the Proc. 12th ‘Kingston Meeting’: Computational Astrophysics, eds. D.A. Clarke & M.J. West, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 123, 87. Brown, A., Djie, H.R.E.T.A., Blondel, P.F.C., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Skinner, S.L. 1997, HST GHRS Observations of the Herbig AE Star HD104237: First UV Observations of a Hot Disk Wind from a Pre-Main Sequence Star, in Accretion Phenomena and Related Outﬂows, IAU Colloquium 163, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 121, 448. Valenti, J.A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L. 1996, Modeling resonance lines in winds from cool stars, in 9th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 109, 577. Bennett, P.D. 1991, Spherically Symmetric Model Atmospheres for Late-Type Giant Stars, Ph.D. thesis, University of British Columbia. Bennett, P.D., & Johnson, H.R. 1985, Calcium Chloride in the IUE Spectra of Carbon Stars, in Cool Stars with Excesses of Heavy Elements, eds. Jaschek, M., & Keenan, P.C., 249. Bennett, P.D. 1983, A Fast, Robust Algorithm for the Solution of the Equation of State, M.Sc. thesis, University of British Columbia.

Invited Talks

Bennett, P.D. 2005, Empirical Modelling of Cool Star Chromospheres and Winds, Invited talk, Hamburger Sternwarte, Hamburg, Germany, November 17, 2005 Bennett, P.D. 2005, The Winds of Red Giants and Supergiants, Invited talk, Dept. of Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 4, 2005. Bennett, P.D. 2001, Very Long Range Sensing: Eclipsing Binaries as Probes of Stellar Atmospheres. Invited talk, Dept. of Physics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, March 14, 2001. Bennett, P.D. 2001, Wanderers in the Sky: Planets and our Perception of the Universe. Invited talk, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, January 16, 2001. Bennett, P.D. 2001, Probing the Atmospheres of Red Supergiants using Eclipsing Binaries. Invited talk, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, January 15, 2001. Bennett, P.D. 2000, The Chromospheres and Winds of Red Supergiants. Invited talk, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, March 21, 2000.

% Contributed Talks and Posters

Bauer, W.H., Gull, T.R., Bennett, P.D., & Ahmad, J. 2009, Spatially Extended Wind Emission in the Massive Binary Systems VV Cep and KQ Pup Poster presented at the IAU XXVII General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 3–14, 2009.

Bennett, P.D., Levesque, E.M., & Brown, A. 2009, The Ultraviolet Spectral Energy Distribution of the Red Supergiant µ Cephei Poster presented at the CASCA 2009 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario May 27–29, 2009.

Bauer, W.H., Gull, T.R., & Bennett, P.D. 2008, Spatially Extended Emission in the UV Spectrum of VV Cephei Poster presented in Session 59.03 at the 211th AAS Meeting, Austin, TX January 7–11, 2008.

Bauer, W.H., Bennett, P.D., & Brown, A. 2007, Velocity Structure in the Chromosphere and Wind of VV Cephei Poster presented in Session 101.06 at the 209th AAS Meeting, Seattle, WA January 5–10, 2007.

Bennett, P.D. 2006, Canadian Participation in the World Space Observatory, Poster presented at the Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop: Creating Ideas for the Next Decade, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, November 23–24, 2006.

Hopkins, J.L., & Bennett, P.D. 2006, Single Channel UBV Photometry of the Long Period Eclipsing Binary VV Cephei Poster presented at the 25th Annual Symposium on Telescope Science, Society for Astro- nomical Sciences, Big Bear, CA May 23–25, 2006.

Bauer, W.H., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A. 2006, Line Identiﬁcations in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of VV Cephei Poster presented in Session 182.03 at the 207th AAS Meeting, Washington, DC January 8–12, 2006.

Bennett, P.D., Ake, T.B., Harper, G.M. 2005, To B or not to B: The Companion of Epsilon Aurigae Unveiled Poster presented in Session 40.05 at the 206th AAS Meeting, Minneapolis, MN May 29–June 2, 2005

Hutchings, J., Robert, C., De Robertis, M., Hudson, M., Moﬀat, A., Bennett, P., + 8 additional members of the UVIT Canadian science team 2005, UVIT: Ultraviolet Imaging Telescopes on the ASTROSAT Observatory, Poster presented at the CASCA 2005 meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 15–17, 2005.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Bauer, W.H. 2004, Six Years of HST/STIS Observations of the Eclipsing Binary VV Cephei, Poster presented in Session 5.12 at the 204th AAS Meeting, Denver, CO May 30–June 3, 2004. Bauer, W.H., Tiﬀany, C.L., Bennett, P.D., & Brown, A. 2002, The Structure of the Chromosphere of VV Cephei, Poster presented in Session 39.04 at the 200th AAS Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, June 2–6, 2002.

Harper, G.M., Brown, A. & Bennett, P.D. 2002, VLA Observations of ζ Aurigae: Testing UV Diagnostics, Poster presented in Session 92.18 at the 199th AAS Meeting, Washington, DC, January 6–10, 2002.

Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Schr¨oder, K.-P., Dumm, T., & Cuntz, M. 2001, Understanding the Role of Binarity on Mass Loss and Atmospheric Structure in Detached Systems, Poster presented at the 12th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Boulder, CO, July 30–August 3, 2001.

Ayres, T.R., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L, Carpenter, K.G., & Robinson, R.D. 2001, Far-UV Echelle Spectroscopy of Arcturus with HST-STIS, Poster presented at the 12th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Boulder, CO, July 30–August 3, 2001.

Brown, A., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., & Hatzes, A. 2001, Ultraviolet Observations of the Grazing Eclipses of the Binary HR 2554 Using HST/GHRS, Poster presented at the 12th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Boulder, CO, July 30–August 3, 2001.

Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Reimers, D., Brown, A., Bennett, P.D., & Harper, G.M. 2001, HST/GHRS Observations of the Extended Envelope of 32 Cyg, Poster presented at the 12th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Boulder, CO, July 30–August 3, 2001.

Bennett, P.D., & Yang, S. 2001, The Precise Mass Project: A DAO Survey of Red Giant and Supergiant Masses. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA), Mc- Master University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, May 27–29, 2001.

Bauer, W.H., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A. 2000, Systematic Line Proﬁle Variation in VV Cephei During Total Eclipse. Poster presented in Session 44.19 at the 197th AAS Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 7–11, 2001.

Harper, G.M., Brown, A., Ayres,T.R., Osten, R.A., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L., Skinner, S.L., Redﬁeld, S., Baade, R., Reimers, D., Andersson, B.-G. 2001, On the Temperature Structure of α TrA’s Wind. Poster presented in Session 08.03 at the 197th AAS Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 7–11, 2001.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., & Bauer, W.H. 2000, Wind Acceleration in Red Supergiants: What We Know from Binaries. Contributed talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, May 24–28, 2000.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Bauer, W.H. 1999, The 1997/98 Eclipse of VV Cephei Observed with HST/STIS. Poster presented at the 11th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain, October 4–8, 1999. Brown, A., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Reimers, D., Hatzes, A. 1999, Ultraviolet Observations of the Grazing Eclipses of the Binary HR2554 Using HST/GHRS. Poster presented at the 11th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain, October 4–8, 1999.

Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Schr¨oder, K.-P., Dumm, T., & Cuntz, M. 1999, Understanding the Role of Binarity on Mass Loss and Atmospheric Structure in Detached Systems. Poster presented at the 11th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain, October 4–8, 1999.

Ayres, T.R., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L., Carpenter, K.G., & Robinson, R.D. 1999, Far-UV Echelle Spectroscopy of Arcturus with HST/STIS. Poster presented at the 11th Cambridge Workshop: Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain, October 4–8, 1999.

Baade, R., Kirsch, T., Reimers. D., Brown, A., Bennett, P.D, & Harper, G.M. 1999, HST/GHRS Observations of the Extended Envelope of 32 Cyg. Poster presented at the 11th Cambridge Workshope on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, Tenerife, Spain, October 4–8, 1999.

Ayres, T.R., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L., Carpenter, K.G., Robin- son, R.D. 1999, STIS UV Atlas of the Red Giant Arcturus. Poster presented in Session 67.01 at the 194th AAS Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 30–June 3, 1999.

Bauer, W.H., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A. 1999, HST/STIS Observations of the 1997/98 Eclipse of VV Cephei. Poster presented in Session 45.13 at the 193rd AAS Meeting, Austin, TX, January 6–9, 1999.

Carpenter, K.G., Robinson, R.D., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., Mullan, D.J. 1999, The Chromosphere, Wind, and Mass-Loss Rate of λ Velorum (K5 Ib) as Revealed by UV Emission Line Proﬁles. Poster presented in Session 45.02 at the 193rd AAS Meeting, Austin, TX, January 6–9, 1999.

Linsky, J.L., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Valenti, J. 1998, A Critical Evaluation of Mass Loss Rates and Wind Properties of Evolved Late-Type Stars, Poster presented at Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars, IAU Symposium 191, Montpellier, France, Aug 28–Sept 1, 1998.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Bauer, W.H. 1998, The 1997/98 Eclipse of VV Cephei: First Results from HST/STIS, Poster presented in Session 67.21 at the 192nd AAS Meeting, San Diego, California, June 7–11, 1998.

Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M, Brown, A., Clayton, G.C., & Drilling, J.S. 1997, The Ultraviolet Spectrum of HD 44179, BAAS, 28, 1336. Poster presented in Session 48.05 at the 189th AAS Meeting, Toronto, Canada, January 12–16, 1997.

Ayres, T.R., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Linsky, J.L., Carpenter, K.G., Robin- son, R.D 1997, Fishing in the Coronal Graveyard, BAAS, 28, 1379. Poster presented in Session 78.15 at the 189th AAS Meeting, Toronto, Canada, January 12–16, 1997.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., Harper, G.M., Piskunov, N., & Griﬃn, R.E.M. 1996, The Chromosphere and Wind of ζ Aurigae, BAAS, 27, 1431. Poster presented in Session 103.04 at the 187th AAS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 14–18, 1996. Harper, G.M, Bennett, P.D., & Brown, A. 1995, The Detection of a Repeating Structure in the Envelope of ζ Aurigae, BAAS, 26, 1463. Poster presented in Session 85.21 at the 185th AAS Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, January 8–12, 1995.

Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M., Brown, A., & Hummel, C.A. 1995, A Re-analysis of the ζ Aurigae Binary System, BAAS, 26, 1463. Poster presented in Session 85.20 at the 185th AAS Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, January 8–12, 1995.

Harper, G.M., Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Linsky, J.L. 1994, HST/GHRS Studies of ζ Aurigae: III. The Ionization Structure of the Wind of ζ Aur A (K4 Ib), BAAS, 25, 1322. Poster presented in Session 18.10 at the 183rd AAS Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 1994.

Bennett, P.D., Brown, A., & Linsky, J.L. 1994, HST/GHRS Studies of ζ Aurigae: II. A Non-LTE Model Atmosphere Analysis of the B-Type Secondary BAAS, 25, 1321. Poster presented in Session 18.09 at the 183rd AAS Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 1994.

Brown, A., Linsky, J.L., Bennett, P.D., Harper, G.M., Baade, R., Kirsch, T., & Reimers, D. 1994, HST/GHRS Studies of zeta Aurigae: I. GHRS Observations of the 1993 Eclipse, 25, 1321. Poster presented in Session 18.08 at the 183rd AAS Meeting, Washington, DC, January 11-15, 1994.

Bennett, P.D. 1993, The 7.7 µm UIR Feature Reconsidered: The Case for SiO Emission, BAAS, 24, No. 4, 1279. Poster presented at the 181st AAS Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, January 3–7, 1993.

Recent Service

• Represented the Canadian UV spectroscopic community as Acting Chair, Discipline Work- ing Group in UV Astronomy, in preparation of the Joint Committee on Space As- tronomy’s (JCSA) “roadmap” document for guiding the Canadian Space Agency’s Long Term Space Plan, July 2009

• Member, Scientiﬁc Organizing Committee, Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution, Workshop held 10–12 November 2008, California Institute of Technol- ogy, Pasadena, CA

• Editor, Proceedings of the Hot and Cool Workshop, to be published by the ASP Conference Series, 2008–09

• Member, Supervisory Committee, Saint Mary’s Univ.: Ph.D. candidate Kathleen Moncrieﬀ, 2008 – present

• Member, Supervisory Committee, Saint Mary’s University: M.Sc. candidate Daniel Majaess, 2008 – present

• Charter Member, Canadian Space Agency Discipline Working Group (DWG), Ultraviolet Astronomy: Imaging and Spectroscopy, December 2006 – present

• Referee, Astronomical Journal, May 2006

• Reviewer, CIVR (Italy), 2005 • Canadian Member, Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) Science Team, 2004 – present

• Referee, Italian Ministry for Education, Universities, and Research (MUIR), 2004 Grant Review

• Referee, Italian Ministry for Education, Universities, and Research (MUIR), 2002 Grant Review

• Member, Nominating Committee, Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA), 2001–02