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ÉMILIE PARENT Email: [email protected] Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montreal QC, H3A 2T8, Canada EDUCATION . ​ Candidate for Ph.D., Physics, McGill University 2017 - present Supervisor: Prof. Victoria Kaspi Graduation expected by summer 2021 M.Sc., Physics, McGill University 2015 - 2017 Thesis: A Search for Long-Period Pulsars with a Fast-Folding Algorithm in the PALFA Survey Supervisor: Prof. Victoria Kaspi B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, Bishop's University 2012 - 2015 Thesis: Light-Curves Calibration of Type Ia Supernovae Supervisor: Prof. Lorne Nelson Diplôme d'étude collégial en Sciences de la nature, Cégep de Sherbrooke 2009 - 2011 RESEARCH . ​ Interests: Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts searching, software development & searching pipelines, pulsar timing and ​ population studies, formation and evolution of millisecond pulsars and binary systems PALFA Survey 2015 - present ● Lead and coordinate timing efforts (proposal writing, observation planning, data management, analyses, publication, etc.) ● Lead of searching pipeline operation and development ● Survey and timing-data quality monitoring, and related communications with Arecibo ● Act as liaison with the CHIME/Pulsar and CHIME/FRB teams for collaborative data sharing purposes ● Sensitivity analysis of the survey to long-period pulsars ● Timing analysis of regular pulsars and millisecond pulsars, and searching for high-energy pulsations Green Bank Northern Celestial Cap Pulsar Survey 2017 - present ​ ● Maintenance of the survey public page, and report of new discoveries ● Organization and monitoring of follow-up efforts ● Lead of searching pipeline operation and development ● FRB: discovery, characterization and multi-wavelength analysis AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS . ​ Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC) 2018 - 2021 Schulich Graduate Fellowship 2018 Bourse de maîtrise du Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQNT) 2017 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) 2016 Vice-Chancellor's Prize, Bishop's University 2015 The David Savage Prize in Physics and Mathematics, Bishop's University 2015 The Faculty Prize in Physics, Bishop's University 2013 Richard Tomlinson Scholarship for academic excellence, Bishop's University (3 consecutive years) 2012 - 2015 PUBLICATIONS . ​ 12. Parent, E., Chawla, P., Kaspi, V. M., et al., First Discovery of a Fast Radio Burst at 350 MHz by the GBNCC Survey, ​Submitted​ to ApJ (Aug. 2020) ​ 11. Ferdman, R. D., Freire, P. C. C., Perera, B. B. P., et al., Asymmetric mass ratios for bright double neutron-star mergers, ​ ​ Nature, 583..211F (2019) 10. Parent, E., Kaspi, V. M., Ransom, S. M., et al., Eight Millisecond Pulsars Discovered in the Arecibo PALFA Survey, ​ ​ ​ ​ The Astrophysical Journal, 886, 148 (2019) 9. Scalzo, R. A., Parent, E., Burns, C., et al., Probing type Ia supernova properties using bolometric light curves from the ​ ​ ​ Carnegie Supernova Project and the CfA , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483, 628, (2019) ​ ​ ​ 8. Patel, C., Agarwal, D., Bhardwaj, M., et al., PALFA Single-pulse Pipeline: New Pulsars, Rotating Radio Transients, and ​ a Candidate Fast Radio Burst, The Astrophysical Journal, 869, 181 (2018) ​ 7. Burns, C. R., Parent, E., Phillips, M. M., et al., The Carnegie Supernova Project: Absolute Calibration and the Hubble ​ ​ ​ Constant, The Astrophysical Journal, 869, 56 (2018) ​ 6. Parent, E., Kaspi, V. M., Ransom, S. M., et al., The Implementation of a Fast-folding Pipeline for Long-period Pulsar ​ ​ ​ Searching in the PALFA Survey, The Astrophysical Journal, 861,44 (2018) ​ 5. Stovall, K., Freire, P. C. C., Chatterjee, S., et al., PALFA Discovery of a Highly Relativistic Double Neutron Star Binary, ​ ​ The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 854, L22 (2018) ​ 4. Lyne, A. G., Stappers, B. W., Bogdanov, S., et al., Timing of 29 Pulsars Discovered in the PALFA Survey, The ​ ​ Astrophysical Journal, 834, 137 (2017) 3. Lyne, A. G., Stappers, B. W., Freire, P. C. C., et al., Two Long-Term Intermittent Pulsars Discovered in the PALFA Survey, ​ The Astrophysical Journal, 834, 72 (2017) 2. Scholz, P., Spitler, L. G., Hessels, J. W. T., et al., The Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB 121102: Multi-wavelength ​ Observations and Additional Bursts, The Astrophysical Journal, 833, 177S (2016) ​ 1. Hsiao, E. Y., Burns, C. R., Contreras, C., et al., 2015, Strong near-infrared carbon in the Type Ia supernova iPTF13ebh, ​ ​ Astronomy & Astrophysics, 578, A9 (2015) TEACHING & MENTORING . ​ Undergraduate students mentoring: ● Harper Sewalls (McGill U.): PALFA/pulsar timing analysis Summer 2020 ● Alexandra Rochon (Collège international Sainte-Anne): PALFA/pulsar timing analysis Summer 2020 ● Harper Sewalls (McGill U.): Search for FRBs in Arecibo observations of Dwarf Galaxies Winter 2020 ● Mariya Krasteva (Concordia U.): Testing the implementation of a FFA in PALFA pipeline Summer 2016 STEM Education Initiative Fellow, The American Association of Universities 2017 - 2018 Project: Rethinking first year physics: a novel approach towards active, exploration-based learning in laboratories. Teaching Assistantship ● McGill University: PHYS 357 (Hons. Quantum Physics), PHYS 342 (Electromagnetic Waves), 2015 - 2020 ​ PHYS 214 & PHYS 320 & PHYS 521 (Astrophysics), PHYS 183 (Intro. Astronomy) ● Bishop’s University: PHY 101 (Statistical Methods in Exp. Sciences), PHY 113 2013 - 2015 (Intro. Astronomy)​, PHY 192b (Electricity and Magnetism 2), MAT 190 (Calculus) Guest Lecturer in an undergraduate-level astronomy course, Cégep de Sherbrooke 2015 CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS . ​ Scientific - invited talks ● Pulsar searching with Arecibo: The PALFA survey Arecibo Observatory Futures Workshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2019 ● The Arecibo PALFA survey and the observed population of millisecond pulsars Physics & Astronomy Seminar, Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Canada 2019 Scientific - Contributed talks/posters ● The implementation of a Fast-Folding Algorithm in the PALFA survey IAUS 337: Pulsar Astrophysics - The Next 50 Years, Manchester, United Kingdom (2017) 2017 ● The Repeating Fast Radio Burst: A Search for Periodicity Annual meeting of the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec, Canada 2017 ● The Search for Long-Period Pulsars in the PALFA Survey Annual meeting of the Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec, Canada 2016 Annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomy Society, Winnipeg, Canada 2016 ● Electrical characterization of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge by using a Capacity-based Voltage Divider Colloque de Plasma-Québec, Montréal, Canada 2014 Pedagogic development ● Integrating students into freshman STEM course redesign SALTISE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada 2018 ● Rethinking first year physics laboratories SALTISE Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada 2018 EMPLOYMENT . ​ Graphos Convener Vanier-NSERC (3 application cycles), McGill University 2018 - 2020 Research Assistant - Carnegie Supernova Project, The Carnegie Observatories 2014 Tutor at the Physics Help Center & Maths Help Center, Bishop’s University 2013 - 2015 ACADEMIC SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES . ​ Project management Chair - PALFA timing program 2020 - present ​ ​ ​ Co-Chair - GBNCC collaboration 2020 - present ​ Peer reviewer for: ● The Astrophysical Journal ● The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Committee & council representation ● Grad. Student Representative, McGill Space Institute Board 2017 - present ● Grad. Student Representative, Conseil du Centre de Recherche en Astrophysique du Québec 2016 - present ● Bishop's Faculty of Sciences Representative Student & Recruitment Team Member 2013 - 2015 SELECTED PUBLIC OUTREACH & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT . Outreach positions and activities ​ ● President of AstroMcGill’s Steering Committee, AstroMcGill 2016 - 2018 ● Initiator, lead organizer and master of ceremonies for Astronomy on Tap MTL (25+ events) 2017 - 2020 ● Coordinator for public lectures series - Public AstroNights 2016 - 2018 Astronomy public talks ● Pulsars: cosmic lighthouses 6 different venues, including planetariums 2017 - 2019 ● Mondes à découvrir: Lunes du système solaire Public Astro Night, by AstroMcGill, Montreal, Canada 2017 Science Festival Eurêka!, Montreal, Canada 2016 ● Mystères cosmiques: Une introduction à l’astrophysique Series of 5 lectures, UPop Montréal, Canada 2016 Volunteering ● Mentor Academos: cyber-mentoring program to support and guide high-school 2016 - present students in their career choice process ● Scientist consultant, Eclairs de Sciences: assisting elementary school teachers 2015 - 2016 in their professional development in science and technology. ● Volunteer for McGil Space Explorers: program in which a physicist visits a grade 4-6 2016 - 2017 classroom multiple times throughout a school year to learn science concepts through experiments SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS . ​ ● Arecibo Observatory: PI for P3313, P2789 (105 hours in total) ● Compute Canada Federation: Co-PI for ID-3009 (500 core years of HPC for processing of PALFA+GBNCC data) REFERENCES . ​ Dr. Victoria Kaspi Dr. Scott Ransom Dr. Maura McLaughlin Professor of Physics Tenured Astronomer Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dept. of Physics & McGill Space Institute National Radio Astronomy Department of Physics and Astronomy McGill University Observatory West Virginia University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] .
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