Lead Author Refereed Publications

1. Berger, E., Fox, D. B., Price, P. A., et al. astro-ph/0611128
   A New Population of High Redshift Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts
   

2. Berger, E., Fox, D. B., Kulkarni, S. R., et al. astro-ph/0609170
   The ERO Host Galaxy of GRB 020127: Implications for the Metallicity of GRB Progenitors
   

3. Berger, E., Shin, M.-S., Mulchaey, J. S., Jeltema, T. E. astro-ph/0608498
   Galaxy Clusters Associated with Short GRBs. I. The Fields of GRBs 050709, 050724, 050911 and 051221a
   

4. Berger, E., Chary, R., Cowie, L. L., et al. astro-ph/0603689
   HST and Spitzer Observations of the Host Galaxy of GRB 050904: A Metal-Enriched, Dusty Starburst at z=6.295
   

5. Berger, E. 2006, ApJ, 648, 629.
   Radio Observations of a Large Sample of Late-M, L, and T Dwarfs: The Distribution of Magentic Field Strengths
   

6. Berger, E., Penprase, B. E., Fox, D. B., et al. astro-ph/0512280
   Fine-Structure FeII and SiII Absorption in the Spectrum of GRB 051111: Implications for the Burst Environment
   

7. Berger, E., Penprase, B. E., Cenko, S. B., et al. 2006, ApJ, 642, 979.
   Spectroscopy of GRB 050505 at z=4.275: A logN(HI)=22.1 DLA Host Galaxy and the Nature of the Progenitor
   

8. Berger, E., Price, P. A., Cenko, S. B., et al. 2005, Nature, 438, 988.
   The afterglow and elliptical host galaxy of the short ALT="$\gamma$">-ray burst GRB 050724
   

9. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Fox, D. B., et al. 2005, ApJ, 634, 501.
   The Afterglows, Redshifts, and Properties of Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
   

10. Berger, E., Fox, D. B., Kulkarni, S. R., et al. 2005, ApJ, 629, 328.
    The Discovery of the Optical and Near-IR Afterglows of the First Swift Gamma-Ray Bursts
    

11. Berger, E., Rutledge, R. E., Reid, I. N., et al. 2005, ApJ, 627, 960
    The Magnetic Properties of an L Dwarf Derived from Simultaneous Radio, X-ray, and H-alpha Observations
    

12. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A. 2004, ApJ, 612, 966.
    The Nonrelativistic Evolution of GRBs 980703 and 970508: Beaming-independent Calorimetry
    

13. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Pooley, G., et al. 2003, Nature, 426, 154.
    A Common Origin for Cosmic Explosions Inferred from Fireball Calorimetry
    

14. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A., Soderberg, A. M. 2003, ApJ, 599, 408.
    A Radio Survey of Type Ib and Ic Supernovae: Searching for Engine Driven Supernovae
    

15. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A. 2003, ApJ, 590, 379.
    A Standard Kinetic Energy Reservoir in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
    

16. Berger, E., Cowie, L. L., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A., Aussel, H., Barger, A. J. 2003, ApJ, 588, 99.
    A Submillimeter and Radio Survey of Gamma-Ray Burst Host Galaxies: A Glimpse into the Future of Star Formation Studies
    

17. Berger, E., Soderberg, A. M., Frail, D. A., Kulkarni, S. R. 2003, ApJ, 587, L5
    A Radio Flare from GRB 020405: Evidence for a Uniform Medium Around a Massive Stellar Progenitor
    

18. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Bloom, J. S., et al. 2002, ApJ, 581, 981
    The Faint Optical Afterglow and Host Galaxy of GRB020124: Implications for the Nature of Dark Gamma-Ray Bursts
    

19. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Chevalier, R. A. 2002, ApJ, 577, L5
    The Radio Evolution of the Ordinary Type Ic SN2002ap
    

20. Berger, E. 2002, ApJ, 572, 503
    Flaring Up All Over: Radio Activity in Rapidly-Rotating Late-Type M and L Dwarfs
    

21. Berger, E., Kulkarni, S. R., Frail, D. A. 2001, ApJ, 560, 652.
    The Host Galaxy of GRB980703 at Radio Wavelengths: a Nuclear Starburst in a ULIRG
    

22. Berger, E., Ball, S., Becker, K. M., et al. 2001, Nature, 410, 338
    Discovery of Radio Emission from the Brown Dwarf LP944-20
    

23. Berger, E., Diercks, A., Frail, D. A., et al. 2001, ApJ, 556, 556
    GRB 000418: A Hidden Jet Revealed
    

24. Berger, E., Sari, R., Frail, D. A., et al. 2000, ApJ, 545, 56
    A Jet Model for the Afterglow Emission from GRB000301C

Selected Invited and Contributed Talks

• Colloquium, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, January 2006
  

• Invited review talk at ``16th Annual October Astrophysics Conference in Maryland: Gamma Ray Bursts in the Swift Era'', Washington, DC, November 2005
  

• Invited talk at ``The 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics'', Denver, CO, October 2005
  

• Oral presentation at ``The First Symposium on Magellan Science'', Pasadena, CA, January 2005
  

• Invited talk at ``22nd Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics'', Stanford, CA, December 2004
  

• Carnegie Observatories colloquium, Carnegie, Pasadena, CA, November 2004
  

• Friday Lunch Talk, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, November 2004
  

• Invited talk at ``Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: 4th Workshop'', Rome, Italy, October 2004
  

• Radio Astronomy Laboratory colloquium, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 2003
  

• Solicited Talk at "GRB 2003 Conference: Celebration of the 30th anniversary of GRB discovery", Santa Fe, NM, September 2003
  

• Lunch Talk, Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii, HI, September 2003
  

• Colloquium, NRAO, Socorro, NM, August 2003
  

• Invited talk at "3-D Signatures in Stellar Explosions", Austin, TX, June 2003
  

• Oral presentation at "Supernovae (10 Years of SN1993J): IAU Colloquium 192", Valencia, Spain, April 2003
  

• Optical/IR Lunch Talk, CfA Harvard, MA, March 2003
  

• Center for Space Research Lunch Talk, MIT, MA, March 2003
  

• Poster presentation at "201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society", Seattle, WA, January 2003
  

• Invited talk at "Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: 3rd Workshop", Rome, Italy, September 2002
  

• Oral presentation at "The First Niels Bohr Summer Institute: Beaming and Jets in Gamma-Ray Bursts", Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2002
  

• Colloquium, Joint Astronomy Center, Hilo, HI, January 2002
  

• Oral presentation at "Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy 2001: A Workshop Celebrating the First Year of the HETE Mission", Woods Hall, MA, November 2001
  

• Colloquium, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia, September 2001
  

• Colloquium, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, September 2001
  

• Colloquium, Australia Telescope National Facility, Epping, Australia, August 2001
  

• Lunch Talk, Australia Telescope Compact Array, Narrabri, Australia, August 2001
  

• Poster presentation at "198th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society", Pasadena, CA, May 2001
  

• Poster presentation at "Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era: 2nd Workshop", Rome, Italy, October 2000

Press Releases

• ``Astronomers link old stars and mysterious cosmic explosions''. December 15, 2005
  http://www.carnegieinstitution.org/news_releases/news_0512_15.html
  

• ``Keck Telescope Helps Detect First Gamma-Ray Bursts from 'Swift' Satellite''. February 14, 2005
  http://www2.keck.hawaii.edu/news/science/swift/050214.html
  

• ``First gamma-ray bursts detected by new NASA satellite pinpointed by Carnegie and Caltech astronomers''. February 14, 2005
  http://www.hq.ciw.edu/news_releases/news_050214.html
  

• ``Despite Appearances, Cosmic Explosions Have Common Origin, Astronomers Discover''. November 12, 2003
  http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2003/grbtwinjet/
  

• ``Gamma-Ray Bursts, X-Ray Flashes, and Supernovae Not As Different As They Appear''. November 12, 2003
  http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12453.html
  

• ``Cosmic X-ray Flashes Reveal Their Distance''. September 11, 2003
  http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/03_releases/press_091103.html
  

• ``Closest Gamma Ray Burst Providing Scientists With Crucial Test for Burst Physics''. May 28, 2003
  http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2003/grb030329/
  

• ``Gamma-ray bursts are caused by explosive death of massive stars, new study reveals''. May 16, 2002
  http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12247.html
  

• ``First gamma burst detected by new NASA satellite is pinpointed at Palomar Observatory''. November 7, 2001
  http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12194.html
  

• ``From Enigma to Tool: Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Secrets of Host Galaxy''. June 5, 2001
  http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2001/grbhost/
  

• ``Distant Massive Explosion Reveals a Hidden Stellar Factory''. April 4, 2001
  http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12123.html
  

• ``Caltech grad student's team first to detect radio emission from a brown dwarf''. March 14, 2001
  http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12116.html
  

• ``Students Use VLA to Make Startling Brown-Dwarf Discovery''. March 14, 2001
  http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2001/browndwarf/