JOSH SIMON

Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
813 Santa Barbara St.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Phone: (626) 304-0256


CURRENT POSITION

Vera Rubin Fellow, Carnegie Observatories                                                       (Continuing my tour of California educational institutions . . .)



PREVIOUS POSITION

Robert A. Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech                                             2005-2008

EDUCATION

Ph. D. (Astrophysics), University of California, Berkeley, 2005
M. A. (Astrophysics), University of California, Berkeley, 2000
B. S. (Physics), Stanford University, 1998
High school diploma, Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, MI, 1994                   (That's still relevant, right?     Anyone?)


  REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Least Evolved Galaxies: Leo IV
J. D. Simon, A. Frebel, A. McWilliam, E. N. Kirby, and I. B. Thompson, 2010, submitted to ApJL
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Planetary Nebulae in M33: Probes of AGB Nucleosynthesis and ISM Abundances
F. Bresolin, G. Stasinska, J. M. Vilchez, J. D. Simon, and E. Rosolowsky, 2010, MNRAS, in press
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Linking Dwarf Galaxies to Halo Building Blocks With the Most Metal-Poor Star in Sculptor
A. Frebel, E. Kirby, and J. D. Simon, 2010, Nature, 464, 72
ADS     astro-ph

High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Least Evolved Galaxies: Ursa Major II and Coma Berenices
A. Frebel, J. D. Simon, M. Geha, and B. Willman, 2010, ApJ, 708, 560
ADS     astro-ph

Accurate Masses for Dispersion-Supported Galaxies
J. Wolf, G. D. Martinez, J. S. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, M. Geha, R. R. Munoz, J. D. Simon, and F. F. Avedo, 2009,
submitted to MNRAS
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Spectroscopic Confirmation of the Pisces Overdensity
J. A. Kollmeier, A. Gould, S. Shectman, I. B. Thompson, G. W. Preston, J. D. Simon, J. D. Crane, Z. Ivezic,
and B. Sesar, 2009, ApJL, 705, L158
ADS     astro-ph

Variable Sodium Absorption in a Low-Extinction Type Ia Supernova
J. D. Simon, A. Gal-Yam, O. Gnat, R. M. Quimby, M. Ganeshalingam, J. M. Silverman, S. Blondin, W. Li,
A. V. Filippenko, J. C. Wheeler, R. P. Kirshner, F. Patat, P. Nugent, R. J. Foley, S. S. Vogt, R. P. Butler, K. M. G. Peek,
E. Rosolowsky, G. J. Herczeg, D. N. Sauer, and P. A. Mazzali, 2009, ApJ, 702, 1157
ADS     astro-ph

The Least Luminous Galaxy: Spectroscopy of the Milky Way Satellite Segue 1
M. Geha, B. Willman, J. D. Simon, L. E. Strigari, E. N. Kirby, D. R. Law, and J. Strader, 2009, ApJ, 692, 1464
ADS     astro-ph

The Chemical Abundances of Tycho G in Supernova Remnant 1572
J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, P. Ruiz-Lapuente, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley, A. Gal-Yam, and J. D. Simon, 2009, ApJ, 691, 1
ADS     astro-ph

GALEX Spectroscopy of SN 2005ay Suggests a UV Spectral Uniformity Among Type II-P Supernovae
A. Gal-Yam, F. Bufano, T. Barlow, E. Baron, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, P. J. Challis, R. S. Ellis, A. V. Filippenko, R. J. Foley,
D. B. Fox, R. P. Kirshner, D. C. Leonard, W. Li, D. Maoz, T. Matheson, P. A. Mazzali, M. Modjaz, K. Nomoto, E. O. Ofek,
J. D. Simon, T. Small, G. P. Smith, M. Turatto, S. D. Van Dyk, and L. Zampieri, 2008, ApJ, 685, L117
ADS     astro-ph

Uncovering the Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies
E. N. Kirby, J. D. Simon, M. Geha, P. Guhathakurta, and A. Frebel, 2008, ApJ, 685, L43
ADS     astro-ph

A Common Mass Scale for Satellite Galaxies of the Milky Way
L. E. Strigari, J. S. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, J. D. Simon, M. Geha, B. Willman, and M. G. Walker, 2008, Nature, 454, 1096
ADS     astro-ph

An Extremely Luminous X-ray Outburst at the Birth of a Supernova
A. M. Soderberg, E. Berger, K. L. Page, P. Schady, J. Parrent, D. Pooley, X.-Y. Wang, E. O. Ofek, A. Cucchiara, A. Rau,
E. Waxman, J. D. Simon, D. C. Bock, P. A. Milne, M. J. Page, J. C. Barentine, S. D. Barthelmy, A. P. Beardmore,
M. F. Bietenholz, P. Brown, A. Burrows, D. N. Burrows, G. Byrngelson, S. B. Cenko, P. Chandra, J. R. Cummings,
D. B. Fox, A. Gal-Yam, N. Gehrels, S. Immler, M. Kasliwal, A. K. H. Kong, H. A. Krimm, S. R. Kulkarni, T. J. Maccarone,
P. Meszaros, E. Nakar, P. T. O'Brien, M. de Pasquale, J. Racusin, N. Rea, and D. G. York, 2008, Nature, 453, 469
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The Most Dark Matter Dominated Galaxies: Predicted Gamma-ray Signals from the Faintest Milky Way Dwarfs
L. E. Strigari, S. M. Koushiappas, J. S. Bullock, M. Kaplinghat, J. D. Simon, M. Geha, and B. Willman, 2008, ApJ, 678, 614
ADS     astro-ph

The M33 Metallicity Project: Resolving the Abundance Gradient Discrepancies in M33
E. Rosolowsky and J. D. Simon, 2008, ApJ, 675, 1213
ADS     astro-ph

Constraints on Circumstellar Material Around the Type Ia Supernova 2007af
J. D. Simon, A. Gal-Yam, B. E. Penprase, W. Li, R. M. Quimby, J. M. Silverman, C. Allende Prieto, J. C. Wheeler,
A. V. Filippenko, I. T. Martinez, D. J. Beeler, and F. Patat, 2007, ApJ, 671, L25
ADS     astro-ph

The Kinematics of the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites: Solving the Missing Satellite Problem
J. D. Simon and M. Geha, 2007, ApJ, 670, 313
ADS     astro-ph

The Spitzer Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Discovery of Embedded Protostars in the HII region NGC 346
J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, B. A. Whitney, T. P. Robitaille, R. Y. Shah, D. Makovoz, S. Stanimirovic, R. H. Barba, and M. Rubio,
2007, ApJ, 669, 327
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Upper Limit for Circumstellar Gas Around the Type Ia SN 2000cx
F. Patat, S. Benetti, S. Justham, P. A. Mazzali, L. Pasquini, E. Cappellaro, M. Della Valle, Ph. Podsiadlowski,
M. Turatto, A. Gal-Yam, and J. D. Simon, 2007, A&A, 474, 931
ADS     astro-ph

Detection of Circumstellar Material in a Normal Type Ia Supernova
F. Patat, P. Chandra, S. Justham, Ph. Podsiadlowski, C. Wolf, A. Gal-Yam, L. Pasquini, I. A. Crawford, P. A. Mazzali,
A. W. A. Pauldrach, K. Nomoto, S. Benetti, E. Cappellaro, N. Elias-Rosa, W. Hillebrandt, D. C. Leonard, A. Pastorello,
A. Renzini, F. Sabbadin, J. D. Simon, and M. Turatto, 2007, Science, 317, 924
ADS     astro-ph

Self-Consistent Massive Disks in Triaxial Dark Matter Halos
J. Bailin, J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, B. K. Gibson, and C. Power, 2007, ApJ, 667, 191
ADS     astro-ph

A High-Resolution Spectrum of the Extremely Metal-Rich Bulge G-Dwarf OGLE-2006-BLG-265
J. A. Johnson, A. Gal-Yam, D. C. Leonard, J. D. Simon, A. Udalski, and A. Gould, 2007, ApJ, 655, L33
ADS     astro-ph

The Spitzer Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud: S3MC Imaging and Photometry in the Mid- and Far-Infrared Wavebands
A. D. Bolatto, J. D. Simon, S. Stanimirovic, J. Th. van Loon, R. Y. Shah, K. Venn, A. K. Leroy, K. Sandstrom, J. M. Jackson, F. P. Israel,
A. Li, L. Staveley-Smith, C. Bot, F. Boulanger, and M. Rubio, 2007, ApJ, 655, 212
ADS     astro-ph

Is There a Fundamental Line for Disk Galaxies?
J. D. Simon, F. Prada, J. M. Vilchez, L. Blitz, and B. Robertson, 2006, ApJ, 649, 709
ADS     astro-ph

The Cosmological Significance of High-Velocity Cloud Complex H
J. D. Simon, L. Blitz, A. A. Cole, M. D. Weinberg, and M. Cohen, 2006, ApJ, 640, 270
ADS     astro-ph

Spitzer Space Telescope Detection of the Young Supernova Remnant 1E 0102.2-7219
S. Stanimirovic, A. D. Bolatto, K. Sandstrom, A. K. Leroy, J. D. Simon, B. M. Gaensler, R. Y. Shah, and J. M. Jackson, 2005, ApJ, 632, L103
ADS     astro-ph

The Molecular ISM of Dwarf Galaxies on Kiloparsec Scales: A New Survey for CO in Northern, IRAS-Detected Dwarf Galaxies
A. K. Leroy, A. D. Bolatto, J. D. Simon, and L. Blitz, 2005, ApJ, 625, 763
ADS     astro-ph

High-Resolution Measurements of the Halos of Four Dark Matter-Dominated Galaxies: Deviations from a Universal Density Profile
J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, A. K. Leroy, L. Blitz, and E. L. Gates 2005, ApJ, 621, 757
ADS     astro-ph

High-Resolution Measurements of the Dark Matter Halo of NGC 2976: Evidence for a Shallow Density Profile
J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, A. K. Leroy, and L. Blitz, 2003, ApJ, 596, 957
ADS     astro-ph

HI Imaging of LGS 3 and an Apparently Interacting High-Velocity Cloud
T. Robishaw, J. D. Simon, and L. Blitz, 2002, ApJ, 580, L129
ADS     astro-ph

The Absence of Stars in Compact High-Velocity Clouds
J. D. Simon and L. Blitz, 2002, ApJ, 574, 726
ADS     astro-ph

The Density Profile of the Dark Matter Halo of NGC 4605
A. D. Bolatto, J. D. Simon, A. K. Leroy, and L. Blitz, 2002, ApJ, 565, 238
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 NONREFEREED PUBLICATIONS

LSST Science Book
245 authors, 2009
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A Candidate Near-Infrared Counterpart to IGRJ 17511-3057
M. A. P. Torres, P. G. Jonker, D. Steeghs, J. D. Simon, & G. Gutowski, 2009, Astronomer's Telegram 2216
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ROTSE3 J125642.7+273041 Is Probably a Type Ia Supernova of Intergalactic Origin
A. Gal-Yam & J. D. Simon, 2008, Astronomer's Telegram 1617
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A Metallicity Map of M33
J. D. Simon & E. Rosolowsky, 2007, ASP Conference Series, in press
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Supernova 2007on Is Probably a Young Type Ia Event
A. Gal-Yam, J. D. Simon, A. Klotz, & E. Rosolowsky, 2007, Astronomer's Telegram 1263
ATel

Infrared Sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Results
J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, S. Stanimirovic, R. Y. Shah, A. K. Leroy, and K. Sandstrom, 2006, ASP Conference Series 381: Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, 381, 189
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Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies: High Resolution Observations
A. D. Bolatto, J. D. Simon, A. K. Leroy, and L. Blitz, 2004, IAU Symposium, 220, 353
ADS     astro-ph

Molecular Gas in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies: Single Dish and Interferometric Results
A. K. Leroy, A. D. Bolatto, J. D. Simon, L. Blitz, and F. Walter 2004, The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, 155
ADS     astro-ph

Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies: The First Dark Galaxy?
J. D. Simon, T. Robishaw, and L. Blitz, 2004, ASP Conference Series 327: Satellites and Tidal Streams, 327, 32
ADS     astro-ph

Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies: Latest Density Profile Results
J. D. Simon, A. D. Bolatto, A. K. Leroy, and L. Blitz, 2004, ASP Conference Series 327: Satellites and Tidal Streams, 327, 18
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CONFERENCES ATTENDED

  • Frank N. Bash Symposium, Austin, TX, October 19-20, 2009
    Invited Oral Presentation: "The Milky Way's Missing Satellites: Ultra-Faint, or Completely Dark?"

  • Keck Science Meeting, Pasadena, CA, September 17, 2009
    Oral Presentation: "The Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae - How Degenerate Are They?"

  • The Milky Way and the Local Group - Now and in the Gaia Era, Heidelberg, Germany, August 31-September 4, 2009
    Oral Presentation: "The Least Luminous Galaxies"

  • Extreme Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies, Ann Arbor, MI, July 27-29, 2009
    Oral Presentation: "The Masses and Metallicities of the Least Luminous Galaxies"

  • Shedding Light on the Nature of Dark Matter, Pasadena, CA, July 13-24, 2009

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #214, Pasadena, CA, June 8-11, 2009
    Oral Presentation: "The Masses of the Least Luminous Galaxies"

  • Detecting Dark Matter in the Milky Way, Cleveland, OH, March 12-14, 2009
    Oral Presentation: "Stellar Kinematics of the Faintest Dwarf Galaxies"

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #213, Long Beach, CA, January 4-8, 2009

  • Back to the Galaxy II, Santa Barbara, CA, September 29-October 3, 2008
    Oral Presentation: "Chemical Abundances in the Least Evolved Dwarf Galaxies"

  • California Postdoc Symposium, Santa Cruz, CA, August 21-23, 2008
    Invited Oral Presentation: "Ultra-Faint, Ultra-Dark, and Ultra-Handsome: The New Satellites of the Milky Way"

  • Science with Giant Telescopes, Chicago, IL, June 15-18, 2008
    Oral Presentation: "Constraining the Nature of Dark Matter with Next Generation Telescopes"

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #211, Austin, TX, January 7-11, 2008
    Oral Presentation: "Are the Ultra-Faint Milky Way Dwarf Galaxies the Solution to the Missing Satellite Problem?"

  • The Evolving ISM in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies, Pasadena, CA, December 2-5, 2007

  • Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks, Rome, Italy, October 1-5, 2007
    Oral Presentation: "A Metallicity Map of M33"

  • Keck Science Meeting, Pasadena, CA, September 19-20, 2007

  • The Globular Cluster - Dwarf Galaxy Connection, Ann Arbor, MI, August 27-29, 2007
    Invited Oral Presentation: "The Ultra-Faint Milky Way Satellites: Implications for the Missing Satellite Problem"

  • Science in the Era of TMT, Irvine, CA, July 23-25, 2007

  • HI Survival Through Cosmic Times, Spineto, Italy, June 11-15, 2007
    Oral Presentation: "Are There Dark Galaxies in the Local Group?"

  • Spitzer Science Fair, JPL, Pasadena, CA, May 22, 2007
    Oral Presentation: "The Spitzer Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud"

  • Astrophysical Probes of the Nature of Dark Matter, Irvine, CA, March 22-24, 2007
    Invited Oral Presentation: "The Observational Distribution of Dark Matter Density Profiles"

  • Metals 2007: Metallicity Calibrations for Gaseous Nebulae, Honolulu, HI, January 22-26, 2007
    Oral Presentation: "A Metallicity Map of M33"

  • Keck Science Meeting, Irvine, CA, September 15-16, 2006
    Oral Presentation: "A Metallicity Map of M33"

  • Galaxies in the Cosmic Web, Las Cruces, NM, May 15-19, 2006
    Oral Presentation: "The Distribution of Density Profile Slopes"

  • Dwarf Galaxies as Astrophysical and Cosmological Probes, Ringberg, Germany, March 12-16, 2006
    Oral Presentation: "Are There Dark Galaxies in the Local Group?"

  • Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, Pasadena, CA, Novermber 14-16, 2005
    Poster Presentation: "Infrared Sources in the Small Magellanic Cloud: First Results"

  • The Formation of Disk Galaxies, Ascona, Switzerland, June 27-July 1, 2005
    Oral Presentation: "Is There a Universal Dark Matter Density Profile?"

  • Dynamics of Galaxies: Baryons and Dark Matter, Las Vegas, NV, March 10-12, 2005
    Oral Presentation: "3D Halo Shapes: The Influence of Triaxiality on Galaxy Disks"

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #205, San Diego, CA, January 2005
    Oral Presentation: "Is There a Universal Dark Matter Density Profile?"

  • The Spitzer Space Telescope: New Views of the Cosmos, Pasadena, CA, November 9-12, 2004

  • Mini-Workshop on Galaxy Formation, Santa Cruz, Ca, August 2-6, 2004
    Oral Presentation: "Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies"

  • Satellites and Tidal Streams, La Palma, Spain, May 26-30, 2003
    Oral Presentation: "Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies"

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #199, Washington, D. C., January 7-10, 2002
    Oral Presentation: "The Absence of Stars in Compact High-Velocity Clouds"

  • American Astronomical Society Meeting #198, Pasadena, CA, June 4-7, 2001

  • Cosmic Flows 1999: Towards an Understanding of Large-Scale Structure, Victoria, British Columbia, July 13-17, 1999
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    AWARDS

  • Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008 (declined)
  • National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005 (declined)
  • Mary Elizabeth Uhl Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement, UC Berkeley Astronomy Department, 2005
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    RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Carnegie Fellow, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2008 - present

  • Senior Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech Department of Astronomy, 2008

  • Millikan Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech Department of Astronomy, 2005 - 2008

  • Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy, 1999 - 2005
    Ph.D. Thesis --- Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies: Observational Tests of the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm on Small Scales
    advisor --- Leo Blitz

  • Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy, 1998 - 1999

  • Lab Assistant, University of Michigan Department of Physics, 1998
    supervisor --- Michael Longo

  • Undergraduate Researcher, Stanford University Department of Physics, 1997 - 1998
    Honors Thesis --- Probing Bulk Flows with Spiral Galaxy Rotation Curves and the Tully-Fisher Relation
    advisor --- Jeff Willick

  • Summer Research Intern, University of Michigan/Fermi National Accelerator Lab, 1995 - 1996
    supervisor --- Michael Longo

    •  INVITED LECTURES
  • Steward Observatory/NOAO Joint Colloquium, University of Arizona, March 4, 2010
  • Center for Astrophysical Sciences Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, February 23, 2010
  • Steward Observatory/NOAO Joint Colloquium, University of Arizona, November 12, 2009
  • Frank N. Bash Symposium, University of Texas, October 20, 2009
  • Astrophysics Seminar, Princeton, December 1, 2008
  • California Postdoc Symposium, UC Santa Cruz, August 21, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, LLNL, April 18, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, UC Berkeley, April 17, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, Carnegie Observatories, March 12, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, University of Wisconsin, February 28, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, University of Michigan, January 22, 2008
  • Astronomy Colloquium, UCLA, November 28, 2007
  • Astronomy Colloquium, Caltech, October 24, 2007
  • The Globular Cluster - Dwarf Galaxy Connection workshop, University of Michigan, August 27, 2007
  • Astrophysical Probes of the Nature of Dark Matter conference, UC Irvine, March 23, 2007
  • Astrophysics Colloquium, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, November 9, 2006
  • Galaxies in the Cosmic Web conference, New Mexico St., May 17, 2006
  • Astrophysics Seminar, UC Irvine, October 11, 2005
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    EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH
  • Ventura County Astronomical Society, invited guest lecture, November 20, 2009
  • Carnegie Astronomy Lecture at the Huntington, March 23, 2009
  • Keck Observatory Public Lecture, November 6, 2008
  • LA Valley College Astronomy Group, invited guest lecture, May 18, 2008
  • Project ASTRO, 2003 - 2005
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    TELESCOPE EXPERIENCE
  • 10.0 m Keck Telescopes (LRIS, DEIMOS, and HIRES)
  • 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HRS)
  • 6.5 m Magellan/Baade Telescope (IMACS)
  • 5.0 m Palomar Telescope (LFC)
  • 3.5 m WIYN Telescope (DensePak, SparsePak)
  • 3.0 m Shane Telescope (Lick Observatory; PFCam, KAST, Hamilton Spectrograph)
  • 2.5 m du Pont Telescope (Las Campanas Observatory; WFCCD multi-object spectrograph)
  • 1.8 m Perkins Telescope (Lowell Observatory; CCD imager)
  • 1.0 m Nickel Telescope (Lick Observatory; CCD imager)
  • 0.6 m Coude Auxiliary Telescope (Lick Observatory; Hamilton Spectrograph)
  • 0.85 m Spitzer Space Telescope (IRAC, MIPS)
  • 305 m Arecibo Telescope
  • BIMA Array
  • 12 m UASO/NRAO Telescope
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