Dr. SIMON STRASSER

13004 Medway Rd.

ARVA, Ontario, N0M 1C0

Phone: (519) 913-2170 (H) / (519) 933-2779 (M)

E-mail: sstrasse@aim.com

Citizenship: Canadian

Education

PhD Program, University of Minnesota, USA (2002 – 2006)

PhD in Astrophysics. Thesis: “Large Scale Analysis of Neutral Hydrogen Emission and

Absorption in the Outer Galaxy”, Advisor: John M. Dickey

Masters of Science Program, University of Calgary, Canada (2000 – 2002)

MSc in Physics, 2002. Thesis: “Properties of HI in the Galaxy”, Advisor: A. Russ Taylor

Bachelor of Science Program, University of Western Ontario, Canada (1996 - 2000)

BSc Hons. in Astronomy, 2000. Maude Holt Kingston Medal.

Professional Employment Experience

Content Specialist in Space, Children’s Museum, London ON, (01/08 – current)

Directing the museum space area, including exhibit development, education and public programs planning and delivery.

Renovator, Goosehaven Processes, Arva ON, (09/07 – current)

Complete renovation of a heritage home, including framing, roofing, drywall, and trim.

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, DRAO, Penticton BC, (01/07 – 05/07)

Data reduction and analysis, research on Galactic neutral hydrogen, outreach.

Research Specialist, University of Minnesota, (08/06 – 12/06)

Conducted research on the astrophysics of Galactic neutral hydrogen.

Research Assistant, University of Minnesota (2002 – 2005)

Supported for my PhD research with Dr. J. M. Dickey for three semesters and summers.

Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota (2002-2004)

Taught first year astrophysics laboratory and second year in class tutorials.

Teaching Assistant, University of Calgary (2000-2002)

I taught first year labs and tutorials in Physics for three semesters.

Research Assistant, University of Calgary (2001 – 2002)

Supported by AIF fellowship to work with Dr. A. R. Taylor on my Masters research.

Student Research Assistant, University of Western Ontario (1999-2000)

Worked with Dr. J. D. Landstreet for two summers on magnetic stars.

Awards, Scholarships and Professional Memberships

Canadian Astronomical Society, (2000 – 2007)

American Astronomical Society, (2002 – 2007)

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, $17500 (2005-2006)

NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, $19000 (2003)

Declined, due to choice of tenure location.

Alberta Ingenuity Fund Studentship, $21500 (2001-2002)

Graduate Research Scholarship, $1960 (2001)

University of Calgary Tuition Scholarship, $4069 (2000)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, $11859 (2000)

Declined, due to choice of tenure location.

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (2000)

Maude Holt Kingston Medal (2000)

For highest standing in the graduating class of BSc Hons. in Astronomy.

UWO Scholarship for 3rd. year Astronomy (2000)

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (1999)

Admission Scholarship, (1996)

Ontario Scholar (1996)

Language and Computer Skills

Languages

I am fluent English, French and German.

Computers

Extensive experience with IDL (statistical analysis, model fitting, data display, etc.). Knowledge of Windows based programs, the UNIX platform, and HTML and CSS programming. I have also worked with AIPS, IRAF, Pascal, Maple, and Fortran77.

Webmaster (2003-2006), Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota.

Volunteer and Outreach Experience

Environmental Awareness Events (2007 – 2008)

Planted trees and participated in river bank cleanups.

Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (2007 – 2008)

Help with research projects on deer.

Ontario Green Party (2007)

Election volunteer.

Science Museum of Minnesota, Volunteer Work (2005-2006)

Presenter in the experiments gallery.

International Wolf Center, Volunteer Work (2005-2006)

Manning an information booth on wolves at various events.

Universe in the Park Program, University of Minnesota, (2003 - 2005)

Presented two or three public observing programs in Minnesota state parks each summer (30 minute presentation followed by observing).

Astronomy Outreach, University of Minnesota (2002 – 2005)

Gave presentations to school groups, high school science fairs, retirement

Communities etc.

Publications

Professional Journals

Strasser, S.T., Dickey, J.M., Boothroyd, A.I., Gaensler, B.M., Green, A.J., Kavars, D.W.,

Lockman, F.J., Martin, P.G., McClure-Griffiths, N.M., Rothwell, T.A., Stil, J.M.,

Taylor, A.R. (2007), ApJS, submitted

Strasser, S.T., Dickey, J.M., Boothroyd, A.I., Gaensler, B.M., Green, A.J., Kavars, D.W.,

Lockman, F.J., Martin, P.G., McClure-Griffiths, N.M., Rothwell, T.A., Stil, J.M.,

Taylor, A.R. (2007), AJ, 134, 2252

McClure-Griffiths, N.M., Dickey, J.M., Gaensler, B.M., Green, A.J., Haverkorn M., Strasser, S.

(2005), ApJS, 158, 178

Ryabchikova, T., Wade, G. A., Aurière, M., Bagnulo, S., Donati, J.-F., Jeffers, S. V., Johnson, N.,

Landstreet, J. D., Lignières, F., Lueftinger, T., Marsden, S., Mouillet, D., Paletou, F., Petit, P., Reegen, P., Silvester, J., Strasser, S., Toque, N. (2005), A & A, 429, L55

Petit, P., Donati, J.-F., Oliveira, J.M., Auriere, M., Bagnulo, S., Landstreet, J.D., Ligniere, F.,

Lueftinger, T., Marsden, S., Mouillet, D., Paletou, F., Strasser, S., Toque, N., Wade, G.A. (2004), MNRAS, 351, 826

Petit, P., Donati, J.-F., Wade, G.A., Landstreet, J.D., Bagnulo, S., Lueftinger, T., Sigut, T.A.A.,

Shorlin, S.L.S., Strasser, S., Auriere, M., Oliveira, J.M. (2004), MNRAS, 348, 1175

Strasser, S., Taylor A.R. (2004), ApJ, 603, 560

Shorlin, S.L.S., Wade, G.A., Donati, J.F., Landstreet, J.D., Petit, P., Sigut, T.A.A., Strasser, S.

(2002), A&A 392, 637

Strasser, S., Landstreet, J.D., Mathys, G. (2001), A&A, 378, 153

Conference Proceedings

Strasser, S., Taylor, A.R. (2001), Studying the HI structure of the galaxy using background

sources, ASP Conference Proceedings, ed. A.R. Taylor, T. Landecker, A. Willis,

Vol. 276., 145

Shorlin, S.L.S., Landstreet, J.D., Sigut, T.A.A., Strasser, S., Wade, G.A., Donati, J.F.,

Petit, P. (2001), Spectropolarimetric Measurements of Longitudinal Fields Using LSD, ASP Conference Proceedings, ed. G. Mathys, S.K. Solanski, D.T. Wickramasinghe, Vol. 248, 423

Other Presentations

Professional References