Annika H. G. Peter - Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Personal Information

Research Interests

Education

• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
  Ph.D. in Physics, June 2008 (defense: March 2008)
  Thesis title: Particle Dark Matter in the Solar System
  Advisor: Scott Tremaine
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  B.S. Physics, B.S. Astronomy, June 2002
  Minors: Geophysics, Mathematics

Honors and Awards

• 2011-2013: McCue Fellowship
• 2002-2003: Princeton University First-Year Fellowship
• 2002-2003: Joseph Henry Prize, Princeton University
• 2001-2002: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
• 2001: Phi Beta Kappa
• 2001: NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates stipend to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• 2000-2001: Gregory Lynn Andersen Scholarship (University of Washington Department of Physics scholarship recognizing academic excellence)
• 2000: NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates stipend to UC San Diego
• 2000: VWR Scientific Instruments Scholarship (University of Washington)
• 1999: Paradise Endowment Scholarship (University of Washington)

Research Appointments

• 01/2011 - 12/2013: McCue Fellow, University of California, Irvine
• 01/2008 - 12/2010: Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics, Caltech
• 09/2002 - 03/2008: Graduate Student Researcher, Princeton University
  • WIMP capture and dynamics in the Solar System (thesis project), supervised by Scott Tremaine.
  • Rest-frame UV morphologies of star-forming galaxies in and near a protocluster at z=2.300, supervised by Alice Shapley.
  • Black hole accretion of dark matter, supervised by Paul Steinhardt. Advanced Project write-up.
  • Microwave lens design for the CAPMAP experiment, supervised by Suzanne Staggs. Experimental Project write-up.
• 06/2001 - 08/2001: Undergraduate Student Researcher, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, supervised by Andreas Zezas and Giuseppina Fabbiano.
• 01/1999 - 06/2001: Undergraduate Student Researcher, University of Washington, supervised by Tom Steiger and Steve Elliot.
• 06/2000 - 08/2000: Undergraduate Student Researcher, UC San Diego, supervised by George M. Fuller.

Collaborations

• 2010-present: member, Observatory for Multi-Epoch Gravitational-lens Astrophysics (OMEGA) Explorer science team.

Service and Outreach

• Scientific:
  • 06/2009 - 1/2011: Co-founder and co-organizer, Caltech Dark Matter Discussion Group.
  • 10/2004 - 06/2006: Project ASTRO, working with third-graders at Triangle Elementary School, Hillsborough, NJ.
• Departmental/University-Wide:
  • 04/2011 - present: Founder, "Women in Astrophysics" meet-ups at UC Irvine.
  • 10/2009 - 12/2010: Co-organizer, "Women in Cahill".
  • 09/2005 - 08/2007: Member, Princeton Physics Department Graduate Student Committe.
  • 03/2005 - 03/2006: Recording Secretary, Graduate Student Government, Princeton University.
  • 09/2004 - 09/2005: Member, Council of the Princeton University Community General Assembly.
  • 10/2003 - 10/2006: Physics Department Representative to the Graduate Student Government, Princeton University.

Memberships

• 2001 - 2003; 2006 - 2011: Junior member, American Astronomical Society

Teaching Experience

• 09/2005 - 01/2006: Assistant in Instruction for Ast 105: Our Place in the Universe, Princeton University
• 02/2005 - 05/2005: Assistant in Instruction for Phy 102: Introductory Physics II , Princeton University
• 09/2004 - 01/2005: Assistant in Instruction for Phy 103: General Physics I, Princeton University
• 09/2003 - 05/2004: Assistant in Instruction for Phy 111: Comtemporary Physics, Princeton University
• 09/2000 - 06/2001: Teaching Assistant for modern European and American history, University of Washington Transition School

Student Collaborators

• Caltech:
  • Laura Book (graduate): 2009-2010
  • Vera Gluscevic (graduate): 2010-present
  • Samuel Lee (graduate): 2011-present
  • Christopher Moody (undergraduate; now a graduate student at UCSC): 2008-2010
• Imperial College London
  • Charlotte Strege (graduate): 2011-present
• University of British Columbia
  • Jonathan Loranger (MSc): 2011-present
• University of California, Irvine
  • Bryan Arant (undergraduate): 2010-present
  • Shea Garrison-Kimmel (graduate): 2011-present
  • Gregory Martinez (graduate; now a postdoc at UCI): 2011-present
  • Miguel Rocha (graduate): 2010-present
• University of Zurich
  • Tobias Bruch (graduate; now a postdoc at the University of Zurich): 2008-2009

Refereed Publications

• M. Rocha, A. H. G. Peter, and J. Bullock, "Infall Times of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies from Their Present-Day Kinematics", submitted to MNRAS on 10/1/2011, arXiv:1110.0464.
• A. H. G. Peter, "WIMP astronomy and particle physics with liquid-noble and cryogenic direct-detection experiments", Phys. Rev. D 83, 125029 (2011), arXiv:1103.5145.
• L. G. Book, A. Brooks, A. H. G. Peter, A. J. Benson, and F. Governato, "Angular Momentum Evolution in Dark-Matter Halos", MNRAS 411, 1963 (2011), arXiv:1006.4365.
• A. H. G. Peter and A. J. Benson, "Dark-matter decays and Milky Way satellite galaxies", Phys. Rev. D 82, 123521 (2010), arXiv:1009.1912.
• A. H. G. Peter, C. E. Moody, and M. Kamionkowski, "Dark-Matter Decays and Self-Gravitating Halos", Phys. Rev. D 81, 103501 (2010).
• A. H. G. Peter, "Mapping the allowed parameter space for decaying dark matter models", Phys. Rev. D 81, 083511 (2010), arXiv:1001:3870.
• A. H. G. Peter, "Getting the astrophysics and particle physics of dark matter out of next-generation direct detection experiments", Phys. Rev. D 81, 087301 (2010), arXiv:0910:4765.
• A. H. G. Peter, "Dark matter in the Solar System III: The distribution function of WIMPs at the Earth from gravitational capture", Phys. Rev. D 79, 103533 (2009).
• A. H. G. Peter, "Dark matter in the Solar System II: WIMP annihilation rates in the Sun", Phys. Rev. D 79, 103532 (2009).
• A. H. G. Peter, "Dark matter in the Solar System I: The distribution function of WIMPs at the Earth from solar capture", Phys. Rev. D 79, 103531 (2009).
• T. Bruch, A. H. G. Peter, J. Read, L. Baudis, and G. Lake, "Dark matter disc enhanced neutrino fluxes from the Sun and Earth", Phys. Lett. B 674, 250 (2009).
• A. H. G. Peter, A. E. Shapley, D. R. Law, C. C. Steidel, D. K. Erb, N. A. Reddy, and M. Pettini, "Morphologies of Galaxies in and around a Protocluster at z=2.300", ApJ 668, 23 (2007).
• A. Zezas, M. Birkinshaw, D. M. Worrall, A. Peters, and G. Fabbiano, "Chandra Observations of NGC 4261 (3C 270): Revealing the Jet and Hidden Active Galactic Nucleus in a Type 2 LINER", ApJ 627, 711 (2005).

Conference Proceedings

• A. H. G. Peter, C. E. Moody, A. J. Benson, M. Kamionkowksi, "Constraints on Decaying Dark Matter", contribution to the Identification of Dark Matter Meeting, July 26-30, 2010, arXiv:1011.4970.
• J. I. Read, T. Bruch, L. Baudis, V. Debattista, O. Agertz, L. Mayer, A. M. Brooks, F. Governato, A. H. G. Peter, G. Lake, "A Dark Matter Disc in the Milky Way", in HUNTING FOR THE DARK: THE HIDDEN SIDE OF GALAXY FORMATION, ed. V. P. Debattista and C. C. Popescu, AIP Conference Series 1240, 391 (2010).
• A. H. G. Peter, "Dark matter bound to the Solar System: consequences for annihilation searches", contribution to the XLIVth Rencontres de Moriond: Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories, arXiv:0905.2456 (2009).
• A. H. G. Peter and S. Tremaine, "Dynamics of WIMPs in the solar system and implications for direct and indirect detection", in Proceedings of "Identification of dark matter 2008". August 18-22, 2008, Stockholm, Sweden, p. 61, [arXiv:0806.2133].

Unpublished

• J. Edsjo and A. H. G. Peter, "Comments on recent work on dark-matter capture in the Solar System", arXiv:1004.5258.
• A. H. G. Peter, "Constraints on Self-Interacting Dark Matter from the MBH-vcirc Relation", Advanced Project Report, Princeton University, supervised by Paul Steinhardt.
• A. H. G. Peter, "Low Cross-Polarization W-Band Lens for CAPMAP", Experimental Project Report, Princeton University, supervised by Suzanne Staggs.

Talks and Posters

• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "Dark Matter", Frank N. Bash symposium, Austin, TX, October 2011.
• Talk: A. Peter, "WIMP astronomy with liquid-noble and cryogenic direct-detection experiments", TeVPA 2011, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Poster and Summary Talk: A. Peter, "WIMP astronomy with liquid-noble and cryogenic direct-detection experiments", INPAC meeting, Asilomar, CA, April 23, 2011.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "WIMP Astronomy", Dark Matter from Every Direction workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, April 2, 2011.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "The Landscape of Dark-Matter Identification Efforts", Theoretical High Energy Physics Seminar, University of Southern California, March 2, 2011.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Dark matter decays and constraints", Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California meeting, Pasadena, CA, October 29, 2010.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "Dark Matters", UC San Diego astrophysics seminar, La Jolla, CA, October 13, 2010.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Constraints on decaying-dark-matter models from simulations of isolated halos", Identification of Dark Matter 2010, Montpellier, France.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, Dark-Matter Astrophysics in the Solar System", Novel Searches for Dark Matter workshop, CCAPP, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, July 6, 2010.
• Informal Talk: J. Filippini and A. Peter, "XENON100 First Results & Ensuing ArXiv War", Caltech Dark Matter Discussion Group, Pasadena, CA, June 8, 2010.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 3, 2010.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2010.
• Invited Talk: A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", KIPAC cosmology seminar, Stanford, CA, January 25, 2010.
• Talk: A. Peter, C. E. Moody, M. Kamionkowski, "Constraints on Decaying Dark Matter Models from Simulations of Isolated Halos", 215th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC, January 3-7, 2010.
• Invited talk: A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", CCAPP Seminar, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, November 3, 2009.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 23, 2009.
• Talk:A. Peter, "Getting the most out of dark matter observations and experiments", UC Irvine Astrophysics Seminar, Irvine, CA, October 13, 2009.
• Invited talk: A. Peter, "Dark Matter on the Smallest Scales", Keck Institute for Space Studies Mini Study Program: Shedding Light on the Nature of Dark Matter, Pasadena, CA, July 13-24, 2009.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Astrophysical Systematics for Dark Matter Detection in the Solar System", Pasadena Postdoc Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA, April 15-17, 2009.
• Invited talk: A. H. G. Peter," Dynamics of dark matter bound to the solar system (and why it matters for indirect detection)", XLIVth Rencontres de Moriond, La Thuile, Italy, March 7-14, 2009.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Dynamics of WIMPs in the Solar System and Implications for Direct and Indirect Detection", COSMO 08, Madison, WI, August 25 - 29, 2008.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Dynamics of WIMPs in the Solar System and Implications for Direct and Indirect Detection", 7th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, Stockholm, Sweden, August 18-22, 2008.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Dynamics of WIMPs in the Solar System", Tea Talk Seminar, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, May 12, 2008.
• Talk: A. Peter, "Morphology-Density at z=2.3", Gravity Group Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, April 13, 2007.
• Talk: A. Peter and S. Tremaine, "Simulations of Dark Matter Bound to the Solar System", 209th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA, January 7, 2007.
• Talk: A. Peter and S. D. Tremaine, "A Population of Dark Matter Bound to the Solar System", 6th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, Rhodes, Greece, September 11-16, 2006.
• Talk: A. Peter, "A Tutorial in Orbit Integration Methods", Gravity Group Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, October 28, 2005.
• Poster: A. H. G. Peter, A. Zezas, and G. Fabbiano, "Ionization Mechanisms of Four LINER 2s", 199th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, January 6-10, 2002.
• Talk: A. Peter, K. Abazajian, and G. M. Fuller, "Can large neutrino asymmetries reconcile primordial nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background?", 122nd American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, January 6-11, 2001.
• Poster: A. Peter, K. Abazajian, and G. M. Fuller, "Big Bang Nucleosynthesis as a Probe of Neutrino Degeneracy", 2000 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, October 4-7, 2000.

Other Conferences/Summer Schools Attended

• October 13-14, 2011, Detecting Dark Matter with Gamma Rays, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA.
• August 8-12, 2011: Santa Cruz Galaxy Workshop, University of California, Santa Cruz.
• December 15, 2010: Fermi Regional Workshop, University of California, Santa Cruz.
• January 17 - 23, 2010: The Revolution in Particle Physics is Here, Aspen Physics Institute, Aspen, CO.
• February 26 - 28, 2009: Construction and Evolution of the Galaxy: New Surveys and New Perspectives, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
• September 29 - October 3, 2008: Back to the Galaxy II, KITP, Santa Barbara, CA.
• May 31 - June 4 2005: Conference on Computational Cosmology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
• June 30 - July 11 2003: Prospects in Theoretical Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.

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