PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
2005-present |
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wyoming |
2002-2005 |
Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Telescope Science Institute |
1996-2002 |
Ph.D. Student, The Pennsylvania State University |
1991-1996 |
B.S. Physics/Astronomy, Cum Laude, University of Arizona |
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GRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE |
2000 |
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Resident Astronomer |
2000 |
JCAM Commissioning Team |
1999-2002 |
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Commissioning, |
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JCAM spectrograph electronics testing, |
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Low Resolution Spectrograph software testing |
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Advisors: Lawrence W. Ramsey, James Beatty |
1998-2002 |
Ph.D. Thesis work: QSO-Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Systems
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Thesis Advisors: Jane C. Charlton, Michael Eracleous |
1996-1998 |
Quasar Absorption Line Research |
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Advisor: Jane C. Charlton |
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COMPUTATIONAL EXPERTISE |
Languages |
C, Perl, HTML, Latex |
Packages |
PGPlot, Lick Mongo, Super Mongo, Cloudy, IRAF, Numerical Recipes |
Operating Systems |
Unix, Linux, Windows |
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TEACHING/OUTREACH EXPERIENCE |
2003-2005 |
"Big Explosions & Strong Gravity" Girls Scout Patch Activity
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1999-2002 |
"Seeing the Rainbow" Interactive Spectroscopy Demonstration |
1997-1998 |
Supervised Teaching Assistant |
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Penn State University |
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Supervisor: Daniel Weedman |
1996-1997 |
Supervised Teaching Assistant |
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Penn State University |
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Supervisors: Robin B. Ciardullo, Jane C. Charlton
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AWARDS |
1999 |
The Zaccheus Daniel Fellowship Award |
1996 |
The Oscar J. Roberts Fellowship Award |
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REFEREED PAPERS |
1998 |
Ganguly, R., Churchill, C.W., Charlton, J.C. - ApJ,498, L103 |
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An Alumininum-Enriched Cloud at z=1.94 |
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1999 |
Ganguly, R., Eracleous, M., Charlton, J.C., Churchill, C.W. - AJ, 117, 2594 |
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Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines in KECK/HIRES Spectra of a Sample of Six Quasars |
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2001 |
Ganguly, R., Bond, N.A., Charlton, J.C., Eracleous, M., Brandt, W.N., Churchill, C.W. - ApJ, 549, 133 |
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On the Origin of Narrow Absorption Line Gas Intrinsic to Low Redshift QSOs |
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Ganguly, R., Charlton, J.C., Bond, N.A. - ApJL, 553101 |
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The Absorbers Toward CSO 118: Superclustering at z~3, or an Intrinsic Absorption Complex |
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Ganguly, R., Charlton, J.C., Eracleous, M. - ApJL, 556, 7 |
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Variable UV Absorption in the Spectrum of MRC 2251-178 |
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2003 |
Rosenburg, J. L., Ganguly, R., Giroux, M. L., Stocke, J. T. - ApJ, 591, 677 |
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Probing the Size of Low-Redshift Lyman-alpha Absorbers |
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Ganguly, R., Masiero, J., Charlton, J. C., Sembach, K. R. - ApJ, 598, 922 |
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An Intrinsic Absorption Complex Toward RX J1230.8+0115 |
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2004 |
Wise, J. H., Eracleous, M., Charlton, J. C., Ganguly, R. - ApJ, 613, 129 |
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Variability of Narrow Associated Absorption Lines in Nearby Quasars |
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2005 |
Tripp, T. M., Jenkins, E. B., Bowen, D. V., Prochaska, J. X., Aracil, B., Ganguly, R. -- ApJ, 619, 714 |
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Discovery of a Primitive Damped Ly-alpha Absorber near an X-Ray-bright Galaxy Group in the Virgo Cluster |
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Ganguly, R., Sembach, K. R., Tripp, T. M., Savage, B. D. -- ApJS, 157, 251 |
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Highly Ionized Gas in the Galactic Halo and the High-Velocity Clouds toward PG 1116+215 |
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2006 |
Ganguly, R., Sembach, K. R., Tripp, T. M., Savage, B. D., Wakker, B. P. -- ApJ, 645, 868 |
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High-Resolution Absorption Spectroscopy of Multiphase, High-Metallicity Gas Associated with the Luminous Quasar HE 0226-4110 |
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Narayanan, A., Misawa, T., Charlton, J. C., Ganguly, R. -- AJ, 132, 2099 |
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The Advantage of Increased Resolution in the Study of Quasar Absorption Systems |
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2007 |
Ganguly, R., et al. -- AJ, 133, 479 |
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Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of 14 Low-Redshift Quasars |
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Misawa, T., Charlton, J. C., Eracleous, M., Ganguly, R., Tytler, D., Kirkman, D., Suzuki, N., Lubin, D. -- ApJ, in press |
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A Census of Intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Quasars at z = 2 - 4 |
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Ganguly, R., Brotherton, M. S., Cales, S., Scoggins, B., Shang, Z., Vestergaard, M. -- ApJ, in press |
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Outflows and the Physical Properties of Quasars |
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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS |
2001 |
Ganguly, R. |
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Properties of QSO-Intrinsic Narrow Ultraviolet Absorption |
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Mass Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives |
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ASP Conference Series, ed. D.M. Crenshaw, S.B. Kraemer, and I.M. George |
2000 |
Ganguly, R., Bond, N.A., Charlton, J.C., Eracleous, M., Brandt, W.N.,
Churchill, C.W. |
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On the Origins of QSO-intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines |
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Guillermo Haro Advanced Lectures on the Starburst-AGN Connection |
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eds. I. Aretxaga, D. Kunth, R. Mújica |
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Ganguly, R., Bond, N.A., Charlton, J.C., Eracleous, M., Brandt, W.N.,
Churchill, C.W. |
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On the Origins of QSO-intrinsic Narrow Absorption Lines |
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Celebrating 10 Years of HST |
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Hubble Space Telescope Symposium, ed. M. Livio |
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AAS ABSTRACTS |
197 |
The Absorbers Toward CSO 118: Heirarchical Clustering at z~3, or an Intrinsic Absorption Complex? |
195 |
On the Origin of Intrinsic UV Narrow Absorption Lines in Low-Redshift QSOs I and II
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193 |
Intrinsic Narrow Quasar Absorption Properties at z~2
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191 |
An Aluminum Enhanced Cloud in a z=1.94 CIV Absorber
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188 |
Dynamics of the Rich Cluster of Galaxies, Abell 2255
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