Curriculum Vitae

Robert C. Berrington

Address
University of Wyoming
Department of Physics & Astronomy
P. O. Box 3905
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071

E-Mail
rberring@uwyo.edu

URL
http://physics.uwyo.edu/$\sim$rberring/

Education
2000 Ph.D. in Astronomy Indiana University, Bloomington
     
1996 M.A. in Astronomy Indiana University, Bloomington
     
1992 B.A. in Physics/Astronomy Vanderbilt University

Honors
2000-2003 ASEE Postdoctoral Fellowship, Naval Research Laboratory
1997 J & F Morgan Swain Fellowship, Indiana University
1992-1993 Graduate Fellowship in Astronomy, Indiana University
1992 Larry Ross Cathy Award, Vanderbilt University
1992 Cum Laude, Vanderbilt University
1990 $\Sigma \Pi \Sigma$ physics honor society, Vanderbilt University
1988-1992 Arts & Science scholarship, Vanderbilt University

Positions
2003-present Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Wyoming
  Advisor: Michael J. Pierce
2000-2003 ASEE Postdoctoral Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory
  Advisor: Charles D. Dermer
1993-2000 Associate Instructor
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
1996-1997 Graduate Student Leader
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
Summer 1998 Instructor A100: The Solar System
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
Summer 1997 Instructor A100: The Solar System
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
Summer 1996 Instructor A110: Introduction to Astronomy
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
Summer 1995 Instructor A105: Stellar Astronomy
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
1993-1994 Research Assistant
  Astronomy Department, Indiana University, Bloomington
  Advisor: Haldan N. Cohn & Phyllis M. Lugger
1992 Research Assistant
  Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, Massachusetts
  Advisor: Emilia P. Belserene

Refereed Publications
1.
Berrington, R. C., Cohn, H. N., & Lugger, P. M., ``Dynamical Evolution of Merging Clusters of Galaxies,'' 2007, In preparation.
2.
Pierce, M. J., Berrington, R. C., & Tully, R. B., ``The WIYN Fundamental Plane Survey. I. Absolute Calibration of the Fundamental Plane,'' 2007, In preparation.
3.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., ``The Contribution of Cluster Merger Shocks to the Diffuse Extragalactic $\gamma$-ray Background,'' 2007, in preparation.
4.
Berrington, R. C., Pierce, M. J., & Hwang, S., ``The Velocity Dispersion Distribution Function of Early-type Galaxies,'' 2007, in preparation.
5.
Pierce, M. J., Berrington, R. C., & Becker, G., ``The Intrinsic Precision in the Fundamental Plane of Coma Cluster Ellipticals,'' 2007, In preparation.
6.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., ``Gamma-Ray Emission from Merger Shocks in the Coma Cluster of Galaxies,'' 2007, ApJ, Submitted.
7.
Drukier, G. A., Cohn, H. N., Lugger, P. M., Slavin, S. D., Berrington, R. C., & Murphy, B. W., ``The Global Kinematics of the Globular Cluster M92,'' 2005, AJ, 133, 1041.
8.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., ``Nonthermal Particles and Radiation Produced by Cluster Merger Shocks,'' 2003, ApJ, 594, 709.
9.
Berrington, R. C., Cohn, H. N., & Lugger, P. M., ``The Dynamics of the Merging Galaxy Cluster System A2256: Evidence for a New Subcluster,'' 2002, AJ, 123, 2261.
10.
Pierce, M. J. & Berrington, R. C., ``Evidence for Stellar Streaming in the Cores of Elliptical Galaxies: A Kinematic Signature of Mergers?'' 2000, ApJL, 531, 99.
11.
Drukier, G. A., Slavin, S. D., Cohn, H. N., Lugger, P. M., Berrington, R. C., Murphy, B. M., & Seitzer, P. O., ``Global Kinematics of the Globular Cluster M15,'' 1998, AJ, 115, 708.
12.
Bode, P. W., Berrington, R. C., Cohn, H. N., & Lugger, P. M., ``The Dynamical Evolution of Poor Clusters of Galaxies: Growth and Properties of the First-Ranked Galaxy'', 1994, ApJ, 433, 479.
13.
Berrington, R. C. & Hall, D. S., ``The Cyclic Period Variability in SW Cygni-Erratum,'' 1994, AJ, 108, 1122.
14.
Berrington, R. C. & Hall, D. S., ``The Cyclic Period Variability in SW Cygni,'' 1994, AJ, 107, 1868.
15.
Berrington, R. C., ``A V801 Cygni Update'', 1991, JAAVSO, 20, 217.

Conferences
1.
Berrington, R. C., Pierce, M. J., & Hwang, S., The Velocity Dispersion Distribution Function of Elliptical Galaxies: Properties and Promise, talk given at the 207$^{\rm th}$ AAS meeting. (Washington, DC, January 8-12, 2006).
2.
Pierce, M. J., Berrington, R. C., & Hwang, S., The Wyoming Fundamental Plane Survey: Spectroscopic Data, poster given at the 207$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting, (Washington, DC, January 8-12, 2006).
3.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., Computer Simulations of Non-Thermal Particles in Clusters of Galaxies: Application to the Coma Cluster, invited talk given at the X-Ray and Radio Connections Conference, published electronically by NRAO (http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/xraydio). (Santa Fe, NM, February 3-6, 2004). see also (astro-ph/0405036).
4.
Berrington, R. C. & Pierce, M. J., The Velocity Dispersion Distribution Function, poster given at the 204$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting, (Denver, CO, June 6-8, 2004).
5.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., Nonthermal Particles Accelerated by Cluster Merger Shocks: Radiation and Pressure, talk given at the 201$^{\rm st}$ AAS Meeting. (Seattle, WA, January, 5-9, 2003).
6.
Pierce, M. J. & Berrington, R. C., A Northern Survey of the Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies, poster given at the 201$^{\rm st}$ AAS Meeting. (Seattle, WA, January, 5-9, 2003).
7.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., Nonthermal Particles and Radiation Produced by Cluster Merger Shocks, poster paper presented at the 13$^{\rm th}$ Annual October Astrophysics Conference at University of Maryland. (College Park, MD, October 7-9, 2002).
8.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., Nonthermal Particle and Photon Production in Merging Clusters of Galaxies, poster paper presented at the HEAD division meeting of the AAS. (Albuquerque, NM, April 20-23, 2002).
9.
Berrington, R. C. & Dermer, C. D., Accelerated Particles from Shocks Formed in Merging Clusters of Galaxies, poster paper presented at the 199$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (Washington, DC, January 6-10, 2002).
10.
Pierce, M. J. & Berrington, R. C., The Intrinsic Precision in the Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies, poster paper presented at the 199$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (Washington, DC, January 6-10, 2002).
11.
Berrington, R. C., Dermer, C. D., & Sturner, S. J., Accelerated Particles from Shocks Formed in Merging Clusters of Galaxies, Talk given at AIP Conf. Proc., #587, (Baltimore, Maryland, April 4-6, 2001).
12.
Berrington, R. C., Cohn, N. N., & Lugger, P. M., Simulations of Merging Clusters of Galaxies, poster paper presented at the 197$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (San Diego, California, January 7-11, 2001).
13.
Berrington, R. C., Lugger, P. M., Cohn, H. N., Drukier, G. A., & Murphy, B. W., The Dynamics of A2256., poster paper presented at the 189$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (Toronto, Canada, January 12-16, 1997).
14.
Drukier, G. A., Cohn, H. N., Lugger, P. M., Slavin, S. D., Berrington, R. C., Murphy, B. W., & Seitzer, P. O., Kinematic Evidence for Tidal Heating in M15, poster paper presented at the 189$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (Toronto, Canada, January 12-16, 1997).
15.
Bode, P. W., Berrington, R. C., Cohn, H. N., & Lugger, P. M., N-body Simulations of Galaxy Cluster Evolution Using Tree-Codes, poster paper presented at the 184$^{\rm th}$ AAS Meeting. (Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 30-June 2, 1994).
16.
Bode, P. W., Berrington, R. C., Cohn, H. N., & Lugger, P. M., Dynamically Evolving Models of Clusters, poster paper presented at the 183$^{\rm rd}$ AAS Meeting. (Washington, DC, January 11-15, 1994).

Invited Talks
1.
``Computer Simulations of Non-Thermal Particles in Clusters of Galaxies: Application to the Coma Cluster'', X-Ray and Radio Connections Conference (http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/xraydio), Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 6, 2004.

2.
``Cluster Merger Shocks,'' University of Leeds, Leeds, England, March 15, 2002.

3.
``Galaxy Cluster Dynamics,'' Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, November 29, 2001.

4.
``The Dynamics of A2256,'' WIYN fest 2001, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, October 26, 2001.

Thesis Project
The Dynamical Evolution of Galaxy Clusters: Observations and Simulations