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Mariana Lazarova
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California–Riverside
900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521
email: mariana.lazarova@email.ucr.edu; office phone: 951-827-2384
Personal Education Proposals Publications Presentations Awards Grants Training Teaching
Memberships Outreach Classes REUs
Personal
Place of Birth Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Citizenship Bulgarian
Visa status U.S. resident
Education
2007 – present Ph.D. candidate in Physics, UC Riverside, expected graduation June 2012
2007 M.S. in Physics, UC Riverside
2005 B.S. in Physics, Magna Cum Laude, Sweet Briar College, VA
Approved Observing Proposals
Keck Observatory 10-meter Keck II telescope using the Echelle Spectrograph and Imager (ESI)
. 2 nights: February 12-13, 2012
. Program title: "The Stellar populations of LoBAL QSOs"
Keck Observatory 10-meter Keck I telescope using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS)
. 1 night: April 7, 2011
. Program title: The host galaxies of Low-ionization BAL QSOs
Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3, both UVIS & IR channels (WFC3/IR + WFC3/UVIS)
. 23 orbits in Cycle 17
. Program title: The nature of Low-ionization BAL QSOs
. Funding: This program was approved with funding (start date: Sept 2009).
Keck Observatory 10-meter Keck I telescope using the Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (LRIS)
. 2 nights: Ferbruary 24-25, 2009
. Program title: The host galaxies of Low-ionization BAL QSOs
Spitze Space Telescope Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer & InfraRed Spectrograph (MIPS+IRS)
. 16.5 hours in Cycle 5
. Program title: The nature of Low-ionization BAL QSOs
. Funding: This program was approved with funding (start date: Nov 27, 2008).
Lick Observatory 3-meter Shane telescope using IRCAL + Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
. 3 nights: March 6-8, 2009
. Program title: The relationship between mergers and low-ionization BAL QSOs
Lick Observatory 3-meter Shane telescope using IRCAL + Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
. 2 nights: March 19-20, 2008
. Program title: The relationship between mergers and low-ionization BAL QSOs
Publications
“The Nature of LoBAL QSOs: II. Host galaxy morphologies revealed by HST/WFC3”
Mariana Lazarova, Gabiela Canalizo, in preparation
“The Nature of LoBAL QSOs: I. SEDs and mid-infrared spectral properties”
Mariana Lazarova, Gabiela Canalizo, Mark Lacy, Anna Sajina, 2012, ApJ, 755,29
“Quasar Black Hole Masses from Velocity Dispersions”
Gabriela Canalizo, Margrethe Wold, Mariana Lazarova, Kyle Hiner, and Mark Lacy, submitted to ApJ
“The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Dynamical Modeling of the Broad Line Region in Mrk 50”
Anna Pancoast, et al. (including Lazarova), accepted to ApJ, arXiv:1205.3789
“The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Reverberation Mapping of Markarian 50”
Aaron Barth, et al. (including Lazarova), 2011, ApJL, 743, 4
“Infrared and Optical Properties of Low-z Low-Ionization Broad Absorption Line QSOs”
Mariana Lazarova and Gabriela Canalizo, 2009, APSC, 408, 288
Proceeding of “The Starburst – AGN Connection Conference”, 27-31 October 2008, Shanghai, China
“Quasar Black Hole Masses from Velocity Dispersions”
Gabriela Canalizo, Margrethe Wold, Mariana Lazarova, and Mark Lacy, 2008, AIPC, 1053, 63C
Proceedings of the 2nd Kolkata Conference on “Observational Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe”, 10-15 February 2008, Kolkata, India
Presentations
Jan 11, 2012 Talk (Lazarova, M.; Canalizo, G.; Lacy, M.; Sajina, A.)
"SEDs and Morphologies of Low-z LOBAL QSOs"
219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Jan 9-12, 2012, Austin, TX
Oct 4, 2011 Poster (Lazarova, M.; Canalizo, G.; Lacy, M.; Sajina, A.)
“SEDs and mid-infrared spectral properties of LoBAL QSOs”
“Through the infrared looking glass: a dusty view of galaxy and AGN evolution,” Oct 2-5, 2011,
Pasadena, CA
January 18, 2011 Public Talk (Lazarova, M.)
“Catastrophic galaxy collisions and the birth of quasars”
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park), La Quinta, CA
August 28, 2010 Public Talk (Lazarova, M.; Canalizo, G)
“Catastrophic galaxy collisions and the birth of quasars”
Riverside Astronomical Society, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
June 24, 2010 Talk (Lazarova, M.; Canalizo, G.; Lacy, M.)
“Infrared SEDs and star-formation rates of LoBAL QSOs”
Workshop on “Extreme Starbursts in the Local Universe,” June 21-25, 2010,
Insituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Granada, Spain
April 29, 2010 Talk (Lazarova, M.; Canalizo, G)
“The relevance of mergers in galaxy evolution”
Department of Physics and Engineering, Sweet Briar College, VA
Jan 5, 2010 Poster (Hiner, Kyle; Canalizo, G.; Wold, M.; Lazarova, M.; Lacy, M.)
“Investigating the M-σ Relation of Red QSOs”
215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC
Sept 17, 2009 Poster (Lazarova, M., Canalizo, G.)
“The host galaxies of low-ionization broad absorption line QSOs”
Keck Science Meeting 2009, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Jan 7, 2009 Poster (Lazarova, M., Canalizo, G.)
“Mergers and Starbursts in Low-ionization BAL QSOs”
213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA
Jan 8, 2009 Poster (Canalizo, G., Max, C., Medling, A., Lazarova, M.)
“Adaptive Optics Integral Field Unit Observations of Cygnus A”
213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, CA
Oct 31, 2008 Poster (Lazarova, M., Canalizo, G.)
“Optical Properties of Low-z Low-ionization BAL QSOs”
“The Starburst – AGN Connection” conference, Shanghai, China
June 13, 2008 Short commencement talk (Lazarova, M.)
“Broad Absorption Line Quasars”
UC Riverside Physics Department commencement ceremony
Oct 11, 2007 Talk (Lazarova, M.)
“Low-Redshift Low-Ionization Broad Absorption Line QSOs”
UC Riverside Weekly Astronomy Seminar
Jan 6, 2003 Poster (Denn, G. R.; Mutel, R. L.; Lazarova, M. S.; Dreier, C.; Helton, A.)
“Helium Accretion and Detonation on White Dwarfs”
201th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Seattle, WA
Jan 8, 2002 Poster (Denn, G. R.; Mutel, R. L.; Lazarova, M. S.; Dreier, C.; Helton, A.)
“Multi-Epoch Monitoring of Magnetic Field Structures in Three Blazars”
199th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC
Awards
May 31, 2012 Physics and Astronomy Outstanding Teaching Assistant for the 2011-2012 academic year
. Graduate Division, UC Riverside
2010-2011 Robert E. Neumann (‘66,’67 M.A.) Graduate Student Scholarship for 2010-2011
. Alumni Association, UC Riverside
April, 2009 Dean’s Dissertation Year Fellowship, granted for quarters Winter 2010 and Spring 2010
. Graduate Division, UC Riverside
June 13, 2008 Michael Devirian Graduate Scholarship Award, $1,000 of research funds
. Department of Physics and Astronomy, UC Riverside
June 13, 2008 2008 Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year
. American Association of Physics Teachers, UC Riverside section
June 6, 2008 Physics Outstanding Teaching Assistant for the 2007-2008 academic year
. Graduate Division, UC Riverside
UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS ($83,700)
June 2004 Sweet Briar Grant, $1,000
March 2003 2004 – 2005 Honors Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, $7,350
2003 - 2004 Dean’s Honor List, Sweet Briar College
Jan 2004 Sweet Briar Grant, $4,000
Oct 2003 Honors Travel Grant (for presenting at the 203st AAS Meeting), $500
2002 - 2003 Dean’s Honor List, Sweet Briar College
March 2003 2003 – 2004 Honors Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, $7,350
Dec 2002 Honors Travel Grant (for presenting at the 201st AAS Meeting), $500
May 2002 Sweet Briar College Redtop International Scholarship, $3,000
April 2002 Three-year Sweet Briar Dornette Computer Scholarship
Dec 2001 CRC Press Freshmen Chemistry Achievement Award
Dec 2001 Sweet Briar College Chemistry Golden Test Tube Award
May 2001 Four-year International Scholarship, Sweet Briar College, $60,000
Grants
Graduate Student Association Student Travel Grant, to attend the “Through the Infrared Looking Glass: A Dusty View of Galaxy and AGN Evolution” conference, Oct 2-5, 2011, Pasadena, CA
Graduate Student Association Student Travel Grant, to attend the “2011 Keck Science Meeting”, Sept 23-24, 2011, Pasadena, CA
Graduate Student Association Student Travel Grant, $480, to attend the “Extreme Starbursts in the Local Universe” workshop, June 21-25, 2010, Granada, Spain
Graduate Student Association Student Travel Grant, $300, to attend the 213th American Astronomical Society meeting, Jan 4-7, 2009, Long Beach, CA
AAS International Travel Grant, $1,100, airfare cost to attend “The Starburst-AGN Connection” conference, Oct 27-31, 2008, Shanghai, China
Student Financial Support for conference attendance, Local Organizing Committee of “The Starburst-AGN Connection” conference (Oct 27-31, 2008, Shanghai, China), full coverage of hotel expenses
Graduate Student Association Student Travel Grant, $600, to attend “The Starburst-AGN Connection” conference, Oct 27-31, 2008, Shanghai, China
Training
January 7 - 8, 2012 Center for Astronomy Education Tier I Workshop, Austin, TX
August 26 - 29, 2008 6th Spitzer Data Analysis Workshop, Spitzer Science Center, Caltech, CA
August 4 - 8, 2008 9th Annual Summer School for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 20 - Dec 1, 2006 XVIII Canary Islands winter school of Astrophysics, Tenerife, Spain
August 5 - 11, 2006 7th Annual Summer School for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz, CA
June 15-22, 2004 9th Synthesis Imaging Summer School, NRAO, Socorro, NM
Teaching Experience (Teaching Assistantships)
Winter 2012 PHYS 006: The Violent Universe, 4 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Gabriela Canalizo
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Gabriela Canalizo
Spring 2009 PHYS 007: Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology, 4 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Jose Wudka
Winter 2008 PHYS 007: Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology, 3 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Jose Wudka
Fall 2007 PHYS 006: The Violent Universe, 4 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Gabriela Canalizo
Spring 2007 PHYS 007: Space-Time, Relativity, and Cosmology, 6 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Jose Wudka
Fall 2006 PHYS 006: The Violent Universe, 3 discussion sections
. UC Riverside, instructor: Prof. Gabriela Canalizo
Spring 2006 PHYS 02LC: General Physics Laboratory, 2 lab sections
. UC Riverside
Winter 2006 PHYS 02LC: General Physics Laboratory, 1 lab section
. UC Riverside
Professional Memberships
American Astronomical Society, junior member
Southern California Center for Galaxy Evolution (UCR)
American Associate of University Women (AAUW)
Outreach activities
High school program (2010 – present)
During the 2011-2012 and 2010-2011 academic years, I have been involved in a public outreach program with local high schools in Riverside, CA, called "Science in the Classroom." Riverside high schools suffers from one of the lowest enrollment of students in science classes in the entire USA. With a groups of graduate students, I have been visiting K-12 physics classes, and giving presentations on topics from the physics curriculum, as well as, on my own research on a level accessible to the students, with emphasis on active student participation. The program is focused on making students aware of how science research is done at universities and encouraging high school seniors to pursue college education in the sciences. The success of this program has been recognized by NSF with a continuation of their funding.
Program coordinator: Dr. Shan-Wen Tsai (swtsai@physics.ucr.edu).
Teacher retention program (Summer 2011)
I was involved in the training of science teachers in southern California through the UC Riverside extension center as part of the Inland Area Science Project Teacher Retention Initiative (IASP TRI). The teachers who participate in the program work in schools in southern California’s “Inland Empire”, a region that serves a very large number of minority students. This project involves participation in a series of 5 and 6 day summer science institutes for fourth through eighth grade teachers from schools that have a high percentage of English learners. During these institutes, we provide teachers with the opportunity to participate in a simple hands-on science project that they might take to their school and share with their own students.
Program faculty advisor: Dr. Gabriela Canalizo (gabiela.canalizo@ucr.edu).
Public talks to local amateur astronomy clubs
October 7, 2011 “Catastrophic galaxy collisions and the birth of quasars”
. Orange County Astronomers, Chapman University, Orange, CA
January 18, 2011 “Catastrophic galaxy collisions and the birth of quasars”
. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Joshua Tree National Park), La Quinta, CA
August 28, 2010 “Catastrophic galaxy collisions and the birth of quasars”
. Riverside Astronomical Society, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Outreach video
Featured in an outreach video for the Lick Observatory about what drives astronomers to pursue science
[Link to the movie]
Graduate Classes
Winter 2009 PHYS 401, Science Writing and Ilustration Dr. Barish grade: S
Fall 2008 PHYS 251, Techniques of Observational Astronomy Dr. Canalizo grade: A
Spring 2008 PHYS 216, Star Formation Dr. Canalizo grade: A
Fall 2007 PHYS 215, Dynamics and Evolution of Galaxies Dr. Jungwiert grade: A+
. PHYS 251, Techniques of Observational Astronomy Dr. Canalizo grade: S
Spring 2007 PHYS 214, Techniques of Observational Astrophysics Dr. Canalizo grade: A
. PHYS 251, Techniques of Observational Astronomy Dr. Canalizo grade: S
Winter 2007 ASTR 271, Fundamentals II: Radiation Prof. Jura grade: A
. ASTR 274, Galaxies Prof. Larkin grade: A
Spring 2006 PHYS 210B, Electromagnetic Theory Dr. Pryadko grade: B
. PHYS 212B, Thermo & Stat Mechanics Dr. Zandi grade: A+
. PHYS 221C, Quantum Physics Dr. Desai grade: B+
Winter 2006 PHYS 210A, Electromagnetic Theory Dr. Pryadko grade: B+
. PHYS 212A, Thermo & Stat Mechanics Dr. Tsai grade: B+
. PHYS 221B, Quantum Physics Dr. Desai grade: A-
Fall 2005 PHYS 210A, Classical Mechanics Dr. Tsai grade: A-
. PHYS 221B, Quantum Physics Dr. Desai grade: B+
. PHYS 231, Methods of Theoretical Physics Dr. Rice grade: A
. PHYS 301, Teaching Physics at College Level Dr. Tom grade: S
Undergraduate research experience
Summer 2005 Palomar 60” telescope operation
. Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technologies, Pasadena, CA
. Faculty sponsor: Dr. Shri Kulkarni; Supervisors: Dr. Derek Fox and Bradley Cenko
Summer 2004 NRAO Summer School
. “Turbulent Characteristics of Galactic HI”
. NRAO - Green Bank, Green Bank, WV; Advisor: Dr. Anthony Minter
Summer 2004 Student researcher
. “Helium Accretion and Detonation on White Dwarfs”
. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Advisor: Dr. Alexander Heger
Summer 2003 Los Alamos Summer School
. “Helium Accretion and Detonation on White Dwarfs”
. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Advisor: Dr. Alexander Heger
Winter 2002 Student researcher
. “A Search for Radio Transients in the Galactic Center”
. Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA; Advisor: Dr. Scott Hyman
Summer 2002 Student researcher
. “An Examination of Magnetic Field Structure and Motion of Shocks in AGN”
. Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA; Advisor: Dr. Grant Denn
Winter 2001 Student researcher
. “Search for x-ray transients with radio counterparts”
. Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA; Advisor: Dr. Scott Hyman