Pennsylvania State University
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
525 Davey Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-6236
cpalma@astro.psu.edu
Ph.D., Astronomy
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2001
"Evidence for Tidal Disruption Induced Substructure in the Outer
Halo of the Milky Way Galaxy"
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Steven R. Majewski
M.A., Astronomy
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 1997
B.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 1994
Lecturer and Outreach Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 2003 - present
Postdoctoral Scholar, Pennsylvania State University, 2001 - 2003
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, 1995 - 2001
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, 1993 - 1995
Undergraduate Research Assistant, National Radio Astronomy Observatory,
summer 1994
CTIO Blanco 4m imaging with Mosaic - 2 nights
Keck I spectroscopy with HIRES - 2 nights
Hobby-Eberly Telescope spectroscopy with LRS/MOS - 4 queue programs
WIYN spectroscopy with Hydra - 8 nights classical, 2 queue programs
KPNO 0.9m imaging with Mosaic - 4 nights
LCO Swope 1m imaging - 7 nights
Palomar 1.5m imaging - 4 nights
Lab Director, Mission to Mars summer camp for 4th to 8th graders, Pennsylvania State University 2004 - 2005
Instructor, Astro 10: Elementary Astronomy, Pennsylvania State University,
2004
Lead Instructor, Astro 597A: Stars & Planets for Science Teachers, Pennsylvania
State University, 2003 - 2005
Instructor, Astro 293: Observing Laboratory for Majors, Pennsylvania State
University, 2002, 2003
Astronomy Tutor for Student-Athletes, University of Virginia, 1998 - present
Head Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, 1996 - 1997
Instructor, Introduction to Cosmology, University of Virginia, summer 1996
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, 1995 - 1996
University of Virginia Z Society Shannon Award, 2001
Election to University of Virginia Raven Society, 2000
University of Virginia Dean's Fellowship, 1999-2000
Recipient of a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, 1998
University of Virginia DuPont Graduate Fellowship, 1997-1998
University of Virginia Dean's Fellowship, 1997-1998
University of Virginia Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 1997
Co-chair, Penn State Eberly College of Science Outreach Council
Director, Penn State Inservice Workshops in Astronomy 2002 - present
Member, Twin Tiers Challenger Learning Center Education Committee 2003 - present
Member, Penn State Astronomy & Astrophysics Outreach Committee 2003 - present
President, UVa Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Council 1999 - 2000
Member, UVa Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Council 1998 - 1999
Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1994 - 2001
Member, American Astronomical Society, 1997 - present
Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1995 - present
Member, Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association, 2004 - present
Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars: VIII. The Velocity Dispersion Profiles of the
Ursa Minor and Draco Dwarf Spheroidals at Large Angular Separations Munoz, R. R., Frinchaboy, P. M.,
Majewski, S. R., Kuhn, J. R., Chou, M.-Y., Palma, C., Sohn, S., Patterson, R. J., & Siegel, M. H. 2005,
ApJL, submitted (astro-ph 0504035)
Exploring Halo
Substructure with Giant Stars: VI. Extended Distributions of Giant Stars Around
the Carina Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy -- How Reliable Are They?, Majewski,
S. R., Frinchaboy, P. M., Kunkel, W. E., Link, R., Munoz, R. R., Ostheimer,
J. C., Palma, C., Patterson, R. J., & Geisler, D. 2005, AJ, in press
(astro-ph 0503627)
A Catalogue of Candidate Dwarf Galaxies in Stephan's Quintet
from Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Images,
Palma, C., Hunsberger, S. D., Charlton, J. C., Durrell, P. R., & Gallagher,
S. C. 2003, AJ, submitted
The Multi-phase Absorption Systems Toward PG 1206+459, Ding, J.,
Charlton, J. C., Churchill, C. W., & Palma, C. 2003, ApJ, 590, 746
Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars IV: The Extended Structure
of the Ursa Minor Dwarf Spheroidal, Palma, C., Majewski, S. R., Siegel,
M. H., Patterson, R. J., Ostheimer, J. C., & Link, R. 2003, AJ, 125, 1352
The Beginning of the End: Hubble Space Telescope Images of
Seyfert's Sextet, Palma, C., Zonak, S. G., Hunsberger, S. D., Charlton,
J. C., Gallager, S. C., Durrell, P. R., & English, J. 2002, AJ, 124, 2425
Exploring Halo Substructure with Giant Stars III: First Results from
the Grid Giant Star Survey and Discovery of a Possible Nearby
Sagittarius Tidal Structure in Virgo,
Kundu, A. et al., including Palma, C. 2002,
ApJL, 576, L125
On the Distribution of Orbital Poles of Milky Way Satellites, Palma, C.,
Majewski, S. R., & Johnston, K. V. 2002, ApJ, 564, 736
An Ultraviolet/Optical Atlas of Bright Galaxies,
Marcum, P. M. et al., including Palma, C. 2001, ApJS, 132, 129
Spectroscopy of Giant Stars in the Pyxis Globular Cluster,
Palma, C., Kunkel, W. E., & Majewski, S. R. 2000, PASP, 112, 1622
Multiwavelength Observations of the Second Largest Known FR II Radio
Galaxy, NVSS 2146+82, Palma, C., Bauer, F. E., Cotton, W. D., Bridle, A. H.,
Majewski, S. R., & Sarazin, C. L. 2000, AJ, 119, 2068
Starcounts Redivivus: III. A Possible Detection of the Sagittarius Dwarf
Spheroidal Galaxy at b=-40 Degrees , Majewski. S. R., Siegel, M. H., Kunkel,
W. E., Reid, I. N., Johnston, K. V., Thompson, I. B., Landolt, A. U., &
Palma, C. 1999, AJ, 118, 1709
Multiwavelength Monitoring of the BL Lacertae Object PKS 2155-304 in 1994 May:
I. The Ground-Based Campaign, Pesce, J. E. et al., including
Palma, C. 1997, ApJ 486, 770
Radio Constraints on Relativistic Beaming Models of BL Lacertae
Objects, Kollgaard, R. I., Palma, C., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., and
Feigelson, E. D. 1996, ApJ 465, 115
Galaxy Train Wrecks, Charlton, J. C., Gallagher, S. C., & Palma, C 2004,
Sky & Telescope vol. 108, no. 5, p. 30
Tidal Streams around External Galaxies, Pohlen, M., Martinez-Delgado, D.,
Majewski, S., Palma, C., Prada, F., & Balcells, M. 2003 in "Satellites and
Tidal Streams", eds. Prada et al., (San Francisco: ASP), in press
(astro-ph 0308142)
GRB 021211: CTIO observations, Levan, A., Fruchter, A.,
Welch, D., Palma, C., Henderson, B., Siegel, M., & Burud, I. 2002, GRB
Circular Network, 1758, 1
The Metallicity Distribution Function of Omega Centauri, Frinchaboy, P.
M., Rhee, J., Ostheimer, J. C., Majewski, S. R., Patterson, R. J., Johnson,
W. Y., Dinescu, D., Palma, C., & Westfall, K. B. 2002
in "Omega Centauri: a Unique Window into Astrophysics", eds. van Leeuwen et al., (San
Francisco: ASP), p. 143
Effects of Tidal Disruption on Inferred Galactic Star
Formation Histories, Majewski, S. R., Patterson, R. J., Palma, C.,
Westfall, K. B., Siegel, M. H.,
Ostheimer, J. C., Frinchaboy, P. M., Link, R., Sohn, S., Kunkel, W. E.,
& Johnston, K. V. 2002,
in "Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations",
ed. E. Grebel, (San Francisco: ASP), p. 199
The Extended Shapes of Galactic Satellites, Majewski, S. R.,
Forestell, A. D., Ostheimer, J. C., Palma, C., Siegel, M. H., Sohn, S.,
Westfall, K. B., Patterson, R. J., Frinchaboy, P. M., & Link, R. 2002,
in "The Yale Cosmology Workshop: The Shapes of Galaxies and Their Halos",
ed. P. Natarajan, (World Scientific: Singapore), p. 214
Omega Centauri: Nucleus of a Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal?, Majewski,
S. R., Patterson, R. J., Dinescu, D. I., Johnson, W. Y., Ostheimer, J. C.,
Kunkel, W. E., & Palma, C. 2000, in "The Galactic Halo: from Globular
Clusters to Field Stars", eds. Noel et al., (Liege: IAG), p. 619
A Search for Tidal Stellar Debris from the Magellanic Clouds: Survey Results
from the First Two Years, Majewski, S. R, Ostheimer, J. C., Kunkel, W. E.,
Johnston, K. V., Patterson, R. J. & Palma, C. 1999, in
"IAU Symposium 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds", eds. Chu et al.,
(San Francisco: ASP), p. 508