Joe E. Schmo

Curriculum Vitae

Northwestern University
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Dearborn Observatory
2131 Tech Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

(W): (847) 333-3333
(F) : (847) 491-3333
jeschmo@nu.edu

Education

Sep 2002 Ph.D., Physics, Prestigous U.
May 1996 B.S., Physics, summa cum laude, Not-so-Pretigous U.

Academic Appointments

2002-Present Postdoctoral Associate, Northwestern University, Department of Physcs & Astronomy
2000-2001 Adjunct Faculty, City College, Department of Physics

Teaching Experience

2000 Lecturer, City College, Department of Physics
  • Algebra-based freshmen physics, first semester.
  • Calculus supplement section to above algebra-based phyics course (including curriculum development).
1998-2003 Teaching Assistant, Prestigous U
  • Graduate Courses: Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics.
  • Undergraduate Courses: Stellar Evolution, Electronics, Freshman Physics.

Other Positions & Employment

1997 REU Summer Research Intern, National Optical Astronomical Observatories (Tucson, AZ)
Project: "A Method for Determining Star and Dust Distributions in the Galactic Plane"
1993-2007 Soccer Official, United States Soccer Federation National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association (1997-2002) National Federations of Interscholastic Sports Officials (1993-2002)
1995-1997 Assistant Tournament Referee Assignor, Greensboro Youth Soccer Associations (Greensboro, NC)

Professional Activities

Infrastructure Development

SSEVOLVE
A flexible C++ code base for calculating stellar and stellar binary evolution. The code's hallmarks include a complete separation between the ODE system to be solved, the input physics, and the implementation of the relaxation-method solver. The code also makes heavy use of virtual classes and inheritance to allow redefinition of the input physics and ODE system in a trivial manner.

Program Participation

Sep 2008 2nd International Workshop on AM CVn Stars (Cape Town, South Africa)
Apr 2007 Accretion and Explosion: The Astrophysics of Degenerate Stars, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (Santa Barbara, CA)

Research Supervision

2006 Undergraduate Project, Northwestern University

Outreach: Public Lectures

  1. "Ultracompact Binaries: How Nature Produces Binaries with Orbital Periods (Significantly?) Shorter than this Talk", ASW High School Student Program: Invited Lecture, Adler Planeterium, Chicago, IL (Jul 2008).

Service

Departmental & University

2006-Present Mac OS X Administrator, Astrophysics Theory Group, Northwestern University
  • Developed and implemented automatic software replication facility to maintain undergraduate lab machines.
  • Provide OS X troubleshooting and maintenance services for group.
2000 Fall Colloquium Committee, Department of Physics, UC

Community

2003 Reader/Reviewer, Reading for the Blind and Dyslexic (Santa Clara, CA)

Awards

Research Grants

2008 SAX J1808 Gemini Time, AURA
2031 Bright X-ray Binaries in Elliptical Galaxies, Chandra Cycle 32 Theory Grant ($87,000)

Other Awards

2005 Finalist: Veni Postdoctoral Fellowship, NWO (The Netherlands)
2002 Finalist: PPARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, PPARC (United Kingdom)
1998 Josephine Hege Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa

Publications

Journal Articles: Submitted or in Preparation

  1. "Observational and Theoretical Progress in AM CVn Binaries", Schmo, J. E., Roelofs, G., & Yungelson, L., (in prep.).
  2. "The Post Common Envelope Remnant Mass of Donors with Non-Degenerate Cores ", Schmo, J. E., van der Sluys, M., & Taam, R. E., (in prep.).

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. "The thermal evolution of the donors in AM Canum Venaticorum binaries", Schmo, J. E., Taam, R. E., Winisdoerffer, C., & Chabrier, G., MNRAS, 381:525 (Oct 2007, arXiv:0708.0220).
  2. "Discovery of the Accretion-powered Millisecond Pulsar SWIFT J1756.9-2508 with a Low-Mass Companion", Krimm, H. A., Markwardt, C. B., Schmo, J. E., Romano, P., Chakrabarty, D., Campana, S., Cummings, J. R., Galloway, D. K., Gehrels, N., Hartman, J. M., Kaaret, P., Morgan, E. H., & Tueller, J., ApJL, 668:L147 (Oct 2007, arXiv:0709.1693).

Conference Proceedings

  1. "The Connection Between Low-Mass X-ray Binaries and (Millisecond) Pulsars: A Binary Evolution Perspective", Deloye, Christopher J., 40 YEARS OF PULSARS: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. AIP Conference Proceedings, 983:501 (Feb 2008, arXiv:0710.0189).
  2. "SAX J1808.4-3657 in Quiescence: A Keystone for Neutron Star Science", Heinke, C. O., Deloye, C. J., Jonker, P. G., Taam, R. E., & Wijnands, R., 40 YEARS OF PULSARS: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. AIP Conference Proceedings, 983:526 (Feb 2008, arXiv:0710.1552).

Talks and Presentations

Invited Talks

  1. "Understanding the AM CVn Population: The Implications of Improved Theory for WD Channel Systems", 2nd International AM CVn Workshop, South African Astonomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa (Sep 2008).
  2. "The Connection between Low-Mass X-ray Binaries and Millisecond Pulsars", 40 Years of Pulsars, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (Aug 2007).

Contributed Talks

  1. "Astrophysics of White Dwarf Ultracompact Binaries with LISA", Seminar, KITP, Santa Barbara, CA (Apr 2007).
  2. "Tidal Effects in Inspiraling Double White Dwarfs", (Poster, Willems et al.) AAS 209th Meeting, Seattle, WA (Jan 2007).