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Curriculum Vitae

A PDF version of my cv.... and selected reprints are below.

Personal Information

Name:Kevin John Walsh
Address:




 University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS
Observatoire de la Cote D'Azur, B.P. 4229
06304 Nice Cedex 4
France
Phone:(+33) 4 9200 1944
Fax:(+33) 4 9200 3121
Home page:http://www.oca.eu/kwalsh
Citizenship:USA

Education

Graduate: Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Maryland -- November 2006 [My dissertation (PDF)]
M.S. Astronomy, University of Maryland -- 2002
Undergraduate: B.S. Physics and Computing, University of Notre Dame -- 2000

Refereed Publications

  1. Walsh, K. J., Michel, P., and D. C. Richardson, 2009, Collisional and Rotational Disruption of Asteroids. Advanced Science Letters, In Press. [Astroph]
  2. Walsh, K. J., 2009, Asteroids with Satellites: Inventory, Properties, and Prospects for Future Discoveries. Earth Moon and Planets 105, 193-199 [EMP]
  3. Walsh, K. J., 2009, Asteroids:When planets migrate. Nature 457, 1091-1093 [Nature News & Views]
  4. Walsh, K. J., Richardson, D. C., and P. Michel, 2008, Rotational breakup as the origin of small binary asteroids. Nature 454, 188-191 [Nature Website][News & Views]
  5. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson, 2008, A Steady-State Model of Binary NEAs Formed by Tidal Disruption of Gravitational Aggregates, Icarus, 193, 553--566. [ADS]
  6. Knight, M. K., K. J. Walsh, M. F. A'Hearn, R. A. Swaters, B. A. Zauderer, N. H. Samarasinha, R. Vazquez, and H. Reitsema, 2006, Ground Based Visible and Near-IR Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 During the Deep Impact Encounter, Icarus, 187, 199--207. [ADS]
  7. Richardson, D. C., and K. J. Walsh, 2006, Binary Minor Planets Ann. Rev. Earth & Planet. Sci. 34, 47-81 [Available with subscription]
  8. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson, 2006, Binary near-Earth asteroid formation: rubble pile model of tidal disruptions, Icarus, 180, 201--216. [Reprint]
  9. Meech, K. J., and 207 colleagues, 2005, Deep Impact: Observations from a Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign, Science, 310, 265-269 [Link to ADS]
  10. Rettig, T. W., K. Walsh, and G. Consolmagno, 2001, Implied Evolutionary Differences of the Jovian Irregular Satellites from a BVR Color Survey, Icarus, 154, 313-320. [Reprint]

Research Experience

2008-2009Henri Poincare Postdoctoral Fellow, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur
2007Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
2003- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, Univeristy of Maryland
2002-2003 Visiting Graduate Research Assitant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
2002 Summer Research Assistant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
2001 Summer Research Assistant, Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center
1999 REU, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northern Arizona University
1998-2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame

Observing Experience

VATT Mt. Graham AZ: 5 nights imaging irregular Jovian Satellites and TNOs in optical wavelengths.
KPNO 2.1m Kitt Peak, AZ: 22 nights imaging small Main Belt Asteroid Lightcurves in optical wavelengths.
SPM 1.5m San Pedro Martir, Mexico: 4 nights imaging Deep Impact in optical wavelengths.
KPNO 4m Kitt Peak, AZ: 3 nights observing granted for late October, 2006.

Teaching Experience

2007-Lecturer, Astronomy 330, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
2001-2002 Instructor, Astronomy 111, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, Astronomy 120/121, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
1997-2000 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Notre Dame

Honors/Awards

2008 Poincare Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Observatoire de la Cote D'Azur
2006 Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland
2006 Student Travel Grant, 37th DDA meeting, Halifax
2005 Student Travel Grant, 37th DPS meeting, Cambridge
2004 Travel Grant, Asteroid Dynamics Workshop, Arecibo Observatory
2001-2002 Center for Teaching Excellence Distinguished Teaching Assistant
2000-2001 Center for Teaching Excellence Distinguished Teaching Assistant

Talks

  1. Division for Planetary Astronomy, Pasadena, California, October 2006.
  2. Division for Dynamical Astronomy, Halifax, Canada, June 2006.
  3. Planetary Science Seminar, Applied Physics Lab, Columbia, Maryland, Fall 2005
  4. Asteroids, Comets and Meteors, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Summer 2005.
  5. Colloquium, El Instituto de Astronomia, Ensenada, Summer 2005.
  6. Planetary Astronomy Lunchtime Seminar, University of Maryland, Fall 2004.
  7. Arecibo Asteroid Dynamics Workshop, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, Spring 2004.
  8. Astronomy Lunchtime Seminar, University of Maryland, Fall 2002.
  9. AMSC 662: Advanced Computer Science, University of Maryland, Spring 2003.
  10. LINUX Administrators Forum, University of Maryland, Spring 2003.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Walsh, K. J., D. C. Richardson and T. Rettig 2002 Modeling the breakup of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Astron. Soc. Pacific. Conf. Ser. 291 415

Recent Published Abstracts

  1. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson 2005 Small Main-Belt Asteroid Lightcurves AAS meeting 207, #04.13
  2. Zauderer, B.A., Walsh, K.J., Vázquez, R., Reitsema, H. 2005 Deep Impact Observations from San Pedro Martir AAS meeting 207, #04.22
  3. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson 2005 Binary Near-Earth Asteroid formation: rubble pile model of tidal distruptions Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 37 638 [Poster PDF]
  4. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson 2004 Near-Earth Asteroid satellite formation via tidal distruption of idealized rubble piles Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 36 1142
  5. Walsh, K. J., and D. C. Richardson 2004 Direct N-body simulations of rubble pile collisions in strong tidal fields: Applies to Saturn's F ring Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 35 1486 [Poster PDF]
  6. Rettig, T. W., and K. J. Walsh 2002 BVR Color Survey of the Jovian Irregular Satellites Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 34 861
  7. Rettig, T. W., and K. J. Walsh 2001 A BVR Colors of Eight Jovian Irregular Satellites - Evolutionary Implications Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 33 1129

Kevin Walsh 2005-08-01