Present PositionScientific Application Consultant -GLAST SCIENCE SUPPORT CENTER (GSSC)NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SP Systems, Inc. ASD (Astrophysics Science Division) - Astroparticle Physics Laboratory -GSSC Brief Bio8. GLAST SCIENCE SUPPORT CENTER (GSSC)NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (USA)/SP Systems, Inc. ASD (Astrophysics Science Division) - Astroparticle Physics Laboratory -GSSC 2005-present 7. Scientific Application Consultant NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SP Systems, Inc. ASD (Astrophysics Science Division) - Astroparticle Physics Laboratory -HESARC 2004-2005 6. Research Associate National Academies / National Research Council Research on High Energy Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ASD (Astrophysics Science Division) - Astroparticle Physics Laboratory (former Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics) 2002-2004 5. Graduate Research Assistant Fellowship of the FOMEC (World Bank) to work at the Department of Physics, University of La Plata (Argentina) Research on Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays in support to the Pierre Auger International Collaboration 1997-2001 4. Lecturer Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Courses: Quantum Mechanics, Cosmology, Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics 1997-2001 3. Graduate Research Fellow Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear (Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Argentina) Control and Development of Dosimetry Techniques 1996-1997 2. Teaching Assistant Department of Mathematics, Ciclo Básico Común - University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Course: Advanced Calculus 1995-1997 1. Teaching Assistant Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Courses: Optics, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics 1993-1997 Educational BackgroundPhD in Physics (2001) Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina) Dissertation: “Astropartículas y su interacción con la atmósfera terrestre” “Cosmic particles and their interaction with Earth’s atmosphere” MS in Physics (1995) Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (Argentina) Dissertation: “Conversión fotón-gravitón en presencia de campos magnéticos” “Photon-Graviton conversion in magnetic fields” Awarded the Honor Diploma Research InterestsDr. Analía Cillis’ scientific experience spans mainly between Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays and Gamma-Ray Astrophysics. She also worked on Cosmology and Nuclear Physics.Since 2005 Dr. Cillis is workind in the GLAST Science Support Center of the Goddard Space Flght Center (NASA). GLAST, Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, is an international and multi-agency mission planned for launch in 2007. It is a next generation high-energy gamma-ray observatory designed for making observations of celestial gamma-ray sources in the energy band extending from 10 MeV to more than 100 GeV. Between 2004 and 2005 Dr. Cillis worked as a Scientific Consultant in the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory of the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at GSFC/NASA mainly in support of SWIFT mission, a NASA satellite currently in operation that was launched in November 2004. It is expected that Swift observe more than 200 gamma-ray bursts and do the most comprehensive study of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) afterglows to date. She joined the ASD in 2002 as a National Research Council Research Associate. She worked in gamma ray astrophysics analising data from EGRET (Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope). EGRET was an instrument on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) NASA satellite that was in operation between 1991 and 2000. She used EGRET data to analyse diffuse gamma radiation in various energy ranges between 30 MeV and 10 GeV. Although the maps can be used for a variety of applications, the immediate goal is the generation of diffuse gamma-ray maps which can be used as a diffuse background-foreground for point source analysis of the data to be obtained from new high-energy gamma-ray missions like GLAST and AGILE. Previous studies detected about seventy blazars emitting in high energy gamma rays, as well as the very nearby radio galaxy Centaurus. Since there is no obvious reason other than proximity to expect Cen A to be the only gamma-emitting radio galaxy, it might be expected that there should be others with gamma ray emission not too far below EGRET detection threshold. To explore this possibility she used a technique called "stacking" to detect >100 MeV emission from non-blazar active galactic nuclei (AGN), such as Radio Galaxies (RG) and Seyfert galaxies (SG). It detects emission not from individual sources but from a class. In addition, she used that technique to study Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs) and Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs). It was shown that LIRGs and ULIRGs are plausible sources for GLAST and the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes. Although detailed predictions for a particular ULIRG (Arp 220,Torres 2004) suggest that these galaxies were below EGRET sensitivity, it was yet open to discussion if they would show up in an stacking search. She also provided upper limits from existing EGRET data for the fluxes of LIRGs in different energy bands, which are useful both, for future theoretical modeling and for consistency check with new sets of data. She worked for the Pierre Auger International Collaboration between 1997 and 2001 in the Department of Physics of the National University of La Plata (Argentina). The Pierre Auger Observatory has been envisioned to determine the main characteristics of the ultra high energy cosmic rays, one of the most challenging topics in contemporary astrophysics. The research that she conducted included the study of several specific interactions that may affect the development of the electromagnetic particles and muons on air showers for primary energies in the range of interest for the Pierre Auger Observatory. In particular: the Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal (LPM) effect, the muonic bremsstrahlung and pair production, and the deflections due to the geomagnetic field. To clearly understand the relationship between the characteristics of the primary particle (energy, mass, direction, etc.) and the quantities to be measured by the AUGER detectors, it was needed to study the shower development by means of computer Monte Carlo simulations. She modeled those interactions and included the algorithms into AIRES (AIRshower Extended Simulations), one of the air shower simulator used by the Pierre Auger Collaboration. She worked for the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN) at the Ezeiza Atomic Center (Argentina) between 1996 and 1997. She was awarded a fellowship for full-time post-graduate courses on radiological protection and nuclear safety. Afterwards, she conducted a research on dosimetry. The ARN depends directly on the Presidency of the Nation (Argentina) and its main purpose is to regulate and control the nuclear activities in the country, including nuclear and radiological protection and nuclear non-proliferation, according to the international treaties signed by Argentina. She worked between 1994 and 1995 in the Department of Physics of the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) conducting a research on Cosmology. The result of that work was a novel study of the photon-graviton conversion in a primordial magnetic field upon the cosmic microwave background. She worked as a Teaching Assistant and Lecturer for both graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Physics of the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) between 1993 and 2001. A list of courses that she taught includes Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Modern Physics, Optics, Thermodynamics and Advanced Calculus. Current ProjectsAnalia Cillis is currently working in the GLAST (Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope) Science Support Center (GSSC) of the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA).GSSC runs the guest investigator program, creates and maintains the mission time line, provides analysis tools for the scientific community, and archives and serves the GLAST data. Dr Cillis is particularly involved in the development and planning of the scientific software that will be used to analyze GLAST data. GLAST is a next generation high-energy gamma-ray observatory designed for making observations of celestial gamma-ray sources in the energy band extending from 10 MeV to more than 100 GeV. It follows in the footsteps of the CGRO-EGRET experiment, which was operational between 1991 and 1999. GLAST is planning for lunch at the end of 2007. Selected Publications20. A.N.Cillis, O Reimer and D. Torres"Gamma ray source stacking analysis at low galactic latitude", in preparation 19. A. N. Cillis, D. Torres and O. Reimer “EGRET upper limits and stacking searches of gamma-ray observations of luminous and ultra-luminous infrared galaxies” The Astrophysical Journal 621:139-145 (1 Mar 2005) 18. A. N. Cillis and R. C. Hartman “EGRET Diffuse Gamma Ray Maps Between 30 MeV and 10 GeV” The Astrophysical Journal 621:291-295 (1 Mar 2005) 17. A. N. Cillis, R. C. Hartman, and D. L. Bertsch “Stacking search for >100 MeV gamma ray emission from Radio and Seyferts Galaxies” The Astrophysical Journal 601:142-154 (20 Jan 2004) 16. Pierre Auger Observatory Collaboration included A. N. Cillis “Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 523 50 (1 May 2004) 15. A. N. Cillis and R. C. Hartman “All-Sky Diffuse Gamma Ray Maps between 30 MeV and 10 GeV” Proc. American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #138.03 (2003) 14. A. N. Cillis “Astropartículas y su interacción con la atmósfera terrestre” Doctoral Dissertation (Physics), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina), April 2001 Pierre Auger GAP 01-020 (2001) 13. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto, “Extended Air Showers and Muon Interactions” Physical Review D 64 013010 (1 Jul 2001) 12. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto “Muon Bremsstrahlung and Muonic Pair Production in Air Showers” Nuclear Physics B (Proceedings Supplement) 97 239 (Apr 2001) 11. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto “Air showers and Geomagnetic Field” Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 26 309-321 (Mar 2000) 10. A. N. Cillis, H. Fanchiotti, C. A. Garcia Canal and Sergio J. Sciutto “Influence of the LPM effect and dielectric suppression on particle air showers” Physical Review D 59 113012 (1999) 9. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto “Influence of the LPM effect on the ultra high energy air showers” Proc. 83rd Argentine Physical Society Meeting (Sep. 1998) 8. A. N. Cillis, H. Fanchiotti, C. Garcia Canal and S. J. Sciutto “Landau-Pomeranchuk-Migdal effect and dielectric suppression in air showers” Proc. Fifth School on Non Accelerator Particle Astrophysics International Center of Theoretical Physics, ICTP (Trieste, Italy), 1998 7. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto “Geomagnetic Field and Air Showers Simulations” Proc. Fifth School on Non Accelerator Particle Astrophysics International Center of Theoretical Physics, ICTP (Trieste, Italy),1998 6. A. N. Cillis, H. Fanchiotti, C. A. Garcia Canal and Sergio J. Sciutto “LPM effect and dielectric suppression in air showers” astro-ph/9807062 (7 Jul 1998) 5. A. N. Cillis and S. J. Sciutto “Geomagnetic Field and Air Shower Simulations” astro-ph/9712345 (30 Dec 1997) 4. A. N. Cillis and D. D. Harari “Photon-graviton conversion in a primordial cosmological magnetic field upon the cosmic microwave background” Physical Review D 54, 4757 (15 Oct 1996) 3. A. N. Cillis “Conversión fotón-gravitón en presencia de campos magnéticos” Master Dissertation (Physics), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), October 1995 2. A. N. Cillis “Photon-graviton conversion in a magnetic field” Proc. 80th Argentine Physical Society Meeting (Oct. 1995) 1. A. N. Cillis “Development of a new method for the treatment of the material surfaces by fast cooling from liquid state” Proc. 78th Argentine Physical Society Meeting (Oct. 1993) Publications at the ADS website.
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