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<strong>Joseph</strong> <strong>Meiring</strong><br />
University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina<br />
<strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> and <strong>Astronomy</strong><br />
712 Main St.<br />
Columbia, SC 29208<br />
(803)-777-0516<br />
meiring@physics.sc.edu<br />
2811 Bratton St.<br />
Columbia, SC 29205<br />
(843)-324-1496<br />
Educational ⋄ University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina, Columbia, SC<br />
Background Ph.D. in Astrophysics, expected graduation: Spring/Summer 2008<br />
Advisor: Varsha P. Kulkarni<br />
⋄ College <strong>of</strong> Charleston, Charleston, SC<br />
B.S. in <strong>Physics</strong> and <strong>Astronomy</strong>, Spring 2003<br />
Awards and<br />
Honors<br />
⋄ Faculty Honors, The College <strong>of</strong> Charleston (Spring 2003)<br />
⋄ Undergraduate Student Research Award, The College Of Charleston (Spring 2003)<br />
Grants and ⋄ 2 time recipient <strong>of</strong> a NASA South Carolina Space Grant Fellowship (2006-2007 and<br />
Fellowships 2007-2008)<br />
Memberships<br />
Skills<br />
⋄ President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Physics</strong> Graduate Student Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>USC</strong> (PGSA)<br />
⋄ American Astronomical Society (AAS)<br />
⋄ Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> Students (SPS)<br />
⋄ Programming Languages<br />
IDL, IRAF,L A TEX, C++, Java, Linux/Unix Shells<br />
⋄ Operating Systems<br />
Linux (Red Hat, Fedora), Unix (Solaris), MS-Windows<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>icient in Linux systems administration<br />
Research<br />
Interests<br />
Academic<br />
Experience<br />
(1) Galaxy formation and evolution; (2) Chemical abundances in high redshift galaxies;<br />
(3) Quasar absorption lines; (4) Large scale structure; (5) Cosmology<br />
⋄ Tutor, University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina (August 2003 – present)<br />
Undergraduate physics and astronomy courses<br />
⋄ Teaching Assistant, University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina (August 2003 – present)<br />
Primary instructor for several different physics labs. Introduced students to the lab<br />
exercises, graded lab reports, gave quizzes.<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 101 Lab: “How Things Work” (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Fall 2005)<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 201 Lab: “General <strong>Physics</strong> I” (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2005)<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 212 Lab: “Calculus Based <strong>Physics</strong> I” (Fall 2003, Spring 2004)<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 284 Lab: “Honors <strong>Physics</strong> For Non-majors” (Spring 2004)<br />
⋄ Research Assistant, University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina (Fall 2005 – present)<br />
Currently building and testing a medium resolution spectrograph for the 16 in telescope<br />
at <strong>USC</strong>’s Melton Observatory. Designed several custom components.
⋄ Research Assistant, University <strong>of</strong> South Carolina (Fall 2003 – present)<br />
Observational cosmology, Quasar absorption lines, Galaxy formation and evolution<br />
⋄ Teaching Assistant,College <strong>of</strong> Charleston (Fall 2001 – Fall 2002)<br />
Guided students through labs. Setup and dismantled equipment<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 129 Lab: “<strong>Astronomy</strong> I Lab” (Fall 2001, Fall 2002)<br />
<strong>Physics</strong> 130 Lab: “<strong>Astronomy</strong> II Lab” (Spring 2002)<br />
Selected The Circumstellar Environments Of 62 Nearby A Stars, J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, J.E. Neff, K.P.<br />
Publications Cheng, 2002, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 34, 769<br />
A Fabry-Perot Imaging Search for Lyman-α Emission in Quasar Absorbers at z 2.4,<br />
V.P. Kulkarni, D.G. York, J.T. Lauroesch, S.M. Fall, P. Khare, B.E. Woodgate, P.<br />
Palunas, J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, D.G. Thatte, D.E. Welty, & J.W. Truran, 2004 Bull. Am. Astron.<br />
Soc., 205, 3803<br />
The Evolution <strong>of</strong> Damped Lyα Absorbers: Metallicities and Star Formation Rates, V.P.<br />
Kulkarni, D.G. York, J.T. Lauroesch, S.M. Fall, P. Khare, B.E. Woodgate, P. Palunas,<br />
J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, D.G. Thatte, D.E. Welty, J.W. Truran Proceedings IAU Colloquium 199,<br />
2005<br />
A Super-solar Metallicity Intervening Quasar Absorber at z=0.7, V. P. Kulkarni, C.<br />
Peroux, J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, R. Ferlet, P. Khare, J. T. Lauroesch, G. Vladilo, & D.G. York,<br />
2005Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 203, 2<br />
Elemental Abundance Measurements <strong>of</strong> Low Redshift Damped Lyman-α Galaxies , J.<br />
<strong>Meiring</strong>, V.P. Kulkarni, P. Khare, J. Bechtold, J. Cui, D.G. York, J.T. Lauroesch, O.<br />
Nakamura, & A.P.S Crotts, 2005 Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 120, 11<br />
A Fabry-Perot Imaging Search for Lyman-α Emission in Quasar Absorbers at z ∼ 2.4,<br />
V.P. Kulkarni, B. Woodgate, D.G. York, D.G. Thatte, J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, P. Palunas, & E.<br />
Waassel, 2006, ApJ, 636, 30<br />
The Most Metal-rich Intervening High-N(HI) Quasar Absorber Known, C. Peroux, V.<br />
P. Kulkarni, J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, R. Ferlet, P. Khare, J. T.Lauroesch, 2006, A&A, 450, 53<br />
Supernova 2006X in NGC 4321 Lauroesch, J. T., Crotts, A. P. S., J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, Kulkarni,<br />
V. P., Meyer, D. M., Welty, D. E., York, D. G. 2006, CBET, 421, 1L<br />
Elemental Abundance Measurements in Low-redshift Damped Lyman-α Absorbers, J.<br />
<strong>Meiring</strong>, Kulkarni, V.P., Khare, P., York, D., Cui, J., Lauroesch, J.T., Crotts, A.P.S.,<br />
& Nakamura, O., 2006, MNRAS, 370, 43<br />
Metal-rich damped/subdamped Lyman-α quasar absorbers at z < 1, Peroux, C., J.<br />
<strong>Meiring</strong>, Kulkarni, V. P., Ferlet, R., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J. T., Vladilo, G., York, D.<br />
G., 2006, MNRAS, 372, 369<br />
The nature <strong>of</strong> damped Lyman-α and sub-damped Lyman alpha absorbers, Khare, P.,<br />
Kulkarni, V.P., Peroux, C., York, D.G., Lauroesch, J.T., J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, 2007, A&A, 464,<br />
487 ( available at http://au.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608127)<br />
The Role <strong>of</strong> Sub-damped Lyman-α Absorbers in the Cosmic Evolution <strong>of</strong> Metals, Kulkarni,<br />
V. P., Khare, P., Peroux, C., York, D. G., Lauroesch, J. T., J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, 2007,<br />
ApJ, 661, 88 (available at http://au.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608126)<br />
New Abundance determinations in z < 1.5 QSO absorbers; 7 sub-DLAs and 1 DLA, J.<br />
<strong>Meiring</strong>, Lauroesch, J. T., Kulkarni, V.P., Peroux, C., Khare, P.,York, D.G., Crotts,<br />
MNRAS, 2007, 376, 557<br />
The Chemical Compositions <strong>of</strong> 10 new sub-DLAs and strong Lyman-limit systems at z<br />
< 1.5., J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, Kulkarni, V.P., Peroux, C., Khare, P.,York, D.G., Crotts, MNRAS,<br />
2007, in press (arXiv:0801.0166)<br />
Metal abundances at z < 1.5: the contribution <strong>of</strong> sub-Damped Lyman-α absorbers.,<br />
Peroux, C., J. <strong>Meiring</strong>, Kulkarni, V.P., Khare, P., Lauroesch, J. T., Vladilo, G., York,<br />
D.G., Crotts, MNRAS, submitted<br />
References<br />
Dr. Varsha Kulkarni, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> and <strong>Astronomy</strong>, The University <strong>of</strong> South<br />
Carolina, Columbia S.C., 29208
Dr. James T. Lauroesch, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> and <strong>Astronomy</strong>, The University <strong>of</strong><br />
Louisville, Louisville Ky, 40292<br />
Dr. Donald G. York, The <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Astronomy</strong> and Astrophysics, The University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Chicago, Chicago Il, 60637<br />
Dr. James Neff, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> and <strong>Astronomy</strong>, The College <strong>of</strong> Charleston,<br />
Charleston S.C., 29424