University of Michigan
Department of Astronomy
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Date of Birth: January 22, 1977
Place of Birth: Hanover, New Hampshire

Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park -- August 2006
Advisor: Dr. M. Coleman Miller
Thesis: "Growing Intermediate-Mass Black Holes with Gravitational Waves" (Download PDF)
Ph.D. Candidate in Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park -- March 2002
M.S. in Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park -- December 2002
B.A. with Distinction in Physics (Astrophysics concentration), University of Pennsylvania -- May 1999
Advisor: Dr. David Koerner - Thesis: "A Circumstellar Disk around the High-Mass Protostar L1206A"
The Haverford School -- Class of 1995

1. Gultekin, K., Miller, M.C., & Hamilton, D.P. (2006), “Three-Body Dynamics with Gravitational Wave Emission,” ApJ, 640, 156. Local preprint.
2. Gultekin, K., Miller, M.C., & Hamilton, D.P. (2004), “Growth of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters,” ApJ, 616, 221. Preprint.
3. Koerner, D.W., Jensen, E.L.N., Cruz, T., Guild, T.B., & Gultekin, K. (2000), “A Single Circumbinary Disk in the HD 98800 Quadruple System,” ApJ, 533, L37. Preprint.

1. Gultekin, K., Miller, M.C., & Hamilton, D.P. (2006), "Three Body Interactions of Black Holes with Gravitational Wave Emission," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 207, 102.02. ADS Preprint.
2. Gultekin, K., Miller, M.C., & Hamilton, D.P. (2003), "Three Body Encounters of Black Holes in Globular Clusters," conference proceedings of The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources held 24-26 April 2003. Preprint.
3. Gultekin, K., Miller, M.C., & Hamilton, D.P. (2002), "Three Body Interactions of Black Holes in Globular Clusters," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 195, 05.02. Preprint.
4. Koerner, D.W., Jensen, E.L.N., Cruz, K., Guild, T.B., & Gultekin, K. (2000), "A Single Circumbinary Disk in the HD 98800 Quadruple System," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 195, 25.02. Preprint.
5. Gultekin, K., Koerner, D.W., & Ressler, M.E. (1999), "A Circumstellar Disk around the High-Mass Protostar L1206A," Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 193, 72.07. Preprint.

1. AAS International Travel Grant Award Winner - 2006
2. Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant Award Winner - 2006
3. American Astronomical Society Member - 1999 - Present

1. September 21, 2006 "Growing Intermediate-Mass Black Holes with Gravitational Waves," Extra-Galactic Astronomy Seminar, University of Texas, Austin
2. July 27, 2006 "Growing Black Holes in Globular Clusters," Galactic Nuclei Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
3. January 10, 2006 "Three-Body Interactions of Black Holes with Gravitational Wave Emission," 2006 AAS Winter Meeting, Washington, DC
4. September 14, 2005 "Growth of Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Globular Clusters and their Gravitational Waves," Space Sciences Seminar, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
5. December 6, 2004 "Making IMBHs and Gravitational Waves in Globular Clusters," Astronomy Seminar, Caltech, Pasadena, CA
6. November 16, 2004 "The Role of Three-Body Encounters in IMBH Formation," Center for Astrophysical Sciences Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
7. October 20, 2004 "From Newtonian Dynamics to Gravitational Waves," University of Pennsylvania Astrophysics Seminar, Philadelphia, PA
8. October 19, 2004 "Growing IMBHs in Globular Clusters," University of Virginia and NRAO Seminar, Charlottesville, VA
9. October 15, 2004 "The Role of Three-Body Dynamics in IMBH Formation and their Gravitational Waves," LHEA Seminar, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
10. September 15, 2003 "Black Hole Dynamics of Interest to LISA," LISA Sources and Data Analysis Meeting, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
11. April 10, 2003 Condor and VAMPIRE talk at Linux Administrators Meeting
12. March 3, 2003 Penn State Astronomy Seminar
13. February 25, 2003 Condor Talk to UMD AMSC Class
14. February 14, 2003 Thesis Proposal Defense
15. December 6, 2003 Dynamics Group Meeting Talk
16. October 4, 2002 Astronomy Lunch-Time Seminar on VAMPIRE

Postdoctoral Fellow for Douglas O. Richstone, University of Michigan, August 2006-Present
   Modelled mass distribution and stellar kinematics of galactic nuclei to compare with HST and ground-based data to determine masses of supermassive black holes in galactic centers.

Research Assistant for M. Coleman Miller, University of Maryland, College Park, June 2001-August 2006
   Investigated interactions of black hole dynamics in cluster cores, developed and adapted code to perform numerical simulations of sequences of three-body encounters, and used the data from these simulations to test intermediate-mass black hole formation models and to predict likely gravitational wave signatures.

Beowulf Cluster Co-Administrator, VAMPIRE, University of Maryland, June 2001-August 2006
   Installed and currently maintain Condor job management software on department computers to utilize unused computing power of over thirty desktop workstations to create a combined 21 GFlop cluster, created tutorial for use of cluster, and assisted faculty and students in use of cluster.

Observer, Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA), Hat Creek, CA 2000-2001
   Operate telescope, scheduled observing queue, verified data quality, and responded to telescope alarms.

Research Assistant for Laboratory for Millimeter-Wave Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Summer 2000
   Assisted in design of water vapor radiometers planned for use with BIMA millimeter-wave radio interferometer antennae (now part of CARMA), analyzed data from prototype radiometers to evaluate efficacy, and assisted in installation of prototype radiometers on antennae.

Undergraduate Research Assistant for Dr. David Koerner, Planetary Origins Research Group, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-1999.
   Reduced Keck MIRLIN infrared data of debris disk in quadruple system, and developed code to model OVRO millimeter data of the circumstellar disk around a high-mass protostar.

1. July 2006 Galactic Nuclei Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
2. January 2006 207th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC
3. December 2005 MODEST 6a (Modeling Dense Stellar Systems), Lund, Sweden
4. October 2004 Imagining the Future: Gravitational Wave Astronomy, Center For Gravitational Wave Physics, Penn State University, State College, PA
5. May 2004 Making Waves with Intermediate-Mass Black Holes, Center For Gravitational Wave Physics, Penn State University, State College, PA
6. October 2003 The Search for Other Worlds, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
7. October 2003 Globular Cluster Dynamics and Gravitational Radiation, Center For Gravitational Wave Physics, Penn State University, State College, PA
8. September 2003 First Random ULX Mini-workshop, Session Chair, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
9. April 2003 The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources, University of Maryland, College Park, MD October 2002 The Emergence of Cosmic Structure, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
10. January 2002 199th Meeting of AAS, Washington, DC
11. October 2000 Young Supernova Remnants, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
12. June 2000 BIMA Millimeter Interferometry Summer School, Hat Creek, CA
13. January 2000 195th Meeting of AAS, Atlanta, GA
14. October 1999 Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC
15. October 1999 Cosmic Explosions, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
16. January 1999 193th Meeting of AAS, Austin, TX
17. June 1998 Synthesis Imaging in Radio Astronomy Summer School, Socorro, NM

2004 - Guest lecturer for graduate astronomy courses Numerical Astrophysics and Introduction to Research.
2000 - 2001 Instructor for astronomy observing class. Planned, facilitated, and taught class for undergraduate non-majors in use of small telescopes and naked-eye observations.
1999 - Telescope operator, facilitator, and educational reference for department open houses and special public events.
1999 - 2000 Teaching Assistant for introductory astronomy classes. Taught discussion session, graded, and led special review sessions for undergraduate classes.