Tanya Caroline Urrutia Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Tel: +49 331 7499 664 An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: turrutia@aip.de Research Experience: 2011-present: Postdoctoral Fellow at Leibniz Insitut für Astrophysik, Potsdam Member of the MUSE Spectrograph Science Consortium working on the Data Reduction pipeline for the instrument. 2008-2011: Postdoctoral Fellow at Spitzer Science Center, Caltech. Worked with Dr. Mark Lacy on correlations with SWIRE selected quasars to their X-ray properties. Continued Spitzer studies on red quasars and LoBALs. Worked with Dr. Bernhard Schulz on the X-ray QSO SED at redshift ~ 1. Undertook new project 2011 with Dr. Duncan Farrah to study the nearest 40 ULIRGs with Herschel. 2005-2008: Lawrence Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Worked on analysis of HST ACS data of red quasars and their host galaxies with Dr. Mark Lacy and Prof. Robert Becker. Undertook survey program to find more quasars and started work on identifying the nature of Low Ionization Broad Absorption Line Quasars. 2003-2005: Research Assistant at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. X-ray studies of red quasars with Prof. Robert Becker. 2002-2003: Research Assistant at University of California, Davis. Teaching Assistant, 2003, Astronomy 10 Worked on optical and UV spectroscopy of low redshift Damped Lyman Alpha Systems with Dr Lisa Storrie-Lombardi 2001-2002: Student assistant at the Astrophysical Institute of Potsdam. Worked with Prof. Guenther Hasinger and Dr, Axel Schwope on optical identification of serendipitous X-ray sources and X-ray cluster candidates. Secretary for “Astronomische Nachrichten” (Astronomical Notes) 2000-2001: Student assistant at the Astrophysical department of the University of Potsdam. Worked with Prof. Wolf-Rainer Hamann on Spectroscopy of Wolf-Rayet Stars Education: 1997-2002: Study of Physics at the University of Potsdam 1999: Vordiplom (equivalent to B.S.) 2002: Hauptdiplom (equivalent to Master of Physics). 2002-2008: Graduate studies at University of California, Davis 2008: PhD in physics April 2008 Research Interests: ➔ Quasar and AGN Science. Obscured and Dust-Reddened AGN and their role in the Quasar- ULIRG connection. AGN in Galaxy Evolution. Quasar winds and feedback. ➔ Quasar Absorption Systems. Damped Lyman Alpha Systems and Neutral Matter IGM ➔ Multi-Wavelength Survey Programs. The build-up of galaxies over cosmological times. Awards: 1997: Represented Guatemala at the 37th International Math Olympiad Argentina 2003: WE-Heraeus award for physics students 2005: LSP (Lawrence Scholar Program) Fellowship Technical Skills: Programming knowledge in: Python, C, FORTRAN, Perl. - HTML, LaTeX, Supermongo – Databases: SQL, Perl-DBI Experience in astronomical data reduction and analysis software: IRAF + IRAF scripts (extensive), CIAO/SAS/XSpec (extensive), IDL, Pyfits/AstroPy (intermediate), AIPS (beginner) Extensive observing experience: Potsdam Sternwarte (0.7m), Calar Alto Observatory (2.2m), La Silla Observatory (2.2m), Lick Observatory (3.0m), Kitt Peak Observatory (4m), Palomar Observatory (5m), Gemini North Observatory (8m), MMT (6m), Keck Observatory (10m), Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Array, XMM-Newton, Chandra X-ray Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Herschel Space Telescope. Other Information: o Languages: English (fluent), German (mother tongue), Spanish (2nd mother tongue) o 2 years MBA studies. o Married, one child (Anna, born 2006). References: please e-mail me for a list of references... Selected publications: Farrah, D.; Urrutia, T.; Hall, P.; Borys, C.; Lacy, M.; Afonso, J.; Coppin, K.; Efstathiou, A.; Evidence for Termination of Obscured Starbursts by Radiatively Driven Outflows in Reddened QSOs, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 745, 178 Urrutia, Tanya; Becker, Robert H.; White, Richard L.; Glikman, Eilat; Lacy, Mark; Hodge, Jacqueline; Gregg, Michael D.; The FIRST-2MASS Red Quasar Survey II: An anomalously high fraction of LoBALs in searches for dust-reddened quasars, 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 698, 1095 Urrutia, Tanya; Lacy Mark, Becker, Robert H.; Evidence for Strong Mergers in HST Observations of Dust-reddened Quasars; 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 674, 80 Follow the ADS link for a full list of publications (only refereed)

Tanya Caroline Urrutia

Leibniz Institut für Astrophysik Tel: +49 331 7499 664

An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: turrutia@aip.de

Research Experience:

2011-present: Postdoctoral Fellow at Leibniz Insitut für Astrophysik, Potsdam

Member of the MUSE Spectrograph Science Consortium working on the Data

Reduction pipeline for the instrument.

2008-2011: Postdoctoral Fellow at Spitzer Science Center, Caltech.

Worked with Dr. Mark Lacy on correlations with SWIRE selected quasars to their

X-ray properties. Continued Spitzer studies on red quasars and LoBALs. Worked with

Dr. Bernhard Schulz on the X-ray QSO SED at redshift ~ 1. Undertook new project

2011 with Dr. Duncan Farrah to study the nearest 40 ULIRGs with Herschel.

2005-2008: Lawrence Scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

Worked on analysis of HST ACS data of red quasars and their host galaxies with Dr.

Mark Lacy and Prof. Robert Becker. Undertook survey program to find more quasars

and started work on identifying the nature of Low Ionization Broad Absorption Line

Quasars.

2003-2005: Research Assistant at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

X-ray studies of red quasars with Prof. Robert Becker.

2002-2003: Research Assistant at University of California, Davis.

Teaching Assistant, 2003, Astronomy 10

Worked on optical and UV spectroscopy of low redshift Damped Lyman Alpha

Systems with Dr Lisa Storrie-Lombardi

2001-2002: Student assistant at the Astrophysical Institute of Potsdam.

Worked with Prof. Guenther Hasinger and Dr, Axel Schwope on optical identification

of serendipitous X-ray sources and X-ray cluster candidates.

Secretary for “Astronomische Nachrichten” (Astronomical Notes)

2000-2001: Student assistant at the Astrophysical department of the University of Potsdam.

Worked with Prof. Wolf-Rainer Hamann on Spectroscopy of Wolf-Rayet Stars

Education:

1997-2002: Study of Physics at the University of Potsdam

1999: Vordiplom (equivalent to B.S.)

2002: Hauptdiplom (equivalent to Master of Physics).

2002-2008: Graduate studies at University of California, Davis

2008: PhD in physics April 2008

Research Interests:

➔ Quasar and AGN Science. Obscured and Dust-Reddened AGN and their role in the Quasar-

ULIRG connection. AGN in Galaxy Evolution. Quasar winds and feedback.

➔ Quasar Absorption Systems. Damped Lyman Alpha Systems and Neutral Matter IGM

➔ Multi-Wavelength Survey Programs. The build-up of galaxies over cosmological times.

Awards:

1997: Represented Guatemala at the 37th International Math Olympiad Argentina

2003: WE-Heraeus award for physics students

2005: LSP (Lawrence Scholar Program) Fellowship

Technical Skills:

Programming knowledge in: Python, C, FORTRAN, Perl. - HTML, LaTeX, Supermongo – Databases: SQL, Perl-DBI

Experience in astronomical data reduction and analysis software: IRAF + IRAF scripts (extensive), CIAO/SAS/XSpec (extensive), IDL, Pyfits/AstroPy (intermediate), AIPS (beginner)

Extensive observing experience: Potsdam Sternwarte (0.7m), Calar Alto Observatory (2.2m), La Silla Observatory (2.2m), Lick Observatory (3.0m), Kitt Peak Observatory (4m), Palomar Observatory (5m), Gemini North Observatory (8m), MMT (6m), Keck Observatory (10m), Hubble Space Telescope, Very Large Array, XMM-Newton, Chandra X-ray Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Herschel Space Telescope.

Other Information:

o Languages: English (fluent), German (mother tongue), Spanish (2nd mother tongue)

o 2 years MBA studies.

o Married, one child (Anna, born 2006).

References:

please e-mail me for a list of references...

Selected publications:

Farrah, D.; Urrutia, T.; Hall, P.; Borys, C.; Lacy, M.; Afonso, J.; Coppin, K.; Efstathiou, A.; Evidence for Termination of Obscured Starbursts by Radiatively Driven Outflows in Reddened QSOs, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 745, 178

Urrutia, Tanya; Becker, Robert H.; White, Richard L.; Glikman, Eilat; Lacy, Mark; Hodge, Jacqueline; Gregg, Michael D.; The FIRST-2MASS Red Quasar Survey II: An anomalously high fraction of LoBALs in searches for dust-reddened quasars, 2009, Astrophysical Journal, 698, 1095

Urrutia, Tanya; Lacy Mark, Becker, Robert H.; Evidence for Strong Mergers in HST Observations of Dust-reddened Quasars; 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 674, 80

Follow the ADS link for a full list of publications (only refereed)