Dr. Hans A. Krimm

Think Harrison Ford

Mail Code 661
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-286-6955
Fax: 301-286-1684
krimm@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov

CURRENT POSITION:

Associate Research Scientist,Universities Space Research Association (USRA) at the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

RESEARCH AREAS:

Gamma-ray Bursts and Counterparts, X-Ray Astronomy, Gamma-Ray Astronomy.

EDUCATION:

Dec. 1991Ph.D., Physics, The University of Chicago.
Thesis advisor: Professor James W. Cronin.
June 1986 M.S., Physics, The University of Chicago.
June 1983 B.A., Magna cum laude, Physics, The Colorado College.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

7/98 -- 7/99Elliott Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Hampden-Sydney College.
7/94 -- 7/98Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Hampden-Sydney College.
9/91 -- 7/94Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
9/84 -- 9/91Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Chicago.
9/83 -- 9/84Department Paraprofessional, The Colorado College.

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS:

S.
Current: Analysis of data from and operations of the Swift MidEx mission.
InFOCm S balloon instrum ent.
Previous: Development of Swift MidEx mission.
Automation of optical observatory at Hampden-Sydney College.
Development of and improvements to the Explosive Transient Camera for searches for optical counterparts of gamma-ray bursts.

ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

95,96,97,98Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
4/95 -- 5/95 Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Virginia.

AWARDS:

1998Elliott Professorship, Hampden-Sydney College.
1983Phi Beta Kappa, The Colorado College.

GRANTS ADMINISTERED:

8/97 -- 7/99National Science Foundation, Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement, "Automation of the Hampden-Sydney College Observatory.''

GUEST INVESTIGATIONS:

3/00 -- 2/02 Simultaneous RXTE and InFOCm S Measurements of AGN Compton Reflection Spectra.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

11/00 -- Contribute to Ask A High Energy Astronomer
9/96 -- 6/99Organized community observing nights at the Hampden-Sydney College Observatory.
9/96 -- 6/98Gave astronomy presentations in grade school classrooms; assisted local high school teacher in developing an astronomy course.
4/89 -- 9/91Volunteer mathematics tutor for adults.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

10/99--11/99 Achievement Awards Selection Committee, USRA.
7/98 -- 6/99Chair, Lectures and Programs Committee, Hampden-Sydney College.
7/95 -- 6/98Secretary, Academic Affairs Committee, Hampden-Sydney College.
9/94 -- 6/99Various Search Committees, Hampden-Sydney College.
9/87 -- 6/88Physics Department Graduate Admissions Committee, University of Chicago.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Astronomical Society.
American Physical Society.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Sigma Xi.

INVITED TALKS:

2002Multiwavelength Workshop for Next Generation Gamma-Ray Experiments.
2002Hampden-Sydney College, Featured speaker at Parents' Weekend.
1999NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
1999Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
1998American Association of Physics Teachers Winter Meeting.
1997Virginia Military Institute.
1994,95,97,98,99Hampden-Sydney College.
1994Gettysburg College.
1991Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1991Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware.
1986,88,90,91,93,98The Colorado College.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Berendse, Fred et al., (2003), "Production and performance of the InFOC?S 20-40 keV graded multilayer mirror,'' Applied Optics, 42, 1856.
Krimm, H.A., Vanderspek, R.K., and Ricker, G.R., (1996), "Searches for Optical Counterparts of BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Explosive Transient Camera,'' A & A Suppl. Series, 120, 251.
Vanderspek, R.K., Krimm, H.A., and Ricker, G.R., (1995), "Observations of GRBs with the Explosive Transient Camera,'' Ap. & SS, 231, 259.
Borione, A. et al., (1994), "A Large Air Shower Array to Search for Astrophysical Sources Emitting g -rays with Energies > 1014 eV,'' Nucl. Instrum. Methods A, 346, 329.
Borione, A. et al., (1994), "Observation of the Shadows of the Moon and Sun Using 100 TeV Cosmic Rays,'' Phys. Rev. D., 49, 1171.
Schaefer, Bradley E. et al., (1994), "Rapid Searches for Counterparts of GRB 930131,'' Ap. J, 422, L71.
McKay, T.A. et al., (1993), "A Northern Sky Survey for Astrophysical Point Sources of 100 TeV Gamma Radiation,'' Ap. J, 417, 742.
Cronin, J.W. et al., (1992), "Search for Discrete Sources of 100 TeV Gamma Radiation,'' Phys. Rev. D, 45, 4385.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Krimm, H.A. et al., (2002), "Searches for Hard X-Ray Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows with the BAT on Swift" in Gamma-Ray Burst and Afterglow Astronomy, edited by G.R. Ricker, AIP Conf. Proc. 662 (in press).
Krimm, H.A. for the Swift Team, (2003), "The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst MIDEX Mission" in Multiwavelength Workshop for Next Generation Gamma-Ray Experiments, edited by L. Fortson and S. Swordy, CD-ROM.
Krimm, H.A. for the Swift/BAT Team, (2003), "The Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) on Swift" in American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting, 35, 16.13.
Krimm, H.A. et al., (2003), "Swift Burst Alert Telescope Hard X-Ray Monitor and Survey" in American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting, 35, 16.14.
Ogasaka, Yasushi et al., (2002), "Development of supermirror hard x-ray telescope and the results of first observation flight of InFOCuS" in X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, 2003, edited by J. E. Truemper and H. D. Tananbaum, SPIE Conf. Proc., 4851, 619.
Baumgartner, Wayne H. et al., (2002), "InFOCuS hard x-ray telescope: pixellated CZT detector/shield performance and flight results" ibid., 945.
Owens, S.M. et al., (2002), "Characterization and Performance of the InFOCm S 20-40 keV X-ray Focusing Mirror," in X-ray Optics for Astronomy :Telescopes, Multilayers, Spectrometers, and Missions, San Diego, CA, 2001, edited by P. Gorenstein and R. B. Hoover, SPIE Conf. Proc., 4496, 115.
Tawara, Y. et al., (2002), "InFOCm S Balloon-borne Hard X-ray Experiment with Multilayer Supermirror X-ray Telescope," ibid., 109.
Krimm, H.A. et al., (2001), "Swift Burst Alert Telescope Hard X-Ray Monitor and Survey," in Gamma 2001, Baltimore, MD, 2001, edited by S. Ritz, N. Gehrels, and C.R. Shrader, AIP Conf. Proc., 587, 796.
Baumgartner, W. et al., (2001), "The CZT Pixellated Detectors on the InFOCm S Hard X-ray Telescope," in New Century of X-ray Astronomy, Proceedings of a symposium held in Yokohama, Japan, 2001, edited by H. Inoue and H. Kunieda, ASP Conf. Proc., 251.
Krimm, H.A., Vanderspek, R.K., and Ricker, G.R., (1996), "Searches for Optical Counterparts of BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Explosive Transient Camera,'' in Gamma-Ray Bursts, Proceedings of the Third Huntsville Symposium, Huntsville, Alabama, 1995, edited by C. Kouveliotou, M. Briggs, and G. Fishman, AIP Conf. Proc., 384, 661.
Krimm, H.A., Vanderspek, R.K., and Ricker, G.R., (1994), "Searches for Optical Counterparts of BATSE Gamma-Ray Bursts,'' in Gamma-Ray Bursts, Proceedings of the Second Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, Huntsville, Alabama, 1993, edited by G. Fishman, J. Brainerd and K. Hurley, AIP Conf. Proc., 307, 423.
Vanderspek, R.K., Krimm, H.A., and Ricker, G.R., (1994), "The Search for Optical Transients with the Explosive Transient Camera,'' ibid., 438.
Krimm, H.A. et al., (1991), "A Search for Discrete Sources of Neutral Radiation Above 1014 eV Using the 49 Element UMC Prototype,'' in Proceedings of the 22nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 1991, edited by M. Cawley et al., (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin,), Vol. 1, p. 432.
Krimm, H.A. et al., (1991), "A Search for 100 TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from Cygnus X-3 Using the 49 Element UMC Array,'' ibid., Vol. 1, p. 269.
Covault, C.E. et al., (1991), "A Search for Diffuse Sources of 100 TeV Gamma-Ray Emission,'' ibid., Vol. 1, p. 420.
Ong, R.A. et al., (1991), "A Search for 100 TeV Emission from Cygnus X-3,'' ibid., Vol. 1, p. 273.
McKay, T.A. et al., (1991), "A Search for Continuous 100 TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from Hercules X-1,'' ibid., Vol. 1, p. 230.
Gibbs, K.G. et al., (1991), "A Search for 100 TeV Emission from the Crab Nebula and Pulsar Using the UMC Detector,'' ibid., Vol. 1, p. 208.
Fick, B.E. et al., (1991), "UMC: A Sensitive New Detector for UHE Gamma-Ray Astronomy,'' ibid., Vol. 2, p. 728. <
Krimm, H.A. et al., (1991), "Preliminary Results from the Chicago Air Shower Array and the Michigan Muon Array,'' in High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Proceedings of the International Conference on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990, edited by J. Matthews, AIP Conf. Proc., 220, 122.
Rosenberg, L.J et al., (1991), "Design and Operation of the Chicago Air Shower Array,'' ibid., p. 111.
Ong, Rene A. and the CASA collaboration, (1990), "Design and Performance of the Chicago Air Shower Array,'' in Physics and Experimental Techniques of High Energy Neutrinos and VHE and UHE Gamma-Ray Particle Physics, Proceedings of the Workshop, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1989, edited by G.B. Yodh, D.C. Wold and W.R. Kropp, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 14A, 273.
Gibbs, Kenneth G. and the CASA collaboration, (1988), "The Chicago Air Shower Array (CASA),'' Nucl. Instrum. Methods A264, 67.

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