Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano NASA/GSFC, Code 662  Greenbelt, MD 20771   Phone: (301) 286-1249  FAX: (301) 286-1684  e-mail: Enectali.Figueroa-1@nasa.gov

PRESENT POSITION
Astrophysicist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physics, Stanford University, 2001
Advisor: Prof. Blas Cabrera. Thesis: Theory and Development of Position-Sensitive Quantum Calorimeters
M.S., Physics, Stanford University, 1997
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, 1995

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Figueroa's research interests have been centered on the development of X-ray astronomical instrumentation. In the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics he has been involved with Constellation-X (main instrument design, testing and modeling), the X-ray Quantum Calorimeter rocket payload (operation, calibration, and launch), and Astro-E2 (calibration, analysis, and modeling). He is also interested in the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE) and Cosmology.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Look for my latest pulbications here (NASA ADS querry)

Look for my latest AIP publications here (some AIP publications do not show up on NASA ADS, but this link only works if you have a subscription)

"Advances in X-Ray Devices", chapter 4: Cryogenic Microcalorimeters. M. Galeazzi and E. Figueroa-Feliciano. John Wiley & Sons, in press.

" Position-sensitive cryogenic detectors." E. Figueroa-Feliciano. Invited review paper for the Low Temperature Detector Workshop (LTD10), to be published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.

"Groups and the entropy floor - XMM-Newton observations of two groups." R. Mushotzky, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, M. Loewenstein, and S. L. Snowden. Astrophysical Journal, in press.

"A high spectral resolution observation of the soft x-ray diffuse background with thermal detectors." D. McCammon, R. Almy, E. Apodaca, W. Bergmann Tiest, W. Cui, S. Deiker, M. Galeazzi, M. Juda, A. Lesser, T. Mihara, J. P. Morgenthaler, W. T. Sanders, J. Zhang, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, R. L. Kelley, S. H. Moseley, R. F. Mushotzky, F. S. Porter, C. K. Stahle, and A. E. Szymkowiak. Astrophysical Journal, 576:188-203, 2002.

Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics

X-ray Calorimeter Group

Curriculum Vitae (April 2004, pdf)

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