Kimberly A Weaver
(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS & PARTICLES)
Org Code: 662
NASA/GSFCMail Code: 662
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: NASA
Positions/Employment
XMM-Newton U.S. Project Scientist
NASA - GSFC
April 2016 - Present
Astrophysicist, X-ray astrophysics lab
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
September 2010 - Present
Associate Director for Science, Astrophysics Division
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
February 2006 - September 2010
Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA - Washington, D.C.
September 2004 - February 2006
Astrophysicist
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
July 1998 - September 2004
Associate Research Scientist
Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
February 1996 - July 1998
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Penn State University - State College, PA
August 1993 - February 1996
Education
1990 - M.S., Astronomy, The University of Maryland at College Park
1987 - B.S., Physics, West Virginia University
Awards
2009: Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award in Outreach
2009: Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Maryland Astronomy Department
2007: Alumni Recognition Award from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University
1996: Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), NASA Awardee
Publications
Refereed
Berghea, C. T., R. P. Dudik, K. A. Weaver, and T. R. Kallman. 2010. The First Detection of [O IV] from an Ultraluminous X-ray Source with Spitzer II Evidence for High Luminosity in Holmberg II ULX The Astrophysical Journal 708 364 [10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/364]
Berghea, C. T., R. P. Dudik, K. A. Weaver, and T. R. Kallman. 2010. The First Detection of [O IV] from an Ultraluminous X-Ray Source with Spitzer I Observational Results for Holmberg II ULX The Astrophysical Journal 708 354 [10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/354]
Weaver, K. A., M. Meléndez, R. F. Mushotzky, et al. S. Kraemer, K. Engle, E. Malumuth, J. Tueller, C. Markwardt, C. T. Berghea, R. P. Dudik, L. M. Winter, and L. Armus. 2010. Mid-infrared Properties of the <i>Swift</i> Burst Alert Telescope Active Galactic Nuclei Sample of the Local Universe. I. Emission-line Diagnostics The Astrophysical Journal 716 (2): 1151-1165 [10.1088/0004-637X/716/2/1151]
Mattson, B. J., K. A. Weaver, and C. S. Reynolds. 2007. Possible X-Ray Diagnostic for Jet/Disk Dominance in Type 1 AGNs The Astrophysical Journal 664 101 [10.1086/518783]
Colbert, E. J., D. K. Strickland, S. Veilleux, and K. A. Weaver. 2005. Extranuclear X-Ray Emission in the Edge-on Seyfert Galaxy NGC 2992 The Astrophysical Journal 628 113 [10.1086/430734]
Strickland, D. K., T. M. Heckman, K. A. Weaver, C. G. Hoopes, and M. Dahlem. 2002. Chandra Observations of NGC 253 II On the Origin of Diffuse X-Ray Emission in the Halos of Starburst Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal 568 689 [10.1086/338889]
Weaver, K. A., J. Gelbord, and T. Yaqoob. 2001. Variable Iron Kα Lines in Seyfert 1 Galaxies The Astrophysical Journal 550 261 [10.1086/319713]
Weaver, K. A., T. M. Heckman, and M. Dahlem. 2000. An X-Ray MiniSurvey of Nearby Edge-on Starburst Galaxies II The Question of Metal Abundance The Astrophysical Journal 534 684 [10.1086/308786]
Strickland, D. K., T. M. Heckman, K. A. Weaver, and M. Dahlem. 2000. Chandra Observations of NGC 253: New Insights into the Nature of Starburst-driven Superwinds The Astronomical Journal 120 2965 [10.1086/316846]