Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Kimberly A Weaver

(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS & PARTICLES)

 kimberly.a.weaver@nasa.gov

 301.286.4256

Org Code: 662

NASA/GSFC
Mail 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


1993 - Ph.D., Astronomy, The University of Maryland at College Park. Thesis title: "The Complex Broad-band X-ray Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies"

1990 - M.S., Astronomy, The University of Maryland at College Park

1987 - B.S., Physics, West Virginia University

Awards


2011: West Virginia University Academy of Distinguished Alumni

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]