Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Kimberly A Weaver

(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS & PARTICLES)

Kimberly A Weaver's Contact Card & Information.
Email: kimberly.a.weaver@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.4256
Org Code: 662
Address:
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


2023: GSFC Sciences and Exploration Directorate award for Excellence in Mentoring


2022: Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award in Leadership


2020: American Astronomical Society (AAS) Legacy Fellow, inaugural class


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

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 [Full Text] [10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/364] [Journal Article/Letter]

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 [Full Text] [10.1088/0004-637X/708/1/354] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Mid-infrared Properties of the Swift Burst Alert Telescope Active Galactic Nuclei Sample of the Local Universe. I. Emission-line Diagnostics." The Astrophysical Journal 716 (2): 1151-1165 [Full Text] [10.1088/0004-637X/716/2/1151] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Possible X-Ray Diagnostic for Jet/Disk Dominance in Type 1 AGNs." The Astrophysical Journal 664 101 [Full Text] [10.1086/518783] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Extranuclear X-Ray Emission in the Edge-on Seyfert Galaxy NGC 2992." The Astrophysical Journal 628 113 [Full Text] [10.1086/430734] [Journal Article/Letter]

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 [Full Text] [10.1086/338889] [Journal Article/Letter]

2001. "Variable Iron Kα Lines in Seyfert 1 Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 550 261 [Full Text] [10.1086/319713] [Journal Article/Letter]

2000. "An X-Ray MiniSurvey of Nearby Edge-on Starburst Galaxies II The Question of Metal Abundance." The Astrophysical Journal 534 684 [Full Text] [10.1086/308786] [Journal Article/Letter]

2000. "Chandra Observations of NGC 253: New Insights into the Nature of Starburst-driven Superwinds." The Astronomical Journal 120 2965 [Full Text] [10.1086/316846] [Journal Article/Letter]