Amy Jean Lovell
Associate Professor of Physics &
Astronomy
alovell@agnesscott.edu, (404)
471-6265
Education
Ph.D. in Astronomy,
Dissertation title: “Millimeter-wave Molecular Mapping of
Comets Hyakutake and
Hale-Bopp," Thesis Advisor: F.P. Schloerb.
Bachelor of Arts (Physics and Astronomy) with High Honor,
May 1990.
Employment History
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica
(INAOE), Visiting Scientist, 2004
Maria Mitchell Observatory, Summer Undergraduate Assistant,
1988.
Teaching
Experience
Astronomy 400:
Advanced Seminar in Astrophysics
Astronomy 301:
Dynamical Astrophysics
Astronomy 150:
Special Topic, Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy 150:
Special Topic, Unseen Matter in the Universe
Astronomy 121:
Galaxies & Cosmology (with laboratory)
Astronomy 120: The
Solar System (with laboratory)
Physics 210: Modern
Physics
Physics 110L and 111L: Introductory Physics Laboratories
Physics 321:
Classical Mechanics
First-year Seminar 190:
Power to the People: Energy in
the 21st century
Student
Advising and Mentoring
Faculty Advisor for Dual Degree in Engineering with Georgia
Tech
Funded & supervised students participating in research
on asteroids and comets
Traveled with students to national observatory facilities
(FCRAO, HHSMT, GBT)
Encouraged undergraduate student interest in research, local
& national
Mentored students in summer research
Other
training
Workshop for New Physics &
Astronomy Faculty, AAPT, 2001
BIMA Summer School,
Earth and Venus, Planetary Summer
School, NASA/JPL, 1992
Technical editing for Explorations: an Introduction to
Astronomy by T. Arny
Astronomical
observations using Arecibo, GBT, NRAO 140ft, VLA, FCRAO, HHSMT, IRTF
Centimeter-wave radio observations
and mapping of OH spectra in comets
Millimeter-wave spectroscopic
mapping of molecules in cometary atmospheres
Support observations for NASA’s Deep
Impact and Dawn missions
Millimeter-wave mapping of molecules in dark clouds
Sub-millimeter to centimeter-wave observations of asteroid
thermal lightcurves
Thermal infrared and optical lightcurve observations of
asteroids
Modeling
and analysis
Modeling of neutral and ionized molecular spectra in
cometary comae
Investigations of realistic cometary gas outflow velocity
and coma asymmetry
Calculation of molecular excitation in comets by electron
collisions
Asteroid surface heat transfer modeling
Venus (Magellan) radar echo modeling
Honors, Service
and Society Memberships
Arecibo Users &
Scientific Advisory Committee (AUSAC), 2005-2007 (chair 2007)
American Astronomical
Society (AAS), Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS)
Astronomical Society
of the Pacific
ASC Liason to
DPS Federal Relations
Subcommittee, 2007-2010
NASA Discovery Data
Analysis (DDAP) Review Panel, 2006
NSF Small Bodies
Review Panel, 2001, 2006
NSF URO Visiting
Committee (CARMA), 2002
NASA Planetary
Atmospheres Review Panel 1999, 2000
NSF POWRE Astronomy
Review Panel, 2000
NRAO Proposal
Reviewer, VLA 2001-2003, VLA/GBT 2004-2006
NRAO Users’ Committee
2008-2011
GA Assessments for
Certification of Educators Physics Advisory Committee, 2005-2006
Faculty
Asteroid (9274) Amylovell
"Mapping the Surface
Thermophysical Properties of Surviving Protoplanets,"
NASA Planetary Astronomy
$37,913 subcontract (2005-08), with M. Sykes, PSI
"A Multiwavelength Approach
to Gas Dynamics and Coma Chemistry in Comets,"
NASA Planetary Astronomy
$35,421 subcontract (2005-08), with L. Woodney, UCF and CSUSB
“Engaging Middle School Girls in Astronomy,” NASA IDEAS, $49,948 (2004-05), with K. Flammer, Imaginary Lines
“A Quantitative Analysis of Gas & Dust Jets in Comets Hyakutake, Tempel 2, and Encke from Narrowband Imaging,” NASA Planetary Atmospheres, $26,706 subcontract (2002-05), with D. Schleicher, Lowell Observatory
“Millimeter-wave and Radio Studies of Solar System Bodies,” NASA Planetary Astronomy, $40,470 subcontract, (2001-04), with F.P. Schloerb, UMass
Other
Skills
Programming, including C, C++, Java, FORTRAN, perl, HTML,
shell scripts
Spoken languages:
Spanish and some French
Private Pilot, Single and Multi-engine
Certified Open Water SCUBA Diver
“Observations
and Modeling of 18cm OH Lines in Twelve Comets, “ Lovell, A.J., Howell, E.S., Schloerb,
F.P. refereed, resubmitted to Astrophysical
Journal
“Observations
of asteroids with ALMA,” Lovell, A.J., Astrophysics
and Space Science 313, 191, 2008
“Submillimeter
Lightcurves of Vesta,” Chamberlain, M.A., Lovell, A.J. and Sykes, M.V., Icarus
192, 448. 2007
“Radio OH
Observations of 9P/Tempel 1 Before and After Deep Impact,” Howell, E.S.,
Lovell, A.J., Butler, B. J., Schloerb, F.P.
Deep Impact issue of Icarus, 187, 228. 2007
“Deep Impact: Observations from a
Worldwide Earth-Based Campaign,” Meech, K.J. and 208 co-authors, Science,
310, 265-269, 2005
"Asteroid
and Minor Bodies Science with the Large Millimetric Telescope,"
Barrera-Pineda, P.S., Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., and Carrasco, L., Reviews
of Mexican Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24, 188-191, 2005.
"On
the Effect of Electron Collisions in the Excitation of Cometary HCN,"
Lovell, A.J., Kallivayalil, N., Schloerb, F.P., Combi, M.R., Hansen, K.C. and
Gombosi, T.I., Astrophys. J. 613, 615, 2004
"Using
an Active Primary Surface to Correct for Low-order Manufacturing Errors in
Secondary Mirrors of Large Reflector Antennas," Cortes, G., Lovell, A.J.,
Enriquez, R., and Smith, D.R., Astronomical Structures and Mechanisms
Technology, Ed. J. Antebi and D. Lemke; 5495, 2004.
“Comet
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR),” Howell, E.S., Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., IAU Circular
No. 8329,
“Arecibo
Observations of the 18cm OH Lines of six Comets,” Lovell, A.J., Howell, E.S.,
Schloerb, F.P., Lewis, B.M., Hine, A.A., in Proceedings of Asteroids,
Comets, Meteors (ACM 2002), ESA-SP-500, 681, 2002.
“Measurements
of dynamic pointing variations of a large radio telescope,” Smith, D.R.,
Paglione, T.A., Lovell, A.J.; Ukita, N., Matsuo, H., in Radio Telescopes, Harvey
R. Butcher, ed., Proceedings of SPIE, 4015, 467-475, 2000.
“Detection
of Nitrogen Sulfide in Comet Hale-Bopp,”
“Millimeter-Wave
Molecular Mapping of Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp.” Lovell, A.J., Ph.D.
Thesis,
“The
HNC/HCN Ratio in Comets,”
“Collisional
Quenching of OH Radio Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp," Schloerb, F.P.,
DeVries, C.H., Lovell, A.J.,
“HCO+
in the Coma of Comet C/Hale-Bopp,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., Bergin, E.A.,
Dickens, J.E., DeVries, C.H., Senay, M.C., and Irvine, W.M. Earth, Moon and
Planets 77, 253--258, 1999.
“Mosaicked
Images and Spectra of J=1-0 HCN and HCO+ Emission from Comet
Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)", Wright, M.C.H., De Pater, I., Forster, J.R., Palmer, P., Snyder, L.E., Veal, J.M.,
A'Hearn, M.F., Woodney, L.M., Jackson,
W.M., Kuan, Y.-J.; Lovell, A.J., Astron.
J. 116, 3018--3028, 1998.
“HCO+
Imaging of Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., Dickens,
J.E., DeVries, C.H., Senay, M.C., and
“Chemistry
in Cometary Comae,”
“The Origin
of Cometary HNC,”
“Comet
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp),” Lovell, A., Schloerb, P., DeVries, C., Dickens, J.,
“Interstellar
and Cometary Ices: Molecular Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp,”
“Spectroscopic
evidence for interstellar ices in comet Hyakutake." Irvine, W. M., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Lis,
D.C., Matthews, H.E., Biver, N., Crovisier, J., Davies, J.K., Dent, W.R.F.,
Gautier, D., Godfrey, P.D., Keene, J., Lovell, A.J., Owen, T.C., Phillips,
T.G., Rauer, H., Schloerb, F. P., Senay, M., and Young, K. Nature, 383, 418--420, 1996.
“V794
Sagittarii, an RV Tauri star with unequal maxima," Lovell, A.J., Journal
of the American Association of Variable Star Obs., 18, 45--48, 1989.
“
“Radar and Radio Observations of the Fragmented Comet
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3,” Howell, E.S., Nolan, M.C.,
Harmon, J. K., Lovell, A. J., Benner, L. A.,
Ostro, S. J., Campbell, D. B., Margot, J. Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 39, 36.05, October, 2007
“OH Radio Mapping Observations of comet
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3,” Lovell,
A.J., Howell, E.S., Marine, H.,
“Observations
of Asteroids with
“Radio OH Observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 before and after
Deep Impact,” Howell, E.S., Lovell,
A.J.,
“Radio OH Observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 before and after
Deep Impact,” Lovell, A., Howell,
E.,
“Observations of the 18-cm OH lines in Comet
2P/Encke at Arecibo Observatory,” Howell, E.S., and Lovell, A. J. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2005,
“Observational
constraints on excitation of the 18-cm OH lines in comets,” Lovell, A.J., Howell, E.S., Schloerb, F.P. Bull.
of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 36, 1121, 2004
”Recent
observations of the 18-cm OH lines in bright comets with the Arecibo ALFA
receiver,”., Howell, E.S., Lovell, A.J., Nolan,
M.C., Schloerb, F.P. Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 36, 1121-2,
2004
"Using
an Active Primary Surface to Correct for Low-order Manufacturing Errors in
Secondary Mirrors of Large Reflector Antennas," Cortes, G., Lovell, A.J.,
Enriquez, R., and Smith, D.R., Astronomical Structures and Mechanisms Technology,
Glasgow, Scotland, 21-25 June, 2004.
“Asteroid
and minor bodies science with the LMT”, Barrera-Pineda, P.S., Lovell, A.J.,
Schloerb, F.P., and Carrasco, L. II
Conferencia Internacional sobre Ciencia con el GTC: Ciencia con los
instrumentos de 1a Luz y con el GTM, 16-18 February 2004.
"Spectral
Line Mapping Observations of 18-cm OH Lines in Comets," Lovell, A.J., Howell, E.S., Schloerb, F.P., Bull.
of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 34, 1608, 2002
"Variability
of the thermal emission of Vesta at 870 µm," Barrera-Pineda, P.S., Lovell,
A.J., ; Carrasco, L., Bull. of the Amer. Astron.
Soc., 34, 1403, 2002.
“Arecibo
Observations of the 18-cm OH Lines of six Comets,” Lovell, A.J., Howell, E.S.,
Schloerb, F.P., Lewis, B.M, and Hine, A.A., Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2002,
21-14, p. 190, July 2002.
"An
investigation of thermal emission from asteroids at radio wavelengths,"
Barrera-Pineda P.S., Lovell A.J. and Schloerb, F.P., Bull. of the Amer.
Astron. Soc., 33, 1119, 2001.
"Observations
of the 18-cm OH lines in Comet C/1999 S4 LINEAR and Comet C/2000 T1
McNaught-Hartley," Howell, E.S., Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P, American
Astronomical Society Meeting 198, #75.03, 2001.
“Operating
Data and Pointing Measurements of a Large Radio Telescope,” Smith, D.R., Weech,
K., Blough J., Gwaltney G., van Karsen, C., DeVries, C., Lovell, A., Ukita, N.,
Matsuo, H., Ezawa, H., Proceedings of the 19th International Modal Analysis
Conference, Kissimmee, FL, February, 2001.
“Collisional
Excitation of HCN by Electrons in Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp,” Lovell, A.
J., Kallivayalil, N., Schloerb, F. P., Combi, M. R., Hansen, K. C., Gombosi, T.
I., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 32, 1081, 2000.
“A New
Cometary Molecule: Nitrogen Sulfide,”
“HCO+ in
Comet Hale-Bopp: A Comparison of Observations and MHD Models,” Lovell, A.J.,
Iler, A.L, Schloerb, F.P., Hansen, K.C., Combi, M.R., Häberli, R.M., an
Gombosi, T.I., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 31, 1101, 1999.
“Modelling
of OH Radio Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp," Schloerb, F.P., Lovell, A.J.,
DeVries, C.H., Chander, A., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc.,31,
1097, 1999.
“An Inquiry-based Undergraduate Course
Investigating Unseen Matter in the Universe,” Lovell, A.J. and Greenstein,
G.S., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc.,31, 938, 1999.
“Molecular Line Mapping of Comets Hyakutake
and Hale-Bopp," Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., Dickens, J.E., DeVries,
C.H.,
“Modelling
of HCN Emission from Comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp," Schloerb, F.P. and
Lovell, A.J., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc.,30, 1073, 1998.
“Molecular
Line Imaging of HCO+ in Comet C/1995 O1,” Lovell, A.J., Bergin, E.A, Schloerb,
F.P., Dickens, J.E., DeVries, C.H., Senay, M.C., and Irvine, W.M., First
International Conference on Comet Hale-Bopp, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife,
Spain, Feb., 1998.
“The
HNC/HCN Ratio in Comets,”
“Collisional
Quenching of OH Radio Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp," Schloerb, F.P.,
DeVries, C.H., Lovell, A.J., Dickens, J.E.,
Conference
on Comet Hale-Bopp, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, February 2-5, 1998.
“Neutral and Ionized Molecular Line Imaging of
Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., Dickens, J.E.,
DeVries, C.H., and Senay, M.C., and
“Thermal
Emission of Ceres and Vesta in the Mid-Infrared,” Deutsch, L.K., Wargo, C.J.,
Williams, L.P., Lovell, A., Hora, J.L, Fazio, G.G., Hoffmann, W.F., and Dayal,
A., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc., 29, 1317, 1998.
“HCO+ Imaging
of Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., DeVries, C.H.,
Dickens, J.E.,
“Collisional
Quenching of OH Radio Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp,"
DeVries, C.H., Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., Dickens, J.E.,
“Molecular
Line Imaging of Comet Hale-Bopp,” Dickens, J.E., Lovell, A.J., DeVries, C.H.,
“Searches
for Heavy Molecules in Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp," Pratap, P., Lovell, A.,
DeVries, C., Dickens, J.,
“FCRAO
Millimeter Continuum Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1),” Senay, M.,
Rownd, B., Lovell, A., Dickens, J., DeVries, C., Schloerb, F.P., Mayhew, L.,
Yuen, L.M., Mauskopf, P., Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc.,29,
1034, 1997.
“Interstellar
and Cometary Ices: Molecular Emission from Comet 1996 B2,”
“Mapping
molecular emission in the coma of C/1996 B2,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P.,
Irvine, W.M., Dickens, J.E., DeVries, C., Heyer, M., Pratap, P., Miralles, M.,
Brunt, C., and Rosenberg, J., ACM 96, Cospar Colloquium 10, Versailles,
France, July, 1996.
“Continuum
thermal emission from asteroids at 3 mm wavelength." Lovell, A.J. and Schloerb, F.P., ACM 96, Cospar Colloquium 10,
“Nitriles
and Isonitriles in Comet 1996 B2: An Interstellar Connection?”
Jewitt, D.,
Owen, T.C., Matthews, H.E., Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes,
Proc. 178th Symposium of the IAU, 145
“Mapping of
HCN in the Coma of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake," Schloerb, F.P., Lovell,
A.J., Dickens, J.E., DeVries, C.H.,
“Molecular
Observations of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake," Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P.,
Dickens, J.E., DeVries, C.H.,
“Millimeter-wave
Observations of Large Main-Belt Asteroids,” Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., de
Pater,
“Observations
of Ceres at 3.0 mm Wavelength," Lovell, A. J., Schloerb, F. P.,
Lagerkvist, C.-I.,
Lagerros,
J.S.V., Lumme, K., Bull. of the Amer.
Astron. Soc., 26, 1171, 1994.
“A Method
for Determining Impact Crater Depths on Venus", Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., McGill,
G.E. Bull. of the Amer. Astron. Soc.,
25, 1085, 1993.
“Resolving
topographic detail on Venus by modeling complex Magellan altimetry echoes,”
Lovell, A.J., Schloerb, F.P., McGill, G.E., Proc. Twenty-Fourth Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, pp 903-4, 1993.
“Derivation
of surface properties from Magellan altimetry data," Lovell, A.J.,
Schloerb, F.P., McGill, G.E., Papers Presented to the International Colloquium
on Venus, pp 64-65, 1992.
“Chemical
Gradients in the Orion Molecular Cloud,” Ungerechts, H., Bergin, E.A.,
Carpenter, J., Goldsmith, P.F.,