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Curriculum Vitae:

Joseph Masiero

Education
  • Ph.D., Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI USA, (2009)
  • B.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA USA, (2004)
Research Interests
  • Asteroid Research Albedos and Diameters
  • Interests Imaging Polarimetry
  • Solar system thermal models
  • Polarimetric Instrumentation
  • Education & Public Outreach
Projects

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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a four-channel, super-cooled infrared telescope designed to survey the entire sky with 1,000 times more sensitivity than previous infrared missions.

Professional Experience
  • NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, JPL (2009 to present)
  • Research Assistant, Institute for Astronomy, UH (2005 to 2009)
  • Teaching Assistant, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, UH (2004 to 2005)
  • Research Assistant, Dept of Astronomy & Astrophysics, PSU (2001 to 2004)
  • Mission to Mars" Instructor, Action Potential Science Experience, PSU (2004)
  • Teaching Assistant, Duke Talent Identifcation Program at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman, NC (2004)
  • Teaching Assistant, Duke Talent Identifcation Program at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman, NC (2003)
  • Differential Image Motion Monitor Operator, Hobby-Eberly Telescope, McDonald Observatory, TX (2001)
Selected Awards
  • NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2009 - present)
  • Deans List (2000 - 2009)
  • Graduated with Distinction and Honors (PSU) (2004)
  • Braddock Scholar (Eberly College of Science, PSU, Full Scholarship) (2000 - 2004)
  • Schreyer Honors College Scholar (2000 - 2004)
Selected Publications
  1. Masiero, J.; Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; et al; A revised asteroid polarization-albedo relationship using WISE/NEOWISE data". 2012, ApJ, in press.
  2. Bauer, J.M.; Mainzer, A.K.; Grav, T.; Walker, R.G.; Masiero, J.; et al. WISE/NEOWISE observations of Active Bodies in the Main Belt". 2012, ApJ, in press.
  3. Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J.; et al; NEOWISE Studies of Asteroids with Sloan Photometry: Preliminary Results". 2011, ApJ, 745, 7.
  4. Grav, T.; Mainzer, A.; Bauer, J.; Masiero, J.; et al; WISE/NEOWISE Observations of the Hilda Population: Preliminary Results". 2011, ApJ, 744, 197.
  5. Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; et al; NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophoto- metrically Classi_ed Asteroids: Preliminary Results". 2011, ApJ, 741, 90.
  6. Masiero, J.; Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; et al; Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE I: Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". 2011, ApJ, 741, 68.
  7. Sonnett, S.; Kleyna, J.; Jedicke, R. & Masiero, J. Limits on the Size and Orbit Distribution of Main Belt Comets". 2011, Icarus, 215, 534.
  8. Bauer, J.M.; Walker, R.G.; Mainzer, A.K.; Masiero, J.; et al. WISE/NEOWISE observa- tions of comet 103P/Hartley 2". 2011, >i>ApJ, 738, 171.
  9. Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; et al; Thermal Model Calibration for Minor Planets Observed with WISE/NEOWISE: Comparison with Infrared Astronomical Satellite". 2011, ApJL, 737, 9.
  10. Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; et al; Thermal Model Calibration for Minor Planets Observed with Wide-_eld Infrared Survey Explorer/NEOWISE". 2011, ApJ, 736, 100.
  11. Mainzer, A.; Bauer, J.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; et al; Preliminary Results from NEOWISE: An Enhancement to the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer for Solar System Science". 2011, ApJ, 731, 53.
  12. Masiero, J. "Albedo heterogeneity on the surface of (1943) Anteros". 2010, Icarus, 207, 795.
  13. Levesque, Emily M.; Bloom, Joshua S.; et.al., Masiero, Joseph, et.al. "GRB090426: the environment of a rest-frame 0.35-s gamma-ray burst at a redshift of 2.609". 2010, MNRAS, 401, 963.
  14. Masiero, J.; Hartzell, C.; Scheeres, D.J. "The effect of the dust size distribution on asteroid polarization". 2009, AJ, 138, 1557.
  15. Price, A.; Masiero, J.; et al. "Polarimetry and the Long Awaited Superoutburst of BZ UMa". 2009, PASP, 121, 1205.
  16. Masiero, J.; Jedicke, R.; Durech, J.; Gwyn, S.; Denneau, L.; Larsen, J. "The Thousand Asteroid Light Curve Survey". 2009, Icarus, 204, 145.
  17. Richter, Philipp; Charlton, Jane C.; Fangano, Alessio P. M.; Ben Bekhti, Nadya; Masiero, Joseph R. "A population of weak metal-line absorbers surrounding the Milky Way". 2009, ApJ, 695, 1613.
  18. Masiero, J.; Cellino, A."Polarization of asteroid (387) Aquitania: the newest member of a class of large inversion angle asteroids". 2009, Icarus, 199, 333.
  19. Milutinovic, N.; Misawa, T.; Lynch, R. S.; Masiero, J. R.; Palma, C.; Charlton, J. C.; Kirkman, D.; Bockenhauer, S.; Tytler, D. "A Catalog of Absorption Lines in Eight HST/STIS E230M 1.0 < z < 1.7 Quasar Spectra". 2007, MNRAS, 382, 1094.
  20. Masiero, J.; Hodapp, K.; Harrington, D.; Lin, H. "Commissioning of the Dual-Beam Imaging Polarimeter for the UH 88-inch telescope". 2007, PASP, 119, 1126.
  21. Maybhate, Aparna; Masiero, Joseph; Hibbard, J. E.; Charlton, Jane C.; Palma, Christopher; Knierman, Karen A.; and English, Jayanne. "An HI Threshold for Star Cluster Formation in Tidal Debris". 2007, MNRAS, 381, 59.
  22. Kubica, J.; Denneau, L.; Grav, T.; Heasley, J.; Jedicke, R.; Masiero, J.; Milani, A.; Moore, A.; Tholen, D.; Wainscoat, R.J. "Efficient intra- and inter-night linking of asteroid detections using kd-trees". 2007, Icarus, 189, 151.
  23. Milutinovic, Nikola; Rigby, Jane R.; Masiero, Joseph R.; Lynch, Ryan S.; Palma, Chris; and Charlton, Jane C. "The Nature of Weak MgII Absorbing Structures". 2006, ApJ, 641, 190.
  24. Narayanan, Anand; Charlton, Jane C.; Masiero, Joe R.; and Lynch, Ryan. "A Survey of Analogs to Weak MgII Absorbers in the Present". 2005, ApJ, 632, 92.
  25. Masiero, Joseph R.; Charlton, Jane C.; Ding, J.; Churchill, ChristopherW.; and Kacprzak, G. "Models of Five Absorption Line Systems Along the Line of Sight Toward PG 0117+213." 2005, ApJ, 623, 57.
  26. Ganguly, Rajib; Masiero, Joseph; Charlton, Jane C.; and Sembach, Ken R. "An Intrinsic Absorption Complex Toward RXJ1230.8+0115: Geometry and Photoionization Conditions." 2003, ApJ, 598, 922-934.

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