CV

A short version of my C.V. is below (last updated 10/01/22)

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics

June 2020 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Thesis: Discovering the Missing Population of AGN Pairs with Chandra

M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics

May 2017 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI


B.A., cum laude with honors in Astronomy & Physics

May 2014 | Boston University, Boston, MA

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2021 HEAD Dissertation Prize Finalist

2020 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

Porat Fellow, KIPAC, Stanford University (2020 - 2023)

Rackham Dissertation Fellowship (2020)

AAS International Travel Grant (2018, 2019)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention (2017)

Rackham Graduate School Travel Grant - University of Michigan (2017, 2018, 2019)

Rackham Graduate School Research Grant - University of Michigan (2016, 2019)

Physics Student Award - Solar Physics Division of AAS (2014)

John Mather Nobel Scholar - John Mather & The National Space Foundation (2014)

College Prize in Astronomy - Boston University (2014)

ACCEPTED P.I. PROPOSALS

Total of $372k in the past 4 years as P.I.

12. XMM-Newton Cycle 21; GO (2022)

PI: Adi Foord | Steve Allen, Adam Mantz, Justin Myles, Dan Wilkins

11. Chandra Cycle 22; GO: $167.5k (2020)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin, Edmund Hodges-Kluck

10. Chandra Cycle 22; Archival: $82k (2020)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Tiziana Di Matteo

9. Chandra Cycle 21; Archival: $47.5k (2019)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin, Edmund Hodges-Kluck

8. Magellan, 6.5m Baade Telescope; 2 nights (2019)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin, Edmund Hodges-Kluck

7. Swift, Target of Opportunity; 10 ks (2018)

PI: Adi Foord

6. Australia Telescope Compact Array; 12 hours (2018)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin, Richard Plotkin, Edmund Hodges-Kluck

5. Magellan, 6.5m Baade Telescope; 2 nights (2018)

PI: Adi Foord | Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Kayhan Gültekin

4. Chandra Cycle 19; Theory: $75k (2017)

PI: Adi Foord | Kayhan Gültekin

3. Swift, Target of Opportunity; 2 ks (2017)

PI: Adi Foord

2. Swift 2017a (UoM time); 100 ks (2016)

PI: Adi Foord | Elena Gallo, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Jianfeng Wu, Kayhan Gültekin

1. Swift 2016b (UoM time); 100 ks (2016)

PI: Adi Foord | Elena Gallo, Edmund Hodges-Kluck, Jianfeng Wu

PUBLICATIONS

First- and Second- authored publications

10. Lensing in the Darkness: A Bayesian Analysis of 22 Chandra Sources at z>6 Shows No Evidence of Lensing,

Pacucci, F., Foord, A., Gordon, L., Loeb, A., 2022, MNRAS, 514, 2

9. Investigating the Accretion Nature of Binary Supermassive Black Hole Candidate SDSS J025214.67-002813.7,

Foord, A., Liu, X., Gültekin, K., Whitley, K., Shi, F., C. Y.C. 2022, ApJ, 927, 1

8. AGN Triality of Triple Mergers: Multi-wavelength Classifications,

Foord, A., Gültekin, K., Runnoe, J., Koss, M. 2021, ApJ, 907, 72

7. AGN Triality of Triple Mergers: Detection of Faint X-ray Point Sources,

Foord, A., Gültekin, K., Runnoe, J., Koss, M. 2021, ApJ, 907, 71

6. Extended X-ray emission from the z=4.26 radio galaxy 4C 63.20,

Napier, K., Foord, A., Gallo, E., Ghisellini, G., Hodges-Kluck, E., Wu, J., Haart, F., Ciardi, B. 2020, MNRAS, 498, 2

5. A Second Look at 12 Candidate Dual AGNs using BAYMAX,

Foord, A., Gültekin, K., Nevin, R., Comerford, J., Hodges-Kluck, E., Barrows, R., Goulding, A., Greene, J. 2020, ApJ, 892, 29

4. A Bayesian Analysis of SDSS J0914+0853, a Low-Mass Dual AGN Candidate,

Foord, A., Gültekin, K., Reynolds, M., Hodges-Kluck, E., Cackett, E., Comerford, J., King, A., Miller, J., Runnoe, J. 2019, ApJ, 877, 1

3. A Multi-wavelength Analysis of Binary-AGN Candidate PSO J334.2028+01.4075,

Foord, A., Gültekin, K., Reynolds, M., Ayer, M., Liu, T., Gezari, S., Runnoe, J. 2017, ApJ, 851, 106

2. AGN Activity in Nucleated Galaxies as Measured by Chandra,

Foord, A., Gallo, E., Hodges-Kluck, E., Miller, B., Baldassare, V, Gültekin, K., Gnedin, O. 2017, ApJ, 841, 51

1. Direct Spatial Association of an X-Ray Flare with the Eruption of a Solar Quiescent Filament,

Holman, G. & Foord, A., 2015, ApJ, 804, 108


Co-authored publications

6. "UGC 4211: A Confirmed Dual AGN at 230 pc Separation"

Koss, M., Treister, E., Kakkad, D., Casey-Clyde, J. A., Williams, J., Foord, A., et al., 2022, submitted to ApJL

5. "A Close Quasar Pair in a Disk-Disk Galaxy Merger at z=2.17"

Yu-Ching, C., Xin, L., Foord, A., et al. 2022, submitted

4. Massive black hole formation in dense stellar environments: Enhanced X-ray detection rates in high velocity dispersion nuclear star clusters

Baldassare, V., Stone, N., Foord, A., Gallo, E., Ostriker, J. P., et al. 2022, ApJ, in press

3. The Seoul National University AGN Monitoring Project II: BLR Size and Black Hole Mass of Two AGNs

Rakshit, S., Woo, J., Gallo, E., Hodges-Kluck, E., Shin, J., Jeon, Y., Bae, H., Baldassare, V., Cho, H., Cho, W., Foord, A., et al. 2019, ApJ, 886, 93

2. Astro2020 Science White Paper: Black Hole Growth in Mergers and Dual AGN,

Koss, M., U, V., Hodges-Kluck, E., [et. al, including Foord, A.], 2019, arXiv:1903.06720

1. Kinematics of Parsec-Scale Jets of Gamma-ray Blazars at 43 GHz Within The VLBA-BU-Blazar Program,

Jorstad, S. G., Marscher, A. P., Morozova, D. A., [et. al, including Foord, A.] 2017, ApJ, 846, 98

OBSERVING EXPERIENCE

Las Campanas Observatory, Chile (10+ nights)

Imaging with FourStar on 6.5m Walter Baade Telescope


MDM Observatory, Kitt Peak, AZ, USA (10+ nights)

Imaging with Templeton on 1.3m McGraw-Hill telescope (including remote operations)

Spectroscopy with OSMOS on 2.4m Hiltner telescope