Garrett K. Keating
University of California, Berkeley
Astronomy Department
501 Campbell Hall #3411
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411
Education
Appointments
http://astro.berkeley.edu/∼gkeating
karto@berkeley.edu
(510) 847-9160
US Citizenship
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Thesis: “The Undiscovered CO: Charting bulk molecular gas in
the early Universe”, Advisor: Carl Heiles
expected May 2016
M.A. in Astrophysics
B.A. in Astrophysics
Dec 2012
May 2008
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
PhD Student;Worked with C. Heiles, researching the evolution of molecular
gas in galaxies at z ∼ 3 using CO intensity mapping.
2010-2016
Lab Engineer; Provided general support for the undergraduate radio astronomy laboratory, commissioned a new sampler/spectrometer and a new 4m
student radio telescope at Leuschner observatory.
2014-2015
Hat Creek Radio Observatory, Hat Creek, CA
Junior Resident Astronomer; Coordinated day to day operations at the observatory, participated in commissioning activities, developed tools for realtime analysis of data and identification of hardware problems, worked on a
variety of research projects.
2008-2010
Education and Public Outreach Officer; coordinated education and public
outreach activities for the observatory, participated in ATA commissioning
activities.
2007
Awards &
Honors
Trumpler Award, UC Berkeley Astronomy Department
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley
Publications
2 first-author publications (2 additional publications in preparation), 10
co-authored publications, 2 GCN circulars. Full list of publications at the
end of this CV.
Granted
Observing
Time
Keating, G. K. (PI), CARMA Key Science Project, Semester 2014B
“COPSS: The CO Power Spectrum Survey” (4100 hours awarded)
2014-2015
Keating, G. K. (PI), CARMA Observing Project, Semester 2013B
“The GOOD CARMA Survey: Intensity Mapping of the Distribution of CO at z=3” (700 hours awarded)
2013
Keating, G. K. (PI), CARMA Observing Project, Semester 2013A
“Intensity Mapping of the Distribution of CO in the Early Universe
at z=3” (150 hours awarded)
2013
Invited Talks
RAL Seminar (upcoming), University of California, Berkeley, USA
Seminar (upcoming), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Tea Talk, Stanford, Palo Alto, USA
Colloquium, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Special Seminar, ASIAA, Taipei, Taiwan
Seminar, Stanford, Palo Alto, USA
RAL Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, USA
May 2014
May 2012
Mar
Nov
Oct
Aug
Jun
Apr
Jun
2016
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2010
Contributed
Talks/Posters
Dissertation Talk (upcoming), AAS Meeting #227, Kissimmee, FL
Talk #427.05, AAS Meeting #225, Seattle, WA
Talk #133.03, AAS Meeting #223, Washington, DC
Talk, NRSM Meeting , Boulder, CO
Talk, CARMA Symposium, Chicago, IL
Talk, NRSM Meeting , Boulder, CO
Talk, RFI2010, Groningen, Netherlands
Poster #601.06, Pasadena, CA
Talk, NRSM Meeting , Boulder, CO
Poster #19K, URSI Meeting, Chicago, IL
Jan
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Jul
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Mar
Jun
Jan
Aug
Professional
Activities
Department Service:
Undergraduate mentor and liaison for the UC Berkeley Astronomy Department
Head of the hosting committee for prospective graduate students at UC Berkeley
2010-2014
2011-2014
Code development:
Developer of the Interferometric Intensity Mapping Pipeline Software (IIMPS)
package, in use with the COPSS, YTLA and DACOTA collaborations.
since 2011
Developer of the Rapid Automated Processing of Interferometric Data (RAPID)
software processing package, in use at the Allen Telescope Array
2008-2013
Collaborations:
Member of the ATA team
Leader of the CO Power Spectrum Survey Collaboration
Member of the YTLA Science Team
2007-2010
since 2011
since 2015
Observing:
Chief observer for ATA (> 2 years total)
Guest observer for CARMA (29 weeks total)
2008-2010
2011-2015
Teaching
Experience
Workshop leader for the GSI Teaching Conference
Teaching assistant for “Radio Astronomy Laboratory”
Guest instructor for “Instructional Techniques in Astronomy” (1 lecture)
Teaching assistant for “Radio Astronomy Laboratory” (2 lectures)
Head teaching assistant for “Introduction to General Astronomy” (3 lectures)
Teaching assistant for “Radio Astronomy Laboratory”
Teaching assistant for “Introduction to General Astronomy”
Outreach
Public talk, Peninsula Astronomical Society, Palo Alto, CA
Public outreach coordinator for the Hat Creek Radio Observatory
• Developed and organized a self-guided tour for the observatory, including
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2015
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2009
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2011
2011
2010
Nov 2013
2007-2010
the creation educational content for seven stations around the observatory
grounds.
Coordinated observatory involvement “100 Hours of Astronomy” event for
the International Year of Astronomy.
www.eso.org/public/videos/allentelescope
Coordinated outreach efforts with the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, including the first ATA Open House & Public Star Party, in cooperation with the
Turtle Bay Exploration Park.
Gave over 20 public talks on behalf of the observatory.
Provided over 100 large group tours of the HCRO facility.
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Public talk, Turtle Bay Exploration Park & Museum, Redding, CA
Public talk, Oregon Star Party, Prineville, OR
Jul 2009
Aug 2008
Publication
List
Refereed First Author Publications
Keating, G. K., Bower, G. C., Marrone, D. P., DeBoer, D. R., Heiles, C., Chang, T. C.,
Carlstrom, J. E., Greer, C. H., Hawkins, D., Lamb, J. W., Leitch, E., Miller, A., Muchovej,
S., Woody, D. P. (2015) “First Results from COPSS: The CO Power Spectrum Survey” The
Astrophysical Journal (in press).
Keating, G. K., Barott, W. C., Wright, M. (2010) “Automated Calibration and Imaging with
the Allen Telescope Array,” Proceedings of the SPIE, 7740, 774016.
Other First Author Publications
Keating, G. K., Bower, G. C., Marrone, D. P., et al. (2015) “Final Results from the CO Power
Spectrum Survey” The Astrophysical Journal (forthcoming, estimated submission December
2015 ).
Keating, G. K., et al. (2016) “Cross-correlation of optically-detected galaxies with the CO
Power Spectrum Survey” The Astrophysical Journal (in prep, estimated submission Spring
2016 ).
Keating, G. K., et al. (2016) “Foregrounds and other considerations for future CO intensity
mapping at 30 GHz” The Astrophysical Journal (in prep, estimated submission Summer 2016 ).
Refereed Co-authored Publications
Williams, P. K. G., Bower, G. C., Croft, S., Keating, G. K., Law, C. J., Wright, M. C. H.
(2013) “ASGARD: A Large Survey for Slow Galactic Radio Transients. I. Overview and First
Results,” The Astrophysical Journal, 762, 85.
Saint-Hilaire, P., Hurford, G. J., Keating, G., Bower, G. C., Gutierrez-Kraybill, C. (2012)
“Allen Telescope Array Multi-frequency Observations of the Sun,” Solar Physics, 277, 431.
Bower, G. C.; Whysong, D.; Blair, S.; Croft, S.; Keating, G.; Law, C.; Williams, P. K. G.;
Wright, M. C. H. (2011) “The Allen Telescope Array Pi GHz Sky Survey II. Daily and Monthly
Monitoring for Transients and Variability in the Botes Field,” The Astrophysical Journal, 739,
76.
Harp, G. R., Ackermann, R. F., Nadler, Z. J., Blair, S. K., Davis, M. M., Wright, M. C.
H., Forster, J. R., Deboer, D. R., Welch, W. J., Atkinson, S., Backer, D. C., Backus, P. R.,
Barott, W., Bauermeister, A., Blitz, L., Bock, D. C.-J., Bower, G. C., Bradford, T., Cheng, C.,
Croft, S., Dexter, M., Dreher, J., Engargiola, G., Fields, E. D., Heiles, C., Helfer, T., Jordan,
J., Jorgensen, S., Kilsdonk, T., Gutierrez-Kraybill, C., Keating, G., Law, C., Lugten, J.,
MacMahon, D. H. E., McMahon, P., Milgrome, O., Siemion, A., Smolek, K., Thornton, D.,
Pierson, T., Randall, K., Ross, J., Shostak, S., Tarter, J. C., Urry, L., Werthimer, D., Williams,
P. K. G., Whysong, D. (2011) “Primary Beam and Dish Surface Characterization at the Allen
Telescope Array by Radio Holography,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Croft, S., Bower, G. C., Keating, G., Law, C., Whysong, D., Williams, P. K. G., Wright,
M. (2011) “The Allen Telescope Array Twenty-centimeter SurveyA 700-square-degree, Multiepoch Radio Data Set. II. Individual Epoch Transient Statistics,” The Astrophysical Journal,
731, 34.
Law, C. J., Gaensler, B. M., Bower, G. C., Backer, D. C., Bauermeister, A., Croft, S., Forster,
R., Gutierrez-Kraybill, C., Harvey-Smith, L., Heiles, C., Hull, C., Keating, G., MacMahon,
D., Whysong, D., Williams, P. K. G., Wright, M. (2011) “Spectropolarimetry with the Allen
Telescope Array: Faraday Rotation Toward Bright Polarized Radio Galaxies,” The Astrophysical Journal, 728, 57.
Bower, G. C., Croft, S., Keating, G., Whysong, D., Ackermann, R., Atkinson, S., Backer, D.,
Backus, P., Barott, B., Bauermeister, A., Blitz, L., Bock, D., Bradford, T., Cheng, C., Cork,
C., Davis, M., DeBoer, D., Dexter, M., Dreher, J., Engargiola, G., Fields, E., Fleming, M,.
Forster, R. J., Gutierrez-Kraybill, C., Harp, G. R.; Heiles, C., Helfer, T., Hull, C., Jordan, J.,
Jorgensen, S., Kilsdonk, T., Law, C., van Leeuwen, J., Lugten, J., MacMahon, D., McMahon,
P., Milgrome, O., Pierson, T., Randall, K., Ross, J., Shostak, S., Siemion, A., Smolek, K.,
Tarter, J., Thornton, D., Urry, L., Vitouchkine, A., Wadefalk, N., Weinreb, S., Welch, J.,
Werthimer, D., Williams, P. K. G., Wright, M. (2010) “The Allen Telescope Array Pi GHz Sky
Survey. I. Survey Description and Static Catalog Results for the Botes Field,” The Astrophysical
Journal, 725, 1792.
Croft, S., Bower, G. C., Ackermann, R., Atkinson, S., Backer, D., Backus, P., Barott, W. C.,
Bauermeister, A., Blitz, L., Bock, D., Bradford, T., Cheng, C., Cork, C., Davis, M., DeBoer,
D., Dexter, M., Dreher, J., Engargiola, G., Fields, E., Fleming, M., Forster, J. R., GutierrezKraybill, C., Harp, G., Helfer, T., Hull, C., Jordan, J., Jorgensen, S., Keating, G., Kilsdonk,
T., Law, C., van Leeuwen, J., Lugten, J., MacMahon, D., McMahon, P., Milgrome, O., Pierson,
T., Randall, K., Ross, J., Shostak, S., Siemion, A., Smolek, K., Tarter, J., Thornton, D., Urry,
L., Vitouchkine, A., Wadefalk, N., Welch, J., Werthimer, D., Whysong, D., Williams, P. K.
G.; Wright, M. (2010) “The Allen Telescope Array Twenty-centimeter SurveyA 690 deg2, 12
Epoch Radio Data Set. I. Catalog and Long-duration Transient Statistics ,” The Astrophysical
Journal, 719, 45.
Gutierrez-Kraybill, C., Keating, G. K., MacMahon, D., Williams, P. K. G., Harp, G., Ackermann, R., Kilsdonk, T., Richards, J., Barott, W. C. (2010) “Commensal observing with the
Allen Telescope array: software command and control,” Proceedings of the SPIE, 7740, 77400Z.
van Leeuwen, J., Blitz, L., Bock, D., Backer, D., Bauermeister, A., Bower, G. C., Cheng, C.,
Croft, S., Dexter, M., Engargiola, G., Fields, E., Forster, R., Gutierrez-Kraybill, C., Heiles,
C., Helfer, T., Jorgensen, S., Keating, G., Law, C., Lugten, J., MacMahon, D., Milgrome,
O., Thornton, D., Urry, L., Welch, J., Werthimer, D., Williams, P., Wright, M., Ackermann,
R., Atkinson, S., Backus, P., Barott, W., Bradford, T., Davis, M., Deboer, D., Dreher, J.,
Harp, G., Jordan, J., Kilsdonk, T., Pierson, T., Randall, K., Ross, J., Shostak, S., Tarter,
J. (2009) “The Allen Telescope Array: The First Widefield, Panchromatic, Snapshot Radio
Camera,” Proceedings of Panoramic Radio Astronomy: Wide-field 1-2 GHz Research on Galaxy
Evolution, 5.
GRB Circulars
Perley, D. A., Keating, G. “GRB 130215A: CARMA 3mm detection”, GCN Circular Service,
14210.
Keating, G., Bower, G., Forster, R., Bloom, J.S. (2008) “GRB 080319B: Allen Telescope
Array Observations”, GCN Circular Service, 7485.