Present PositionAssistant Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins UniversityBrief BioLynne received her BS in astronomy from Case Western Reserve University in 1997, then attended Louisiana State University for her MS in physics (2000) and PhD in physics (2003). She then worked for two years at UNAM-Ensenada studying dust in pre-planetary nebulae and building a database of diffuse interstellar band measurements. She came to NASA's GSFC in 2006 as a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, where she conducted multiwavelength studies of interstellar dust and their importance to dust grain models.While she most commonly studies interstellar dust, she also is interested in cataclysmic variables. Educational BackgroundB.S., Astronomy, Case Western Reserve UniversityM.S., Physics, Louisiana State University Ph.D., Physics, Louisiana State University Thesis title: A Database of Reddened OB Sightlines and Their Properties Research InterestsInterstellar dust and cataclysmic variablesCurrent ProjectsEmpirical determination of the XMM PSFAn interstellar dust model constrained by NIR through X-ray observations Database of H column density measurements along Galactic sight lines to bright X-ray sources Selected Publications2008 An Analysis of the Dust Halo and Extinction toward X Persei, Valencic, L.A. and Smith, R.K. ApJ, in press2008 The X-Ray Dust Halo and Reddening Toward Terzan 2, Valencic, L.A., Smith, R.K., Dwek, E., Dame, T.M., and Graessle, D. ApJ, submitted 2004 Does the 3.3~$\mu$m PAH Emission Feature Require UV Excitation? Smith, T.L., Clayton, G., and Valencic., L.A. AJ, 128, 357 2004 Ultraviolet Extinction Properties in the Milky Way, Valencic, L.A., Clayton, G., Wolff, M.J., Gordon, K.D., and Smith, T.L. ApJ, 616, 912 2003 SMC-Type Dust inthe Milky Way, Valencic, L.A., Clayton, G., Wolff, M.J., and Gordon, K.,D. ApJ, 589, 369 Publications at the ADS website.
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