Curriculum Vitae

Joseph D. MacMillan
Halifax, NS

Education

September, 2001 to present

Queen's University
Ph.D. Candidate, Physics

September, 1999 to September, 2001

Queen's University
M.Sc., Physics
Thesis:  Adiabatic Growth of Black Holes

September, 1995 to April, 1999

Saint Mary's University
B.Sc. Honours, Astrophysics
Thesis:  Chemistry of Hot Cores

Awards 

September, 2003 to August, 2004

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Science and Technology)
Queen's University
$15,000

September, 2001 to August, 2003

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Post-graduate Scholarship B
Queen's University
$38,200 

September, 1999 to August, 2001

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Post-graduate Scholarship A
Queen's University
$34,600  

September, 1998 to April,1999

Achievement Scholarship
Saint Mary's University
$1,000

September, 1997 to April,1998

Achievement Scholarship
Saint Mary's University
$1,200

May, 1997 to August,1997

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
Saint Mary's University
$4,800

September, 1996 to April,1997

Achievement Scholarship
Saint Mary's University
$1,500

September, 1995 to April,1996

Achievement Scholarship
Saint Mary's University
$1,800

Publications (Refereed)

 MacMillan, J.D., Widrow, L.M., and Henriksen, R.N.  "On Universal Halos and the Radial Orbit Instability."  2006, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal.

MacMillan, J.D., and Henriksen, R.N.   "Black Hole Growth in Dark Matter and the Mbh-sigma Relation."  2002,  Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 569, p. 83.

Turner, D.G., Horsford, A.J., and MacMillan, J.D.  "Monitoring Cepheid Period Changes from Saint Mary's University."  1999, Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Vol. 27, p. 5.

Publications (Non-refereed)

MacMillan, J.D., and Henriksen, R.N.  "Dynamical Growth of Black Holes and the Black Hole Mass - Velocity Dispersion Relation," 2004, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, ed. L. C. Ho (Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories).

MacMillan, J.D., and Henriksen, R.N.  "Dynamical Growth of Black Holes in Dark Matter Halos,"  2003, Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, Eds.: S. Collin, F. Combes and I. Shlosman. ASP (Astronomical Society of the Pacific), Conference Series, Vol. 290, p. 213.

Conferences

May, 2005

Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Presented a poster entitled "The Angular Momentum Distribution of an Isolated System."

June, 2003

Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.  Presented a poster entitled "Calculating the distrubution function of dark matter."

October 2002

Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposia: 1. Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, Pasadena, California, USA.  Presented a poster entitled "Dynamical Growth of Black Holes and the Black Hole Mass - Velocity Dispersion Relation."

May 2001

Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting, McMaster University,  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.  Presented a poster entitled "Adiabatic Growth of Black Holes."

 February 1999

Atlantic Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Conference, Univeristy of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.  Presented a talk entitled "NGC 7538: More than meets the eye."

February 1998

Atlantic Undergraduate Physics and Astronomy Conference, Mount Allison Univeristy, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.  Presented a talk  entitled "Characterization of Cepheid variables from their period changes."

Teaching Experience

September, 1999 to Decemeber, 2005

Physics 107, Introductory Physics
Queen's University.
Taught labratory component.

September, 2002 to April, 2003

Applied Science 111/112, Engineering Physics
Queen's University.
Taught tutorial component.

Related Experience

December, 2005 to present

Freelance design work, including web sites, signs,  and pamphlets.  See portfolio for details.

June, 2002 to May, 2003

Editor of the anitThesis, Queen's University graduate student newspaper.

Related Skills

Programming Langauges

Proficient at C, C++, and C#.  Can read and write Java, Python, and Fortran.

Other Software

Comfortable in either Microsoft Windows or Linux.  Experienced with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, Microsoft Office, Open Office, and Latex.