CV – Shriharsh P. Tendulkar McGill University 1

CCVV —— DDRR.. SSHHRRIIHHAARRSSHH PP.. TTEENNDDUULLKKAARR http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~shriharsh/ shriharsh@physics.mcgill.ca 3600 rue University Montréal, QC Canada H3A 2T8

RReesseeaarrcchh IInntteerreessttss:: Origins and populations of Fast Radio Bursts Relations between magentar and pulsar populations High time-resolution astrophysics & techniques in optical/X-ray/radio

EEmmppllooyymmeenntt:: Trottier Chair Postdoctoral Scholar, McGill University Jul 2015 to present Postdoctoral Researcher, CalTech Oct 2013 to Jun 2015 NuSTAR Team (Compact Objects and X-ray Binaries)

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PPhh..DD.. in Astrophysics (defended: Aug 2013, conferred: June 2014) Thesis: Beyond the Blur: Construction and Characterization of the First Autonomous AO

System and An AO Survey of Magnetar Proper Motions. Advisor: Prof. S. R. Kulkarni

MM..SS.. in Astrophysics (2010) Project: Design of a Cryogenic Blackbody Reference for CARMA

IInnddiiaann IInnssttiittuuttee ooff TTeecchhnnoollooggyy BBoommbbaayy

BB..TTeecchh in Engineering Physics (2008) Senior Thesis: 10 GHz Mode Locked Fiber Laser at 1.55 μm Advisor: Prof. R. Vijaya

SSeelleecctteedd RReeffeerreeeedd PPuubblliiccaattiioonnss ((ffuullll lliisstt aattttaacchheedd sseeppaarraatteellyy)):: (h-index 25, total citations 1868) TTeenndduullkkaarr,, SS.. PP. et al. 2017 The Host Galaxy and Redshift of the Repeating Fast Radio

Burst FRB 121102, ApJL, 834, 7 Chatterjee, S. et al. 2017 A direct localization of a fast radio burst and its host, Nature, 541,

58 TTeenndduullkkaarr,, SS.. PP. et al. 2016 Radio Non-detection of the SGR 1806-20 Giant Flare and

Implications for Fast Radio Bursts, ApJ, 827, 59 Bachetti, M. et al. 2014, An Ultraluminous X-ray Source Powered by an Accreting Neutron

Star, Nature, 514, 7521, pp. 202-204 TTeenndduullkkaarr,, SS.. PP.. et al. 2014, NuSTAR Observations of the State Transition of Millisecond

Pulsar Binary PSR J1023+0038, ApJ, 791, 77 Baranec C. B. et al. 2014, High-efficiency Autonomous Laser Adaptive Optics, ApJL, 790, 8 Kaplan, D. L. et al. 2014, A 1.05 M☉ Companion to PSR J2222--0137: The Coolest Known

White Dwarf?, ApJ, 789, 119 TTeenndduullkkaarr,, SS.. PP.. et al. 2012, Proper Motions and Origins of SGR 1806-20 and SGR

1900+14, ApJ, 761, 76

CV – Shriharsh P. Tendulkar McGill University 2

IInnvviitteedd TTaallkkss:: (Future) Fast Radio Bursts Workshop, Weizmann Institute for Science, Israel (3rd Dec 2018) (Future) FRB2018: Finding and understanding Fast Radio Bursts, Swinburne U., Melbourne

(12th–16th Feb 2018) (Future) Physics Colloquium, U. Western. Ontario (11th Jan 2018) “Probing the Origins of FRBs” — Astronomy Colloquium, U. Toronto (22nd Nov 2017) “Fast Radio Bursts with CHIME and beyond” — Future of Canadian Radio Astronomy

Meeting, McGill U. Montréal (13th–14 Sept 2017) “The Host Galaxy of FRB 121102” — Workshop on Fast Radio Bursts, McGill U., Montréal

(13th–15th June, 2017) “Fast Radio Bursts” — Physics Department Colloquium, McGill University (3rd Feb 2017,

with Victoria Kaspi) “The Missing FRB from SGR 1806–20” — Radio Transients Meeting UNLV, Las Vegas

(12th Apr 2016) “The CHIME-FRB Experiment” — Radio Transients Meeting UNLV, Las Vegas (11th Apr

2016) “Infrared Polarimetric Studies of Magnetars: Case for TMT” — Thirty Meter Telescope

Corporation, Pasadena, CA (15th Mar 2013) “Robo-AO: Low cost Adaptive Optics for the Masses” — Astronomical Instruments for

Robotic Telescopes, Ensenada, Mexico (4th Sep 2012) “Robo-AO White Dwarf Binarity Survey” — Astronomy with Adaptive Optics on Moderate

Sized Telescopes IUCAA, Pune, India (23rd Aug 2011) “Wavefront Sensors, Deformable Mirrors and Lasers” — Astronomy with Adaptive Optics

on Moderate Sized Telescopes IUCAA, Pune, India (22nd Aug 2011)

TTeelleessccooppee TTiimmee//PPrrooppoossaall GGrraannttss:: NuSTAR: 150-ks + 2x100-ks ToO (2016), XMM-Newton: 100-ks + 2x100-ks ToO (2016) Hubble Space Telescope: 2 orbits (2016), 3 orbits (2017) Spitzer Space Telescope: 6.4 hours (2017) Gemini Observatory (8-m): 12.6 hours (2016) JVLA: Projects 14B-476 (PI), 16A-496, 16B-385, 16B-401, 17B-301, 17B-283 (84 hours total) Keck II Telescope (10-m): 18 nights on NIRC2 with Laser Guide Star AO (2008-14) Keck I Telescope (10-m): 6 nights with ESI and LRIS (2008-13) Hale Telescope (5-m): 3 nights with DBSP and LFC (2008-13) Palomar 60-inch Telescope (1.5-m): 48 nights of Robo-AO commissioning (with laser guide

star, Sep 2010 to May 2012) and 70+ nights of science operations (Jun 2012 – Jul 2013) “NIR Follow-up of Flaring Magnetar”–NASA Swift Cycle 9 Guest Investigator Program.

Awarded $12k for (2013)

AAccaaddeemmiicc CCoommmmuunniittyy SSeerrvviiccee:: Program Reporter for Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Annual Meeting

for the Cosmology and the Extreme Universe program (Feb 2017 and Feb 2018, invited) Regular reviewer for Astrophysical Journal & Letters, Monthly Notices of the Royal

Astronomical Society (2014-2017)

CV – Shriharsh P. Tendulkar McGill University 3

Served as subject expert on review panels for Keck and Palomar Observatories (2014), Gemini Observatory (Fast Turnaround, 2015), Hubble Space Telescope (2016) and the US National Science Foundation (2017).

Convener for the Compact Objects parallel session (Texas Symposium, Dec 2017) Organizer for the weekly Neutron Star Discussion at the McGill Space Insitute (2016–now) Co-organizer for the daily astro-ph discussions at CalTech (2014–2015) Student Representative to the Academic Board, Physics Department, IIT Bombay (2007-08)

AAssttrroonnoommyy//SScciieennccee OOuuttrreeaacchh:: Public outreach with Astro McGill

o Helped organize eclipse-observing for >1000 people for the 2017 eclipse o Presented a public lecture on GAIA for an audience of >200 people o Participated and spoke for an Astronomy on Tap event (>50 people per event)

Co-lead for the Cahill Rooftop Observatory team (at Caltech) to refurbish and maintain a collection of 4 computerized and manual telescopes for astronomy outreach including the public viewing of supernova SN 2011fe for more than 600 visitors

Active member of the Caltech Astro Outreach group (2008 - 2015) o Conducting sidewalk astronomy sessions, classroom talks and activities in Pasadena o Charged with organizing 7 telescope setups at Caltech for safe solar viewing of the

2013 solar eclipse (about 1000 visitors) and Venus transit (about 1800 visitors) o Organized STEM Showcases in Pasadena public schools (2x, 2014, 2015)

TTeeaacchhiinngg//MMeennttoorriinngg EExxppeerriieennccee:: Co-led a graduate seminar class on astrophysical transients (Fall 2017, ongoing) Co-led a 10-week course for Introduction to Modern Astrophysics for retirees at the McGill

Center for Continued Learning (Fall 2016) General academic mentor for two undergraduate physics students (2015-16, 2016-17), McGill

University, Department of Physics Mentored science fair projects for a classroom of 40 Grade-5 students in Pasadena public

school (3 months, Winter 2014) Teaching Assistant at Caltech: graduate-level Astronomical Instrumentation (3 semesters),

undergraduate-level High-Energy Astrophysics Mentored SURF student through search for eclipsing binaries in Palomar Transient Factory

data (2010) Led the Departmental Academic Mentorship Program for the Physics Department, IIT

Bombay (2007-08) Student Mentor for 40 freshman undergraduates, IIT Bombay (2006-07, 2007-08)

AAwwaarrddss aanndd AAcchhiieevveemmeennttss:: Trottier Chair Postdoctoral Scholarship, McGill University (2015) NASA Group Achievement Award (NuSTAR Science Team, 2014) Holloway Fellowship, Caltech (2008) Institute Technical Color (2008) for leadership in fostering technical activities at IIT

Bombay Gold Medals in the 2002 and 2003 International Astronomy Olympiads (SAO, Russia and

Stockholm, Sweden). Ranked 3rd and 1st respectively among all participants National Talent Scholarship, Govt. of India (2002)

CV – Shriharsh P. Tendulkar McGill University 4

OOtthheerr CCoommmmuunniittyy SSeerrvviiccee:: Community Associate for the Caltech Graduate Housing (2011-2012). Responsible for

organizing community events for improving graduate student life. Steering Committee Member for the Caltech Alpine Club (2011-2013).

TTeecchhnniiccaall SSkkiillllss:: Software pipeline and database architecture design for high-data rate applications (CHIME)

o Machine learning for transients X-ray data analysis: Spectroscopy and timing with NuSTAR, Swift and Chandra Programming/Software:

o Python, C++, IDL, Javascript, MATLAB o IRAF/pyraf, HEASOFT, CIAO