Title
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy (2008)
Degree
BS Emory & Henry College 1995; PhD Vanderbilt University 2003
Teaching Experience
NSF K-12 graduate teaching fellow, Vanderbilt University/Metro Nashville Public Schools 2002-2003
Instructor, Intro Astronomy for Pre-service and In-service Teachers, University of Virginia 2005-2008
Specialties
Infrared and optical spectroscopy of young sun-like stars
Interests
Formation of low mass stars, evolution of proto-planetary disks
Selected Publications
"Variations of the 10 um Silicate Features in the Actively Accreting T Tauri Stars: DG Tau and XZ Tau" Bary, J. S., Leisenring, J. M., & Skrutskie, M. F. 2009, ApJL, 706, L168-172
"Interferometric Evidence for Resolved Warm Dust in the DQ Tau System" Boden, A., Akeson, R. L., Sargent, A. I., Carpenter, J. M., Ciardi, D. R., Bary, J. S., & Skrutskie, M. F. 2009, ApJL, 696, L111
"Physical Conditions of Accreting Gas in T Tauri Star Systems" Bary, J., Matt, S., Skrutskie, M., Wilson, J., Peterson, D., & Nelson, M. 2008, ApJ, 687, 376
"Quiescent H2 Emission from Pre-Main-Sequence Stars in Chamaeleon I" Bary, J., Weintraub, D., Shukla, S., & Kastner, J. 2008, ApJ, 678, 1088
"Detections of Rovibrational H2 Emission from the Disks of T Tauri Stars" Bary, J., Weintraub, D., & Kastner, J. 2003, ApJ, 586, 1136
"Detection of Molecular Hydrogen Orbiting a 'Naked' T Tauri Star" Bary, J., Weintraub, D., & Kastner, J. 2002, ApJL, 576, 73
"Detection of Quiescent Molecular Hydrogen Gas in the Circumstellar Disk of a Classical T Tauri Star" Weintraub, D., Kastner, J., & Bary, J. 2000, ApJ, 541, 767
Dissertation
"Timescale for Disk Survival: Searching for the Molecular Hydrogen Component of Protoplanetary Disks Orbiting T Tauri Stars"
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral research associate, University of Virginia, 2004-2005
NSF astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellow, University of Virginia, 2005-2008
Distinctions
NSF astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellow, 2005-2008
NSF GK-12 graduate teaching fellow, 2002-2003
AAPT -- teaching assistant of the year, 2002
Vanderbilt College of Arts & Sciences -- teaching assistant of the year nominee, 2002
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