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Mariangela Bernardi

Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
209 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396
(215) 573-6251
e-mail: bernardm@physics.upenn.edu

Professional Preparation

University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor Jan 2005 -

University of Pittsburgh Associate Researcher in Astrophysics Mar 2004 - Dec 2004

Carnegie Mellon University Associate Researcher in Astrophysics Mar 2002 - Feb 2004

University of Chicago Associate Researcher in Astrophysics Jan 2000 - Feb 2002

SDSS spectroscopic pipeline builder

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich Ph.D. in Astrophysics Apr 1996 - Dec 1999

Thesis: ``Nearby early-type galaxies'' Adviser: Prof. Ralf Bender Grade: Magna Cum Laude

European Southern Observatory Studentship Oct 1996 - Apr 1999

Universita` di Padova, Italy Laurea Oct 1990 - Dec 1995

Thesis: ``Analysis of the broadening function in early-type galaxies'' Adviser: Prof. Francesco Bertola Grade: Magna Cum Laude

Awarded Grants

1. HST Cycle 13 Snapshot Survey (70 orbits)
"The Most Massive Galaxies in the Universe: Double Trouble?"
PI: M. Bernardi, CoI: R. K. Sheth, K. Gebhardt, R. C. Nichol
2. NASA ADP/LTSA04-0000-0102
"A Search for and Analysis of the Most Massive Galaxies"
PI: M. Bernardi
3. HST Cycle 14 Snapshot Survey (40 orbits)
"The Most Massive Galaxies in the Universe: Color-Gradients and Texture"
PI: M. Bernardi

Main Publications

1. The sigma - L correlation in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies, M. Bernardi 2007, AJ, in press (astro-ph/0609301)
2. Selection bias in the M_bh-sigma and M_bh-L correlations and its consequences, M. Bernardi, Sheth, R. K., Tundo, E., & Hyde, J. B. 2007, ApJ, in press (astro-ph/0609300)
3. On the inconsistency between the black hole mass function inferred from M_bh-sigma and M_bh-L correlations, Tundo, E., M. Bernardi, Hyde, J. B., Sheth, R. K., & Pizzella, A. 2007, ApJ, submitted (astro-ph/0609297)
4. The ages, metallicities and star formation histories of SDSS early-type galaxies, Jimenez, R., M. Bernardi , Haiman, Z., Panter, B., & Heavens, A. F. 2007, ApJ, submitted (astro-ph/0610724)
5. Inferring the cosmic evolution of quasars from the age distribution of local early-type galaxies, Haiman, Z., Jimenez, R., & M. Bernardi 2007, ApJ, in press (astro-ph/0610723)
6. The luminosities, sizes and velocity dispersions of Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Implications for formation history, M. Bernardi , Hyde, J. B., Sheth, R. K., Miller, C. J., & Nichol, R. C. 2007, AJ, in press (astro-ph/0607117)
7. A search for the most massive galaxies: Double Trouble?, M. Bernardi , Sheth, R. K., Nichol, R. C. et al. 2006, AJ, 131, 2018
8. Evolution and environment of early-type galaxies, M. Bernardi, R. C. Nichol, R. K. Sheth, et al. 2006, AJ, 131, 1288
9. Colors, magnitudes and velocity dispersions in early-type galaxies: Implications for galaxy ages and metallicities , M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, R. C. Nichol et al. 2005, AJ, 129, 61
10. Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Spectroscopic Data, G. Wegner, M. Bernardi, C. N. A. Willmer, L. N. da Costa, M. V. Alonso, P. S. Pellegrini, & M. A. G. Maia 2004, AJ, 126, 2268
11. The quasar epoch and the stellar ages of early-type galaxies, A. Cattaneo and M. Bernardi 2003, MNRAS, 344, 45
12. The velocity function of early-type galaxies, R. K. Sheth, M. Bernardi, P. Schechter et al. 2003, ApJ, 594, 225
13. Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Circular Aperture Photometry, M. V. Alonso, M. Bernardi, L. N. da Costa, G. Wegner, C. N. A. Willmer, P. S. Pellegrini, and M. A. G. Maia 2003, AJ, 125, 2307
14. Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. I. The sample , M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, J. Annis et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1817
15. Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. II. Correlations between observables, M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, J. Annis et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1849
16. Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. III. The Fundamental Plane , M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, J. Annis et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1866
17. Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. IV. Colors and chemical evolution, M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, J. Annis et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 1882
18. A feature at z ~ 3.2 in the evolution of the Ly-alpha forest optical depth, M. Bernardi, R. K. Sheth, M. Subbarao et al. 2003, AJ, 125, 32
19. Detection of He II reionization in the SDSS quasar sample, T. Theuns, M. Bernardi, J. Frieman, P. Hewett, J. Schaye, R. K. Sheth, and M. Subbarao 2002, ApJ Letters, 111, 114
20. Redshift-distance Survey of Early-type Galaxies. I. The ENEARc Cluster Sample, M. Bernardi, M. V. Alonso, L. N. da Costa, C. N. A. Willmer, G. Wegner, P. S. Pellegrini, C. Rite`, and M. A. G. Maia 2002, AJ, 123, 2990
21. Redshift-distance Survey of Early-type Galaxies. II. The Dn-n Relation, M. Bernardi, M. V. Alonso, L. N. da Costa, C. N. A. Willmer, G. Wegner, P. S. Pellegrini, C. Rite`, and M. A. G. Maia 2002, AJ, 123, 2159
22. Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early Data Release, Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M. et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 485
23. Large-scale power spectrum and structures from the ENEAR galaxy peculiar velocity catalogue, Zaroubi, S., Bernardi, M., da Costa, L. N., Hoffman, Y., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., and Pellegrini, P. S. 2001, MNRAS, 326, 375
24. Toward an Alternative Way of Looking at Elliptical Galaxies: Case Studies for NGC 4649 and NGC 7097, De Bruyne, V., Dejonghe, H., Pizzella, A., Bernardi, M., and Zeilinger, W. W. 2001, ApJ, 546, 903
25. Comparison of the ENEAR peculiar velocities with the PSCz gravity field, Nusser, A., da Costa, L. N., Branchini, E., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., and Pellegrini, P. S. 2001, MNRAS, 320,21
26. Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies. I. Sample Selection, Properties, and Completeness, da Costa, L. N., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., Rité, C., and Maia, M. A. G. 2000, AJ, 120, 95
27. ENEAR Redshift-Distance Survey: Cosmological Constraints, Borgani, S., Bernardi, M., da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Alonso, M. V., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., and Maia, M. A. G. 2000, ApJ Letters, 537, 1
28. Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Dipole of the Velocity Field, da Costa, L. N., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., Maia, M. A. G., and Zaroubi, S. 2000, ApJ Letters, 537, 81
29. Cluster versus Field Elliptical Galaxies and Clues on Their Formation, Bernardi, M., Renzini, A., da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Alonso, M. V., Pellegrini, P. S., Rité, C., and Willmer, C. N. A. 1998, ApJ Letters, 508, 143

Contributed Publications

30. The Forth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Adelman-McCarthy, J. et al. 2006, ApJS, 162, 38
31. The C4 Clustering Algorithm: Clusters of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C., Reichart, D. et al. 2005, AJ, 130, 968
32. The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, The SDSS collaboration (Abazajian, K. et al.) 2005, AJ, 129, 1755--1759
33. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release, D. P. Finkbeiner, N. Padmanabhan, D. J. Schlegel et al. 2004, AJ, 128, 2577
34. The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, The SDSS collaboration (Abazajian, K. et al.) 2004, AJ, 128, 502
35. Stellar and Dynamical Masses of Ellipticals in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,N. Padmanabhan, U. Seljak, M. A. Strauss et al. 2004, New Astronomy, 9, 329
36. SDSS J0903+5028: A New Gravitational Lens, D. E. Johnston, T. R. Gordon, J. A. Frieman et al. 2003, AJ, 126, 2281
37. The morphology-density relation in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Goto, T., Yamauchi, C., Fujita, Y. et al. 2003, MNRAS, 346, 601
38. Star formation rate indicators in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, A. M. Hopkins, C. J. Miller, R. C. Nichol et al. 2003, ApJ, 599, 971,
38. The environment of AGNs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,C. J. Miller , R. C. Nichol, P. L. Gomez, A. M. Hopkins, & M. Bernardi 2003, ApJ, 597, 142
40. An estimate of of Omega_m without priors, Feldman, H. A., Juszkiewicz, R., Ferreira, P. G. et al. 2003, ApJ, 596, 131
41. The First Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,The SDSS collaboration (Abazajian, K. et al.) 2003, AJ, 126, 208
42. H_delta-Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: The Catalog, T. Goto, R. C. Nichol, C. J. Miller, M. Bernardi et al. 2003, PASJ, 55, 771
43. The Environment of Passive Spiral Galaxies in the SDSS, T. Goto, S. Okamura, M. Sekiguchi, M. Bernardi et al. 2003, PASJ, 55, 757
44. The Morphological Butcher-Oemler effect in the SDSS Cut & Enhance Galaxy Cluster Catalog, T. Goto, S. Okamura, M. Yagi et al. 2003, PASJ, 55, 739
45. Average spectra of massive galaxies in the SDSS, Eisenstein, D. J., Hogg, D. W., Fukugita, M. et al. 2003, ApJ, 585, 694
46. Galaxy Star-Formation as a Function of Environment in the Early Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,Gomez, P., Nichol, R., Miller, C. et al. 2003, ApJ, 584, 210
47. Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories for 80,000 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, G. Kauffmann, T. M. Heckman, S. D. M. White et al. 2003, MNRAS, 341, 33
48. Optical and Radio Properties of Extragalactic Sources Observed by the FIRST Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Zeljko, I., Menou, K., Knapp, G. R. et al. 2002, AJ, 124, 2364
49. Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Main Galaxy Sample, Strauss, M. A., Weinberg, D. H., Lupton, R. H. et al. 2002, AJ, 124, 1810
50. Composite Luminosity Functions of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Cut & Enhance Galaxy Cluster Catalog, T. Goto, S. Okamura, T. A. Mckay et al. 2002, PASJ, 54, 515
51.Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories for 80,000 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, G. Kauffmann, T. M. Heckman, S. D. M. White et al. 2002, MNRAS, in press (astro-ph/0204055)
52. Galaxy Clustering in Early Sloan Digital Sky Survey Redshift Data, Zehavi, I., Blanton, M. R., Frieman, J. A. et al. 2002, ApJ, 571, 172
53. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog. I. Early Data Release, Schneider, D. P., Richards, G. T., Fan, X. et al. 2002, AJ, 123, 567
54. Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample, Eisenstein, D. J., Annis, J., Gunn, J. E. et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 2267
55. High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data. VI. Sloan Digital Sky Survey Spectrograph Observations, Anderson, S. F., Fan, X., Richards, G. T. et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 503
56. Composite Quasar Spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Vanden Berk, D. E., Richards, G. T., Bauer, A. et al. 2001, AJ, 122, 549
57. Colors of 2625 Quasars at 0<\z<5 Measured in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Photometric System, Richards, G. T., Fan, X., Schneider, D. P. et al. 2001, AJ, 121, 2308
58. The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data, Blanton, M. R., Dalcanton, J., Eisenstein, D. et al. 2001, AJ, 121, 2358

Proceedings

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey QSO absorption line catalogue, York, et al. 2005, IAU Colloquium Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 199, edited by Peter R. Williams, Cheng-Gang Shu and Brice Menard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005., p.58-64
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS: constraints on models of galaxy formation, M. Bernardi 2004, in Multiwavelength Mapping of galaxy formation and evolution, ed. R. Bender & A. Renzini (Springer-Verlag series "ESO Astrophysics Symposia"), p. 308-311
Galaxy Star Formation as a function of Environment, F. J. Castander, M. L. Balogh, M. Bernardi et al. 2003, in Science with the GTC, ed. J. M. Rodriguez Espinosa, F. G. Lopez, and V. M. Martin, RevMexAA SC, 16, 229--232
Large Scale Structure in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, M. Bernardi 2004, in Measuring and Modeling the Universe, ed. W. L. Freedman (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press), Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, 2, 207
Analysis of early-type galaxies in the SDSS, M. Bernardi 2002, in Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE Proc., 4847-02
Observed correlations, evolution, and environmental dependence of 9000 early-type galaxies in the SDSS, M. Bernardi 2002, in Galaxy evolution: theory and observations, ed. V. Avila-Reese, C. Firmani, C. Frenk, and C. Allen, RevMexAA SC
Mg2-sigma in Early-Type Galaxies and Spiral Bulges, Chiappini, C., Pellegrini, P. S., Rité, C., Maia, M. A. G., Ogando, R., Ramos, B,, Schiavon, R, P., Willmer, C. N. A., da Costa, L., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., & Wegner, G. 2002, in Chemical Enrichment of Intracluster and Intergalactic Medium, ed. R. Fusco-Femiano and F. Matteucci, ASP Conf. Ser., 253, 321
A Counterrotating Core in NGC 7097?, de Bruyne, V., Dejonghe, H., Pizzella, A., Bernardi, M., & Zeilinger, W. W 2001, in Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies, ed. J. G. Funes and E. M. Corsini, ASP Conf. Ser., 230, 441
The nearby early-type galaxies survey (ENEAR): project description and some preliminary results, G. Wegner, L. N. da Costa, M. V. Alonso, M. Bernardi, C. N. A. Willmer, P.S. Pellegrini, C. Rite, and M. Maia 1999, in Cosmic Flows Workshop, ed. S. Courteau and J. Willick, ASP Conf. Ser., 201, 62
Dark matter in elliptical galaxies: 3-integral modelling, R. P. Saglia, M. Bernardi, G. Bertin, F. Bertola, A. Pizzella, L. M. Buson, V. De Bruyne, H. Dejonghe, and W. W. Zeilinger 1997, in Dark and visible matter in galaxies, ed. M. Persic and P. Salucci, ASP Conf. Ser., 117, 106
Shape of line profiles and dark matter in E galaxies,L. M. Buson, M. Bernardi, F. Bertola, A. Pizzella, G. Bertin, M. Stiavelli, H. Dejonghe, R. P. Saglia, and W. W. Zeilinger 1995, in Fresh views on elliptical galaxies, ed. A. Buzzoni, A. Renzini, and A. Serrano, ASP Conf. Ser., 86, 49

Invited Talks

Colloquium: University of Padova, Italy, January 2007
Seminar: Univerity of Barcelona, Spain, December 2006
From Planets to Galaxies, Budapest, Hungary, June 2006
Colloquium: Carnegie Observatories/CALTECH, Pasadena, March 2006
Colloquium: University of Texas, Austin, February 2006
Colloquium: University of Padova (Asiago), Italy, December 2005
Nearly Normal Galaxies in a LCDM Universe, Santa Cruz, August 2005
MPE Workshop: Stellar Populations, a Rosetta Stone for Galaxy Formation, Ringberg Castle, July 2005
Colloquium: Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Roma, May 2005
Lectures: "Scuola Nazionale di Astrofisica" (PhD School), Sant'Agata sui due Golfi, May 2005
Lectures on Galaxy Properties (10 hrs), Padova, November 2004
The 1st KIAS International Workshop on Cosmology and Structure Formation, Seoul, October 2004
Public Lecture: Pittsburgh (Allegheny Observatory), July 2004
Seminar: University of Pennsylvania, April 2004
Colloquium: University of Waterloo, February 2004
Colloquium: NOAO La Serena, Chile, February 2004
Colloquium: University of Michigan, January 2004
Seminar: University of California at Berkeley, November 2003
Colloquium: University of Massachusetts, October 2003
Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Venezia, Italy, October 2003
The 10th Marcel Grossmann Meeting (Galaxies and Large Scale Structure), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2003
Workshop on Galaxy Evolution, Institute of Advanced Study, Jerusalem, Israel, June 2003
American Astronomical Society Meeting 202, Nashville, May 2003
Colloquium: Dartmouth College, March 2003
Colloquium: University of California at Santa Barbara, February 2003
Colloquium: Padova University, Italy, January 2003
Colloquium: Penn State University, December 2002
Carnegie Centennial Symposium, Measuring and Modeling the Universe, Pasadena, November 2002
Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, SPIE Conference, Kona, August 2002
Public Lecture: Vicenza, Italy, July 2002
Symposium on Galaxy evolution: Theory and Observations, Cozumel, April 2002
Workshop on galaxy formation and evolution, Tucson, January 2002
Public Lecture (Alumni meeting): Chicago, November 2001
Workshop on SDSS galaxy properties, Kyoto, Japan, October 2001
Seminar: Princeton University, July 2001
Seminar: Carnegie Mellon University, May 2001
Seminar: University of California at Berkeley, January 2001
American Astronomical Society Meeting 197, Special Session, San Diego, January 2001
Seminar: Max-Planck Institute, Garching, Germany, November 2000
Seminar: Johns Hopkins University, September 2000
Seminar: University of California at Santa Cruz, May 2000
Seminar: University of Washington, Seattle, March 2000
Seminar: University of Chicago, January 2000
Seminar: Max-Planck Institute, Garching, Germany, December 1999

University of Pennsylvania	Assistant Professor	Jan 2005 -
University of Pittsburgh	Associate Researcher in Astrophysics	Mar 2004 - Dec 2004
Carnegie Mellon University	Associate Researcher in Astrophysics	Mar 2002 - Feb 2004
University of Chicago	Associate Researcher in Astrophysics	Jan 2000 - Feb 2002
	SDSS spectroscopic pipeline builder
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich	Ph.D. in Astrophysics	Apr 1996 - Dec 1999
	Thesis: ``Nearby early-type galaxies''	Adviser: Prof. Ralf Bender	Grade: Magna Cum Laude
European Southern Observatory	Studentship	Oct 1996 - Apr 1999
Universita` di Padova, Italy	Laurea	Oct 1990 - Dec 1995
	Thesis: ``Analysis of the broadening function in early-type galaxies''	Adviser: Prof. Francesco Bertola	Grade: Magna Cum Laude