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EDUCATION
Ph. D. in Astronomy, University of Arizona, April, 2003
Thesis Advisor: G. Rieke
Thesis Title: The Evolution of Early-Type Galaxies
M. S. in Astronomy, University of Arizona, November, 1999
B. S. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June, 1995
RESEARCH POSITIONS
Nov 2006-present: Senior Research Associate, University of Arizona
August 2003-Nov 2006: Research Associate, University of Arizona
Spitzer MIPS Instrument Team--science programs in galaxy
clusters, nearby large galaxies, and low surface brightness galaxies
Fall 2000-Spring 2003: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona
With G. Rieke--dynamics and evolution of cluster lenticulars and ultraluminous infrared galaxies
Fall 1997-Fall 2000: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Arizona
With H.-W. Rix--dynamics and evolution of cluster lenticulars
With D. McCarthy--design and testing of near-infrared camera; near-infrared proper motion search for brown dwarfs
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Finn, R. A., Desai, V., Rudnick, G., Poggianti, B., Bell, E. F., Hinz, J., Jablonka, P., Milvang-Jensen, B., Moustakas, J., Rines, K., and Zaritsky, D., Dust-Obscured Star-Formation in Intermediate Redshift Galaxy Clusters, submitted to ApJ
Yusef-Zadeh, F., Hewitt, J., Arendt, R. G., Whitney, B., Rieke, G., Wardle, M., Hinz, J. L., Stolovy, S., Lang, C. C., Burton, M. G., and Ramirez, S., A 24um MIPS/Spitzer Survey of the Galactic Center Region: Evidence for a Population of YSOs, 2009, ApJ, 702, 178
Willmer, C. N. A., Rieke, G. H., Le Floc'h, E., Hinz, J. L., Engelbracht, C. W., Marcillac, D., and Gordon, K. D., Spitzer Observations of Cold Dust Galaxies, 2009, AJ, 138, 146
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, G. H., Yusef-Zadeh, F., Hewitt, J., and Block, M., A Catalog of 24um Sources Toward the Galactic Center, 2009, ApJS, 181, 227
Rieke, G. H., et al., Absolute Physical Calibration in the Infrared, 2008, AJ, 135, 2245
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, M. J., Rieke, G. H., Willmer, C. N. A., Misselt, K., Engelbracht, C. W., and Blaylock, M., Spitzer Observations of Low Luminosity Isolated and Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, 2007, ApJ, 663, 895
Bai, L., Marcillac, D., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Tran, K. H., Hinz, J. L. , Rudnick, G., Kelly, D. M., & Blaylock, M., IR Observations of MS 1054-03: Star Formation and Its Evolution in Rich Galaxy Clusters, 2007, ApJ, 664, 181
Engelbracht, C. W., et al., Absolute Calibration and Characterization of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer. I. 2007, PASP, 119, 994
Tabatabaei, F., et al., A Multi-Scale Study of Infrared and Radio Emission from Scd Galaxy M 33, 2007, A&A, 466, 509
Barmby, P. et al., Dusty Waves on a Starry Sea: The Mid-IR View of M 31, 2006, ApJL, 650, L45
Hinz, J. L. et al., Extended Emission by Dust in the Dwarf Galaxy UGC 10445, 2006, ApJ, 651, 874
Hinz, J. L. & Rieke, G. H., Dynamical Masses in Luminous Infrared Galaxies, 2006, ApJ, 646, 872
Humphreys, R. M. et al., M 33's Variable A - A Hypergiant Star More than 35 Years in Eruption, 2006, AJ, 131, 2105
Buckalew, B. A. et al., Radio-Detected Objects in M 33 Using Ultraviolet, Optical, Near-Infrared, Spitzer Mid-Infrared, and Radio Data, 2006, ApJS, 162, 329
Bai, L., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Hinz, J. L., Kelly, D. M., and Blaylock, M., Infrared Luminosity Function of the Coma Cluster, 2006, ApJ, 639, 827
Gordon, K. D. et al., Spitzer/MIPS Infrared Imaging of M 31: Further Evidence for Interaction Induced Disturbed Spiral Structure, 2006, ApJL, 638, L87
Krause, O. et al., Infrared Echoes near the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A, 2005, Science, 308, 5728
Salzer, J. J., Lee, J. C., Melbourne, J., Hinz, J. L., Alonso-Herrero, A., & Jangren, A., Metal Abundances of KISS Galaxies. IV. Galaxian Luminosity-Metallicity Relations in the Optical and Near-IR, 2005, ApJ, 624, 661
Gordon, K. D. et al., Reduction Algorithms for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, 2005, PASP, 117, 503
Hinz, J. L. et al., Energy Sources for the Far Infrared Emission of M 33, 2004, ApJS, 154, 259
Engelbracht, C. W. et al., Far Infrared Imaging of NGC 55, 2004, ApJS, 154, 248
Gordon, K. D. et al., Spatially Resolved UV, H-alpha, IR, and Radio Star Formation in M 81, 2004, ApJS, 154, 215
Gorlova, N. et al., New Debris Disk Candidates: 24 Micron Stellar Excesses at 100 Myr, 2004, ApJS, 154, 448
Rieke, G. et al., The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, 2004, ApJS, 154, 25
Rigby, J. et al., 24 micron Properties of X-Ray Selected AGN, 2004, ApJS, 154, 160
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, G. H., Caldwell, N., The Tully-Fisher Relation in Coma and Virgo Cluster S0 Galaxies, 2003, AJ, 126, 2622
Hinz, J. L., McCarthy, D. W., Jr., Simons, D. A., Henry, T. J., Kirkpatrick, J. D., & McGuire, P. C., A Near-Infrared Wide-Field Proper Motion Search for Brown Dwarfs, 2002, AJ, 123, 2027
Hinz, J. L., Rix, H.-W., & Bernstein, G., A Comparison of Coma Cluster S0 Galaxies with the Tully-Fisher Relation for Late-Type Spirals, 2001, AJ, 121, 683
McCarthy, D. W., Ge, J., Hinz, J. L., Finn, R. A., & deJong, R. S., PISCES: A Wide Field, 1-2.5 micron Camera for Large Aperture Telescopes, 2001, PASP, 113, 353
Kenworthy, M. A., Hofmann, K.-H., Close, L., Hinz, P., Mamajek, E., Schertl, D., Weigelt, G., Angel, R., Balega, Y. Y., Hinz, J., & Rieke, G., Gliese 569B: A Young Multiple Brown Dwarf System?, 2001, ApJ, 554, L67
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/POSTERS
Yusef-Zadeh, F., Hewitt, J. W., Hinz, J. L., Rieke, G. H., Arendt, R. G., Whitney, B. A., Wardle, M., Pratap, P., Lang, C., Stolovy, S., Ramirez, S., Burton, M. 2008, A 24 micron MIPS/Spitzer Survey of the Galactic Center Region, BAAS, 212, #18.07
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, M. J., Rieke, G. H., Smith, P. S., Misselt, K., Blaylock, M., & Gordon, K. D., 2008, Dust in Dwarfs and Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, 381, 153
Hinz, J. L., Engelbracht, C. W., Willmer, C. N. A., Rieke, G. H., Misselt, K., Smith, P. S., Blaylock, M., & Gordon, K. D., 2008, The Spatial Distribution of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 396, 119
Tabatabaei, F. S. et al., 2008, A Multi-Scale Study of IR and Radio Emission from M 33, 2008, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 396, 85
Yusef-Zadeh, F. et al. 2007, Masers as Probes of Massive Star Formation in the Nuclear Disk, IAU 242 on Astrophysical Masers and Their Environments, astro-ph/0705:3001
Barmby, P. et al. 2006, Mid-infrared Observations Of M31, BAAS, 208, #14.07
Bai, L., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Hinz, J. L., Kelly, D. M., & Tran, G.-V. H. 2005, The Rich Cluster IR Luminosity Function from z=0.02 to 0.83: Coma and MS 1054-03, BAAS, 207, #101.07
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, M. J., Rieke, G. H., Smith, P. S., Misselt, K., Blaylock, M., & Gordon, K. 2006, Cold Dust in Dwarf and Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Spitzer: IR Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution Conference, Pasadena, B17, arXiv:astro-ph/0610002
Gehrz, R. D., et al. 2005, Spitzer Images and Spectroscopy of M33, BAAS, 206, #13.01
Buckalew et al. 2005, ASSL Vol. 329: Starbursts: From 30 Doradus to Lyman Break Galaxies, 8P
Rieke, G. H., Gordon, K. D., Hinz, J. L., Engelbracht, C. W., Perez-Gonzalez, P. G., Misselt, K. A., & Morrison, J. 2005, AIP Conf. Proc. 761: The Spectral Energy Distributions of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data, 761, 364
Gordon, K. et al. 2004, The Multiwavelength View of M 31 including New Spitzer/MIPS Infrared Images, BAAS, 36, 1579
Thilker, D. A. et al. 2004, A Complete Census of Massive Star Formation in M 31 and M 33: The Relation Between Star Formation and ISM Properties, BAAS, 36, 1579
Gordon, K. D. et al. 2004, Reduction Algorithms for the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer: 6 Months of Flight Data, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 5487, 177
Polomski, E. et al. 2004, The Spitzer Space Telescope M 33 Project: First Epoch Images, BAAS, 204, 8004
Hinz, J. L., Rieke, G. H., Caldwell, N. 2004, The Tully-Fisher Relation in Cluster S0s, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 3: Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution, ed. J. S. Mulchaey, A. Dressler, and A. Oemler (Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories, http://www.ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/series/symposium3/proceedings.html)
Rieke, G. H. et al. 2003, On-Orbit Performance of the Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF, BAAS, 203, 2204
Hinz, J. L., McCarthy, D. W., Jr., Simons, D. A., Henry, T. J., Kirkpatrick, J. D., McGuire, P. C., 2001, A Near-Infrared Wide-Field Proper Motion Search for Brown Dwarfs, BAAS, 198, #69.04
Carvano, J. M., McCarthy, D. W., Binzel, R., Drummond, J., Gaffey, M., Hege, K., Lebofsky, L., Thomas, P., Wells, E., Zellner, B., Storr, A., & Hinz, J., 2000, Mineralogical Mapping of Asteroid 4 Vesta with HST/NICMOS: First Results, AAS DPS Meeting #32, #08.05
Hinz, J. L., Rix, H.-W., & Bernstein, G., 1999, Tully-Fisher Relation in S0 Galaxies, BAAS, 193, #106.03
McCarthy, D. W., Ge, J., Hinz, J. L., Finn, R. A., Low, F. J., Cheselka, M., & Salvestrini, K.A., 1999, Wide-Field Camera for 1-2.5 micron Imaging at the 2.3 and 6.5m Telescopes, BAAS, 193, #11.09
McCarthy, D., Burge, J., Angel, J., Ge. J., FitzPatrick, B., Sarlot, R., & Hinz, J., 1998, ARIES: Arizona Infrared Imager and Echelle Spectrograph, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 3354, Infrared Astronomical Instrumentation
Eggers, D., Shaffer, D. B., Weistrop, D., Cruzen, S., Harvey, V., Hoopes, C., King, J., Johnson, J., & Smith, J., 1997, Optical Variability of Radio-Bright PG Quasars, BAAS, 191, #103.01
Smith, J., Steinberg, J. T., & Lazarus, A. J., 1996, WIND SWE Observations of Helium Enhancements during the Magnetic Cloud Event of Oct 18-20, 1995, D0.1-0061, COSPAR Conference
Weistrop, D., Shaffer, D. B., Cruzen, S., Harvey, V., Hoopes, C., Johnson, J., & Smith, J., 1995, Optical Variability of Radio-Bright PG Quasars, BAAS, 187, #84.04
GRANTS
Co-I, Spitzer GO Cycle 6 (Warm): van Zee et al., Faint Stellar Distributions in Extended HI Disks
Co-PI, Spitzer Warm Mission Science Exploration Proposal Cycle 6: Sheth et al., The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)
Co-I, Herschel Key Project, Kennicutt et al., Key Insights on Nearby Galaxies - A Far-Infrared Survey With Herschel (KINGFISH)
PI, Spitzer DDT Cycle 5: Hinz et al., MIPS Imaging of M31
Co-I, Spitzer GO Cycle 5: Finn et al., Probing Gas Stripping in Low-Redshift Groups and Clusters using Wide-Area 24um Imaging
Co-I, Spitzer GO Cycle 2: Finn et al., Integrated H-alpha and Far Infrared Star Formation Rates of High Redshift Galaxy
Co-I, Spitzer GO Cycle 2: Yusef-Zadeh et al., A Large-scale Survey of the Galactic Center at 24 microns
Co-I, Spitzer GO Cycle 1: Barmby et al., A Complete IRAC Map of M31
RECENT TALKS
September 2009: A Study in Scarlet: The Spitzer Space Telescope View of the Tr\iangulum Galaxy, Steward Observatory Public Evening Series, Tucson
April 2009: A Study In Scarlet: The Spitzer Space Telescope View of the Triangulum Galaxy, Peyton Nalle Rhodes Physics Lecture, Rhodes College, Memphis
February 2009: The Spitzer View of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Invited Seminar, Victoria
August 2008: KINGFISH Imaging Team Presentation, Herschel Science Center Open Time Key Program Mini-Workshop, Pasadena
August 2008: Conference Summary of Second Generation Science with the LBT, Steward/NOAO Galaxy Group, Tucson
December 2007: The Spatial Distribution of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies, 4th Spitzer Science Center Conference: The Evolving ISM in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies, Pasadena
October 2007: The Spatial Distribution of Cold Dust in Nearby Galaxies, Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks Conference, Rome
October 2006: Spitzer Observations of Dwarfs and Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, University of Virginia/NRAO TUNA Talk, Charlottesville
September 2006: MIPS Observations of the Galactic Center, Steward/NOAO Galaxy Group, Tucson
June 2006: Dynamics of Luminous IR Galaxies, The First MMTO Science Symposium, Tucson
January 2006: Cold Dust in the Dwarf Galaxy UGC 10445, NOAO Friday Scientific Lunch Talk, Tucson
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/COMMUNITY SERVICE
Fall 2007-present: Co-Organizer, Steward Observatory / NOAO Galaxy Group
June 2007-present: Committee Member, AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
Fall 2003-Spring 2006: Commissioner on the University of Arizona Commission on the Status of Women: Chair, Childcare Workgroup
Fall 2003-present: Member, Association for Women Faculty
Spring 2002-present: Associate Editor, STATUS Newsletter
2003-present: Referee for ApJ and AJ
Spring 2003-present: Full member, American Astronomical Society
TEACHING/OUTREACH EXPERIENCE
Spring 2001 & 2004: Organized and conducted outreach activities for Daughter's Day at Work, University of Arizona
Fall 1999: Completed Learner-Centered Teaching course administered by the University Teaching Center
Fall 1999: Voluntary Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor for introductory astronomy course, University of Arizona
Summer 1998-2002: Teenage Astronomy Camp Counselor and Guest Speaker, University of Arizona Alumni Association
Summer 1997: Instructional Specialist for introductory astronomy lab, University of Arizona
Fall 1996 & Spring 1997: Teaching Assistant for introductory astronomy lab, Arizona State University