A&S CURRICULUM VITAE (Faculty)

NAME

Michael Sean Brotherton

ADDRESS PHONE

University of Wyoming work: (307) 766-5402

EDUCATION

1996 Ph. D., University of Texas, Austin, TX.

1992 M. S., University of Texas, Austin, TX.

1990 B. S., Rice University, Houston, TX.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Years (2002-present) Assistant/Associate Professor, Astronomy, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy,

University of Wyoming

Years (1999-2002) Research Associate, Astronomy, Kitt Peak National Observatory,

National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ

Years (1996-1999) Postdoctoral Fellow, Astronomy, Institute for Geophysics and

Planetary Physics, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION

60 % Teaching 30 % Research 5 % Service % Admin 5 % Advising

TEACHING

Year Semester Course No./Title Cr. Hrs. Enrollment

2002 Fall 1050 - Survey of Astronomy 4 63

2002 Fall 1050 - Survey of Astronomy 4 61

2003 Spring 5460 - Galac, Struc. & Evol.; Cosmology 3 6

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS

In Preparation:

Brotherton, M. S., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Telis, G., &

White, R. L., X-rays from Radio-loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Astrophysical Journal, refereed

Under Review:

Shields, G. A., Gebhardt, K., Salviander, S., Wills, B. J., Xie, B., Brotherton, M. S.,

Yuan, J., & Dietrich, M., 2003, The Black Hole-Bulge Relationship in QSOs , to be

published in The Astrophysical Journal., refereed

PUBLISHED WORKS

Books:

Mike Brotherton, 2003, Star Dragons, Tor

Refereed Journal Articles:

Brotherton, M. S., Ly, C., Wills, B. J., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., van

Breugel, W., & Antonucci, R. R. J., 2002, Multiband VLA Observations of

the Faint Radio Core of 3CR 68.1, The Astronomical Journal, 124, 1943-1947

Yuan, Q., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Tripp, T. M., Kaiser, M. E., &

Kriss, G. A., 2002, Associated Absorption Lines in the Radio-loud Quasar

3C 351: Far-Ultraviolet Echelle Spectroscopy from the Hubble Space

Telescope, Astrophysical Journal, 575, 687-696

Brotherton, M. S., Grabelsky, M., Canalizo, G., van Breugel, W.,

Filippenko, A. V., Croom, S., Boyle, B., & Shanks, T., 2002, Hubble Space

Telescope Imaging of the Poststarburst Quasar UN J1025-0040: Evidence for

Recent Star Formation, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the

Pacific, 114, 593-601

Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Shanks, T.,

Croom, S. M., Miller, L., & Becker, R. H., 2002, Erratum: ``Discovery of

Radio-Loud Broad Absorption Line Quasars Using Ultraviolet Excess and Deep

Radio Selection'', Astrophysical Journal, 571, L191-L191

Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Oegerle, W., Kaiser, M. E.,

Zheng, W., & Hutchings, J. B., 2002, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic

Explorer Observations of the Seyfert 1.5 Galaxy NGC 5548 in a Low State,

Astrophysical Journal, 565, 800-807

Gregg, M. D., Lacy, M., White, R. L., Glikman, E., Helfand, D., Becker, R.

H., & Brotherton, M. S., 2002, The Reddest Quasars, Astrophysical

Journal, 564, 133-142

Brotherton, M. S., Croom, S. M., de Breuck, C., Becker, R. H., & Gregg, M.

D., 2002, The twice-overlooked, second Fanaroff-Riley II broad absorption

line quasar LBQS 1138-0126., Astron. J., 124, 2575-2580

Arav, N., de Kool, M., Korista, K. T., Crenshaw, D. M., van Breugel, W.,

Brotherton, M., Green, R. F., Pettini, M., Wills, B., de Vries, W., Becker,

B., Brandt, W. N., Green, P., Junkkarinen, V. T., Koratkar, A., Laor, A.,

Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Mathur, S., & Murray, N., 2001, HST STIS

Observations of PG 0946+301: The Highest Quality UV Spectrum of a BALQSO,

Astrophysical Journal, 561, 118-130

Zheng, W., Kriss, G. A., Wang, J. X., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W. R.,

Blair, W. P., Davidsen, A. F., Green, R. F., Hutchings, J. B., & Kaiser, M.

E., 2001, Ultraviolet Broad Absorption Features and the Spectral Energy

Distribution of the Quasar PG 1351+64, Astrophysical Journal, 562,

152-159

Hutchings, J. B., Kriss, G. A., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Kaiser, M.

E., Koratkar, A. P., & Zheng, W., 2001, Evidence for an Accelerating Wind

as the Broad-Line Region in NGC 3516, Astrophysical Journal, 559,

173-180

Becker, R. H., White, R. L., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,

Brotherton, M. S., Impey, C. D., Chaffee, F. H., Richards, G. T., Helfand,

D. J., Lacy, M., Courbin, F., & Proctor, D. D., 2001, The FIRST Bright

Quasar Survey. III. The South Galactic Cap, Astrophysical Journal

Supplement Series, 135, 227-262

Leonard, D. C., Filippenko, A. V., Ardila, D. R., & Brotherton, M. S.,

2001, Is It Round? Spectropolarimetry of the Type II-p Supernova 1999EM,

Astrophysical Journal, 553, 861-885

Brotherton, M. S., Arav, N., Becker, R. H., Tran, H. D., Gregg, M. D.,

White, R. L., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., & Hack, W., 2001, QSO 2359-1241:

A Bright, Highly Polarized, Radio-moderate, Reddened, Low-Ionization Broad

Absorption Line Quasar, Astrophysical Journal, 546, 134-139

Arav, N., Brotherton, M. S., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., White, R. L.,

Price, T., & Hack, W., 2001, The Intrinsic Absorber in QSO 2359-1241:

Keck and HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE Observations, Astrophysical Journal, 546,

140-149

Brotherton, M. S., Tran, H. D., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D.,

Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., & White, R. L., 2001, Composite Spectra from

the FIRST Bright Quasar Survey, Astrophysical Journal, 546, 775-781

Najita, J., Dey, A., & Brotherton, M., 2000, Red Quasars and Quasar

Evolution: The Case of BAL QSO FIRST J155633.8+351758, The Astronomical

Journal, 120, 2859-2867

Gregg, M. D., Becker, R. H., Brotherton, M. S., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,

Lacy, M., & White, R. L., 2000, Discovery of a Classic FR II Broad

Absorption Line Quasar from the FIRST Survey, Astrophysical Journal, 544,

142-149

Kriss, G. A., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W., Sembach, K. R.,

Davidsen, A. F., Friedman, S. D., Kaiser, M. E., Zheng, W., Woodgate, B.,

Hutchings, J., Shull, J. M., & York, D. G., 2000, Far Ultraviolet

Spectroscopic Explorer Observations of Intrinsic Absorption in the Seyfert

1 Galaxy Markarian 509, Astrophysical Journal, 538, L17-L21

Becker, R. H., White, R. L., Gregg, M. D., Brotherton, M. S.,

Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., & Arav, N., 2000, Properties of Radio-selected

Broad Absorption Line Quasars from the First Bright Quasar Survey,

Astrophysical Journal, 538, 72-82

Gregg, M. D., Wisotzki, L., Becker, R. H., Maza, J. ;. P. L., White, R. L.,

Brotherton, M. S., & Winn, J. N., 2000, A Close-Separation Double Quasar

Lensed by a Gas-rich Galaxy, The Astronomical Journal, 119, 2535-2539

Brinkmann, W., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Voges, W., Siebert, J., Becker,

R. H., Brotherton, M. S., White, R. L., & Gregg, M. D., 2000, Radio and

X-ray bright AGN: the ROSAT - FIRST correlation, Astronomy and

Astrophysics, 356, 445-462

Mathur, S., Green, P. J., Arav, N., Brotherton, M., Crenshaw, M., deKool,

M., Elvis, M., Goodrich, R. W., Hamann, F., Hines, D. C., Kashyap, V.,

Korista, K., Peterson, B. M., Shields, J. C., Shlosman, I., van Breugel,

W., & Voit, M., 2000, Thomson Thick X-Ray Absorption in a Broad

Absorption Line Quasar, PG 0946+301, Astrophysical Journal, 533, L79-L82

White, R. L., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,

Brotherton, M. S., Impey, C. D., Petry, C. E., Foltz, C. B., Chaffee, F.

H., Richards, G. T., Oegerle, W. R., Helfand, D. J., McMahon, R. G., &

Cabanela, J. E., 2000, The FIRST Bright Quasar Survey. II. 60 Nights and

1200 Spectra Later, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 126,

133-207

Canalizo, G., Stockton, A., Brotherton, M. S., & van Breugel, W., 2000, A

Companion Galaxy to the Poststarburst Quasar UN J1025-0040, The

Astronomical Journal, 119, 59-62

Arav, N., Becker, R. H., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Gregg, M. D., White, R.

L., Brotherton, M. S., & de Kool, M., 1999, What Determines the Depth of

Broad Absorption Lines? Keck HIRES Observations of BALQSO 1603+3002,

Astrophysical Journal, 524, 566-571

Barth, A. J., Tran, H. D., Brotherton, M. S., Filippenko, A. V., Ho, L. C.,

van Breugel, W., Antonucci, R., & Goodrich, R. W., 1999, Polarized

Narrow-Line Emission from the Nucleus of NGC 4258, The Astronomical

Journal, 118, 1609-1617

Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Stanford, S. A., Smith, R. J., Boyle,

B. J., Miller, L., Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., & Filippenko, A. V., 1999, A

Spectacular Poststarburst Quasar, Astrophysical Journal, 520, L87-L90

Tran, H. D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., van Breugel, W., Dey, A.,

Stern, D., & Antonucci, R., 1999, A Polarimetric Search for Hidden

Quasars in Three Radio-selected Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies,

Astrophysical Journal, 516, 85-96

Wills, B. J., Laor, A., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Wilkes, B. J.,

Ferland, G. J., & Shang, Z., 1999, The PG X-Ray QSO Sample: Links between

the Ultraviolet-X-Ray Continuum and Emission Lines, Astrophysical Journal,

515, L53-L56

Brotherton, M. S., Gregg, M. D., Becker, R. H., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,

White, R. L., & Stanford, S. A., 1999, Discovery of a

Radio-loud/Radio-quiet Binary Quasar, Astrophysical Journal, 514,

L61-L64

Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Shanks, T.,

Croom, S. M., Miller, L., & Becker, R. H., 1998, Discovery of Radio-Loud

Broad Absorption Line Quasars Using Ultraviolet Excess and Deep Radio

Selection, Astrophysical Journal, 505, L7-L10

Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Dey, A., van Breugel, W., & Antonucci, R.,

1998, Spectropolarimetry of 3CR 68.1: A Highly Inclined Quasar,

Astrophysical Journal, 501, 110-118

De Breuck, C., Brotherton, M. S., Tran, H. D., van Breugel, W., &

Rottgering, H. J. A., 1998, Discovery of an Ultra-Steep-Spectrum, Highly

Polarized Red Quasar at Z = 1.462, The Astronomical Journal, 116, 13-19

Brotherton, M. S., Tran, H. D., van Breugel, W., Dey, A., & Antonucci, R.,

1997, Spectropolarimetry of FIRST Broad Absorption Line Quasars,

Astrophysical Journal, 487, L113-L116

Clocchiatti, A., Wheeler, J. C., Brotherton, M. S., Cochran, A. L., Wills,

D., Barker, E. S., & Turatto, M., 1996, SN 1994I: Disentangling He I

Lines in Type IC Supernovae, Astrophysical Journal, 462, 462

Maoz, D., Ofek, E. O., Shemi, A., Barth, A. J., Filippenko, A. V.,

Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Wills, D., & Lockman, F. J., 1996,

Optical identification of quasar 0917+7122 in the direction of an

extreme-ultraviolet source., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 308, 511-513

Clocchiatti, A., Benetti, S., Wheeler, J. C., Wren, W., Boisseau, J.,

Cappellaro, E., Turatto, M., Patat, F., Swartz, D. A., Harkness, R. P.,

Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B., Hemenway, P., Cornell, M., Frueh, M., &

Kaiser, M. B., 1996, A Study of SN 1992H in NGC 5377, Astronomical

Journal, 111, 1286

Brotherton, M. S., 1996, The Profiles of H beta and [O III] lambda 5007

in Radio-loud Quasars, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 102, 1-30

Wills, B. J. & Brotherton, M. S., 1995, An Improved Measure of Quasar

Orientation, Astrophysical Journal, 448, L81-L84

Netzer, H., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Han, M., Wills, D., Baldwin,

J. A., Ferland, G. J., & Browne, I. W. A., 1995, The Hubble Space

Telescope Sample of Radio-loud Quasars: The Ly alpha /H beta Ratio,

Astrophysical Journal, 448, 27

Wills, B. J., Thompson, K. L., Han, M., Netzer, H., Wills, D., Baldwin, J.

A., Ferland, G. J., Browne, I. W. A., & Brotherton, M. S., 1995, Hubble

Space Telescope Sample of Radio-loud Quasars: Ultraviolet Spectra of the

First 31 Quasars, Astrophysical Journal, 447, 139

Wheeler, J. C., Harkness, R. P., Clocchiatti, A., Benetti, S., Brotherton,

M. S., Depoy, D. L., & Elias, J., 1994, SN 1994I in M51 and the nature of

type IBC supernovae, Astrophysical Journal, 436, L135-L138

Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Francis, P. J., & Steidel, C. C., 1994,

The intermediate line region of QSOs, Astrophysical Journal, 430,

495-504

Netzer, H., Kazanas, D., Wills, B. J., Wills, D., Mingsheng, H.,

Brotherton, M. S., Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., & Browne, I. W. A.,

1994, The optical-ultraviolet-gamma-ray spectrum of 3C 279, Astrophysical

Journal, 430, 191-195

Peterson, B. M., Berlind, P., Bertram, R., Bochkarev, N. G., Bond, D.,

Brotherton, M. S., Busler, J. R., Chuvaev, K. K., Cohen, R. D., Dietrich,

M., Elvis, M., Filippenko, A. V., Foltz, C. B., Garnavich, P. M., Ho, L.

C., Horine, E., Horne, K., Huchra, J. P., Kollatschny, W., Korista, K. T.,

Malkan, M. A., Matheson, T., Mignoli, M., Morris, S. L., Nazarova, L.,

Penfold, J., Peters, J., Pogge, R. W., Pronik, V. I., Rush, B., Sergeev, S.

G., Shapovalova, A. I., Shields, J. C., Stirpe, G. M., Tokarz, S., Wagner,

R. M., Weymann, R. J., White, R. J., Wilkes, B. J., Wills, D., Wills, B.

J., Winge, C., & Younger, P. F., 1994, Steps toward determination of the

size and structure of the broad-line region in active nuclei. 7: Variability of the optical

spectrum of NGC 5548 over years, Astrophysical Journal, 425, 622-634

Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Steidel, C. C., & Sargent, W. L. W.,

1994, Statistics of QSO broad emission-line profiles. 2: The C IV

lambda 1549, C III] lambda1909, and Mg II lambda 2798 lines,

Astrophysical Journal, 423, 131-142

Shrader, C. R., Webb, J. R., Balonek, T. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B.

J., Wills, D., Godlin, S. D., Smith, A. G., & McCollum, B., 1994, Optical

and ultraviolet observations of 3C 279 during outburst, Astronomical

Journal, 107, 904-909

Brotherton, M. S. & Wills, B. J., 1993, A New Interpretation of Broad

Emission Line Widths in High Luminosity AGNs, Revista Mexicana de

Astronomia y Astrofisica, vol. 27, 27, 223

Wills, B. J., Netzer, H., Brotherton, M. S., Han, M., Wills, D., Baldwin,

J. A., Ferland, G. J., & Browne, I. W. A., 1993, McDonald Observatory -

Hubble Space Telescope spectroscopy of the narrow line region of high

luminosity active galactic nuclei., Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y

Astrofisica, 27, 225-226

Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Fang, D., Steidel, C. C., & Sargent, W. L.

W., 1993, Statistics of QSO Broad Emission-Line Profiles. I. The C IV

lambda 1549 Line and the lambda 1400 Feature, Astrophysical Journal, 415, 563

Wills, B. J., Netzer, H., Brotherton, M. S., Han, M., Wills, D., Baldwin,

J. A., Ferland, G. J., & Browne, I. W. A., 1993, The narrow-line region

of high-luminosity active galactic nuclei, Astrophysical Journal, 410,

534-542

Non-Refereed Proceedings/Transactions:

Brotherton, M. S., 2002, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

Observations of NGC 5548 in a Low State, In: Mass Outflow in Active

Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 255.

(Edited by D. M. Crenshaw, S. B. Kraemer, and I. M. George), Astronomical Society

of the Pacific (San Francisco), 127

Brotherton, M. S., 2002, Radio-Selected Broad Absorption Line Quasars,

In: Mass Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives, ASP

Conference Proceedings, Vol. 255. Edited by D. M. Crenshaw, S. B. Kraemer,

and I. M. George. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2002., 157

Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M., Laor, A., Wills, D., Wilkes, B. J., Ferland,

G. J., & Shang, Z., 1999, The PG X-Ray QSO sample: Links between the

UV-X-Ray Continuum and Emission Lines, In: Quasars and Cosmology, ASP

Conference Series 162, Edited by Gary Ferland and Jack Baldwin.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (San Francisco), 373

Brotherton, M. S. & Francis, P. J., 1999, The Intermediate Line Region

and the Baldwin Effect, In: Quasars and Cosmology, ASP Conference Series

162, Edited by Gary Ferland and Jack Baldwin. Astronomical Society of the

Pacific (San Francisco), 395

Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Laor, A., Wills, D., Wilkes, B. J., &

Ferland, G. J., 1999, The PG X-ray QSO Sample: Links among X-ray, UV &

Optical Spectra, In: Structure and Kinematics of Quasar Broad Line

Regions, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 175. Ed. C. M. Gaskell, W. N.

Brandt, M. Dietrich, D. Dultzin-Hacyan, and M. Eracleous, 241

Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Dey, A., & Antonucci, R., 1997,

Spectropolarimetry of FIRST 0840+3633, In: Mass Ejection from Active

Galactic Nuclei; ASP Conference Series; Vol. 128; 1997; ed. N. Arav ; I.

Shlosman ; and R. J. Weymann, 84

Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Baldwin, J.

A., Carswell, R. F., Browne, I. W. A., Netzer, H., & Francis, P. J., 1997,

The HST Sample of Radio-Loud Quasars: Emission Lines from Ly-alpha to

H-Beta, In: Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques;

IAU Colloquium 159. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

#113; Proceedings of a meeting held in Shanghai; People's Republic of

China; 17-20 June 1996; San Francisco: edited by Bradley M. Peterson,

Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S. Wilson., 104

Brotherton, M. S., 1997, Near-IR Spectroscopy of High-z QSOs: Relating

the Broad and Narrow-Line Regions, In: Emission Lines in Active Galaxies:

New Methods and Techniques; IAU Colloquium 159. Astronomical Society of

the Pacific Conference Series #113; Proceedings of a meeting held in

Shanghai; People's Republic of China; 17-20 June 1996; San Francisco:

edited by Bradley M. Peterson, Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S. Wilson., 258

Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, B. J., Baldwin, J.

A., Carswell, R. F., Browne, I. W. A., & Netzer, H., 1997, The HST Sample

of Radio-Loud Quasars: Fell and Other Correlations, In: Emission Lines in

Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques; IAU Colloquium 159.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series #113; Proceedings of

a meeting held in Shanghai; People's Republic of China; 17-20 June 1996;

San Francisco: edited by Bradley M. Peterson, Fu-zhen Cheng, and Andrew S.

Wilson., 106

Wills, B. J. & Brotherton, M. S., 1996, Jets and QSO Spectra, In: Jets

from Stars and Galactic Nuclei. Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Bad

Honnef, Germany, 3 - 7 July 1995. Edited by Wolfgang Kundt.

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. Also Lecture Notes in Physics,

volume 471, 203

Wills, B. J., Fang, D., & Brotherton, M. S., 1992, Kinematic Axisymmetry

in QSOS, In: Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei. Proceedings of the

International Conference, held in Heidelberg, Germany, June 3-7, 1991.

Editors, W.J. Duschl, S.J. Wagner, Publisher, Springer-Verlag, Berlin,

Germany; New York, NY, 264

Other (e.g. lab texts, book reviews, technical reports, in-house reports):

Filippenko, A. V., Brotherton, M., & Nandra, P., 2002, Supernova 2002cw

in NGC 6700, IAU Circ., 7905, 4. Edited by Green, D. W. E.

Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Alexander, T., Kim, J.,

Zheng, W., Kaiser, M. E., Oegerle, W., & Hutchings, J., 2001, Big Blue

Bumps in AGN, American Astronomical Society Meeting 199, #138.01

Yuan, Q., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Kriss, G. A., Tripp, T. M., &

Kaiser, M. E., 2001, Associated Absorption Lines in the STIS Spectrum of

the Radio-Loud Quasar 3C351, American Astronomical Society Meeting 199,

#99.06

Grabelsky, M. A., Brotherton, M. S., Canalizo, G., Breugel, W., Croom, S.

M., Filippenko, A. V., Stockton, A., Smith, R. J., Boyle, B. J., Miller,

L., & Shanks, T., 2001, Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the

Post-starburst Quasar UN J1025-0040: ``Post''-starburst No More?, American

Astronomical Society Meeting 199, #43.03

Kaiser, M. E., Calvani, H., Kriss, G. A., Sembach, K. R., Friedman, S. D.,

Zheng, W., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Oegerle, W. R., Woodgate, B.,

Hutchings, J. B., Shull, J. M., & York, D. G., 2001, Intrinsic

Ultraviolet Absorption in Mrk 290, American Astronomical Society Meeting

199, #50.04

Brotherton, M. S., Green, R. F., Kriss, G. A., Zheng, W., Kaiser, M. E.,

Hutchings, J., & Oegerle, W., 2001, FUSE Observations of NGC 5548 in a

Low State, American Astronomical Society Meeting 198, #72.04

Kay, L. E., Moran, E. C., Filippenko, A. V., Barth, A. J., Leighly, K.,

Magalhatildes, A. M., Brotherton, M., & Becker, R., 2000, Seyfert 2 Galaxies:

Unification and the X-ray Background, American Astronomical Society

Meeting 197, #109.03

Kaiser, M. E., Kriss, G. A., Sembach, K. R., Oegerle, W. R., Davidsen, A.

F., Friedman, S. D., Zheng, W., Green, R. F., Brotherton, M., Woodgate, B.,

Hutchings, J. B., Shull, J. M., & York, D. G., 2000, Intrinsic

Ultraviolet Absorption in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 3783, American

Astronomical Society Meeting 197, #109.11

Mathur, S., Green, P., Otani, C., Shields, J., Hamann, F., Korista, K.,

Arav, N., DeKool, M., Elvis, M., Peterson, B., Crenshaw, M., Foltz, C.,

Goodrich, R., Hines, D., Mushotzky, R., Shlosman, I., van Breugel, W.,

Voit, M., & Brotherton, M., 1999, Deep ASCA Observation of a Typical

BALQSO PG0946+301, American Astronomical Society, 195th AAS Meeting,

#98.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.1516

Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S., White, R. L.,

Brotherton, M., & Helfand, D. J., 1999, The Discovery of a FIRST

Radio-loud FRII BAL Quasar, American Astronomical Society, 195th AAS

Meeting, #17.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31,

p.1398

Helfand, D. J., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S.,

Brotherton, M., & White, R. L., 1999, The FIRST Quasar Survey: Where's

the Bimodality in Radio Loudness?, American Astronomical Society, 195th

AAS Meeting, #17.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol.

31, p.1398

Kriss, G., Green, R., Brotherton, M., Davidsen, A., Friedman, S., Oegerle,

W., Kaiser, M. E., Zheng, W., Hutchings, J., Shull, M., Woodgate, B.,

Koratkar, A., & FUSE Science Team, 1999, Initial FUSE Results on Active

Galactic Nuclei, American Astronomical Society, 195th AAS Meeting, #06.17;

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.1376

Wills, B. J., Laor, A., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Shang, Z., Wilkes, B.

J., & Ferland, G. J., 1998, The PG X-ray QSO Sample: Ionizing Continuum

and Properties of the Fueling Gas, American Astronomical Society, 193rd

AAS Meeting, #107.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol.

30, p.1411

Tran, H. D., Brotherton, M. S., Stanford, S. A., van Breugel, W., Dey, A.,

Stern, D., & Antonucci, R., 1998, Hidden Quasars in Radio-Selected

Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies, American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS

Meeting, #107.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30,

p.1410

Becker, R. H., White, R. L., Gregg, M. D., Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A.,

Brotherton, M. S., Impey, C. D., Petry, C. E., Chaffee, F., Richards, G.,

Oegerle, W. R., Helfand, D. J., McMahon, R. G., & Cabanela, J. E., 1998,

The FIRST Bright Quasar Survey. II. 60 Nights and 1200 Spectra Later,

American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #107.02; Bulletin of the

American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1410

Laurent-Muehleisen, S. A., Becker, R. H., Gregg, M. D., Brotherton, M. S.,

White, R. L., & Helfand, D. J., 1998, The FBQS BL Lac Sample, American

Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #27.01; Bulletin of the American

Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1286

Brotherton, M. S., van Breugel, W., Stanford, S. A., Smith, R. J., Boyle,

B. J., Shanks, T., Croom, S. M., Miller, L., & Filippenko, A. V., 1998, A

Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar, American Astronomical Society, 193rd

AAS Meeting, #20.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol.

30, p.1280

Becker, R. H., Laurent-Muehleisen, S., Gregg, M., Brotherton, M., White, R.

L., Helfand, D. J., Chaffee, F., Impey, C., & Petry, C., 1998, The FIRST

Faint Quasar Survey, American Astronomical Society, 192nd AAS Meeting,

#11.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.831

Brotherton, M. S., 1995, The Nature of Quasar Emission Line Regions,

American Astronomical Society, 187th AAS Meeting, #119.03; Bulletin of the

American Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, p.1450

Thompson, K. L., Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Netzer, H.,

Baldwin, J. A., Carswell, R. F., & Ferland, G. J., 1995, Fe II Emission

as a Probe in Radio Loud Quasars, American Astronomical Society, 187th AAS

Meeting, #84.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, p.1411

Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Thompson, K. L., Netzer, H.,

Baldwin, J. A., Ferland, G. J., Carswell, R. F., & Han, M., 1994, HST --

Ground-based Spectrophotometry of a Quasar Sample: Emission Line Profiles,

Radio Emission, and Orientation?, American Astronomical Society, 185th AAS

Meeting, #19.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.1340

Brotherton, M. S., 1994, Hbeta and [O III] lambda 5007 Profiles in

Radio-loud Quasars, American Astronomical Society, 185th AAS Meeting,

#18.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.1339

Wills, B. J., Baldwin, J. A., Brotherton, M. S., Netzer, H., Ferland, G.

J., Wills, D., Browne, I. W. A., Carswell, R. F., & Han, M., 1994, HST

and Ground-Based Spectroscopy of High Luminosity AGNs, American

Astronomical Society, 184th AAS Meeting, #11.10; Bulletin of the American

Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.875

Brotherton, M. S. & Wills, B. J., 1994, The Intermediate Line Region of

QSOs, American Astronomical Society, 184th AAS Meeting, #60.03; Bulletin

of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.959

Clocchiatti, A., Brotherton, M., Harkness, R. P., Wheeler, J. C., Mikuz,

H., & Corwin, H., 1994, Supernova 1994I in NGC 5194, IAU Circ., 5972, 2.

Edited by Green, D. W. E.

Han, M., Wills, B. J., Brotherton, M. S., Wills, D., Baldwin, J. A.,

Netzer, H., Ferland, G. J., & Browne, I. W. A., 1993, The Broad Line

Region of Radio-loud Quasars: New Hubble Space Telescope & Ground-based

Spectroscopy, American Astronomical Society, 182nd AAS Meeting, #04.18;

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.792

Brotherton, M. S. & Wills, B. J., 1993, Emission Line Width: A Key

Observational Parameter in High Luminosity QSOs, American Astronomical

Society, 182nd AAS Meeting, #04.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical

Society, Vol. 25, p.791

CONTRACTS & GRANTS

Funded Projects as PI

Years (2002-2003) The Natural Occulting Disk and Host Galaxy of the Red BAL Quasar FIRST J1556+3517, Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), $26K.

Years (2001-2002) A Spectacular Post-Starburst Quasar and the AGN--Starburst Connection, Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), $26K.

Funded Projects as CoPI

Years (2002-2004) STIS/UV snapshot survey of bright AGN, PI is Nahum Arav (Colorado), Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA), my subcontract is $43K.

Pending Projects as PI

Years (2003-2004) X-rays from Extreme Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Patrick Hall CoPI, Chandra X-ray Observatory (NASA), $35K approved.

Years (2003-2004) X-rays from Extreme Broad Absorption Line Quasars, Patrick Hall CoPI, Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), $38K

Proposals not accepted as PI

Years (2002) Quasar Host Galaxies and Mutual Quasar/Galaxy Evolution, Research Corporation, $35K.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

1993-present, American Astronomical Society

1998, National Science Foundation Review Panel

2001, Chandra X-Ray Observatory Cycle 3 Review Panel

2003, Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 12 Review Panel

2002, Refereed 5 papers, for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters, the Astrophysical Journal, and the Astrophysical Journal Letters,

2001, Refereed 1 paper for the Astrophysical Journal Letters

2000, Refereed 2 papers, for the Astronomical Journal and the Astrophysical Journal

1999, Refereed 1 paper for the Astrophysical Journal Letters

1998, Refereed 1 paper for the Astrophysical Journal

1997, Refereed 3 papers, for the Astrophysical Journal and Astrophysical Journal Letters

PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONALMEETINGS/WORKSHOPS

2003, 201st American Astronomical Meeting, AAS, Seattle, WA

2002, FUSE Science Workshop, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

2002, 199th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Washington, DC

2001, Mass Outflow in Active Galactic Nuclei: New Perspectives, Catholic University,

Washington, DC

2001, 198th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Pasadena, CA

1999, 193rd American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Austin, TX

1998, Sixth Synthesis Imaging Summer School, NRAO, Socorro, NM

1998, Quasars as Standard Candles for Cosmology Workshop, CTIO, La Serena, Chile

1997, Mass Ejection from AGN Workshop, Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, CA

1996, IAU Colloquium 159, Emission Lines in Active Galaxies: New Methods and Techniques, International Astronomical Union, Shanghai, China

1996, 187th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, San Antonio, TX

1995, 185th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Tucson, AZ

1994, The Analysis of Emission Lines, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD

1994, 184th American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Minneapolis, MN

1993, 182nd American Astronomical Society Meeting, AAS, Berkeley, CA

1993, 3rd Texas-Mexico Conference, University of Texas at Austin, TX

1991, 2nd Texas-Mexico Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX

COMMITTEES

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2002

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2002

STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

3 Current Undergraduate Advisees

Brian Scoggins

Josh Spinlar

Justin Schaeffer

5 Previous Undergraduate Students

Chun Ly - 2000-2002

Gisela Telis - 2002

Matthew Grabelsky - 2001

Tony Barletta - 2000

Anthony de la Cerda - 1998

OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2003, Sponsoring Qirong Yuan (PhD) to visit WY from Nanjing, China this summer

2003, Sponsoring High School Teacher Jerome Taylor to visit WY this summer