Curriculum Vitae

Jean-Pierre Caillault

Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
706-542-2883
E-mail: jpc@akbar.physast.uga.edu

Education:

Ph.D. (Astronomy),Columbia University, 1985
Advisor: Dr. David Helfand
Dissertation: "Observations of Coronal X-Ray Sources and An Analysis of the Stellar Contribution to the Soft X-Ray Background."
M.A. (Astronomy), Columbia University, 1981
B.A. (Astrophysics), Columbia University, 1980

Experience:

Graduate Coordinator
Physics and Astronomy Department, The University of Georgia, 1998 - 2001.
Professor of Astronomy
Physics and Astronomy Department, The University of Georgia, 1997 - present.
Associate Professor of Astronomy
Physics and Astronomy Department, The University of Georgia, 1992 - 1997.
Assistant Professor of Astronomy
Physics and Astronomy Department, The University of Georgia, 1987 - 1992.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, 1985-1987. Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Linsky
Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 1982-1985.
Faculty Fellowship
Department of Astronomy, Columbia University, 1980-1982.

Professional Societies:

American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union

Publications:

Books Edited

1. "The Eighth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun," ed. Jean-Pierre Caillault, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, 64, 743 pages (1994)

Popular Articles

1."New Stars in Orion," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Astronomy Magazine, November, 40-45 (1994)

Review Articles

1. "Stellar Clusters and Star-Forming Regions," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in The Soft X-Ray Cosmos, eds. Eric M. Schlegel and Robert Petre, (AIP:New York), 7-15 (1994)

2. "ROSAT Observations of Stellar Clusters," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in Roentgenstrahlung from the Universe, eds. J. Truemper and U. Zimmermann, (MPE Report 263), 1-4 (1996)

3. "ROSAT Observations of Stellar Clusters," Jean-Pierre Caillault, in Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R. Pallavicini and A. Dupree, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, Vol. 109, 325-334 (1996)

4. "The ROSAT Field Sources - What are they?," J.-P. Caillault, C. Briceno, E.L. Martin, F. Palla, and R. Wichmann, in Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun, eds. R.A. Donahue and J.A. Bookbinder, Astron. Soc. Pac. Conference Series, Vol. 154, 237-256 (1998)

Refereed Journal Articles

1. "An Unbiased Survey of Field Star X-Ray Emission," David J. Helfand and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 253, 760-767 (1982)

2. "EINSTEIN Observations of BY Draconis Variables and RS CVn Binaries," Jean-Pierre Caillault, AJ, 87, 558-562 (1982)

3. "The EINSTEIN Soft X-Ray Survey of the Pleiades," Jean-Pierre Caillault and David J. Helfand, ApJ, 289, 279-299 (1985)

4. "The Peculiar X-Ray and Radio Star AS431," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Gary A. Chanan, David J. Helfand, Joseph Patterson, John Nousek, Leo O. Takalo, Gregory D. Bothun and Robert H. Becker, Nature, 313, 376-378 (1985)

5. "X-Ray Selected M-Dwarfs and the Diffuse X-Ray Background," Jean-Pierre Caillault, David J. Helfand, John A. Nousek and Leo O. Takalo, ApJ, 304, 318-325 (1986)

6. "EINSTEIN Observations of the Soft X-Ray Background Close to the Galactic Plane," Steven M. Kahn and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 305, 526-533 (1986)

7. "Simultaneous EXOSAT and VLA Observations of the Contact Binaries VW Cep and XY Leo: Quiescent Emission and a Flare on VW Cep," Osmi Vilhu, Jean-Pierre Caillault and John Heise, ApJ, 330, 922-927 (1988)

8. "A VLA Survey of BY Draconis Variables," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Stephen Drake and David Florkowski, AJ, 95, 887-893 (1988)

9. "VLA Observations of the X-Ray Bright Hyades M-Dwarfs," Jean-Pierre Caillault, AJ, 97, 163-165 (1989)

10. "Detection of a Dozen X-Ray Emitting Main Sequence B6-A3 Stars in Orion," Jean-Pierre Caillault and Saeid Zoonematkermani, ApJ, 338, L57-L60 (1989)

11. "Photometric Study and Analysis of the Contact Binary RW Dor," Janusz Kaluzny and Jean-Pierre Caillault, Acta Astron., 39, 27-34 (1989)

12. "On the Mass-Radius Relation of Late M Dwarfs," Jean-Pierre Caillault and Joseph Patterson, AJ, 100, 825-829 (1990)

13. "A Search for T Tauri Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. I. IRAS Sources and CCD Imaging," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault and Lee Armus, ApJ, 357, 602-605 (1990)

14. "The M Dwarf Contribution to the Diffuse Soft X-Ray Background Revisited," Jean-Pierre Caillault, PASP, 102, 989-993 (1990)

15. "IUE Observations of Solar-Type Stars in the Pleiades and the Hyades," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Osmi Vilhu and Jeffrey L. Linsky, ApJ, 383, 594-601 (1991)

16. "Rapid Oscillations in Cataclysmic Variables. VIII. YY Draconis (=3A1148+719)," J. Patterson, D.A. Schwartz, J.P. Pye, W.P. Blair, G.A. Williams and J.-P. Caillault, ApJ, 392, 233-242 (1992)

17. "Radio Light Curves of V471 Tauri," Joseph Patterson, Jean-Pierre Caillault and David R. Skillman, PASP, 105, 848-852 (1993)

18. "An EINSTEIN Survey of the 1 keV Soft X-Ray Background in the Galactic Plane," John M. Stanford and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 424, 671-687 (1994)

19. "A Deep Imaging Survey of the Pleiades with ROSAT," J.R. Stauffer, J.-P. Caillault, M. Gagné, C.F. Prosser and L.W. Hartmann, ApJS, 91, 625-657 (1994)

20. "ROSAT HRI Observations of Hot Stars in the Orion Nebula," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Marc Gagné and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 432, 386-391 (1994)

21. "The Complete EINSTEIN Observatory Survey of the Orion Nebula Region," Marc Gagné and Jean-Pierre Caillault, ApJ, 437, 361-383 (1994)

22. "A Search for T Tauri Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. II The IRAS Faint Source Survey Catalog," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault, Ari Buchalter and C. A. Beichman, ApJS, 96, 159-173 (1995)

23. "A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. III. A Survey of the EINSTEIN Database," Jean-Pierre Caillault, Loris Magnani and Chris Fryer, ApJ, 441, 261-269 (1995)

24. "Deep ROSAT HRI Observations of the Orion Nebula Region," Marc Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 445, 280-313 (1995)

25. "Spectral and Temporal Characteristics of X-Ray Bright Stars in the Pleiades," Marc Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 450, 217-232 (1995)

26. "An X-Ray Survey of the Open Cluster NGC6475 (M7) with ROSAT," Charles F. Prosser, John R. Stauffer, J.-P. Caillault, Suchitra Balachandran, Robert A. Stern and Sofia Randich, AJ, 110, 1229-1247 (1995)

27. "Near-Contact Binary Systems in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey," J. Scott Shaw, Jean-Pierre Caillault, and J.H.M.M. Schmitt, ApJ, 461, 951-955 (1996)

28. "A Search for Star Formation in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. IV. The Translucent Cloud MBM40," Loris Magnani, Jean-Pierre Caillault, Thomas Hearty, John Stauffer, J.H.M.M. Schmitt, Ralph Neuhauser, Frances Verter, and Eli Dwek, ApJ, 465, 825-839 (1996)

29. "X-Ray Surveys and the Post-T Tauri Problem," César Briceno, Lee W. Hartmann, John R. Stauffer, Marc Gagné, Robert A. Stern, and Jean-Pierre Caillault, AJ, 113, 740-751 (1997)

30. "Periodic X-Ray Emission from the O7 V Star Theta-1 Ori C," Marc Gagné, Jean-Pierre Caillault, John Stauffer, and Jeffrey L. Linsky, ApJ, 478, L87-90 (1997)

31. "A Search for Star Formation in the Translucent Clouds MBM7 & MBM55," T. Hearty, L. Magnani, J.-P. Caillault, R. Neuhauser, J.H.M.M. Schmitt, and J. Stauffer, A&A, 341, 163-173 (1999)

32. "Deep ROSAT HRI Observations of the Pleiades," G. Micela, S. Sciortino, F.R. Harnden, Jr., V. Kashyap, R. Rosner, C.F. Prosser, F. Damiani, J. Stauffer, and J.-P. Caillault, A&A, 341, 751-771 (1999)

33. "The Age of Beta Pictoris," David Barrado y Navascues, John R. Stauffer, Inseok Song, and J.-P. Caillault, ApJ, 520, L123-126 (1999)

34. "Ages of Late Spectral Type Vega-like Stars," Inseok Song, J.-P. Caillault, David Barrado y Navascues, John R. Stauffer, and Sofia Randich, ApJ, 533, L41-44 (2000)

35. "Ages of A-type Vega-like Stars from uvbyBeta Photometry," Inseok Song, J.-P. Caillault, David Barrado y Navascues, and John R. Stauffer, ApJ, 546, 352-357 (2001)