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PUBLICATION LIST – LUCAS M. MACRI REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Updated 17-Oct-2017. Students mentored by L. Macri are underlined (22 publications).

Published

91. Observations of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source by the TOROS collaboration. M. Díaz, L. Macri, et al., ApJL 848, 29 (2017)

90. Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger. B. Abbott et al. (including L. Macri). ApJL 848, 12 (2017)

89. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. V. Period-Luminosity Relations of Miras. W. Yuan, L. Macri, et al., AJ 154, 149 (2017)

88. 2MTF VI. Measuring the velocity power spectrum. C. Howlett, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS 471, 3135 (2017) 87. Monitoring Extreme Yellow Massive Stars in M33: New Yellow Hypergiant Candidates. Kourniotis et al. (including W. Yuan & L. Macri), A&A 601, A76 (2017)

86. The M33 Synoptic Stellar Survey. II. Mira Variables. W. Yuan, S. He, L. Macri et al., AJ 153, 170 (2017)

85. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. IV. Leavitt Laws for Type II Cepheid Variables A. Bhardwaj, L. Macri, M. Rejkuba, et al., AJ 153, 154 (2017)

84. Period estimation for sparsely-sampled quasi-periodic functions applied to Mira variables. S. He, W. Yuan et al. (including L. Macri), AJ, 152, 164 (2016)

83. Optical identification of Cepheids in19 host galaxies of type Ia supernovae and NGC 4258 with the Hubble Space Telescope. S. Hoffmann, L. Macri, et al. (including W. Yuan), ApJ, 830, 1 (2016)

82. GW150914: First search for the electromagnetic counterpart of a gravitational-wave event by TOROS. M. Díaz, et al. (including L. Macri, R. Oelkers & W. Yuan), ApJL,828, 16 (2016)

81. A Wide-Field Search for Transiting Hot Jupiters and Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binaries in Young Stellar Associations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri, et al., AJ, 152, 75 (2016)

80. A 2.4% Determination of the Local Value of the Hubble Constant. A. Riess, L. Macri, et al (including W. Yuan)., ApJ, 826, 56 (2016)

79. Supplement: Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914. B. Abbott, et al. (including L. Macri & R. Oelkers), ApJS, 225, 8 (2016)

78. Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914. B. Abbott, et al. (including L. Macri & R. Oelkers), ApJL, 826, 13 (2016)

77. Stellar Variability and Flare Rates from Dome A, Antarctica, Using 2009 and 2010 CSTAR Observations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri, et al., AJ, 151, 166 (2016)

76. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. III. A Statistical Study of Non-Linearity in the Leavitt Laws. A. Bhardwaj, S. Kanbur, L. Macri, et al., MNRAS, 457, 1644 (2016)

75. SN2012cg: Evidence for Interaction Between a Normal Type Ia Supernova and a Non-Degenerate Binary Companion. H. Marion, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ, 820, 92 (2016)


74. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. II. The Wesenheit Relations and Their Application to the Distance Scale. A. Bhardwaj, S. Kanbur, L. Macri, et al., AJ, 151, 88 (2016)

73. 2MTF V. Cosmography, β, and the residual bulk flow. C. Springob, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 456, 1886 (2016)

72. The Cepheid distance to the maser-host galaxy NGC 4258: Studying systematics with the Large Binocular Telescope. M. Fausnaugh, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 450, 3597 (2015)

71. Cepheid variables in the maser-host galaxy NGC 4258. S. Hoffmann & L. Macri, AJ, 149, 183 (2015)

70. Detection of a Light Echo from the Otherwise Normal SN 2007af. D. Drozdov, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ, 805, 71 (2015)

69. Large Magellanic Cloud Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey. I. Cepheid variables and the calibration of the Leavitt Law. L. Macri, et al (including M. Smitka & S. Mahzooni)., AJ, 149, 117 (2015)

68. On the Variation of Fourier Parameters for Galactic and LMC Cepheids at Optical, Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared Wavelengths. A. Bhardwaj, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 447, 3342 (2015)

67. Difference Image Analysis of Defocused CSTAR observations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri et al., AJ, 149, 50 (2015)

66. Pulsations and Period Changes of the Non-Blazhko RR Lyrae Variable Y Oct Observed from Dome A. Z. Huang, et al. (including L. Macri & L. Wang), AJ, 149, 25 (2015)

65. 2MTF – IV. A bulk flow measurement of the local Universe. T. Hong, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 445, 402 (2014)

64. 2MTF – III. 21cm observations of 1194 spiral galaxies with the Green Bank Telescope. K. Masters, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 443, 1044 (2014)

63. A Direct Stellar Metallicity Determination in the Disk of the Maser Galaxy NGC 4258. R.-P. Kudritzki, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJL, 779, 20 (2013)

62. Photometry of Variable Stars from Dome A, Antarctica: Results from the 2010 Observing Season. L. Wang, L. Macri, et al., AJ, 146, 139 (2013)

61. A Machine Learning Approach to Cepheid Star Classification Using Data Alignment and Maximum Likelihood. R. Vilalta, K. Gupta & L. Macri, Astronomy & Computing, 2, 46 (2013)

60. 2MTF – II. New Parkes 21-cm observations of 303 southern galaxies. T. Hong, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 432, 1178 (2013)

59. Blending of Cepheids in M33. J. Chavez, A. Pellerin & L. Macri, AJ, 144, 113 (2012)

58. The 2MASS Redshift Survey - Description and Data Release. J. Huchra, L. Macri, et al., ApJS, 199, 26 (2012)

57. A Study of Cepheids in M81 with the Large Binocular Telescope Efficiently Calibrated with HST. J. Gerke, C. Kochanek, J.L. Prieto, K. Stanek & L. Macri, ApJ, 743, 176 (2011).

56. Photometry of Variable Stars from Dome A, Antarctica. L. Wang, L. Macri, et al., AJ, 142, 155 (2011)

55. The M33 Synoptic Stellar Survey. I. Cepheid variables. A. Pellerin & L. Macri, ApJS, 193, 26 (2011)

54. A 3% Solution: Determination of the Hubble Constant with the Hubble Space Telescope and Wide Field Camera 3. A. Riess, L. Macri, et al., ApJ, 730, 119 (2011).


53. The Distance to the Massive Eclipsing Binary LMC-SC1-105 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A Bonanos, N. Castro, L. Macri & R.-P. Kudritzki, ApJL, 729, 9 (2011).

52. Cepheid Calibrations of Modern Type Ia Supernovae: Implications for the Hubble Constant. A. Riess, L. Macri, et al., ApJS, 183, 109 (2009)

51. CfA3: 185 Type Ia Supernova Light Curves from the CfA. M. Hicken, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ, 700, 331 (2009)

50. A Redetermination of the Hubble Constant with the Hubble Space Telescope from a Differential Distance Ladder. A. Riess, L. Macri, et al., ApJ, 699, 539 (2009).

49. A 15.65-solar-mass black hole in an eclipsing binary in the nearby spiral galaxy M 33. J. Orosz, et al. (including L. Macri), Nature, 449, 872 (2007)

48. Groups of Galaxies in the Two-Micron All-Sky Redshift Survey. A. Crook, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ, 655, 790 (2007)

47. A New Cepheid Distance to the Maser-host Galaxy NGC 4258 and its Implications for the Hubble Constant. L. Macri, et al., ApJ, 652, 1133 (2006)

46. Reconstructed density and velocity fields from the 2MASS Redshift Survey. P. Erdogdu, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 373, 45 (2006)

45. The First DIRECT Distance Determination to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33. A. Bonanos, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ, 652, 313 (2006)

44. The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33. A. Bonanos, et al. (including L. Macri), Ap&SS, 304, 207 (2006)

43. The dipole anisotropy of the 2 Micron All-Sky Survey. P. Erdogdu, et al. (including L. Macri), MNRAS, 368, 1515 (2006)

42. UBVRI light curves of Type Ia supernovae. S. Jha, et al. (including L. Macri), AJ, 131, 527 (2006)

41. Discovery of nine quasars behind the Large Magellanic Cloud. A. Dobrzycki, L. Eyer, K. Stanek & L. Macri, A&A 442, 495 (2005)

40. The K-band luminosities of Galaxies: Do S0s come from spiral galaxies? D. Burstein, L. Ho, J. Huchra & L. Macri, ApJ, 621, 246 (2005)

39. The luminosity of SN 1999by in NGC 2841 and the Nature of “Peculiar'' Type Ia Supernovae. P. Garnavich, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 613, 1120 (2004)

38. DIRECT DEBs in M31 and M33. L. Macri, NewAR 48, 675 (2004)

37. New X-Ray Quasars behind the Small Magellanic Cloud. A. Dobrzycki, K. Stanek, L. Macri, & P. Groot, AJ 126, 734 (2003)

36. DIRECT Distances to Nearby Galaxies Using Detached Eclipsing Binaries and Cepheids. IX. Variables in the Field M31Y Discovered with Image Subtraction. A. Bonanos, et al. (including L. Macri), AJ 126, 175 (2003)

35. Clusters of Galaxies in the Local Universe. C. Kochanek, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 585, 161 (2003)

34. Variability-selected Quasars behind the Small Magellanic Cloud. A. Dobrzycki, L. Macri, K. Stanek & P. Groot, AJ 125, 1330 (2003)


33. Discovery of Four X-Ray Quasars behind the Large Magellanic Cloud. A. Dobrzycki, P. Groot, L. Macri & K. Stanek, ApJL 569, 15 (2002)

32. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 2841 Using the Hubble Space Telescope. L. Macri, P. Stetson, G. Bothun, W. Freedman, P. Garnavich, S. Jha, B. Madore & M. Richmond, ApJ, 559, 243 (2001)

31. Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant. W. Freedman, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 553, 47 (2001)

30. A Cepheid is no more: Hubble's V19 in M33. L. Macri, D. Sasselov & K. Stanek, ApJL 550, 159 (2001)

29. NICMOS observations of extragalactic Cepheids. I. Photometry Database and a Test of the Standard Extinction Law. L. Macri, et al., ApJ, 549, 721 (2001)

28. DIRECT distances to nearby galaxies using detached eclipsing binaries and Cepheids. VI. Variables in the fields M33A and M33B. L. Macri, K. Stanek, D. Sasselov, M. Krockenberger & J. Kaluzny, AJ, 121, 870 (2001)

27. The DIRECT Project. Catalogs of Stellar Objects in Nearby Galaxies. I. The Central Part of M33. L. Macri, K. Stanek, D. Sasselov, M. Krockenberger & J. Kaluzny, AJ, 121, 861 (2001)

26. A database of Tully-Fisher calibrator galaxies. L. Macri, J. Huchra, S. Sakai, J. Mould & S. Hughes, ApJS, 128, 461 (2000)

25. A Database of Cepheid Distance Moduli and Tip of the Red Giant Branch, Globular Cluster Luminosity Function, Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function, and Surface Brightness Fluctuation Data Useful for Distance Determinations. L. Ferrarese, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJS, 128, 431 (2000)

24. The DIRECT Project: Influence of Blending on the Cepheid Distance Scale. I. Cepheids in M31. B. Mochejska, L. Macri, D. Sasselov & K. Stanek, AJ 120, 810 (2000)

23. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant. J. Mould, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 529, 786 (2000)

22. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVII. A Derivation of the Hubble Constant Using the Fundamental Plane and Dn-s Relations in Leo I, Virgo, and Fornax. D. Kelson, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 529, 768 (2000)

21. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVI. The Calibration of Population II Secondary Distance Indicators and the Value of the Hubble Constant. L. Ferrarese, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 529, 745 (2000)

20. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXV. A Recalibration of Cepheid Distances to Type Ia Supernovae and the Value of the Hubble Constant. B. Gibson, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 529, 723 (2000)

19. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXIV. The Calibration of Tully-Fisher relations and the Value of the Hubble Constant. S. Sakai, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 529, 698 (2000)

18. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXI. The Cepheid Distance to NGC 1425. J. Mould, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 528, 655 (2000)

17. The Type Ia Supernova 1998bu in M96 and the Hubble Constant. S. Jha, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJS. 125, 73 (1999)


16. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXII. The Discovery of Cepheids In NGC 1326A. C. Prosser, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 525, 80 (1999)

15. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXIII. The Discovery of Cepheids In NGC 3319. S. Sakai, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 523, 540 (1999)

14. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XVIII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 4535. L. Macri, et al., ApJ 521, 155 (1999)

13. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XX. The Discovery of Cepheids in the Virgo Cluster Galaxy NGC 4548. J. Graham, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 516, 626 (1999)

12. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XIV. The Cepheids in NGC 1365. N. Silbermann, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 515, 1 (1999)

11. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XIX. The Discovery of Cepheids in and a New Distance to NGC 3198. D. Kelson, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 514, 614 (1999)

10. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XVII. The Cepheid Distance to NGC 4725. B. Gibson, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 512, 48 (1999)

9. BVRI Light Curves for 22 Type Ia Supernovae. A. Riess, et al. (including L. Macri), AJ 117, 707 (1999)

8. A Hubble Space Telescope Study of Extragalactic OB Associations. F. Bresolin et al. (including L. Macri), AJ 116, 119 (1998)

7. Deep optical imaging of the bright Seyfert NGC 5548: A long, very low surface brightness tail. J. Tyson, et al. (including L. Macri), AJ 116, 102 (1998)

6. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XI. The Cepheids in NGC 4414. A. Turner, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 505, 207 (1998)

5. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XIII. The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid Distance Scale. R. Kennicutt, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 498, 181 (1998)

4. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. VIII. The Discovery of Cepheids and a New Distance to NGC 3621. D. Rawson, L. Macri, et al., ApJ 490, 517 (1997)

3. The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. VII. The Discovery of Cepheids in the Leo I Group Galaxy NGC 3351. J. Graham, et al. (including L. Macri), ApJ 477, 535 (1997)

2. Ionization nebulae surrounding CAL 83 and other supersoft x-ray sources. R. Remillard, S. Rappaport & L. Macri, ApJ 439, 636 (1995)

1. ROSAT observations of nine globular clusters. S. Rappaport, D. Dewey, A. Levine & L. Macri, ApJ 423, 633 (1994)


SEMINARS & COLLOQUIA

46. Southwestern Research Institute San Antonio, TX. December 2016. Seminar. The cosmological model: from Hubble’s Law to the accelerating Universe. 45. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada. September 2016. Colloquium. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology.

44. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. September 2016. Colloquium. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology. 43. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. September 2016. Colloquium. Variable stars and transients as probes of astrophysics & cosmology.

42. University of Texas, Austin, TX. May 2016. On-line seminar (LHC results forum). The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology. 41. Texas A&M University at Commerce, Commerce, TX. April 2016. Colloquium. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology.

40. University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, February 2015. Colloquium. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology. 39. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India, January 2015. Colloquium. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology.

38. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, June 2014. Colloquium. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology. 37. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, April 2014. Colloquium. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology.

36. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, January 2014. Colloquium. The SH0ES project: H0 to 3% and beyond. 35. South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. September 2013. Colloquium. The SH0ES project: H0 to 3% and beyond.

34. Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2012. Colloquium. Probing the cosmic expansion: the age of the Universe and dark energy. 33. Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2012. Seminar. Astronomy from the Antartic Plateau: The best site on Earth?

32. Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2012. Seminar. Mapping the nearby Universe: The 2MASS Redshift Survey. 31. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, September 2012. Colloquium. Probing the cosmic expansion: the age of the Universe and dark energy.

30. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, June 2012. Colloquium. SH0ES: Absolute calibration of the luminosity of type Ia SNe and cosmological implications. 29. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, June 2012. Colloquium. SH0ES: Absolute calibration of the luminosity of type Ia SNe and cosmological implications.


28. National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing, China, June 2012. Colloquium. SH0ES: Absolute calibration of the luminosity of type Ia SNe and cosmological implications.

27. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, March 2012. Colloquium. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology. 26. Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2011. Colloquium. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology.

25. National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece, June 2011. Colloquium. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology. 24. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, March 2011. Seminar. Sigma Xi Spring Symposium: Cosmological time.

23. Baylor University, Waco, TX, March 2010. Colloquium. Constraining dark energy with an improved measurement of the Hubble constant. 22. Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, April 2008. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: How to measure H0 to 5%.

21. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, April 2008. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: How to measure H0 to 5%. 20. Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, April 2008. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: How to measure H0 to 5%.

19. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, April 2008. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: How to measure H0 to 5%. 18. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2008. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: How to measure H0 to 5%.

17. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, December 2007. Colloquium. Cepheids in NGC 4258: The first step in measuring H0 to 5%. 16. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, October 2007. Colloquium. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy.

15. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, June 2007. Colloquium. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy. 14. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, May 2007. Colloquium. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy.

13. Anglo-Australian Observatory, Sydney, Australia, March 2007. Seminar. The 2MRS Tully-Fisher survey. 12. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, February 2007. Colloquium. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy.

11. Anglo-Australian Observatory, Sydney, Australia, November 2006. Seminar. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy. 10. Ohio University, Athens, OH, October 2006. Colloquium. Probing the Cosmic Expansion: The Hubble Constant & Dark Energy.


9. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, March 2006. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale.

8. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, April 2005. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale. 7. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, February 2005. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale.

6. Gemini Observatory, La Serena, Chile, August 2004. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale. 5. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, December 2003. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance. 4. Gemini Observatory, Hilo, HI, August 2003. Seminar. Cepheid Variables and the Extragalactic Distance Scale. 3. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, March 2003. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale in the WMAP era: A progress report. 2. Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory, La Serena, Chile, March 2003. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale in the WMAP era: A progress report. 1. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, March 2003. Seminar. Improving the Cepheid Distance Scale in the WMAP era: A progress report.

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS – ORAL PRESENTATIONS

48. Celebrating 25 years of the OGLE project. Warsaw, Poland, 26 July 2017. Contributed talk. Near-infrared observations of OGLE Cepheids and Miras and their impact on the Extragalactic Distance Scale 47. 22nd Los Alamos Stellar Pulsation Conference, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. 2 December 2016. Invited talk. Pulsating Stars and the Extragalactic Distance Scale: State of the Art. 46. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers, Burlington, MA. 11 November 2016. Invited talk. Cepheids and Miras Recent Results and Prospects for the Era of Large Surveys. 45. Berkeley Neutrino Cosmology Workshop, Berkeley, CA, June 2016. Invited talk. Hubble Constant I: Anchors, Cepheids and Future Improvements. 44. Thirty Meter Telescope Science Forum, Kyoto, Japan, May 2016. Invited talk. Prospects for the Extragalactic Distance Scale with TMT. 43. “Friends of Friends 2016” Workshop, Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, March 2016. Invited talk. Extragalactic Variables and their application to precision cosmology. 42. Thirty Meter Telescope Science Forum, Washington, DC, June 2015. Invited talk. Time-domain observations of stellar populations with TMT. 41. “Indo-US Workshop on Advances in Variable Star Research”, Montgomery, TX, June 2015. Invited talk. Extragalactic Cepheids: Current Status & Prospects. 40. “Friends of Friends 2015” Workshop, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Astrophysics, Córdoba, Argentina, April 2015. Invited talk. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology. 39. Big Data Workshop 2015, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, February 2015. Invited talk. Analysis challenges for Astronomy in the era of “Big Data”


38. Workshop on “Variable stars and Transients”, Delhi University, Delhi, India, January 2015. Invited talk. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology.

37. Workshop on “The Extragalactic Distance Scale”, Munich Instiute for Astro- and Particle Physics, Garching, Germany, June 2014. Invited talk. Absolute calibration of the near-infrared Leavitt Law in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 36. Conference on “The Extragalactic Distance Scale”, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, March 2014. Invited talk. Cepheid variables. 35. “The Return of de Sitter II” workshop, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, Germany, October 2013. Invited talk. MEGA-SH0ES: a direct measurement of H0 to 2%. 34. First TOROS workshop, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina, June 2013. Contributed talk. CSTAR photometry of 20 square degrees around the South Celestial Pole. 33. Cosmic Flows – Observations and Simulations, Marseille, France, June 2013. Invited talk. The SH0ES project: H0 to 3% and beyond. 32. 221st American Astronomical Society meeting, Long Beach, CA, January 2013. Invited plenary talk. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology. 31. Cooks Branch meeting on Astronomy, Montgomery, TX, April 2012. Contributed talk. The absolute calibration of the luminosity of type Ia SNe and implications for cosmology. 30. “Friends of Friends 2012” workshop, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Astrophysics, Córdoba, Argentina, April 2012. Contributed talk. The 2MASS Redshift Survey: Data release & density/velocity fields. 29. “Friends of Friends 2012” workshop, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Astrophysics, Córdoba, Argentina, April 2012. Invited talk. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology. 28. “Workshop on Cosmic Flows In the Rainforest”, Lamington National Park, Australia, February 2012. Invited talk. The 2MASS Redshift Survey: Data release & density/velocity fields. 27. Joint annual meeting of the National Societies of Black and Hispanic Physicists, Austin, TX, September 2011. Invited talk. The Extragalactic Distance Scale in the era of precision cosmology. 26. European Science Foundation Conference on “The Fundamental Cosmic Distance Scale: State of the Art and the GAIA Perspective”, Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, May 2011. Invited talk. SH0ES Cepheids: from Anchors to SN hosts.

25. Science with the Hubble Space Telescope – III, Venice, Italy, October 2010. Invited talk. The Expansion History of the Universe. 24. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Argentine Astronomical Association, Salta, Argentina, September 2010. Invited talk. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology.

23. Araucaria Distance Scale Workshop, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam, Germany, June 2010. Invited talk. The SH0ES project, M33, and more... 22. 99th Spring Meeting of the Association of Variable Star Observers, Valle Grande, Argentina, April 2010. Invited talk. Cepheid variables, the Hubble constant, and dark energy.

21. 99th Spring Meeting of the Association of Variable Star Observers, Valle Grande, Argentina, April 2010. Contributed talk. Near-infrared observations of Cepheids in the Large Magellanic Cloud.


20. Annual Meeting of the Chilean Astronomical Society, Concepción, Chile, January 2010. Invited talk. The Hubble constant in the era of precision cosmology.

19. LSST-KDUST Workshop, The Woodlands, TX, November 2009. Invited talk. LSST+KDUST: Cepheids & H0.

18. Texas Cosmology Network Meeting, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, October 2009. Invited talk. Constraining Dark Energy with an Improved Measurement of the Hubble Constant.

17. Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Dallas, TX, October 2009. Invited talk. Galaxies & Beyond: The Age of the Universe & Dark Energy. 16. Yale/WIYN One Degree Imager Survey Workshop, Yale University, New Haven, CT, October 2009. Invited talk. A WIYN+ODI Synoptic Survey of M31 & M33.

15. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009. Contributed talk. The SH0ES project: HST observations of Cepheids in NGC 4258 and type Ia SN hosts and implications for the Hubble constant.

14. International GMT Science Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, March 2008. Contributed talk. Cepheids and the Distance Scale with GMT.

13. Workshop on 21st Century Challenges for Stellar Evolution, Cefalù, Italy, August 2007. Contributed talk. Observational constraints on the absolute calibration and metallicity dependence of the Cepheid P-L relation.

12. Workshop on Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Transients & Variables, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, July 2007. Contributed talk. Cepheids with LSST. 11. Gemini Science Meeting, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, June 2007. Contributed talk. Improving the Distance Scale with Gemini.

10. 41st ESLAB Symposium, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands, May 2007. Contributed talk. Recent Progress on the Cepheid Distance Scale with HST. 9. 207th American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, DC, January 2006. Contributed talk. HST observations of Cepheids in NGC 4258.

8. XI Latin American Regional IAU Meeting, Pucón, Chile, December 2005. Contributed talk. HST and Gemini observations of Cepheids in NGC 4258. 7. Workshop on Stellar Pulsation and Evolution, Rome, Italy, June 2005. Contributed talk. The absolute calibration of the Extragalactic Distance Scale: HST observations of Cepheids in NGC 4258.

6. International conference on Resolved Stellar Populations, Cancún, Mexico, April 2005. Invited talk. Cepheids, Detached Eclipsing Binaries, and the Distance Scale: from the Galaxy to the Local Group.

5. 205th American Astronomical Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2005. Contributed talk. The discovery of Cepheids in NGC 4258 using the Hubble Space Telescope.

4. Gemini Science Meeting: First results from Gemini, Vancouver, Canada, August 2004. Contributed talk. Near-infrared observations of Cepheids in M33 with NIRI. 3. XV General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, Sydney, Australia, July 2003. Invited talk. DIRECT DEBs in M31 and M33.

2. IAU Symposium 193: Variable Stars in the Local Group, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, July 2003. Invited talk. Cepheids in M33.


1. 197th American Astronomical Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2001. Dissertation talk. Resolving Systematic Errors in The Extragalactic Distance Scale.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS – POSTERS

47. IAU Symposium 338, “Gravitational Wave Astrophysics: Early Results from GW Searches and Electromagnetic Counterparts”, Baton Rouge, LA. October 2017. Observations of the first electromagnetic counterpart to a gravitational wave source by the TOROS collaboration. L. Macri et al.

46. 229th American Astronomical Society meeting, Grapevine, TX. January 2017. Mira Period-Luminosity Relations at Near-Infrared. W. Yuan; L. Macri, et al.

45. IAU Symposium 314: Young Stars and Planets Near the Sun, May 2015. A Wide-Angle Search for Hot Jupiters and Pre-Main Sequence Binaries in Young Stellar Associations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri, et al.

44. 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting, National Harbor, MD, January 2014. MEGA-SH0ES: Revising the Cepheid distance to NGC 1365. S. Hoffmann, L. Macri & A. Riess.

43. 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting, National Harbor, MD, January 2014. MEGA-SH0ES: A Cepheid distance to M101 based on WFC3 H-band photometry. W. Yuan, S. Hoffmann, L. Macri & A. Riess.

42. 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting, National Harbor, MD, January 2014. Difference imaging of de-focused 2009 CSTAR observations. R. Oelkers, L. Macri & L. Wang.

41. 223rd American Astronomical Society meeting, National Harbor, MD, January 2014. Teacher professional development in Laredo, TX. K. Finkelstein, L. Macri, et al.

40. 221st American Astronomical Society meeting, Long Beach, CA, January 2013. Cepheids in the Coma Cluster. L. Macri, et al.

39. 221st American Astronomical Society meeting, Long Beach, CA, January 2013. Difference image analysis of 2009 CSTAR observations from Dome A in Antarctica. R. Oelkers et al. (including L. Macri)

38. 221st American Astronomical Society meeting, Long Beach, CA, January 2013. The nonlinearity of the first overtone Cepheid P-L relation. J. VanKerkhove et al. (including L. Macri)

37. IAU Symposium 288, “Astrophysics from Antartica”, Beijing, China, August 2012. Photometry of variable stars from Dome A, Antarctica. L. Wang, L. Macri, et al.

36. 219th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX, January 2012. A search for Cepheids in NGC 5584 using Difference Image Analysis. S. Hoffmann, L. Macri, et al.

35. 219th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX, January 2012. Near-Infrared Period-Luminosity Relations of Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheids. M. Smitka, L. Macri, et al.

34. 217th American Astronomical Society meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011. The Flow-field from Galaxy Groups in 2MASS. A. Crook, J. Huchra, K. Masters & L. Macri.

33. 217th American Astronomical Society meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011. The Strange Case of Hubble's V19 in M33: Monitoring the Remarkable Changes and Possible Real-Time Evolution of a Classical Cepheid. S. Engle, E. Guinan, L. Macri & A. Pellerin.

32. 9th Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope users meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2010. CFHT observaitons of Cepheids and Long-Period Variables in NGC 4258. S. Hoffmann, L. Macri, C. Ngeow & S.


Kanbur.

31. IAU Symposium 272, “Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss and critical limits”, Paris, France, July 2010. Variability of Young Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster. K. Markakis, A. Bonanos, G. Pietrzynski, L. Macri & K. Stanek

30. 215th American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, DC, January 2010. M33 Cepheids in HST archival data. J. Chavez, A. Pellerin & L. Macri.

29. 215th American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, DC, January 2010. Near-infrared Observations Of Cepheids In The Large Magellanic Cloud. S. Mahzooni, L. Macri, S. Kanbur, F. Ripple & C. Ngeow.

28. 215th American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, DC, January 2010. Cepheids and Long-period Variables in NGC 4258. S. Hoffmann & L. Macri.

27. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009. Cepheids and Long Period Variables in M33. A. Pellerin, L. Macri, A. Bradshaw & K. Stanek.

26. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009. IRAC Band Period-Luminosity Relations from LMC Cepheids: Application to Three Nearby Galaxies. C. Ngeow, S. Kanbur, L. Ghobrial, H. Nielson & L. Macri

25. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009. Cepheid Variables in the Antennae. J. Chavez, L. Macri, A. Riess & A. Pellerin

24. Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation, Santa Fe, NM, June 2009. Cepheids and Long-Period Variables in NGC 4258. S. Hoffmann, A. Pellerin & L. Macri

23. 213th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2009. Cepheids and Other Variables in M33 using DIRECT's Longest Time-series. A. Bradshaw, L. Macri & K. Stanek.

22. 213th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2009. Where is The Dark Matter: The Flow-field From 2MASS. A. Crook, et al. (including L. Macri).

21. 211th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX. January 2008. Cepheids in NGC4258: New Insights from Gemini and HST. L. Macri, et al.

20. 211th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX. January 2008. Tip of the Red Giant Branch Distance of Satellite Dwarfs as a Secondary Distance Indicator to NGC4258. F. Munshi & L. Macri.

19. 211th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX. January 2008. The SHOES Program: Supernovae and H0 for the Dark Energy Equation of State. A. Riess & L. Macri.

18. 211th American Astronomical Society meeting, Austin, TX. January 2008. Candidate Cepheid Variables in the Coma Cluster. K. Cook, et al. (including L. Macri).

17. 210th American Astronomical Society meeting, Honolulu, HI. May 2007. 2MTF - The 2MASS Tully-Fisher Survey. K. Masters, et al. (including L. Macri).

16. 209th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego, CA. January 2007. Improving the Distance Scale: NICMOS and ACS/HRC observations of Cepheids in the Maser Galaxy NGC 4258. L. Macri, et al.

15. 209th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego, CA. January 2007. A Cepheid Distance to the Coma Cluster: Initial Progress Report. M. Gregg, et al. (including L. Macri).


14. 207th American Astronomical Society meeting, Washington, DC. January 2006. The Infrared Properties of Normal Galaxies from 2MASS. C. Hutcheson, et al. (including L. Macri).

13. 205th American Astronomical Society meeting, Long Beach, CA. January 2005. Hubble's Variable 19 in the Asiago Photographic Plates. L. Laursen & L. Macri.

12. XV General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, Sydney, Australia, July 2003. The absolute calibration of the near-infrared Tully-Fisher relation. L. Macri, et al.

11. STScI May Symposium on The Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory, Baltimore, MD, May 2003. The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid Distance Scale. L. Macri, et al.

10. Stellar Candles for the Extragalactic Distance Scale, Concepción, Chile, December 2002. The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid Distance Scale. L. Macri, et al.

9. 198th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Pasadena, CA, June 2001. A New Cepheid Distance to M33 based on DIRECT Cepheids. L. Macri, et al.

8. STScI April Meeting on Ten Years of Science with HST, Baltimore MD, April 2000. NICMOS observations of extragalactic Cepheids. L. Macri, et al.

7. 195th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2000. DIRECT distances to nearby galaxies: Results for the inner part of M33. L. Macri, et al.

6. Cosmic Flows 1999: Towards an Understanding of Large-Scale Structure, Victoria, BC, July 1999. Surface photometry of Tully-Fisher calibrator galaxies. L. Macri, et al.

5. 194th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 1999. Surface photometry of Tully-Fisher calibrator galaxies. L. Macri, et al.

4. 191st American Astronomical Society Meeting, Washington DC, January 1998. The discovery of Cepheids and a new distance to NGC 4535 using the Hubble Space Telescope. L. Macri, et al.

3. STScI May Meeting on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, Baltimore MD, May 1996. The discovery of Cepheids and a new distance to NGC 3621 using the Hubble Space Telescope. L. Macri, et al.

2. VIII Regional Latin American Astronomy Meeting, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 1995. Observations of the North Ecliptic Pole and the Draco Survey Field with ASCA.

1. International Nuclear Physics Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, August 1989. A compilation of cross-sections for production of the astrophysically-significant 4.438-, 6.129-, and 15.10-MeV gamma-ray lines by protons and alpha particles incident on 12C and 16O targets. L. Macri, et al.

EDUCATION/PUBLIC OUTREACH TALKS

44. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 3 July 2017. 8 undergraduates participating in the Astronomy REU program.

43. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 16 June 2017. Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program. 18 middle & high-school Physics teachers.

42. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 8 June 2017. 7th grade students. 50 participants.

41. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 8 June 2017. Kindergarten students. 40 participants.

40. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 8 June 2017. 11th grade students. 45 participants.



38. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1 April 2016. 7th grade students. 60 participants.

37. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1 April 2016. Kindergarten students. 30 participants.

36. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1 April 2016. 12th grade students. 50 participants.


34. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 5 June 2015. 7 undergraduates participating in the Astronomy REU program.

33. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 28 February 2015. Math Circle for 5th & 6th grade students. 8 participants.

32. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 21 February 2015. Math Circle for 5th & 6th grade students. 9 participants.

31. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 12 February 2015. Saturday Morning Physics (10-12th grade students). 50 participants.

30. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 20 November 2014. Students for Exploration and Development of Space. 40 participants.

29. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 25 July 2014. 7 undergraduates participating in the Astronomy REU program.

28. Coakley Junior High School, Harlingen, TX. 5 December 2013. 7th grade students. 10 participants.

27. Cristoforo Colombo High School, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 24 June 2013. 12th grade students. 30 participants.

26. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 27 April 2013. Math Circle for 7th & 8th grade students. 10 participants.

25. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 13 April 2013. Math Circle for 7th & 8th grade students. 10 participants.

24. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 30 March 2013. Math Circle for 5th & 6th grade students. 10 participants.

24. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. 23 March 2013. Math Circle for 5th & 6th grade students. 10 participants.

23. Pebble Creek Elementary School, College Station, TX, 1 February 2013. 3rd grade students. 70 participants.

22. Texas Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, College Station, TX, 25 January 2013. High-school juniors & seniors, teachers and parents. 80 participants.

21. Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 29 September 2012. General public (talk in Spanish). 100 participants.


20. Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 29 September 2012. General public (talk in English). 100 participants.

19. Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, 28 September 2012. College students. 20 participants.

18. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2 April 2012. Students for Exploration and Development of Space. 10 participants.

17. Pebble Creek Elementary School, College Station, TX, 26 March 2012. 4th grade students. 25 participants.

16. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 4 February 2011. Saturday Morning Physics (10-12th grade students). 50 participants.

15. El Dorado Star Party, El Dorado, TX, 6 November 2010. General public. 30 participants.

14. Science Café, Bryan, TX, 18 May 2010. General public. 20 participants.

13. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16 April 2010. 11th grade students. 60 participants.

12. Rotary Club “Recoleta”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 April 2010. General public. 10 participants.

11. University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, 15 November 2009. General public. 10 participants.

10. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 25 June 2009. High-school counselors. 20 participants.

9. Brazos Valley Astronomy Club, College Station, TX, 19 June 2009. General public. 15 participants.

8. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 7 March 2009. Saturday Morning Physics (10-12th grade students). 50 participants.

7. Instituto San Román, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 April 2008. 12th grade students. 60 participants.

6. Texas APS meeting, College Station, TX, 19 October 2007. General public (talk in Spanish). 20 participants.

5. Texas APS meeting, College Station, TX, 19 October 2007. General public (talk in English). 50 participants.

4. Huachuca Astronomy Club, Fort Huachuca, AZ, 29 June 2007. General public. 20 participants.

3. Satori School, Tucson, AZ, 6 September 2006. Kindergarten students. 15 participants.

2. NOAO, Tucson, AZ, 26 June 2003. REU students. 10 participants.

1. Museum of Science, Boston, MA, 16 March 2000. General public (talk in Spanish). 40 participants.

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