Gary Gillanders

Gary Gillanders

Dr.

 https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8232-0855
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Biography

Qualifications
B.Sc., National University of Ireland (UCD), 1983
H.Dip. in Education, National University of Ireland (UCD), 1984
Ph.D., National University of Ireland (UCD & Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), 1990

I also completed, but have not yet been conferred, a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (NUI Galway) in 2010.

Research Interests
Ground-based Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy using the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique. Emission of VHE gamma rays by active galactic nuclei (AGN). Member of thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:veritas.sao.arizona.eduVERITAS Collaboration , which is a large international VHE gamma-ray astronomy research collaboration based at the Whipple Observatory in Arizona. See thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:astro.nuigalway.ieresearch.php?id=3Gamma-ray Astronomy Group web page on thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:astro.nuigalway.ieNUI Galway Centre for Astronomy web site for more details. Refereed Public - No restrictionationsClick on the following link for a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:adsabs.harvard.educgi-binnph-abs_connect?db_key=AST amp;db_key=PHY amp;db_key=PRE amp;qform=AST amp;arxiv_sel=astro-ph amp;arxiv_sel=cond-mat amp;arxiv_sel=cs amp;arxiv_sel=gr-qc amp;arxiv_sel=hep-ex amp;arxiv_sel=hep-lat amp;arxiv_sel=hep-ph amp;arxiv_sel=hep-th amp;arxiv_sel=math amp;arxiv_sel=math-ph amp;arxiv_sel=nlin amp;arxiv_sel=nucl-ex amp;arxiv_sel=nucl-th amp;arxiv_sel=physics amp;arxiv_sel=quant-ph amp;arxiv_sel=q-bio amp;sim_query=YES amp;ned_query=YES amp;adsobj_query=YES amp;aut_logic=OR amp;obj_logic=OR amp;author=Gillanders%2C+G amp;object= amp;start_mon= amp;start_year= amp;end_mon= amp;end_year= amp;ttl_logic=OR amp;title= amp;txt_logic=OR amp;text= amp;nr_to_return=200 amp;start_nr=1 amp;jou_pick=NO amp;ref_stems= amp;data_and=ALL amp;group_and=ALL amp;start_entry_day= amp;start_entry_mon= amp;start_entry_year= amp;end_entry_day= amp;end_entry_mon= amp;end_entry_year= amp;min_score= amp;sort=NDATE amp;data_type=SHORT amp;aut_syn=YES amp;ttl_syn=YES amp;txt_syn=YES amp;aut_wt=1.0 amp;obj_wt=1.0 amp;ttl_wt=0.3 amp;txt_wt=3.0 amp;aut_wgt=YES amp;obj_wgt=YES amp;ttl_wgt=YES amp;txt_wgt=YES amp;ttl_sco=YES amp;txt_sco=YES amp;version=1a complete and up-to-date listof refereed Public - No restrictionations (generated by NASA ADS). Current Teaching and Administrative Responsibilitiesblockquote Lecture Courses PH109 Physics Special Topics(Semester-2 Astronomy lectures) PH335 Nuclear amp; Particle Physics Laboratory Duties First Year Physics Laboratory teaching Supervision of Fourth Year Physics projects Main AdministrativeResponsibilities College of Science amp; Engineering Vice Dean for Education amp; Students (and Chair of the College of Science amp; EngineeringEducation amp; StudentsCommittee) Member of the College of Science amp; EngineeringExecutiveCommittee Member of the University Teaching amp; Learning Committee Member of the University Quality Enhancement Committee Member of the University Curriculum amp; Programme Board Member of the University Academic Regulations Committee Member of Academic Council Standing Committee Member of Academic Council blockquote

Research Interests

Ground-based Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy using the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique. Emission of VHE gamma rays by active galactic nuclei (AGN). Member of thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:veritas.sao.arizona.eduVERITAS Collaboration , which is a large international VHE gamma-ray astronomy research collaboration based at the Whipple Observatory in Arizona. See thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:astro.nuigalway.ieresearch.php?id=3Gamma-ray Astronomy Group web page on thea target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http:astro.nuigalway.ieNUI Galway Centre for Astronomy web site for more details.

Teaching Interests

Current Teaching and Administrative Responsibilities Lecture Courses PH101 Physics(Mechanics amp;Thermal Physics lectures) PH109 Physics Special Topics(Module Coordinator amp; Semester-2 Astronomy lectures) PH335 Nuclear amp; Particle Physics Laboratory Duties First Year Physics Laboratory teaching Supervision of Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment for Fourth Year Physics students Supervision of Fourth-Year Physics projects Administrative Duties College of Science Vice Dean for Learning, Teaching amp; Assessment Member of the University Teaching amp; Learning Committee Member of the University Academic Regulations Committee Member of Academic Council Member ofSchool of Physics Learning, Teaching amp; Assessment Committee Programme Director for the Denominated Physics Degree Programme School of Physics contact person for the NUI, Galway Hardiman Library

Education/Academic qualification

B.Sc.,Ph.D.

External positions

College Lecturer, NUI Galway

10 Feb 1997 → …

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  • Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes

    Adams, C. B., Benbow, W., Brill, A., Buckley, J. H., Capasso, M., Chromey, A. J., Errando, M., Falcone, A., A Farrell, K., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., M Foote, G., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Giuri, C., Gueta, O., Hanna, D. & Hassan, T. & 397 others, Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hona, B., Humensky, T. B., Jin, W., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., K Kleiner, T., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Lundy, M., Maier, G., E McGrath, C., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Patel, S., Pfrang, K., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prado, R. R., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Ribeiro, D., Roache, E., Rovero, A. C., Ryan, J. L., Santander, M., Schlenstedt, S., Sembroski, G. H., Shang, R., Tak, D., Vassiliev, V. V., Weinstein, A., Williams, D. A., J Williamson, T., J Williamson, T., Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Artero, M., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babić, A., Baquero, A., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Batković, I., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bökenkamp, H., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espiñeira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jiménez Martínez, I., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nakamori, T., Nava, L., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletić, L., Peñil, P., Persic, M., Pihet, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strišković, J., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takeishi, R., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Wunderlich, C., Yamamoto, T., Zarić, D., Zarić, D., Abdalla, H., Aharonian, F., Ait Benkhali, F., Angüner, E. O., Arcaro, C., Ashkar, H., Backes, M., Barbosa Martins, V., Barnard, M., Batzofin, R., Becherini, Y., Berge, D., Bernlöhr, K., Bi, B., Böttcher, M., Boisson, C., Bolmont, J., de Bony de Lavergne, M., Breuhaus, M., Brose, R., Brun, F., Bulik, T., Caroff, S., Casanova, S., Chand, T., Chen, A., Cotter, G., Damascenev Mbarubucyeye, J., Devin, J., Djannati-Ataï, A., Egberts, K., Ernenwein, J.-P., Fegan, S., Fiasson, A., Fichet de Clairfontaine, G., Fontaine, G., Füßling, M., Funk, S., Gabici, S., Giavitto, G., Glawion, D., Glicenstein, J. F., Grondin, M.-H., Hinton, J. A., Hofmann, W., Holch, T. L., Holler, M., Horns, D., Huang, Z., Jamrozy, M., Jankowsky, F., Joshi, V., Jung-Richardt, I., Kasai, E., Katarzyński, K., Khélifi, B., Komin, N., Kosack, K., Kostunin, D., Le Stum, S., Lemière, A., Lenain, J.-P., Leuschner, F., Levy, C., Lohse, T., Luashvili, A., Lypova, I., Mackey, J., Majumdar, J., Malyshev, D., Marandon, V., Marchegiani, P., Marcowith, A., Martí-Devesa, G., Marx, R., Maurin, G., Meintjes, P. J., Mitchell, A., Moderski, R., Mohrmann, L., Montanari, A., Moulin, E., Muller, J., Murach, T., de Naurois, M., Nayerhoda, A., Niemiec, J., Priyana Noel, A., O'Brien, P., Ohm, S., Olivera-Nieto, L., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Ostrowski, M., Panny, S., Panter, M., Parsons, R. D., Peron, G., Poireau, V., Prokhorov, D. A., Prokoph, H., Pühlhofer, G., Punch, M., Quirrenbach, A., Reichherzer, P., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Renaud, M., Rieger, F., Romoli, C., Rowell, G., Rudak, B., Rueda Ricarte, H., Ruiz-Velasco, E., Sahakian, V., Sailer, S., Salzmann, H., Sanchez, D. A., Santangelo, A., Sasaki, M., Schutte, H. M., Schwanke, U., Schüssler, F., Senniappan, M., Shapopi, J. N. S., Simoni, R., Sol, H., Specovius, A., Spencer, S., Steenkamp, R., Steinmassl, S., Sun, L., Takahashi, T., Tanaka, T., Terrier, R., Tsuji, N., Uchiyama, Y., van Eldik, C., van Soelen, B., Veh, J., Venter, C., Vink, J., Wagner, S. J., White, R., Wierzcholska, A., Wun Wong, Y., Zacharias, M., Zargaryan, D., Zdziarski, A. A., Zech, A., Zhu, S. J., Zouari, S., Żywucka, N., Żywucka, N., Moritani, Y. & Torres, D. F., Dec 2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

  • VERITAS Observations of the Galactic Center Region at Multi-TeV Gamma-Ray Energies

    Adams, C. B., Benbow, W., Brill, A., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Capasso, M., Christiansen, J. L., Chromey, A. J., Daniel, M. K., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Giuri, C., Hanna, D. & Hervet, O. & 39 others, Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Jin, W., Kaaret, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Lundy, M., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pfrang, K., Pohl, M., Prado, R. R., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Ribeiro, D., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Ryan, J. L., Santander, M., Schlenstedt, S., Sembroski, G. H., Shang, R., Stevenson, B., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A. & Williams, D. A., Jun 2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal.

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  • A Decade of Multiwavelength Observations of the TeV Blazar 1ES 1215+303: Extreme Shift of the Synchrotron Peak Frequency and Long-term Optical-Gamma-Ray Flux Increase

    Valverde, J., Horan, D., Bernard, D., Fegan, S., Collaboration, F.-L., Abeysekara, A. U., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brill, A., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Christiansen, J. L., Cui, W., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L. & Furniss, A. & 71 others, Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Giuri, C., Gueta, O., Hanna, D., Hassan, T., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krause, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Petrashyk, A., Pfrang, K., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Prado, R. R., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Ribeiro, D., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Scott, S. S., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Shang, R., Sushch, I., Vassiliev, V. V., Weinstein, A., Wells, R. M., Wilcox, P., Wilhelm, A., Williams, D. A., Williamson, T. J., Collaboration, V., Noto, G., Edwards, P. G., Piner, B. G., Fallah Ramazani, V., Hovatta, T., Jormanainen, J., Lindfors, E., Nilsson, K., Takalo, L., Kovalev, Y. Y., Lister, M. L., Pushkarev, A. B., Savolainen, T., Kiehlmann, S., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A. C. S., Lähteenmäki, A. & Tornikoski, M., Mar 2020, In: The Astrophysical Journal.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

  • Evidence for Proton Acceleration up to TeV Energies Based on VERITAS and Fermi-LAT Observations of the Cas A SNR

    Abeysekara, A. U., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Chromey, A. J., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Das, S., Dwarkadas, V. V., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Giuri, C. & Gueta, O. & 43 others, Hanna, D., Hassan, T., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krause, M., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Park, N., Petrashyk, A., Pfrang, K., Pohl, M., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Sushch, I., Weinstein, A., Wilcox, P., Wilhelm, A., Williams, D. A., Williamson, T. J., Zitzer, B. & Ghiotto, A., 1 May 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 894, 1, 51.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

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    52 Citations (Scopus)

  • Probing the Properties of the Pulsar Wind in the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with NuSTAR and VERITAS Observations

    Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brill, A., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Christiansen, J. L., Chromey, A. J., Cui, W., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gent, A., Gillanders, G. H., Giuri, C., Gueta, O., Hanna, D. & Hassan, T. & 43 others, Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Kaaret, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Kertzman, M., Kieda, D., Krause, M., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Petrashyk, A., Pfrang, K., Pohl, M., Prado, R. R., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Ribeiro, D., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Schlenstedt, S., Sembroski, G. H., Sushch, I., Weinstein, A., Wilcox, P., Wilhelm, A., Williams, D. A., Williamson, T. J., Hailey, C. J., Mandel, S. & Mori, K., 10 Jan 2020, In: Astrophysical Journal. 888, 2, 115.

    Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review

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    7 Citations (Scopus)
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