Katie Morzinski
- Associate Astronomer, Steward Observatory
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-9692
- Steward Observatory, Rm. N420
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- ktmorz@arizona.edu
Awards
- NASA Honor Award
- NASA, Fall 2019
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2023-24 Courses
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Dissertation
OPTI 920 (Spring 2024)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
ASTR 920 (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
ASTR 920 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Dissertation
ASTR 920 (Spring 2019)
2015-16 Courses
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Directed Research
ASTR 492 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Bruzzone, J. S., Metchev, S., Gaspard, D., Millar-Blanchaer, M. A., Dong, R., Esposito, T. M., Wang, J. J., Graham, J. R., Mazoyer, J., Wolff, S., Ammons, S. M., Schneider, A. C., Greenbaum, A. Z., Matthews, B. C., Arriaga, P., Bailey, V. P., Barman, T., Bulger, J., Chilcote, J., , Cotten, T., et al. (2020). Imaging the 44 au Kuiper Belt Analog Debris Ring around HD 141569A with GPI Polarimetry. The Astronomical Journal, 159, 53.
- Ertel, S., Defrère, D., Hinz, P., Mennesson, B., Kennedy, G. M., Danchi, W. C., Gelino, C., Hill, J. M., Hoffmann, W. F., Mazoyer, J., Rieke, G., Shannon, A., Stapelfeldt, K., Spalding, E., Stone, J. M., Vaz, A., Weinberger, A. J., Willems, P., Absil, O., , Arbo, P., et al. (2020). The HOSTS Survey for Exozodiacal Dust: Observational Results from the Complete Survey. The Astronomical Journal, 159, 177.
- Maier, E. R., Hinz, P., Denis, D., Grenz, P., Downey, E., Ertel, S., Morzinski, K., & Douglas, E. S. (2020). Implementing multiwavelength fringe tracking for the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer's phase sensor, PHASECam. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 6, 035001.
- Poleski, R., Suzuki, D., Udalski, A., Xie, X., Yee, J. C., Koshimoto, N., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Skowron, J., Szymański, M. K., Soszyński, I., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozłowski, S., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Ulaczyk, K., Collaboration, O., Abe, F., Barry, R. K., Bennett, D. P., , Bhattacharya, A., et al. (2020). A Wide-orbit Exoplanet OGLE-2012-BLG-0838Lb. The Astronomical Journal, 159, 261.
- Greenbaum, A. Z., Cheetham, A., Sivaramakrishnan, A., Rantakyrö, F. T., Gaspard, D., Tuthill, P., De, R., Oppenheimer, R., Macintosh, B., Ammons, S. M., Bailey, V. P., Barman, T., Bulger, J., Cardwell, A., Chilcote, J., Cotten, T., Doyon, R., Fitzgerald, M. P., Follette, K. B., , Gerard, B. L., et al. (2019). Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager Non-redundant Mask and Spectroscopy of Two Close-separation Binaries: HR 2690 and HD 142527. The Astronomical Journal, 157, 249.
- Nielsen, E. L., De, R., Macintosh, B., Wang, J. J., Ruffio, J., Chiang, E., Marley, M. S., Saumon, D., Savransky, D., Ammons, S. M., Bailey, V. P., Barman, T., Blain, C., Bulger, J., Burrows, A., Chilcote, J., Cotten, T., Czekala, I., Doyon, R., , Gaspard, D., et al. (2019). The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Demographics from 10 to 100 au. The Astronomical Journal, 158, 13.
- Sallum, S., Skemer, A. J., Eisner, J. A., van, d., Sheehan, P. D., Close, L. M., Ireland, M. J., Males, J. M., Morzinski, K. M., Bailey, V. P., Briguglio, R., & Puglisi, A. (2019). New Spatially Resolved Imaging of the SR 21 Transition Disk and Constraints on the Small-grain Disk Geometry. The Astrophysical Journal, 883, 100.
- Artigau, E., Bernstein, R. A., Brandt, T., Chilcote, J., Close, L., Crossfield, I., Delorme, J., Dressing, C., Fitzgerald, M. P., Fortney, J., Howard, A., Frazin, R., Jovanovic, N., Konopacky, Q., Lozi, J., Males, J. R., Marois, C., Mazin, B. A., Millar-Blanchaer, M. A., , Morzinski, K. M., et al. (2018). Direct Imaging in Reflected Light: Characterization of Older, Temperate Exoplanets With 30-m Telescopes. Astro2020, arXiv:1808.09632.
- Briguglio, R., Quirós-Pacheco, F., Males, J. R., Xompero, M., Riccardi, A., Close, L. M., Morzinski, K. M., Esposito, S., Pinna, E., Puglisi, A., Schatz, L., & Miller, K. (2018). Optical calibration and performance of the adaptive secondary mirror at the Magellan telescope. Scientific Reports, 8, 10835.
- Ertel, S., Defrère, D., Hinz, P., Mennesson, B., Kennedy, G. M., Danchi, W. C., Gelino, C., Hill, J. M., Hoffmann, W. F., Rieke, G., Shannon, A., Spalding, E., Stone, J. M., Vaz, A., Weinberger, A. J., Willems, P., Absil, O., Arbo, P., Bailey, V. P., , Beichman, C., et al. (2018). The HOSTS Survey—Exozodiacal Dust Measurements for 30 Stars. The Astronomical Journal, 155, 194.
- Meyer, M. R., Currie, T., Guyon, O., Hasegawa, Y., Kasper, M., Marois, C., Monnier, J., Morzinski, K., Packham, C., & Quanz, S. (2018). Finding and Characterizing Other Worlds: the Thermal-IR ELT Opportunity. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:1804.03218.
- Shan, Y., Yee, J. C., Bowler, B. P., Cieza, L. A., Montet, B. T., Canovas, H., Liu, M. C., Close, L. M., Hinz, P. M., Males, J. R., Morzinski, K. M., Vaz, A., Bailey, V. P., B., F. K., & Team, M. (2018). VizieR Online Data Catalog: The multiplicity of M dwarfs in young moving groups (Shan+, 2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog, J/ApJ/846/93.
- Stone, J. M., Skemer, A. J., Hinz, P. M., Bonavita, M., Kratter, K. M., Maire, A., Defrere, D., Bailey, V. P., Spalding, E., Leisenring, J. M., Desidera, S., Bonnefoy, M., Biller, B., Woodward, C. E., Henning, T., Skrutskie, M. F., Eisner, J. A., Crepp, J. R., Patience, J., , Weigelt, G., et al. (2018). The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey: Limits on Planet Occurrence Rates under Conservative Assumptions. The Astronomical Journal, 156, 286.
- Wagner, K., Dong, R., Sheehan, P., Apai, D., Kasper, M., McClure, M., Morzinski, K. M., Close, L., Males, J., Hinz, P., Quanz, S. P., & Fung, J. (2018). The Orbit of the Companion to HD 100453A: Binary-driven Spiral Arms in a Protoplanetary Disk. The Astrophysical Journal, 854, 130.
- Wagner, K., Follete, K. B., Close, L. M., Apai, D., Gibbs, A., Keppler, M., Müller, A., Henning, T., Kasper, M., Wu, Y., Long, J., Males, J., Morzinski, K., & McClure, M. (2018). Magellan Adaptive Optics Imaging of PDS 70: Measuring the Mass Accretion Rate of a Young Giant Planet within a Gapped Disk. The Astrophysical Journal, 863, L8.
- Wu, Y., Close, L. M., Kim, J. S., Males, J. R., & Morzinski, K. M. (2018). The Intricate Structure of HH 508, the Brightest Microjet in the Orion Nebula. The Astrophysical Journal, 854, 144.
Proceedings Publications
- Anugu, N., Durney, O., Morzinski, K. M., Hinz, P., Sivanandam, S., Males, J., Gardner, A., Fellows, C., Montoya, M., West, G., Vaz, A., Mailhot, E., Carlson, J., Chen, S., Lamb, M., Butko, A., Downey, E., Tyler, J., & Jannuzi, B. (2020, 2020/12/1). Design and development of a high-speed visible pyramid wavefront sensor for the MMT AO system. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11448, 114485J.
- Anugu, N., Morzinski, K. M., Eisner, J., Douglas, E., Marrone, D., Ertel, S., Haffert, S., Montoya, O., Stone, J., Kraus, S., Monnier, J., Lebouquin, J., Berger, J., Woillez, J., & Miguel, M. (2020, 2020/08/1). Betelgeuse scope: single-mode-fibers-assisted optical interferometer design for dedicated stellar activity monitoring. In Proceedings of the SPIE: Interferometry XX, 11490, 114900X.
- Close, L. M., Males, J., Long, J. D., Van, G. K., Hedglen, A. D., Kautz, M., Lumbres, J., Haffert, S. Y., Follette, K., Wagner, K., Miller, K., Apai, D., Wu, Y., Guyon, O., Schatz, L., Rodack, A., Doelman, D., Snik, F., Knight, J. M., , Morzinski, K., et al. (2020, 2020/12/1). Prediction of the planet yield of the MaxProtoPlanetS high-contrast survey for H-alpha protoplanets with MagAO-X based on first light contrasts. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11448, 114480U.
- Males, J. R., Close, L. M., Guyon, O., Hedglen, A. D., Van, G. K., Long, J. D., Kautz, M., Lumbres, J., Schatz, L., Rodack, A., Miller, K., Doelman, D., Snik, F., Bos, S., Knight, J. M., Morzinski, K., Gasho, V., Keller, C., Haffert, S., & Pearce, L. (2020, 2020/12/1). MagAO-X first light. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11448, 114484L.
- Morzinski, K. M., Montoya, M., Fellows, C., Durney, O., Ford, J., West, G., Gardner, A., Vaz, A., Anugu, N., Mailhot, E., Carlson, J., Harrison, L., Gacon, F., Downey, E., Hinz, P., Jones, T., Patience, J., Sivanandam, S., Chen, S., , Lamb, M., et al. (2020, 2020/12/1). Development and status of MAPS, the MMT AO exoPlanet characterization system. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11448, 114481L.
- Vaz, A., Morzinski, K. M., Montoya, M., Fellows, C., Ford, J., Gardner, A., Durney, O., West, G., Harrison, L., Gacon, F., Downey, E., Carlson, J., Mailhot, E., Anugu, N., Jannuzi, B., & Hinz, P. (2020, 2020/12/1). Laboratory testing and calibration of the upgraded MMT adaptive secondary mirror. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11448, 114485L.
- Lu, J., Fitzgerald, M., Dekany, R., Wright, S., Tuttle, S., Perrin, M., Froning, C., Lotz, J., Hunter, L., Close, L., Morzinski, K., McConnell, N., Max, C., Konopacky, Q., Bailey, V., Hamden, E., Kupke, R., Baranec, C., Hinz, P., , Chun, M., et al. (2019, 2019/09/1). Training the Next Generation of OIR Instrumentalists. In Astro2020 / Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51, 277.
- Spalding, E., Hinz, P., Morzinski, K., Ertel, S., Grenz, P., Maier, E., Stone, J., & Vaz, A. (2019, 2019/09/1). Status of commissioning stabilized infrared Fizeau interferometry with LBTI. In Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 11117, 111171S.
- Close, L. M., Males, J. R., Morzinski, K. M., Esposito, S., Riccardi, A., Briguglio, R., Follette, K. B., Wu, Y., Pinna, E., Puglisi, A., Xompero, M., Quiros, F., & Hinz, P. M. (2018, 2018/07/1). Status of MagAO and review of astronomical science with visible light adaptive optics. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107030L.
- Ertel, S., Kennedy, G. M., Defrère, D., Hinz, P., Shannon, A. B., Mennesson, B., Danchi, W. C., Gelino, C., Hill, J. M., Hoffman, W. F., Rieke, G., Spalding, E., Stone, J. M., Vaz, A., Weinberger, A. J., Willems, P., Absil, O., Arbo, P., Bailey, V. P., , Beichman, C., et al. (2018, 2018/07/1). The HOSTS survey for exo-zodiacal dust: preliminary results and future prospects. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 10698, 106981V.
- Follette, K., Close, L., Males, J., Morzinski, K., Leonard, C., & MagAO, . (2018, 2018/01/1). The MagAO Giant Accreting Protoplanet Survey (GAPlanetS): Recent Results. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231, 231, 303.02.
- Kopon, D., McLeod, B., Bouchez, A., Catropa, D., van, D., Frostig, D., Kansky, J., McCracken, K., Podgorski, W., McMuldroch, S., D'Arco, J., Close, L., Males, J. R., & Morzinski, K. (2018, 2018/07/1). Preliminary on-sky results of the next generation GMT phasing sensor prototype. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107030X.
- Long, J. D., Males, J. R., Morzinski, K. M., Close, L. M., Snik, F., Kenworthy, M. A., Otten, G., Monnier, J., Tolls, V., & Weinberger, A. (2018, 2018/07/1). The hunt for Sirius Ab: comparison of algorithmic sky and PSF estimation performance in deep coronagraphic thermal-IR high contrast imaging. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107032T.
- Lumbres, J., Males, J., Douglas, E., Close, L., Guyon, O., Cahoy, K., Carlton, A., Clark, J., Doelman, D., Feinberg, L., Knight, J., Marlow, W., Miller, K., Morzinski, K., Por, E., Rodack, A., Schatz, L., Snik, F., Van, G. K., & Wilby, M. (2018, 2018/07/1). Modeling coronagraphic extreme wavefront control systems for high contrast imaging in ground and space telescope missions. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107034Z.
- Males, J. R., Close, L. M., Miller, K., Schatz, L., Doelman, D., Lumbres, J., Snik, F., Rodack, A., Knight, J., Van, G. K., Long, J. D., Hedglen, A., Kautz, M., Jovanovic, N., Morzinski, K., Guyon, O., Douglas, E., Follette, K. B., Lozi, J., , Bohlman, C., et al. (2018, 2018/07/1). MagAO-X: project status and first laboratory results. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 1070309.
- Miller, K., Males, J. R., Guyon, O., Close, L. M., Doelman, D., Snik, F., Por, E., Wilby, M. J., Bohlman, C., Lumbres, J., Van, G. K., Kautz, M., Rodack, A., Knight, J., Jovanovic, N., Morzinski, K., & Schatz, L. (2018, 2018/07/1). Focal plane wavefront sensing and control strategies for high-contrast imaging on the MagAO-X instrument. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107031T.
- Morgan, R. E., Douglas, E. S., Cahoy, K. L., Males, J. R., Morzinski, K. M., & Close, L. (2018, 2018/07/1). Surveying the Epsilon Eridani system Using MagAO. In Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 10703, 107032M.
Presentations
- Anugu, N., Durney, O., Morzinski, K. M., Hinz, P., Sivanandam, S., Males, J., Gardner, A., Fellows, C., Montoya, M., West, G., Vaz, A., Mailhot, E., Carlson, J., Chen, S., Lamb, M., Butko, A., Downey, E., Tyler, J., & Jannuzi, B. (2020, 2020/12/1). Design and development of a high-speed visible pyramid wavefront sensor for the MMT AO system. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series.
- Atkinson, D., Meyers, M., Bowens, R., Leisenring, J., Hoffman, B., Hart, D., & Morzinski, K. (2020, 2020/10/1). GeoSnap: A 1024x1024 HgCdTe array covering 3-13µm. Ground-Based Thermal Infrared Astronomy - Past, Present and Future, held virtually, 12-16 October, 2020.
- Meyer, M. R., Leisenring, J., Hoffmann, W., Atkinson, D., Morzinski, K., & Bowens, R. (2020, 2020/01/1). AO-assisted Ground-based Mid-Infrared Imaging in the JWST Era: MIRAC-5 with Geosnap. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #235.
- Meyer, M., Leisenring, J., Hoffman, W., Atkinson, D., Bowens, R., & Morzinski, K. (2020, 2020/10/1). AO-assisted Ground-based Mid-Infrared Imaging in the JWST Era: MIIRAC-5 with Geosnap. Ground-Based Thermal Infrared Astronomy - Past, Present and Future, held virtually, 12-16 October, 2020.
- Morzinski, K. M., Montoya, M., Fellows, C., Durney, O., Ford, J., West, G., Gardner, A., Vaz, A., Anugu, N., Mailhot, E., Carlson, J., Harrison, L., Gacon, F., Downey, E., Hinz, P., Jones, T., Patience, J., Sivanandam, S., Chen, S., , Lamb, M., et al. (2020, 2020/12/1). Development and status of MAPS, the MMT AO exoPlanet characterization system. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series.
- Follette, K., Close, L., Males, J., & Morzinski, K. (2019, 2019/01/1). The MagAO Giant Accreting Protoplanet Survey (GAPlanetS): Recent Results. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233.
- Sallum, S., Skemer, A., Eisner, J., van, d., Sheehan, P., Close, L., Ireland, M., Males, J., Morzinski, K., Bailey, V., Briguglio, R., & Puglisi, A. (2019, 2019/08/1). New Spatially Resolved Observations of the SR 21 Transition Disk. AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts.
Poster Presentations
- Vaz, A., Morzinski, K. M., Montoya, M., Fellows, C., Ford, J., Gardner, A., Durney, O., West, G., Harrison, L., Gacon, F., Downey, E., Carlson, J., Mailhot, E., Anugu, N., Jannuzi, B., & Hinz, P. (2020, 2020/12/1). Laboratory testing and calibration of the upgraded MMT adaptive secondary mirror. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series.
Others
- Poleski, R., Suzuki, D., Udalski, A., Xie, X., Yee, J. C., Koshimoto, N., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., Skowron, J., Szymanski, M. K., Soszynski, I., Pietrukowicz, P., Kozlowski, S., Wyrzykowski, L., Ulaczyk, K., Abe, F., Barry, R. K., Bennett, D. P., Bhattacharya, A., , Bond, I. A., et al. (2020, 2020/07/1). VizieR Online Data Catalog: LC of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0838 (Poleski+, 2020). VizieR Online Data Catalog. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020yCat..51590261P
- Nielsen, E. L., De, R., Macintosh, B., Wang, J. J., Ruffio, J. -., Chiang, E., Marley, M. S., Saumon, D., Savransky, D., Ammons, S. M., Bailey, V. P., Barman, T., Blain, C., Bulger, J., Burrows, A., Chilcote, J., Cotten, T., Czekala, I., Doyon, R., , Duchene, G., et al. (2019, 2019/08/1). VizieR Online Data Catalog: The first 300 stars observed by the GPIES (Nielsen+, 2019). VizieR Online Data Catalog. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019yCat..51580013N
- Stone, J. M., Skemer, A. J., Hinz, P. M., Bonavita, M., Kratter, K. M., Maire, A. -., Defrere, D., Bailey, V. P., Spalding, E., Leisenring, J. M., Desidera, S., Bonnefoy, M., Biller, B., Woodward, C. E., Henning, T., Skrutskie, M. F., Eisner, J. A., Crepp, J. R., Patience, J., , Weigelt, G., et al. (2019, 2019/04/1). VizieR Online Data Catalog: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey (Stone+, 2018). VizieR Online Data Catalog. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019yCat..51560286S