Faculty Profile

Ohad Shemmer

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Physics
College
College of Science

    

Education

PhD, Tel Aviv University, 2005.
Major: Physics and Astronomy
Dissertation Title: 'Black Hole Mass, Accretion Rate, and Metal Abundances in Active Galactic Nuclei'
MS, Tel Aviv University, 1999.
Major: Physics and Astronomy
Dissertation Title: 'Periodic Microvariation of B416, a Luminous Blue Variable in M33'
BS, Tel Aviv University, 1997.
Major: Physics

Current Scheduled Teaching*

PHYS 6950.751, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
PHYS 5900.752, Special Problems, Spring 2024

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching*

PHYS 6950.780, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
PHYS 1062.100, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 6950.751, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
PHYS 4955.753, Senior Thesis Capstone, Spring 2023
PHYS 4900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2023
PHYS 4910.750, Special Problems, Spring 2023
PHYS 6900.752, Special Problems, Spring 2023
PHYS 1062.100, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 6950.780, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
PHYS 4650.001, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 4650.201, Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 4950.764, Senior Thesis, Fall 2022
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2022
PHYS 6900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2022
PHYS 6950.753, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
PHYS 4955.703, Senior Thesis Capstone, Spring 2022
PHYS 5900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2022
PHYS 6900.750, Special Problems, Spring 2022
PHYS 1062.100, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 6950.780, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2021
PHYS 6900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2021
PHYS 1062.100, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2021
PHYS 6900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2021
PHYS 1062.100, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 4650.001, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 4955.780, Senior Thesis Capstone, Fall 2020
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2020
PHYS 6900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2020
PHYS 6940.780, Individual Research, Spring 2020
PHYS 4950.004, Senior Thesis, Spring 2020
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2020
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2020 Syllabus
PHYS 1062.502, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2020
PHYS 5920.006, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2019
PHYS 5930.002, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2019
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2019
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 1062.503, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2019
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2019
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 1062.502, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2019
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2018
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 1062.503, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2018 SPOT
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2018
PHYS 1062.001, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2017
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Spring 2017 SPOT
PHYS 4950.009, Senior Thesis, Spring 2017
PHYS 4955.014, Senior Thesis Capstone, Spring 2017
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2017
PHYS 1062.001, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Fall 2016 SPOT
PHYS 4650.001, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Fall 2016 Syllabus
PHYS 4650.201, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Fall 2016
PHYS 4950.008, Senior Thesis, Fall 2016
PHYS 5910.780, Special Problems, Fall 2016
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Spring 2016 SPOT
PHYS 4955.014, Senior Thesis Capstone, Spring 2016
PHYS 1062.001, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Fall 2015 SPOT
PHYS 4950.008, Senior Thesis, Fall 2015
PHYS 1062.001, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Spring 2015
PHYS 4650.001, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Spring 2015 Syllabus
PHYS 4650.201, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Spring 2015
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2015
PHYS 5910.780, Special Problems, Spring 2015
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Fall 2014
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2014
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2014 Syllabus
PHYS 4950.001, Senior Thesis, Summer 5W1 2014
PHYS 4955.001, Senior Thesis Capstone, Summer 5W2 2014
PHYS 2900.780, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2014
PHYS 5941.001, Colloquium, Spring 2014
PHYS 4950.009, Senior Thesis, Spring 2014
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2014 Syllabus
PHYS 4950.008, Senior Thesis, Fall 2013
PHYS 4955.002, Senior Thesis Capstone, Fall 2013
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2013 Syllabus
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2013
PHYS 4951.780, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2013
PHYS 4650.001, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Spring 2013 Syllabus
PHYS 4650.201, Introduction to Modren Astrophysics, Spring 2013
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2013
CHEM 4900.709, Special Problems, Fall 2012
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2012 Syllabus
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2012 Syllabus
PHYS 1710.002, Mechanics, Fall 2011 Syllabus
PHYS 1710.211, Mechanics, Fall 2011
PHYS 1710.212, Mechanics, Fall 2011
PHYS 1710.213, Mechanics, Fall 2011
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2011
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2011 Syllabus
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2010
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2010 Syllabus
PHYS 5920.780, Research Problems in Lieu of Thesis, Summer 5W1 2010
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2010
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2010
PHYS 4980.001, Experimental Course, Spring 2010
PHYS 4980.201, Experimental Course, Spring 2010
PHYS 4950.001, Senior Thesis, Spring 2010
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2010
PHYS 6900.780, Special Problems, Spring 2010
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Fall 2009
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2009
PHYS 4900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2009
PHYS 4910.755, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2009
PHYS 4910.780, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2009
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2009
PHYS 5900.780, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2009
PHYS 4950.001, Senior Thesis, Spring 2009
PHYS 4910.780, Special Problems, Spring 2009
PHYS 5910.780, Special Problems, Spring 2009
PHYS 1062.002, Stars and the Universe, Spring 2009
PHYS 4910.780, Special Problems, Fall 2008
PHYS 1062.003, Stars and the Universe, Fall 2008

* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Shemmer, O. (2009). LSST Science Book, Version 2.0. 596. ARXIV. https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.0201
Conference Proceeding
Parrott, L., Shemmer, O., Marlar, A. (2024). Calibrating the X-ray Spectral Slope-Eddington Ratio Correlation Using Reverberation Mapping Measurements of Supermassive Black Hole Masses in Quasars. 56(2), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #243, id.104.28. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AAS...24310428P/abstract
Ahmed, H., Shemmer, O., Matthews, B., Dix, C., Ha, T., Richards, G., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Brandt, W., Ferrero, G., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Lira, P., McLane, J., Plotkin, R., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Strauss, M. (2024). Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph - Distant Quasar Survey: Rest-Frame Ultraviolet-Optical Spectral Properties of Broad Absorption Line Quasars. 56(2), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #243, id.104.29. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AAS...24310429A/abstract
Maithil, J., Brotherton, M., Shemmer, O., Du, P., Wang, J., Luo, B., Gallagher, S., Chen, H., Li, Y., Myers, A., McLane, J., Dix, C., Matthews, B., Nemmen, R. (2023). Quasars with highly accreting black holes: their X-ray properties and modified prescription of single-epoch mass. 55(4), . AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division meeting #20, id. 100.43. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023HEAD...2010043M/abstract
Shemmer, O., Ha, T., Dix, C., Matthews, B., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Richards, G., Maithil, J., Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Fan, X., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Lira, P., Luo, B., Netzer, H., Plotkin, R., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Strauss, M., Trakhtenbrot, B., Wu, J. (2023). Shedding New Light on Weak Emission-Line Quasars in the C IV-Hβ Parameter Space. 55(2), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #241, id.301.04. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023AAS...24130104S/abstract
Thomas, M., Shemmer, O., Brandt, W., Paolillo, M., Kaspi, S., Vignali, C., Lira, P., Schneider, D. (2020). Exploratory X-Ray Monitoring of Luminous Radio-Quiet Quasars at High Redshift: Long Term Variability and Deep X-ray Images. 52(1), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #235, id.305.11. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS...23530511T/abstract
Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Andruchow, I., Boroson, T., Brandt, W., Cellone, S., Dix, C., Ferrero, G., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Hennawi, J., Lira, P., Myers, A., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Shen, Y., Strauss, M., Willott, C., Wills, B. (2020). Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph Distant Quasar Survey: Initial Results. 52(1), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #235, id.381.06. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS...23538106M/abstract
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Richards, G., Dix, C. (2020). Multiwavelength Diagnostics of Quasar Accretion Power. 52(1), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #235, id.304.18. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS...23530418M/abstract
Dix, C., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Mason, M., Myers, A. (2020). Prescriptions for Correcting Ultraviolet-Based Redshifts for Luminous Quasars at z > 2.15. 52(1), . American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #235, id.305.29. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AAS...23530529D/abstract
Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Andruchow, I., Boroson, T., Brandt, W., Cellone, S., Ferrero, G., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Hennawi, J., Lira, P., Myers, A., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Shen, Y., Strauss, M., Willott, C., Wills, B. (2019). Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph Distant Quasar Survey: The First Year. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.243.38. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AAS...23324338M
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Richards, G. (2019). Identifying a Robust and Practical Quasar Accretion-Rate Indicator Using the Chandra Archive. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #233, id.243.39. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AAS...23324339M
Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Andruchow, I., Boroson, T., Brandt, W., Cellone, S., Ferrero, G., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Hennawi, J., Lira, P., Myers, A., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Shen, Y., Strauss, M., Willott, C., Wills, B. (2018). GNIRS-DQS: A Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph Distant Quasar Survey. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #232, id.318.09. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23231809M
Rivera, A., Richards, G., Shemmer, O., Gallagher, S. (2018). Investigating Quasar Diversity using UV, X-ray, and Emission-line Properties. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #231, id.250.24. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23125024B
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Diamond-Stanic, A., Fan, X., Luo, B., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D., Wu, J. (2018). Steep Hard-X-ray Spectra Indicate Extremely High Accretion Rates in Weak Emission-Line Quasars. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #232, id.318.10. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AAS...23231810M
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Richards, G. (2017). Searching for Robust Accretion Rate Diagnostics in Distant Quasars. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #230, id.313.01. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AAS...23031301M
Lehmer, B., Basu-Zych, A., Mineo, S., Brandt, W., Eufrasio, R., Fragos, T., Hornschemeier, A., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Gilfanov, M., Kalogera, V., Ranalli, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Tozzi, P., Trump, J., Vignali, C., Wang, J., Yukita, M., Zezas, A. (2016). Cosmic Evolution of X-ray Binary Populations: Probes of Changing Chemistry and Aging Stellar Populations in the Universe. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #227, id.401.08. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AAS...22740108L
Brandt, W., Luo, B., Hall, P., Wu, J., Anderson, S., Garmire, G., Gibson, R., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Shen, Y. (2016). Exceptional X-ray Weak Quasars: Implications for Accretion Flows and Emission-Line Formation. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #227, id.318.04. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AAS...22731804B
Paolillo, M., Papadakis, I., Brandt, W., Xue, Y., Luo, B., Tozzi, P., Shemmer, O., Allevato, V., Bauer, F., Koekemoer, A., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Yang, G., Wang, J., Zheng, X. (2016). Probing AGN Accretion History Through X-Ray Variability. Active Galactic Nuclei 12: A Multi-Messenger Perspective (AGN12), Napoli, Italy, 26-29 September 2016, id.39. https://zenodo.org/record/163795#.WjiMvmWN2cg
Vito, F., Gilli, R., Vignali, C., Brandt, W., Comastri, A., Yang, G., Lehmer, B., Luo, B., Basu-Zych, A., Bauer, F., Cappelluti, N., Koekemoer, A., Mainieri, V., Paolillo, M., Ranalli, P., Shemmer, O., Trump, J., Wang, J. (2016). The deepest X-ray view of high-redshift galaxies: constraints on low-rate black hole accretion. Active Galactic Nuclei 12: A Multi-Messenger Perspective (AGN12), Napoli, Italy, 26-29 September 2016, id.41. https://zenodo.org/record/163798#.WjiG8GWN2cg
Shemmer, O. (2016). Weak Emission-line Quasars in the Context of a Modified Baldwin Effect. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #227, id.318.05. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AAS...22731805S
Lehmer, B., Basu-Zych, A., Mineo, S., Brandt, W., Eufrasio, R., Fragos, T., Hornschemeier, A., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Gilfanov, M., Kalogera, V., Ranalli, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Tozzi, P., Trump, J., Vignali, C., Wang, J., Yukita, M., Zezas, A. (2016). X-ray Evolution of Normal Galaxies in the 6 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South. American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #15, id.104.02. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016HEAD...1510402L
Brandt, W., Luo, B., Hall, P., Wu, J., Anderson, S., Garmire, G., Gibson, R., Just, D., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Shen, Y. (2015). Exceptional X-ray Weak Quasars: Implications for Accretion Flows. APS April Meeting 2015, abstract #X14.006. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015APS..APRX14006B
Plotkin, R., Shemmer, O., Trakhtenbrot, B., Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Fan, X., Gallo, E., Lira, P., Luo, B., Richards, G., Wu, J. (2015). New Insights on Weak Emission Line Quasars from X-shooter Spectroscopy. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #225, id.303.01. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AAS...22530301P
Shemmer, O. (2014). http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/workshops/2014symposium/
Shemmer, O. (2014). The XMM-Newton View of Weak Emission-Line Quasars.
Shemmer, O. (2013). AGN Science with the LSST.
Shemmer, O. (2013). Extreme Star Formation in the Host Galaxies of the Fastest Growing Supermassive Black Holes at z=4.8.
Shemmer, O. (2012). Exploratory X-ray Monitoring of High Redshift Radio-Quiet Quasars. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, id.109.04. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AAS...21910904S
Shemmer, O. (2012). Low-luminosity Blazars in WISE: A Mid-infrared View of Unification. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, id.131.06. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AAS...21913106P
Shemmer, O. (2012). Observing the Fast Growth of Black Holes at z~4.8. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, id.403.05.
Shemmer, O. (2012). PHL 1811 Analogs: A Population of X-ray Weak Quasars. 460, . San Francisco: ASP Conference Series, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.42. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2012ASPC..460...42W&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
Shemmer, O. (2011). AGN Science with LSST. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, id.252.17; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21725217G
Shemmer, O. (2011). Did Weak-line Quasars Just Begin an Active Phase?. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, id.230.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21723002P
Shemmer, O. (2011). Exploratory X-ray Monitoring of High Redshift Radio-Quiet Quasars. The X-ray Universe 2011, Presentations of the Conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-30 June 2011. http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/workshops/2011symposium/
Shemmer, O. (2011). In Search of Quasar Host Galaxies. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, id.421.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21742104Y
Shemmer, O. (2011). The X-Ray Properties of Typical High-redshift Radio-loud Quasars. The X-ray Universe 2011, Presentations of the Conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-30 June 2011. http://xmm.esac.esa.int/external/xmm_science/workshops/2011symposium/
Shemmer, O. (2011). Weak-Line Quasars at High Redshift: Extremely High Accretion Rates or Anemic Broad-Line Regions?. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, id.230.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21723001S
Shemmer, O. (2010). Active-Galaxy Science withthe Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, id.401.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.220. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AAS...21540116R
Shemmer, O. (2010). Chandra Scrutiny of Radio-Shy BL Lac Candidates From The SDSS. American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #11, id.33.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.706. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010HEAD...11.3305P
Shemmer, O. (2010). In Search of Star-Forming Regions in the Host Galaxiesof Nearby Quasars. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, id.411.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.240. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AAS...21541104Y
Shemmer, O. (2010). Probing the Evolution of Black Hole Mass Through Cosmic Time.
Shemmer, O. (2010). The Optical to Mid-Infrared Spectral Energy Distribution of Weak-Emission Line Quasars. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, id.433.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.372. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AAS...21543316L
Shemmer, O. (2010). The X-Ray Properties of the Optically Brightest Mini-BAL Quasarsfrom the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 5. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, id.411.31; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.245. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AAS...21541131C
Shemmer, O. (2009). Active-Galaxy Science with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, id.460.12; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.368. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AAS...21346012B
Shemmer, O. (2009). Multiwavelength Insights into the Nature of Weak Emission-Line Quasars at High Redshift. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, id.316.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.294. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AAS...21331607S
Shemmer, O. (2007). The Hard X-ray Spectral Slope as an Accretion-Rate Indicator in Radio-Quiet Active Galactic Nuclei. 2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, id.34.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.951. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AAS...209.3404S
Shemmer, O. (2007). The Realm of the First Quasars in the Universe: The X-ray View', in 'The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei. The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 373, proceedings of the conference held 16-21 October, 2006 at Xi'an Jioatong University, Xi'an, China. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ASPC..373..724V
Shemmer, O. (2006). New XMM-Newton Spectroscopy of the Most Luminous and Distant Quasars. Proceedings of the The X-ray Universe 2005 (ESA SP-604). 26-30 September 2005, El Escorial, Madrid, Spain. Editor: A. Wilson, p.551. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006ESASP.604..551S
Shemmer, O. (2006). The Hard X-ray Spectral Slope as an Accretion-Rate Indicator in Radio-Quiet Active Galactic Nuclei. American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #9, id.7.24; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.353. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006HEAD....9.0724S
Shemmer, O. (2004). A Metallicity-Accretion-Rate Relation in AGN, in 'AGN Physics with the SDSS'. AGN Physics with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Proceedings of a conference held in Princeton, NJ, USA, 27-31 July 2003, Edited by Gordon T. Richards and Patrick B. Hall, ASP Conference Series, Volume 311. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004., p.407. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2004ASPC..311..407S&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
Shemmer, O. (2004). Reverberation Mapping of High-Redshift, High-Luminosity Quasars, in 'Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies'. Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, from the Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposia. Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series. Edited by L. C. Ho, 2004. Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004cbhg.sympE..30K
Kaspi, S., Netzer, H., Maoz, D., Shemmer, O., Brandt, W., Schneider, D. (2003). Reverberation Mapping of High-Redshift, High-Luminosity Quasars. 290, 615. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2003ASPC..290..615K&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
Shemmer, O., Netzer, H., Oliva, E., Maiolino, R. (2003). The Metallicity-Luminosity Relationship in AGN: The Case of Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies. 290, 255. Astronomical Society of the Pacific. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2003ASPC..290..255S&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
Brosch, N., Shemmer, O. (2000). Airglow and Meteor Rates over Israel during the 1999 Leonid Shower. Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 82/83, p. 535-543 (1998). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1017073003943
Journal Article
Maithil, J., Brotherton, M., Shemmer, O., Luo, B., Du, P., Wang, J., Chen, H., Gallagher, S., Li, Y., Nemmen, R. (2024). X-ray properties of reverberation-mapped AGNs with super-Eddington accreting massive black holes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2), 1542-1554. Oxford University Press. https://watermark.silverchair.com/stae115.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1UwggNRBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNCMIIDPgIBADCCAzcGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMcab-j4y-AfMlg5UdAgEQgIIDCAhZw-_uZcTGXNvQjA_HhzUcpKLWpWs6ktRXMr7N5UJpmsfihyfT7vTaeD6z3zbj4AxXaghdpjVTYuGmwN8XDr1A_4Jo3Wso3IosjJV83n0GcC8vP1_7pNjGfsv_2v0bozodz4Nt80uy5LzdzeMAxnEeE-K_btov-Inpulr4V70XZHfovLY2q8H5JLxsBGKVMJ4ro4Aj5vWsEFkiX7UeCPQ0Ay7KpNLUw7EoX2heOkqwoHX2obsbD4Cb06HmHUPyIGGdsNKSJPr_V581dmvABWJRxCd1gIab1ZFOMSopIj40oGdqIn_dVvrieKK2Z7EI_sZcMH_CpQauJ5-V_nBtMj7q_HQRNLnxRWfDBpdPK29mxQxU5y4-J4_VvtGoaGfhexgFGF4vkGtbRN_vUuBiDeyGf_5CvwzVbERFrdoo-dHrr_Nmfiq4uQXF-fTSGER91BFHQPJ5F36ZwkqopLKns8wgzfSLxJvf2HtzAVwnvtNe6KfMnJ92Lz-_mSlW4FVqtUJJI6h2rKlMAF2imMPjvrmhylEGDfRjxuvhii4G4Z2PhcsHabL7rbZdDTVlBX9LqqQhVvQ0TUQRVbJvCRYdT4spixg8C98Ku-88pTZcCjiL38ikjTJIQzFj7YkyKL38fnSrIKwPQ8oJXUJf_G94IwhEYkiCoiSmtxk2D5na_OzdKH_J74f17za9mNQlP6ldyJrGaBrbmZgYW36tnQjbo1i3jR01uNOfRIWVlxMc-JrByeiYFdUQ8iXSeuis4-3nbh1qoY9ntHadWWgzNx0Bq80ETp_6ngWfapP1mL4slKCzLHRx7wUrEXi_HV96VyqzeV1pysQkn5Dchp89FQ192YOVdwSjaXS1wBOPhw5XQwf9OAIIpGGZVGi9ksupeUXcEsfp0Qi3r-BYM_3YYtVDE5svlA_WDofs6otBdzBymqH0EOSI1tSvs0RFlw2axEkCDiHV0nH8vFNUPEJ3Z6tt816KIQfyLFnckiR77cM-SvX9-7Ot7PvVaWDp5MfxgmaO_g0CD_rgQQC-
Thomas, M., Shemmer, O., Trakhtenbrot, B., Lira, P., Netzer, H., Simmons, B., Ilan, N. (2023). Searching for the Role of Mergers in Fast and Early SMBH Growth: Morphological Decomposition of Quasars and Their Hosts at z ∼ 4.8. The Astrophysical Journal. 955(1), 15. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acebc9/pdf
Matthews, B., Dix, C., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Andruchow, I., Brandt, W. N., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Lira, P., McLane, J., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Strauss, M. (2023). Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph - Distant Quasar Survey: Augmented Spectroscopic Catalog and a Prescription for Correcting UV-Based Quasar Redshifts. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2), 95. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acd04c/pdf
Dix, C., Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Andruchow, I., Brandt, W. N., Ferrero, G., Green, R., Lira, P., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D. (2023). Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph - Distant Quasar Survey: Prescriptions for Calibrating UV-Based Estimates of Supermassive Black Hole Masses in High-Redshift Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2), 96. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acd04b/pdf
Ha, T., Dix, C., Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Richards, G., Maithil, J., Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Diamond-Stanic, A., Fan, X., Gallagher, S., Green, R., Lira, P., Luo, B., Netzer, H., Plotkin, R., Runnoe, J., Schneider, D., Strauss, M., Trakhtenbrot, B., Wu, J. (2023). Shedding New Light on Weak Emission-Line Quasars in the C IV-Hβ Parameter Space. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(2), 97. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acd04d/pdf
Paolillo, M., Papadakis, I., Brandt, W. N., Bauer, F. E., Lanzuisi, G., Allevato, V., Shemmer, O., Zheng, X. C., De Cicco, D., Gilli, R., Luo, B., Thomas, M., Tozzi, P., Vito, F., Xue, Y. Q. (2023). The universal shape of the X-ray variability power spectrum of AGN up to z∼3. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 673, A68. EDP Sciences. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2023/05/aa45291-22.pdf
Yu, L., Luo, B., Brandt, W. N., Bauer, F. E., De Cicco, D., Fabian, A., Gilli, R., Koekemoer, A., Paolillo, M., Schneider, D. P., Shemmer, O., Tozzi, P., Trump, J., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Wang, J. X., Xue, Y. Q. (2023). X-ray Unveiling Events in a z ≈ 1.6 Active Galactic Nucleus in the 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South. The Astrophysical Journal. 949(1), 20. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/acc17e/pdf
Vito, F., Mignoli, M., Gilli, R., Brandt, W. N., Shemmer, O., Bauer, F. E., Bisogni, S., Luo, B., Marchesi, S., Nanni, R., Zamorani, G., Comastri, A., Cusano, F., Gallerani, S., Vignali, C., Lanzuisi, G. (2022). An X-ray fading, UV brightening QSO at z ≈ 6. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 663(A159), 14. EDP Sciences. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2022/07/aa43403-22.pdf
Maithil, J., Brotherton, M. S., Shemmer, O., Du, P., Wang, J., Myers, A. D., McLane, J. N., Dix, C., Matthews, B. M. (2022). Systematically smaller single-epoch quasar black hole masses using a radius-luminosity relationship corrected for spectral bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515(1), 491-506. Oxford Academic. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/515/1/491/6617998?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Rivera, A. B., Richards, G. T., Gallagher, S. C., McCaffrey, T. V., Rankine, A. L., Hewett, P. C., Shemmer, O. (2022). Exploring Changes in Quasar Spectral Energy Distributions across C IV Parameter Space. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(2), 19. IOP. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac6a5d/pdf
Chen, T. X., including 44 co-authors, e., Shemmer, O. (2022). Best Practices for Data Publication in the Astronomical Literature. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 260(1), 13. IOP. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ac6268/pdf
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M. S., Richards, G. T., Dix, C. (2022). Can X-Ray Observations Improve Optical-UV-based Accretion-rate Estimates for Quasars?. The Astrophysical Journal. 931(1), 10. IOP. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5f58/pdf
Paul, J. D., Plotkin, R. M., Shemmer, O., Anderson, S. F., Brandt, W. N., Fan, X., Gallo, E., Luo, B., Ni, Q., Richards, G. T., Schneider, D. P., Wu, J., Yi, W. (2022). Connecting Low- and High-redshift Weak Emission-line Quasars via Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopy of Lyα Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 929(1), 78. American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac5bd6/pdf
Ni, Q., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Garmire, G., Hall, P., Plotkin, R., Shemmer, O., Timlin, J., Vito, F., Wu, J., Yi, W. (2022). Sensitive Chandra coverage of a representative sample of weak-line quasars: revealing the full range of X-ray properties. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 511(4), 5251–5264. Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/511/4/5251/6529249?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Bianco, F. B., including 47 co-authors, e., Shemmer, O. (2022). Optimization of the Observing Cadence for the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time: A Pioneering Process of Community-focused Experimental Design. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 258(1), 1. IOP. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ac3e72
Thomas, M. O., Shemmer, O., Brandt, W., Paolillo, M., Kaspi, S., Vignali, C., Lira, P., Schneider, D. (2021). Exploratory X-Ray Monitoring of Luminous Radio-quiet Quasars at High Redshift: Extended Time-series Analyses and Stacked Imaging Spectroscopy. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(1), 111. IOP. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac2e00/pdf
Ni, Q., Brandt, W., Chen, C., Luo, B., Nyland, K., Yang, G., Zou, F., Aird, J., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Lacy, M., Lehmer, B., Mallick, L., Salvato, M., Schneider, D., Tozzi, P., Traulsen, I., Vaccari, M., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Xue, Y., Banerji, M., Chow, K., Comastri, A., Del Moro, A., Gilli, R., Mullaney, J., Paolillo, M., Schwope, A., Shemmer, O., Sun, M., Timlin, J., Trump, J. (2021). The XMM-SERVS Survey: XMM-Newton Point-source Catalogs for the W-CDF-S and ELAIS-S1 Fields. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 256(1), 21. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ac0dc6/pdf
Kaspi, S., Brandt, W. N., Maoz, D., Netzer, H., Schneider, D. P., Shemmer, O., Grier, C. J. (2021). Taking a Long Look: A Two-decade Reverberation Mapping Study of High-luminosity Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(2), 129. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac00aa/pdf
Richards, G. T., Plotkin, R. M., Hewett, P. C., Rankine, A. L., Rivera, A. B., Shen, Y., Shemmer, O. (2021). A Novel Test of Quasar Orientation. The Astrophysical Journal. 914(1), L14. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac0256/pdf
Vito, F., Brandt, W., Ricci, F., Congiu, E., Connor, T., Banados, E., Bauer, F., Gilli, R., Luo, B., Mazzucchelli, C., Mignoli, M., Shemmer, O., Vignali, C., Calura, F., Comastri, A., Decarli, R., Gallerani, S., Nanni, R., Brusa, M., Cappelluti, N., Civano, F., Zamorani, G. (2021). Chandra and Magellan/FIRE follow-up observations of PSO167-13: An X-ray weak QSO at z = 6.515. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649(1), A133. EDP. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2021/05/aa40399-21.pdf
Liu, H., Luo, B., Brandt, W., Brotherton, M., Gallagher, S., Ni, Q., Shemmer, O., Timlin, J. (2021). On the Observational Difference between the Accretion Disk-Corona Connections among Super- and Sub-Eddington Accreting Active Galactic Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal. 910(2), 103. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/abe37f/pdf
Matthews, B., Shemmer, O., Dix, C., Brotherton, M., Myers, A., Andruchow, I., Brandt, W. N., Ferrero, G. A., Gallagher, S. C., Green, R., Lira, P., Plotkin, R. M., Richards, G. T., Runnoe, J. C., Schneider, D. P., Shen, Y., Strauss, M. A., Wills, B. J. (2021). Placing High-redshift Quasars in Perspective: A Catalog of Spectroscopic Properties from the Gemini Near Infrared Spectrograph–Distant Quasar Survey. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 252(2), 15. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/abc705/pdf
Nguyen, N. H., Lira, P., Trakhtenbrot, B., Netzer, H., Cicone, C., Maiolino, R., Shemmer, O. (2020). ALMA Observations of Quasar Host Galaxies at z ≃ 4.8. The Astrophysical Journal. 895(1), 74. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab8bd3/pdf
Dix, C., Shemmer, O., Brotherton, M., Green, R., Mason, M., Myers, A. (2020). Prescriptions for Correcting Ultraviolet-Based Redshifts for Luminous Quasars at High Redshift. The Astrophysical Journal. 893(1), 14. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab77b6/pdf
Ni, Q., Brandt, W., Yi, W., Luo, B., Timlin, J., Hall, P., Liu, H., Plotkin, R., Shemmer, O., Vito, F., Wu, J. (2020). An Extreme X-Ray Variability Event of a Weak-line Quasar. The Astrophysical Journal. 889(2), L37. The American Astronomical Society. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab6d78/pdf
Vito, F., Brandt, W., Bauer, F., Gilli, R., Luo, B., Zamorani, G., Calura, F., Comastri, A., Mazzucchelli, C., Mignoli, M., Nanni, R., Shemmer, O., Vignali, C., Brusa, M., Cappelluti, N., Civano, F., Volonteri, M. (2019). Discovery of the first heavily obscured QSO candidate at z > 6 in a close galaxy pair. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628(1), L6. EDP. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2019/08/aa35924-19.pdf
Liu, H., Luo, B., Brandt, W., Brotherton, M., Du, P., Gallagher, S., Chen, H., Shemmer, O., Wang, J. (2019). SDSS J075101.42+291419.1: A Super-Eddington Accreting Quasar with Extreme X-Ray Variability. The Astrophysical Journal. 878(2), 79. AAS. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1d5b/pdf
Vito, F., Brandt, W., Bauer, F., Calura, F., Gilli, R., Luo, B., Shemmer, O., Vignali, C., Zamorani, G., Brusa, M., Civano, F., Comastri, A., Nanni, R. (2019). The X-ray properties of z > 6 quasars: no evident evolution of accretion physics in the first Gyr of the Universe. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 630(1), 16. EDP. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2019/10/aa36217-19.pdf
Ni, Q., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Hall, P., Shen, Y., Anderson, S., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Wu, J. (2018). Connecting the X-ray properties of weak-line and typical quasars: testing for a geometrically thick accretion disk. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 480(4), 5184-5202. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/480/4/5184/5060765?redirectedFrom=PDF
Vito, F., Brandt, W., Yang, G., Gilli, R., Luo, B., Vignali, C., Xue, Y., Comastri, A., Koekemoer, A., Lehmer, B., Liu, T., Paolillo, M., Ranalli, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Volonteri, M., Wang, J. (2018). High-redshift AGN in the Chandra Deep Fields: the obscured fraction and space density of the sub-L* population. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473(2), 2378-2406. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/473/2/2378/4243613?redirectedFrom=PDF
Vito, F., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Shemmer, O., Vignali, C., Gilli, R. (2018). No evidence for an Eddington-ratio dependence of X-ray weakness in BALQSOs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 479(4), 5335-5342. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/479/4/5335/5050063?redirectedFrom=PDF
Marlar, A., Shemmer, O., Anderson, S., Brandt, W., Diamond-Stanic, A., Fan, X., Luo, B., Plotkin, R., Richards, G., Schneider, D., Wu, J. (2018). Steep Hard-X-ray Spectra Indicate Extremely High Accretion Rates in Weak Emission-Line Quasars. The Astrophysical Journal. 865(2), 14. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aad812/pdf
Chen, C., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Ranalli, P., Yang, G., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Kelson, D., Lacy, M., Nyland, K., Tozzi, P., Vito, F., Cirasuolo, M., Gilli, R., Jarvis, M., Lehmer, B., Paolillo, M., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Smail, I., Sun, M., Tanaka, M., Vaccari, M., Vignali, C., Xue, Y., Banerji, M., Chow, K., Haussler, B., Norris, R., Silverman, J., Trump, J. (2018). The XMM-SERVS survey: new XMM-Newton point-source catalogue for the XMM-LSS field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 478(2), 2132-2163. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/478/2/2132/4985846?redirectedFrom=PDF
Ding, N., Luo, B., Brandt, W., Paolillo, M., Yang, G., Lehmer, B., Shemmer, O., Schneider, D., Tozzi, P., Xue, Y., Zheng, X., Gu, Q., Koekemoer, A., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Wang, J. (2018). Variability-selected Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei Candidates in the 7 Ms Chandra Deep Field-South. The Astrophysical Journal. 868(2), 17. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaea60/pdf
Bauer, F., Treister, E., Schawinski, K., Schulze, S., Luo, B., Alexander, D., Brandt, W., Comastri, A., Forster, F., Gilli, R., Kann, D., Maeda, K., Nomoto, K., Paolillo, M., Ranalli, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Tanaka, M., Tolstov, A., Tominaga, N., Tozzi, P., Vignali, C., Wang, J., Xue, Y., Yang, G. (2017). A new, faint population of X-ray transients. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467(4), 4841-4857. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/467/4/4841/3038248?redirectedFrom=PDF
Carniani, S., Marconi, A., Maiolino, R., Feruglio, C., Brusa, M., Cresci, G., Cano-Diaz, M., Cicone, C., Balmaverde, B., Fiore, F., Ferrara, A., Gallerani, S., La Franca, F., Mainieri, V., Mannucci, F., Netzer, H., Piconcelli, E., Sani, E., Schneider, R., Shemmer, O., Testi, L. (2017). AGN feedback on molecular gas reservoirs in quasars at z~2.4. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 605(A105), 14. EDP Sciences. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2017/09/aa30672-17.pdf
Trakhtenbrot, B., Lira, P., Netzer, H., Cicone, C., Maiolino, R., Shemmer, O. (2017). ALMA Observations Show Major Mergers Among the Host Galaxies of Fast-growing, High-redshift​ Supermassive​ Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal. 836(1), 21. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/8/pdf
Yang, G., Chen, C., Vito, F., Brandt, W., Alexander, D., Luo, B., Sun, M., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Koekemoer, A., Lehmer, B., Liu, T., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Trump, J., Vignali, C., Wang, J. (2017). Black Hole Growth Is Mainly Linked to Host-galaxy Stellar Mass Rather Than Star Formation Rate. The Astrophysical Journal. 842(2), 72. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aa7564/pdf
Shemmer, O., Brandt, W., Paolillo, M., Kaspi, S., Vignali, C., Lira, P., Schneider, D. (2017). Exploratory X-Ray Monitoring of Luminous Radio-quiet Quasars at High Redshift: No Evidence for Evolution in X-Ray Variability. The Astrophysical Journal. 848(1), 46. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8b78/pdf
Trakhtenbrot, B., Lira, P., Netzer, H., Cicone, C., Maiolino, R., Shemmer, O. (2017). Fast-growing SMBHs in Fast-growing Galaxies, at High Redshifts: the Role of Major Mergers as Revealed by ALMA. 4, 49. FRP. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2017.00049/full
Kaspi, S., Brandt, W., Maoz, D., Netzer, H., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O. (2017). Reverberation Mapping of High-Luminosity Quasars. 4, 31. FRP. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2017.00049/full
Luo, B., Brandt, W., Xue, Y., Lehmer, B., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Vito, F., Yang, G., Basu-Zych, A., Comastri, A., Gilli, R., Gu, Q., Hornschmeier, A., Koekemoer, A., Liu, T., Mainieri, V., Paolillo, M., Ranalli, P., Rosati, P., Schneider, D. P., Shemmer, O., Smail, I., Sun, M., Tozzi, P., Vignali, C., Wang, J. (2017). The Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: 7 Ms Source Catalogs. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 228(1), 30. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/228/1/2/pdf
Paolillo, M., Papadakis, I., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Tozzi, P., Shemmer, O., Allevato, V., Bauer, F., Comastri, A., Gilli, R., Koekemoer, A., Liu, T., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Yang, G., Wang, J., Zheng, X. (2017). Tracing the accretion history of supermassive black holes through X-ray variability: results from the ChandraDeep Field-South. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471(4), 4398-4411. OUP. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/471/4/4398/3965843?redirectedFrom=PDF
Liu, T., Tozzi, P., Wang, J., Brandt, W., Vignali, C., Xue, Y., Schneider, D., Comastri, A., Yang, G., Bauer, F., Paolillo, M., Luo, B., Gilli, R., Wang, Q., Giavalisco, M., Ji, Z., Alexander, D., Mainieri, V., Shemmer, O., Koekemoer, A., Risaliti, G. (2017). X-Ray Spectral Analyses of AGNs from the 7Ms Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: The Distribution, Variability, and Evolutions of AGN Obscuration. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 232(1), 8. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aa7847/pdf
Carniani, S., Marconi, A., Maiolino, R., Balmaverde, B., Brusa, M., Cano-Díaz, M., Cicone, C., Comastri, A., Cresci, G., Fiore, F., Feruglio, C., La Franca, F., Mainieri, V., Mannucci, F., Nagao, T., Netzer, H., Piconcelli, E., Risaliti, G., Schneider, R., Shemmer, O. (2016). Fast outflows and star formation quenching in quasar host galaxies. Astronomy & Astrophysics. 591(A28), 9. EDP Sciences. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2016/07/aa28037-15.pdf
Yang, G., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Sun, M., Kim, S., Schulze, S., Zheng, X., Paolillo, M., Shemmer, O., Liu, T., Schneider, D., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Wang, J. (2016). Long-Term X-ray Variability of Typical Active Galactic Nuclei in the Distant Universe. The Astrophysical Journal. 831(2), 20. IOP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/145/pdf
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Netzer, H., Shemmer, O., Maiolino, R., Oliva, E., Croom, S., Corbett, E., di Fabrizio, L. (2004). Near Infrared Spectroscopy of High Redshift Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Disappearing Narrow Line Regions and the Role of Accretion. The Astrophysical Journal. 614(2), 558-567. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/423608/pdf
Romano, P., Mathur, S., Turner, T., Kraemer, S., Crenshaw, M., Peterson, B., Pogge, R., Brandt, W., George, I., Horne, K., Kriss, G., Netzer, H., Shemmer, O., Wamsteker, W. (2004). The Spectral Energy Distribution and Emission-Line Properties of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564. The Astrophysical Journal. 602(2), 635-647. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/381235/pdf
Shemmer, O., Uttley, P., Netzer, H., McHardy, I. (2003). Complex X-ray-Optical Correlations in the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4051. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 343(4), 1341-1347. OUP. https://watermark.silverchair.com/343-4-1341.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbgwggG0BgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGlMIIBoQIBADCCAZoGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMiCYS_U_wzvg4wMoeAgEQgIIBa10GXOQS1qDjbQsvWBjye5WuI61V_c0npXEOZrsoJovdYBg7j_isQHtWMSgGRiiqMjkMMvhRyKeMy9R0LTXV9HHP98tDEg_elFMCT7uLrzUlrtMF-iBUX0nt4-Shi7zANp1pzzYajd5j_RwrOVvbHnfHpRaLsoPtk3sLdubQItOpZlpozZu7jOtlPntZNkkAH-ZKXSanhvbZmbqNo6oM8ILpa2tiT_s-seaNadhSwN9E1Dv5EB523I11QXypcwZMMCzSnvR3TsEO-FEBm3MV3J5o85vhfxRqGO3KssbwuVhz9qkKABh3o2zU6rkm2YoNfEkbNhk4xh5rcQKn6XZt9Zb4XvyBAgrHgJPrzdqsEVHtnaXkmVkWHQCwxctpBH_K1DuVUj6QMaXaamradnPQYaTexw0FvRra-RPFxnFYf3iqWz3MeQdHvOB1oniduqrGAchw5GxhcClh0rBb27joQcwhrB2xx8D5Wg5R_A
Shemmer, O., Netzer, H. (2002). Is There a Metallicity-Luminosity Relationship in Active Galactic Nuclei? The Case of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 567(1), L19-L22. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/339797/pdf
Crenshaw, M., Kraemer, S., Turner, T., Collier, S., Peterson, B., Brandt, W., Clavel, J., George, I., Horne, K., Kriss, G., Mathur, S., Netzer, H., Pogge, R., Pounds, K., Romano, P., Shemmer, O., Wamsteker, W. (2002). Reddening, Emission-Line, and Intrinsic Absorption Properties in the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564. The Astrophysical Journal. 566(1), 187-194. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/338058/pdf
Gal-Yam, A., Ofek, E., Shemmer, O. (2002). Supernova 2002ap: the first month. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 322(4), L73-L77. OUP. https://watermark.silverchair.com/332-4-L73.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbYwggGyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGjMIIBnwIBADCCAZgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM6PXriRfs1_DWDZInAgEQgIIBaenYyB4xTUMXxHcT6sFfuUzhu-2tNwkkr6WUo40pQpW8zbUTT3MrdstyoQaZ1xoqVJs3nGIW5p62wld9wZWnsZdb7j4pnN7ldxTLCnSUJf4sysd_Uyrz5XwOk2BrKRBASaSiu1lzpFH2tFsE-AHqPb-xlmbMPXM94OMDrAfxA8Txq81V4vsI8FQvX7oAgmQTutrJjv1T5sbJZAXNeoMz7v0m40D5aByk1wxt5rFXjJPAtO26VcNnecL4je3mW_24BMx6BRplzFeOUR0roWBpI2S-2O3SHSBlQpK_saCceiMowJkvkDxbfqip9tu65LPLTXwz9ZA6B5gQM-_sj6YjuKO9DGZBcEc7AHP1fYyHV_LKpCUbMpYVnEuyO1y3qUvZ_bcBIFxIyVKU_FIFJUE03w6e6Ai9rG1dSFzAcFJJ-kjSMGSMjptG7G6R0iiroEL3gmKvnFbVE5Z4j3vvCqdKF_7-swrM_WwuKUo
Daniels, J., Brosch, N., Almoznino, E., Shemmer, O., Bowyer, S., Lampton, M. (2001). FAUST observations of ultraviolet sources in the directions of NGC 4038-39 and 6752. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 324(3), 580-598. OUP. https://watermark.silverchair.com/324-3-580.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbYwggGyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGjMIIBnwIBADCCAZgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMDw7yQQF-b7KpQScbAgEQgIIBacO8ybtXbBtTySKw1JIf_CbeiQRt4AZzw-GRwJO5m2LVxNySgihO5vh8ZaZy_PWd3YemJDfAcENcyEL4qrdPgeig5soCZdx8M7-kmCDuhWhFxnhZyen4jyVoHg0BKzIlbNQG8wAUQAwccx20m0SijxANqFPFvwVTWAa_s9mtAVpz1lbDG492BPonYk4TlEh97wilJjhEeJSitJ_Bi8l76fmdb_gq8XbO_nQdu7qrqPWrXQvNqgJlayVluBBbEeNDof-dFb4HAtTBwTtPYNu8b5EIUI3uvYL7bc_zNsG5_MuqJHu0AiUZVEFU1nJZp03xv74_tr_i5bdbzEBxUOU7qc81vh52VvnSe-JuUbZRDn4VhyTVXOJAH_cln0YS5HDdDeA5N7ygGqMYm6SQc26dAduV9_a6OZE2lC4OsXcLOBNMD2Q1HTMfZjX_EqtmG5L2jElUBGIEC5nA-8tyGycow34I4L1m1KXlPCg
Collier, S., Crenshaw, M., Peterson, B., Brandt, W., Clavel, J., Edelson, R., George, I., Horne, K., Kriss, G., Mathur, S., Netzer, H., O'Brien, P., Pogge, R., Pounds, K., Romano, P., Shemmer, O., Turner, T., Wamsteker, W. (2001). Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564. II. Ultraviolet Continuum and Emission-Line Variability. The Astrophysical Journal. 561(1), 146-161. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/323234/pdf
Shemmer, O., Romano, P., Bertram, R., Brinkmann, W., Collier, S., Crowley, K., Detsis, E., Filippenko, A., Gaskell, M., George, T., Gliozzi, M., Hiller, M., Jewell, T., Kaspi, S., Klimek, E., Lannon, M., Li, W., Martini, P., Mathur, S., Negoro, H., Netzer, H., Papadakis, I., Papamastorakis, I., Peterson, B., Peterson, B., Pogge, R., Pronik, V., Rumstay, K., Sergeev, S., Sergeeva, E., Stirpe, G., Taylor, C., Treffers, R., Turner, T., Uttley, P., Vestergaard, M., von Braun, K., Wagner, R., Zheng, Z. (2001). Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy Arakelian 564. III. Optical Observations and the Optical-UV-X-Ray Connec­tion. The Astrophysical Journal. 561(1), 162-170. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/323236/pdf
Lipkin, Y., Leibowitz, E., Retter, A., Shemmer, O. (2001). Nova Sagittarii 1998 (V4633 Sgr): a permanent superhump system or an asynchronous polar?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 328(4), 1169-1180. OUP. https://watermark.silverchair.com/328-4-1169.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbgwggG0BgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGlMIIBoQIBADCCAZoGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMux-56pCKQiFcU2lrAgEQgIIBa-xN1smyFQVxoyFEA8yUSakgXBklhJw8iEvSYBhg47_w-S34iOo_Cdp1TayyuY3xeXTXuDgt4ezVvYPSXNSOYH_Szde4yrhNB3COyUTWsm-ar9i6qTBahqgQRJMsNcUzok2LJxXRrXqLr_emcyXaECGTDXLnsq5pCLUTlHxFhVRAB05_kyuu874JprdU9cgwEIv4fttEYYN_yMztkoQPuAOSbKBWPQWslqwhDwmfVR4QZ28HjywqPyIZzO1D8x8VuX3cFU_sXkYGM1eVAuEZoxQgwJjQZ8KG_w8HZ0gJlOWEi5kyvW-SPI9OSOs3dDCP-xwttsD7i_gVvGxAPxRZ2uE0WxrEBo7xKldPwcJEwGOqsc89L67GiS9pjdC7yaEtzxEtIfMvbqB1oreSHnbYnhW87PygGf9NRPfdUfKpOgfQoPEd0yQmPA6v6t7FpCky6DbrjV5ZKIqstBS5I3tCyI6pxBAHyL8mFaOhuw
Alcock, C., et al., including,, Shemmer, O. (2000). Binary Microlensing Events from the MACHO Project. The Astrophysical Journal. 541(1), 270-297. UCP. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/309393/pdf
Shemmer, O., Leibowitz, E., Szkody, P. (2000). Periodic microvariation of B416, a new luminous blue variable in M33. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 311(4), 698-706. OUP. https://watermark.silverchair.com/311-4-698.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAbYwggGyBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggGjMIIBnwIBADCCAZgGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMcz-AOMLPt_ugeQ8tAgEQgIIBaQDxMVvTi1GwaZqsTrsj7TeLDJ5rnX3Ihe9I6zPsoeWl2yzqtM3CsJz82zxy66sfZlvFC3JJMvd9Kq4_dHIwvWDZyCti9AKmxq2QH16TiRcVNZOFxQCgQNish5H4KWeUE0zIz9dM3yt9khqY8kQbOpjefWxvDDhMqpB1L53B3R3inDSD6TQagrWspEGcH6BPfSmGdfIzYBQichsKnH3hxxuLuGpZAjBwL7Kq-0WVc5OdyVi1O4tspn4UdBypQ1UzVslgfjUPd9ZWTWrloCBtw-coC_XE6i2L5f5NAUhZcuQ6rDWROrzQZ6GWEzfngOixYPZZnznPZGIwvuUQrcccY8IK1OzvhxtuHN3Fh-efTYP1lRGFh1FyLZ8s2dRUshUI0yOG6u10GHaJnBkrKPyerE2z6YyLddqSC3a6E4usitzPnGHl2fZoxcc_iV7PaJtbExyiTeyDUkgJUCpiQq3QuBsVgAdGRi3CyKo
Bennett, D., Rhie, S., Becker, A., Butler, N., Dann, J., Kaspi, S., Leibowitz, E., Lipkin, Y., Maoz, D., Mendelson, H., Peterson, B., Quinn, J., Shemmer, O., Thomson, S., Turner, S. (1999). Discovery of a Planet Orbiting a Binary Star System from Gravitational Microlensing. Nature. 402(6757), 57-59. AAAS. http://www.nature.com/articles/46990
Shemmer, O., Kaspi, S. (1999). The Discovery of a Nearby M Dwarf. The Observatory. 119, 70-75. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1999Obs...119...70S&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
Newsletter
Shemmer, O. (2002). SN 2002ap -peak brightness date (SN/GRB?).
Shemmer, O. (2002). Supernova 2002an in NGC 2575.
Shemmer, O. (2002). Supernova 2002ao in UGC 9299.
Shemmer, O. (2002). Supernova 2002ao in UGC 9299.
Shemmer, O. (2002). Supernova 2002ap in M74.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Nova Aquilae 2001.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Nova Aquilae 2001.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Possible Nova in Puppis.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Supernova 2001bg in NGC 2608.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Supernova 2001dk in UGC 913.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Supernova 2001G in IC 677.
Shemmer, O. (2001). Supernova 2001X in NGC 5921.
Shemmer, O. (2000). Orbital Period and Oscillations in V723 Cassiopeiae.
Shemmer, O. (2000). V723 Cassiopeiae.
Shemmer, O. (1998). Periodic Light Variation in B416. A Lumi­nous Blue Star in M33.
Shemmer, O. (1995). On the period of VY Ursae Majoris.
On-line Data Catalog
Liu, T., Tozzi, P., Wang, J., Brandt, W., Vignali, C., Xue, Y., Schneider, D., Comastri, A., Yang, G., Bauer, F., Paolillo, M., Luo, B., Gilli, R., Wang, Q., Giavalisco, M., Ji, Z., Alexander, D., Mainieri, V., Shemmer, O., Koekemoer, A., Risaliti, G. (2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog: 16yrs of AGNs X-ray spectral analyses from 7Ms CDF-S (Liu+, 2017). VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/232/8. Originally published in: 2017ApJS.232.8L. http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?cat=J%2fApJS%2f232%2f8&target=brief&msg=redirected%20by%20VizieR
Yang, G., Brandt, W., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Sun, M., Kim, S., Schulze, S., Zheng, X., Paolillo, M., Shemmer, O., Liu, T., Schneider, D., Vignali, C., Vito, F., Wang, J. (2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog: 6Ms Chandra long-term analyses of AGNs (Yang+, 2016). VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJ/831/145. Originally published in: 2016ApJ.831.145Y. http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/ApJ/831/145
Luo, B., Brandt, W., Xue, Y., Lehmer, B., Alexander, D., Bauer, F., Vito, F., Yang, G., Basu-Zych, A., Comastri, A., Gilli, R., Gu, Q., Hornschemeier, A., Koekemoer, A., Liu, T., Mainieri, V., Paolillo, M., Ranalli, P., Rosati, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Smail, I., Sun, M., Tozzi, P., Vignali, C., Wang, J. (2017). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Chandra Deep Field-South survey: 7Ms sources (Luo+, 2017). VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJS/228/2. Originally published in: 2017ApJS.228.2L. http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/ApJS/228/2
Carniani, S., Marconi, A., Maiolino, R., Balmaverde, B., Brusa, M., Cano-Diaz, M., Cicone, C., Comastri, A., Cresci, G., Fiore, F., Feruglio, C., La Franca, F., Mainieri, V., Mannucci, F., Nagao, T., Netzer, H., Piconcelli, E., Risaliti, G., Schneider, R., Shemmer, O. (2016). VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2 QSOs SINFONI K-band datacubes (Carniani+, 2016). VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/A+A/591/A28. Originally published in: 2016A&A.591A.28C. http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/A+A/591/A28
Lehmer, B., Basu-Zych, A., Mineo, S., Brandt, W., Eufrasio, R., Fragos, T., Hornschemeier, A., Luo, B., Xue, Y., Bauer, F., Gilfanov, M., Ranalli, P., Schneider, D., Shemmer, O., Tozzi, P., Trump, J., Vignali, C., Wang, J., Yukita, M., Zezas, A. (2016). VizieR Online Data Catalog: Evolution of ~6Ms CDF-S galaxies (Lehmer+, 2016). VizieR On-line Data Catalog: J/ApJ/825/7. Originally published in: 2016ApJ.825.7L. http://vizier.cfa.harvard.edu/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/ApJ/825/7
White Paper
Marshall, P., Anguita, T., Bianco, F., Bellm, E., Brandt, W., Clarkson, W., Connolly, A., Gawiser, E., Ivezic, Z., Jones, L., Lochner, M., Lund, M., Mahabal, A., Nidever, D., Olsen, K., Ridgway, S., Rhodes, J., Shemmer, O., al., e. t. (2017). Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy. 312. https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.04058
Shemmer, O. (2009). The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time. Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, no. 220. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009astro2010S.220N

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Shemmer, O. (Other), "The Wiederman Paul award for academic excellence," Sponsored by Tel Aviv University, Private, $1000 Funded. (20042004).
Grant - Research
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Chandra Cycle 24, program #24700311," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $192810 Funded. (January 4, 2023January 3, 2025).
Li, Y. (Principal), Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "Building a Team for EXtragalactic AStrophysics (TEXAS) in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $214457 Funded. (September 2022August 2024).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Collaborative Research: Placing High-Redshift Quasars in Perspective: a Gemini Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Survey," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $408633 Funded. (July 1, 2018June 30, 2024).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Chandra Cycle 19, program #19700058," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $75344 Funded. (March 9, 2018March 8, 2022).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "HST Cycle 25, program #HST-GO-15118.002-A," Sponsored by Space Telescope Science Institute, Federal, $62828 Funded. (20172021).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "Chandra Cycle 21, program #21700027," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $5000 Funded. (February 13, 2020February 12, 2021).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Chandra Cycle 19, program #19700313," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $60000 Funded. (20182020).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 15, program #78236," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $60111 Funded. (20162019).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Enabling Science Grant," Sponsored by LSST Corporation, Private, $6500 Funded. (20162017).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Physics Seed Grant," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20162017).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 14, program #76074," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $62300 Funded. (20152017).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 11, program #69251," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $64900 Funded. (20122014).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Chandra Cycle 13, program #13700361," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $51500 Funded. (20112014).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Spitzer Cycle 8, program #80093," Sponsored by NASA/JPL, Federal, $5000 Funded. (20112014).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Chandra Cycle 12, program #12700318," Sponsored by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Federal, $31308 Funded. (20112011).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "Herschel OT1, program #OT1_hnetzer_2," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $28600 Funded. (20112011).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $7500 Funded. (20102010).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20102010).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20092009).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (20092009).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 7, program #55175," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $46700 Funded. (20092009).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Swift Cycle 4, program #04067," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $32000 Funded. (20082008).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "HST Cycle 16, program #HST-GO-11222.008-A," Sponsored by Space Telescope Science Institute, Federal, $70000 Funded. (20072007).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "Spitzer Cycle 3, program #30314," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $17500 Funded. (20062006).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "Spitzer Cycle 3, program #30476," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $30000 Funded. (20062006).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 5, program #40207," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $67700 Funded. (20062006).
Shemmer, O. (Co-Principal), "Spitzer Cycle 2, program #20493," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $16500 Funded. (20052005).
Shemmer, O. (Principal), "XMM-Newton Cycle 4, program #30238," Sponsored by NASA, Federal, $52500 Funded. (20052005).
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Overall
Summative Rating
Challenge and
Engagement Index
Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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