NGC 6946

Linda C. Watson Department of Astronomy The Ohio State University 4009 McPherson Laboratory 140 W. 18th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 watson(at)astronomy.ohio-state.edu

Education:
M.S. in Astronomy from The Ohio State University, July 2007
B.S. in Astronomy and Physics from The University of Florida, April 2005.

Research:
The Schmidt Law and Secular Evolution in Late-Type Disk Galaxies: under Paul Martini at OSU, 2008-present

First Stellar Velocity Dispersion Measurement of a Luminous Quasar Host with Gemini North Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics: under Paul Martini and Bradley Peterson at OSU, 2007-2008 -- astro-ph/0806.3271

Recalibration of the Black Hole Mass-Velocity Dispersion Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei: under Bradley Peterson at OSU, 2006-present

Revisiting the Black Hole Masses of Soft X-ray Selected AGNs: under Smita Mathur at OSU, 2005-2007 -- astro-ph/0611819

Testing the SMBH-Host Galaxy Connection: under Fred Hamann at UF, 2004-2005

Cepheid Brightness Distribution Detection by the Stellar Imager: under Margarita Karovska, Massimo Marengo and Dimitar Sasselov at CfA, Summer 2004

Photometry of M67: under Ata Sarajedini at UF, 2003-2004

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