Christy Pierce, Postdoctoral Fellow

Contact Information   Email: christina.pierce [at] physics.gatech.edu   Phone: (404) 385-8110   Alternate Website: http://physics.ucsc.edu/~cpierce/   Office: 2-31B Boggs Bldg

Research

More specifically, I have studied the possible connections between AGNs and their host galaxy morphologies and colors. My current work deals with the multiwavelength properties of AGNs and their host galaxies, and includes a comparison between AGN SED models and observational data.

Professional and Educational Experience

• 2009 - Present   Postdoc, Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Tech
• 2009                   Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz
• 2002                   B.S., Physics, University of California, Davis

Refereed Papers

• Host galaxy morphologies of X-ray selected AGN: assessing the significance of different black hole fuelling mechanisms to the accretion density of the Universe at z ~ 1
A. Georgakakis et al. 2009, MNRAS, 397, 623

• AEGIS: New Evidence Linking Active Galactic Nuclei to the Quenching of Star Formation
K. Bundy et al. 2008, ApJ, 681, 931

• The Role of AGN in the colour transformation of galaxies at z~1
A. Georgakakis et al. 2008, MNRAS, 385, 2049

• AEGIS: Host Galaxy Morphologies of X-Ray-selected and Infrared-selected Active Galactic Nuclei
C. M. Pierce et al. 2007, ApJ, 660, L19