Curriculum Vitae

 


WORK ADDRESS:


Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing

National Observatory of Athens

I. Metaxa & V. Pavlou St.

GR-15236, Penteli, GREECE


tel.: +30 210 3490877

e-mail: bonanos [at] astro [dot] noa [dot] gr 

www: http://members.noa.gr/bonanos



EDUCATION:


HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ph.D. in Astronomy 2005

PhD Thesis Topic: Distances to Nearby Galaxies

Thesis Advisor: Prof. Krzysztof Stanek

M.A. in Astronomy 2002

 

WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts

B.A. in Astronomy and Physics 2000




EMPLOYMENT:


        NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS, Greece

        INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, SPACE APPL. & REMOTE SENSING

        Assistant Researcher 2009 - 2012

        Associate Researcher 2013 - 2016

        Senior Researcher 2017-2022

        Research Director 2023-present



   SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, Baltimore, Maryland

   Giacconi Fellow 2008 - 2009



   CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, Washington, District of Columbia

  DEPARTMENT OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM

  Vera Rubin Fellow 2005 - 2008



   HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts                                                      

  DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

  Teaching Assistant for Science A-35 (Introductory Astronomy) 2001 - 2002



   WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts

  DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

  Tutor for Physics 107/108 (Introductory Mechanics/Electromagnetism) 1998 - 2000



   HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY

  REU Summer Intern 1999



   WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, Massachusetts

  DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY

  Summer Research Assistant 1998, 1997




DISTINCTIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS:


   L’Oreal-UNESCO prize for Women in Science, Greece, 2011

         Fireman Prize, Harvard University 2005

   Durant Scholar, magna cum laude, Wellesley College 2000

   Phyllis J. Fleming Prize for Distinction in Physics, Wellesley College 2000

   Phi Beta Kappa, Wellesley College 2000

   Sigma Xi, Wellesley College 2000



GRANTS:


        ERC-COG “Episodic Mass Loss in the Most Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe (ASSESS)”, €1,128,750 awarded in 2018-2024 (PI)

        ESA “Hubble Catalogue of Variables”, €1,150,000 awarded in 2015-2019 (PI and

        Project Scientist).

        ESA “NELIOTA” Lunar Impact Monitoring Project, €900,000 awarded in 2015-2021 (PI).

        “Aristeia” Greek Excellence Grant, €277,560 awarded in 2012-2015, €249,804 funded (PI).

        COST Action MP0905 Short Term Scientific Mission, €1,200 awarded in 2012.

         Latsis Foundation grant for Scientific Studies, €12,000 awarded in 2011 (PI).

         IAU Travel grants, €4160 awarded in 2010-2015.

         Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, €100,000 awarded in 2009-2013 (PI).

         NSF Grant AST-0707982: ``Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', $360,000 awarded in

         2007-2010 (Senior Personnel).



MISCELLANEOUS:


   Have 84 papers in refereed journals (16 as the first author, 37 as the second/third author),

  3 GCN circulars, 3 ATel circulars, 1 IAU circular. Publications cited >4100 times to date (h-index=35).

   Seminar coordinator at Carnegie/DTM -- --(2007-08); Research group coordinator at STScI(2008-09); Seminar -- --(2009-2017) & journal club (2009-2014, 2024-present) coordinator at IAASARS.

   Invited talks at Hawaii, Catolica (Chile), STScI, Toronto, NRL, USNO, CTIO, NASA/Goddard, UCSB, ESO (Chile), Delaware, Academy of Athens, ESO (Garching), Univ. of Crete.

   Work described in general audience articles in: Nature, CNN, USA Today, Boston Globe,

   Time Magazine, New Scientist, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Now, Science Now, Universe Today, Daily Mail.

   Fluent in Greek, conversant in Russian, reading knowledge of French.




SELECTED ALLOCATIONS OF TELESCOPE TIME:


        Spitzer Space Telescope, Cycle 8 (GO 80063)

        A Complete Census of Dust Production in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies -coI   119 hrs in 2011-12



        VLT, 8-m telescope

        Probing the Evolution and Nature of the Optical Transient in NGC 300 - coI       4.5 hrs in 2009

        Most Massive Stars Survey (Danks) - PI                                                               15 hrs in 2013

        Luminous Infrared Sources in Nearby Irregular Galaxies - coI                      14.5 hrs in 2012-13

        Luminous Infrared Sources in WLM - coI                                                             2.7 hrs in 2015

        Massive Stellar Content of M83 - coI                                                                      3 hrs in 2015

        Role of episodic mass - coI                                                                      39 hrs in 2020

                  

  

        DUPONT, 2.5-m telescope

  Most Massive Stars Survey (LMC, Westerlund 2, Quintuplet) - PI      31 nights in 2005-2008



   MAGELLAN, 6.5-m telescope

  Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund 1 and the LMC - PI                           17 nights in 2006-2008



   GEMINI OBSERVATORY, 8-m telescope

  The DIRECT Distance to M33 - PI                                             17 hrs in 2004, 33 hrs in 2007



   SWOPE, 1-m telescope

  Surveying Westerlund 1, the LMC, and RCW 38 - PI                              63 nights in 2006-07



   HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, Cycle 15 (GO 10919)

  Zeropoint of the Cosmic Distance Scale - CoI                                                      1 orbit in 2007



   GEMINI OBSERVATORY, 8-m telescope

  Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster - PI                                                          1.4 nights in 2006



   MMT OBSERVATORY, 6.5-m telescope

  Accurate Parameters of Massive Stars in M31 and M33 - PI                          5.5 nights in 2004



   W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY, 10-m telescope

  Spectroscopy of Detached Eclipsing Binaries inv M31/M33 - CoI     11 half-nights in 2002 -2004



PUBLICATIONS:


Refereed journals:



  1. 84.“The dramatic transition of the extreme Red Supergiant WOH G64 to a Yellow Hypergiant", G. Munoz-Sanchez, M. Kalitsounaki, S. de Wit et al., subm., (arXiv:2411.19329)


  1. 83.“The effect of mass loss in models of red supergiants in the Small Magellanic Cloud", E. Zapartas, S. de Wit, K. Antoniadis et al. 2025, A&A, resubm. (arXiv:2410.073335)


  1. 82.“SN2023fyq: A Type Ibn Supernova with Long-standing Precursor Activity Due to Binary Interaction", Y. Dong, D. Tsuna, S. Valenti et al. 2024, ApJ, 977, 254


  1. 81.“Episodic mass loss in the very luminous red supergiant [W60] B90 in the Large Magellanic Cloud", G. Munoz-Sanchez, S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos et al. 2024, A&A, 690, 99


  1. 80.“Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars: II. Physical properties of red supergiants at subsolar metallicity", S. de Wit,, A.Z. Bonanos, K. Antoniadis et al. 2024, A&A, 689, 46


  1. 79.“NELIOTA: New results and updated statistics after 6.5 years of lunar impact flashes monitoring", A. Liakos, A.Z. Bonanos, E.M. Xilouris et al. 2024, A&A, 687, 14


  1. 78.“Establishing a mass-loss rate relation for red supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud", K. Antoniadis, A.Z. Bonanos, S. de Wit et al. 2024, A&A, 686, 88


  1. 77.“Investigating episodic mass loss in evolved massive stars. I. Spectroscopy of dusty massive stars in ten southern galaxies", A.Z. Bonanos, F. Tramper, S. de Wit et al. 2024, A&A, 686, 77


  1. 76.“Early Spectroscopy and Dense Circumstellar Medium Interaction in SN 2023ixf”, A. Bostroem, J. Pearson, M. Shrestha et al. 2023, ApJL, 956, 5


  1. 75.“Discovering New B[e] Supergiants and Candidate Luminous Blue Variables in Nearby Galaxies”, G. Maravelias, S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos, et al. 2023, Galaxies, 11, 79


  1. 74.“Evolved Massive Stars at Low-metallicity V. Mass-Loss Rate of Red Supergiant Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud”, M. Yang, A.Z. Bonanos, B. Jiang, et al. 2023, A&A, 676, 84


  1. 73.“Properties of luminous red supergiant stars in the Magellanic Clouds”, S. de Wit, A.Z. Bonanos, F. Tramper, M. Yang, G. Maravelias, K. Boutsia, N. Britavskiy, E. Zapartas 2023, A&A, 669, 86


  1. 72.“A machine-learning photometric classifier for massive stars in nearby galaxies I. The method”, G. Maravelias, A.Z. Bonanos, F. Tramper, S. de Wit, M. Yang, P. Bonfini 2022, A&A, 666, 122


  1. 71."The search for living worlds and the connection to our cosmic origins”, Barstow, M. A., Aigrain, S., Barstow, J. K. et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2022, Experimental Astronomy, 54, 1275


  1. 70."Evolved massive stars at low-metallicity. IV. Using the 1.6 μm H-bump to identify red supergiant stars: Case study of NGC 6822”, M. Yang, A.Z. Bonanos, B. Jiang, et al. 2021, A&A, 647, 167


  1. 69."Evolved massive stars at low-metallicity. III. A source catalog for the Large Magellanic Cloud”, M. Yang, A.Z. Bonanos, B. Jiang, et al. 2021, A&A, 646, 141


  1. 68."First systematic high-precision survey of bright supernovae. I. Methodology for identifying early bumps”, E. Paraskeva, A.Z. Bonanos, A. Liakos, et al. 2020, A&A, 643, 35


  1. 67."Evolved massive stars at low metallicity. II. Red supergiant stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud”, M. Yang, Ming, A.Z. Bonanos, B. Jiang, et al. 2020, A&A, 639, 116


  1. 66."An obscured AGN population hidden in the VIPERS galaxies: identification through spectral energy distribution decomposition", E. Pouliasis, G. Mountrichas, I. Georgantopoulos, et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2020, MNRAS, 495, 1853


  1. 65.“NELIOTA: Methods, statistics and results for meteoroids impacting the Moon”, A. Liakos, A.Z. Bonanos, M. Xilouris, D. Koschny et al. 2020, A&A, 633, 112


  1. 64.“Full Orbital Solution for the Binary System in the Northern Galactic Disk Microlensing Event Gaia16aye”, L. Wyrzykowski, P. Mroz, K. A. Rybicki, et al. 2020, A&A, 633, 98


  1. 63.“Physical parameters of red supergiants in dwarf irregular galaxies in the Local Group”, N.E. Britavskiy, A.Z. Bonanos, A. Herrero, et al. 2019, A&A, 631, 95


  1. 62.“The Hubble Catalog of Variables (HCV)”, A.Z. Bonanos, M. Yang, K. Sokolovsky, D. Hatzidimitriou, I. Bellas-Velidis, G. Kakaletris, D.J. Lennon, A. Nota, R.L. White, B.C. Whitmore, et al. 2019, A&A, 630, 92


  1. 61.“The HST Key Project galaxies NGC 1326A, NGC 1425 and NGC 4548: New variable stars and massive star population”, Z. Spetsieri, A.Z. Bonanos, M. Yang, et al. 2019, A&A, 629, 3


  1. 60.“Evolved Massive Stars at Low-metallicity I. A Source Catalog for the Small Magellanic Cloud”, M. Yang, A.Z. Bonanos, B.-W. Jiang, et al. 2019, A&A, 629, 91


  1. 59.“Robust identification of active galactic nuclei through HST optical variability in GOODS-S: comparison with the X-ray and mid-IR-selected samples”, E. Pouliasis, I. Georgantopoulos, A.Z. Bonanos, et al. 2019, MNRAS, 487, 4285


  1. 58.“NELIOTA: The wide-field, high-cadence, lunar monitoring system at the prime focus of the Kryoneri telescope”, E.M. Xilouris, A.Z. Bonanos, I. Bellas-Velidis, P. Boumis et al. 2018, A&A, 619, 141


  1. 57.“The massive star population of the Virgo Cluster galaxy NGC 4535: Discovery of new massive variable candidates with the Hubble Space Telescope”, Z.T. Spetsieri, A.Z. Bonanos, M. Kourniotis, M. Yang et al. 2018, A&A, 618, 185


  1. 56.“Red Supergiant Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. II. The Infrared Properties and Mid-Infrared Variability”, M. Yang, A.Z. Bonanos, B.-W. Jiang, J. Gao et al. 2018, A&A, 616, 175


  1. 55.“Variability search in M31 using Principal Component Analysis and the Hubble Source Catalo", M.I. Moretti, D. Hatzidimitriou, D. Karampelas, K.V. Sokolovsky, A.Z. Bonanos, P. Gavras, M. Yang 2018, MNRAS, 477, 2664


  1. 54.“NELIOTA: First Temperature Measurement of Lunar Impact Flashes”, A.Z. Bonanos, C. Avdellidou, A. Liakos, E.M. Xilouris et al. 2018, A&A, 612, 76


  1. 53.“OGLE-LMC-ECL-09937: The Most Massive Algol-Type Binary System with a Mass Measurement Accurate to 2%”, D.M. Skowron, M. Kourniotis, J.L. Prieto, N. Castro, A.Z. Bonanos, D. Pienkowski 2017, AcA, 67, 329


  1. 52.“An Infrared Census of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS). IV. Discovery of High-Redshift AGB Analogs”, M.L. Boyer, K.B.W. McQuinn, M.A.T. Groenewegen et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2017, ApJ, 851, 152


  1. 51.“The TWA 3 Young Triple System: Orbits, Disks, Evolution”, K. Kellogg, L. Prato, G. Torres et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2017, ApJ, 844, 168


  1. 50.“Monitoring Luminous Yellow Massive Stars in M33: New Yellow Hypergiant Candidates”, M. Kourniotis, A.Z. Bonanos, W. Yuan, L.M. Macri, D. Garcia-Alvarez, C.-H. Lee 2017, A&A, 601, 76


  1. 49.“The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring: II. A first SB2 orbital and spectroscopic analysis for the Wolf-Rayet binary R 145”, T. Shenar, N.D. Richardson, D. Sablowski, et al. (incl. A. Bonanos) 2017, A&A, 598, 85


  1. 48.“The Tarantula Massive Binary Monitoring: I. Observational campaign and OB-type spectroscopic binaries”, L.A. Almeida, H. Sana, W. Taylor, R. Barba, A. Bonanos et al. 2017, A&A, 598, 84


  1. 47.“Comparative performance of selected variability detection techniques in photometric time series data”, K.V. Sokolovsky, P. Gavras, A. Karampelas, S.V. Antipin, I. Bellas-Vellidis, P. Benni, A.Z. Bonanos et al. 2017, MNRAS, 464, 274


  1. 46.“A High-Resolution Multiband Survey of Westerlund 2 with the Hubble Space Telescope. II. Mass Accretion in the Pre-Main Sequence Population”, P. Zeidler, E.K. Grebel, A. Nota, E. Sabbi, A. Pasquali, M. Tosi, A.Z. Bonanos, C. Christian 2016, AJ, 152, 84


  1. 45.“The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. I. Far-ultraviolet spectroscopic census and the origin of HeII λ1640 in young star clusters”, P.A. Crowther, S.M. Caballero-Nieves, K.A. Bostroem et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2016, MNRAS, 458, 624


  1. 44.“Spitzer mid-infrared point sources in the fields of nearby galaxies”, S.J. Williams & A.Z. Bonanos, 2016, A&A, 587, 121


  1. 43.“Evidence for Microvariability in the Optical Light Curve of the Type Ia SN 2014J”, A.Z. Bonanos & P. Boumis 2016, A&A, 585, A19


  1. 42.“Identification of dusty massive stars in star-forming dwarf irregular galaxies in the Local Group with mid-IR photometry”, N.E. Britavskiy, A.Z. Bonanos, A. Mehner, M.L. Boyer, K.B.W. McQuinn 2015, A&A, 584, A33


  1. 41.“Accurate fundamental parameters and distance to a massive early-type eclipsing binary in the Danks 2 cluster”, M. Kourniotis, A.Z. Bonanos, S.J. Williams, N. Castro, E. Koumpia, J.L. Prieto 2015, A&A, 582, 42


  1. 40.“Is the Massive Star Cluster Westerlund 2 Double? A High Resolution Multi-Band Survey with the Hubble Space Telescope”, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2015, AJ, 150, 78


  1. 39.“The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XXIII: two massive double-lined binaries in 30 Doradus”, I.D. Howarth, P.L. Dufton, P.R. Dunstall et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2015, A&A, 582, A73


  1. 38.“Red Supergiants as Cosmic Abundance Probes: The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 300”, J.Z. Gazak, R. Kudritzki, C. Evans et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2015, ApJ, 805, 182


  1. 37.“The Infrared Massive Stellar Content of M83”, S.J. Williams, A.Z. Bonanos, B.C. Whitmore et al. 2015, A&A, 578, 100


  1. 36.“An Infrared Census of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS), II. Discovery of Metal-Poor Dusty AGB Stars”, M.L. Boyer, K.B.W. McQuinn, P. Barmby, A.Z. Bonanos et al. 2015, ApJ, 800, 51


  1. 35.“An Infrared Census of DUST in Nearby Galaxies with Spitzer (DUSTiNGS), I. Overview”, M.L. Boyer, K.B.W. McQuinn, P. Barmby, A.Z. Bonanos et al. 2015, ApJS, 216, 10


  1. 34.“Variability of Massive Stars with Known Spectral Types in the Small Magellanic Cloud Using 8 years of OGLE-III data”, M. Kourniotis, A.Z. Bonanos, I. Soszynski, R. Poleski et al. 2014, A&A, 562, 125


  1. 33.“Identification of Red Supergiants in Nearby Galaxies with mid-IR Photometry”, N.E. Britavskiy, A.Z. Bonanos, A. Mehner, D. Garcia-Alvarez, J.L. Prieto, N.I. Morrell 2014, A&A, 562, 75


  1. 32.“The Magellanic Quasars Survey. III. Spectroscopic Confirmation of 758 AGNs Behind the Magellanic Clouds”, S. Kozlowski, C.A. Onken, C.S. Kochanek et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2013, ApJ, 775, 92


  1. 31.“Fundamental Parameters of Four Massive Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund 1”, E. Koumpia & A.Z. Bonanos 2012, A&A, 547, 30


  1. 30.“TW Hya: Spectral Variability, X-Rays, and Accretion Diagnostics”, A.K. Dupree, N.S. Brickhouse, S.R. Cranmer et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2012, ApJ, 750, 73


  1. 29.“The Photometric and Spectral Evolution of the 2008 Luminous Optical Transient in NGC 300”, R. M. Humphreys, H.E. Bond,  A.Z. Bonanos, et al. 2011, ApJ, 743, 118


  1. 28.“Surveying the Agents of Galaxy Evolution in the Tidally-Stripped, Low Metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud (SAGE-SMC). I. Overview”, K.D. Gordon, M. Meixner, M.R. Meade et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2011, AJ, 142, 102


  1. 27.“The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. III. A very massive star in apparent isolation from the massive cluster R136”, J.M. Bestenlehner, J.S. Vink, G. Graefener, et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2011, A&A, 530, L14


  1. 26.“The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey II: R139 revealed as a massive binary system”, W.D. Taylor, C.J. Evans, H. Sana et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2011, A&A, 530, L10


  1. 25.“The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I: Introduction and observational overview”, C.J. Evans, W.D. Taylor, V. Henault-Brunet et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2011, A&A, 530, 108


  1. 24.“The Distance to the Massive Eclipsing Binary LMC-SC1-105 in the Large Magellanic Clouds”, A.Z. Bonanos, N. Castro, L.M. Macri, R.-P. Kudritzki, 2011, ApJ, 729, L9


  1. 23.“Object-X: The Brightest Mid-IR Point Source in M33”, R. Khan, K.Z. Stanek, C.S. Kochanek, A.Z. Bonanos 2011, ApJ, 732, 43


  1. 22.``Spitzer SAGE Infrared Photometry of Massive Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud”, A.Z. Bonanos, D.J. Lennon, F. Koehlinger, J.Th. van Loon, D.L. Massa, M. Sewilo, C.J. Evans, N. Panagia, B.L. Babler, M. Block, S. Bracker, C.W. Engelbracht, K.D. Gordon, J.L. Hora, R. Indebetouw, M.R. Meade, M. Meixner, K.A. Misselt, T.P. Robitaille, B. Shiao, B.A. Whitney 2010, AJ, 140, 416


  1. 21.“Optical Variability of Bright Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Using 10 Years of ASAS Data”, D.M. Szczygiel, K.Z. Stanek, A.Z. Bonanos, G. Pojmanski, B. Pilecki, J.L. Prieto 2010, AJ, 140, 14


  1. 20.“The end of the white dwarf cooling sequence in M 67”, A. Bellini, L.R. Bedin, G. Piotto et al. (incl. A.Z. Bonanos) 2010, A&A, 513, 50


  1. 19.``Spitzer SAGE Infrared Photometry of Massive Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud”, A.Z. Bonanos, D. L. Massa, M. Sewilo, D. J. Lennon, N. Panagia, L. J. Smith, M. Meixner, B. L. Babler, S. Bracker, M. R. Meade, K. D. Gordon, J. L. Hora, R. Indebetouw, B. A. Whitney 2009, AJ, 138, 1003


  1. 18. ``The 2008 Luminous Optical Transient in the Nearby Galaxy NGC 300'', H.Bond, L.R.Bedin, A.Z.Bonanos et al. 2009, ApJ, 695, L154


  1. 17. ``Photometric Variability of WC9 stars'', R.Fahed, A.J.F. Moffat, A.Z.Bonanos 2009, MNRAS, 392, 376


  1. 16.``Towards an Accurate Determination of Parameters for Very Massive Stars: the Eclipsing Binary LMC-SC1-105'', A.Z.Bonanos 2009, ApJ, 691, 407


  1. 15. ``'Slow' and Fast Rotators among Hypervelocity Stars", M. López-Morales & A.Z.Bonanos 2008, ApJ, 685, L47


  1. 14. ``Low Metallicity Indicates that the Hypervelocity Star HE 0437-5439 was Ejected from the LMC'', A.Z.Bonanos, M. López-Morales, I.Hunter, R.S.I. Ryans 2008, ApJ, 675, L77


  1. 13.``The Initial-Final Mass Relationship of White Dwarfs in Common Proper Motion Pairs'', S.Catalan, J.Isern, E.Garcia-Berro, et al. (incl. A.Z.Bonanos) 2008, A&A, 477, 213


  1. 12.``Variability of Young Massive Stars in the Galactic Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, AJ, 133, 2696


  1. 11. ``The Nature of the Variable Galactic Center Source GCIRS 16SW Revisited: A Massive Eclipsing Binary'', M.S.Peeples, A.Z.Bonanos, D.L.DePoy, et al. 2007, ApJ, 654, L61


  1. 10. ``The First DIRECT Distance Determination to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33'',A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, R.P.Kudritzki, L.M.Macri et al. 2006, ApJ, 652, 313


  1. 9. ``Detection of a Variable Infrared Excess Around SDSS 121209.31+013627.7'', J.H.Debes, M.López-Morales, A.Z.Bonanos, A.J.Weinberger 2006, ApJ, 647, L147


  1. 8. ``Deep Photometry of GRB 041006 Afterglow: Hypernova Bump at Redshift z = 0.71'', K.Z.Stanek, P.M.Garnavich, P.A.Nutzman, et al. (incl. A.Z.Bonanos) 2005, ApJ, 626, L5


  1. 7.``The Luminosity of SN 1999by in NGC 2841 and the Nature of the "Peculiar" Type Ia Supernovae'', P.Garnavich, A.Z.Bonanos, et al. 2004, ApJ, 613, 1120


  1. 6.``WR 20a is an Eclipsing Binary: Accurate Determination of Parameters for an Extremely Massive Wolf-Rayet System'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, A.Udalski et al. 2004, ApJ, 611, L33


  1. 5. ``The RR Lyrae Distance to the Draco Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, A.H.Szentgyorgyi, D.D.Sasselov & G.A.Bakos 2004, AJ, 127, 861


  1. 4. ``Photometry and Spectroscopy of GRB 030329 and its Associated Supernova 2003dh: The First Two Months'', T.Matheson, P.M.Garnavich, K.Z.Stanek et al. (incl.  A.Z.Bonanos) 2003, ApJ, 599, 394


  1. 3.``DIRECT Distances to Nearby Galaxies Using Detached Eclipsing Binaries and Cepheids. IX. Variables in the Field M31Y Discovered with Image Subtraction'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, D.D.Sasselov, B.J.Mochejska, L.M.Macri & J.Kaluzny 2003, AJ, 126, 175


  1. 2.``Reanalysis of Very Large Telescope Data for M83 with Image Subtraction-Ninefold Increase in Number of Cepheids'', A.Z.Bonanos & K.Z.Stanek 2003, ApJ, 591, L111


  1. 1.``An Optical Study of BG Geminorum: An Ellipsoidal Binary with an Unseen Primary Star'', P.J.Benson, A.Dullighan, A.Z.Bonanos, K.K.McLeod, S.J.Kenyon 2000, AJ, 119, 890


Selected Conference contributions:

   

  1. 1.Contributed talk: “Probing the physics of bright supernovae with high-cadence photometry”, A.Z. Bonanos, “Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death” (Crete, Greece, June 2016)


  1. 2.Contributed talk: “Supernovae in the Local Universe: Celebrating 10,000 days of 1987A”, A.Z. Bonanos, “A survey of dusty, evolved, massive stars in the nearby Universe” (Coffs Harbour, Australia, August 2014)


  1. 3.Invited talk: “Extragalactic Distance Scale Workshop”, A.Z. Bonanos, “Distances to early-type eclipsing binaries in the Local Group” (MIAPP, Germany, May 2014)


  1. 4.Invited talk: “Cosmic Distances Workshop”, A.Z. Bonanos, “Eclipsing Binaries” (STScI, USA, April 2014)


  1. 5.Invited talk: “Binaries in the Local Group”, A.Z. Bonanos, “Setting a new standard in the analysis of binary stars” (Leuven, Belgium, September 2013)


  1. 6.Invited talk: “Eclipsing Binary Distances to the Edge of the Local Group”, A.Z. Bonanos, IAU Symposium 289: “Advancing the Physics of Cosmic Distances” (Beijing, China, August 2012)


  1. 7.Invited talk: "Binaries in clusters and local group galaxies", A.Z. Bonanos, XIth Hvar Astrophysical Colloquium: The Most Mysterious Binaries, Significance for Astrophysics (Hvar, Croatia, July 2012)


  1. 8.Invited Review Talk: ``Techniques for Observing Binaries in Other Galaxies”, A.Z. Bonanos, “IAU S282: From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets: Essential Modeling Tools” (Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, July 2011)


  1. 9.Contributed Talk: “Fundamental Parameters of Four Massive Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund 1”, A.Z. Bonanos & E. Koumpia, “Four Decades of Research in Massive Stars” (Quebec, Canada, July 2011)


  1. 10.Poster: “Fundamental Parameters of Four Massive Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund 1”, A.Z. Bonanos & E. Koumpia, AAS Meeting #218, #230.07 (Boston, USA, May 2011)


  1. 11.Contributed Talk: “Infrared properties of Active OB stars in the Magellanic Clouds from the Spitzer SAGE Survey”, A.Z. Bonanos, D.J. Lennon, D.L. Massa et al, “IAU S272: Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss and critical limits” (Paris, July 2010)


  1. 12.Invited Review Talk: ``A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos, “Binaries- Key to Comprehension of the Universe” (Brno, Czech Republic, June 2009)


  1. 13.Talk: ``A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos, Hubble Fellow Symposium (STScI, March 2009).


  1. 14.Talk: ``A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Magellanic Clouds'', A.Z.Bonanos 2008, IAU Symposium 256 (Keele; July 2008)


  1. 15.Poster: “HE0437-5439: The First Hypervelocity Star from the Large Magellanic Cloud”, A.Z.Bonanos, M. López-Morales, I.Hunter, R.S.I. Ryans 2008, IAU Symposium 256 (Keele; July 2008)


  1. 16.Poster: ``A Survey of the Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, IAU Symposium 250 (Kauai; December 2007)


  1. 17.Talk: ``The Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe'', A.Z.Bonanos 2007, 8th Hellenic Astronomical Conference (Thassos, Greece; September 2007)


  1. 18.Poster: ``Magnetic Activity on the Degenerate Secondary Star in EF Eri'', S.Kafka, S.B.Howell, F.M.Walter, A.Z.Bonanos, D.Steeghs, 2006, BAAS, 209, 0917


  1. 19.Invited Review Talk: ``Eclipsing Binaries as Calibrators of the Extragalactic Distance Scale and Probes of the Most Massive Stars'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Massive Stars: Fundamental Parameters and Circumstellar Interactions'', (Carilo, Argentina, December 2006)


  1. 20. Invited Review Talk: ``Eclipsing Binaries in Local Group Galaxies'', A.Z.Bonanos 2006, IAU Symposium 240, 79 (astro-ph/0610923)


  1. 21. Invited Talk: ``Massive Extragalactic Eclipsing Binaries'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Calibrating the Top of the Stellar Mass-Luminosity Relation'', 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 5, 16 August 2006


  1. 22. Poster: ``Fundamental Parameters of the Most Massive Stars in the Magellanic Clouds'', A.Z.Bonanos, ``Massive Stars: From Pop III and GRBs to the Milky Way'' (Baltimore, May 2006)


  1. 23. Talk: ``The First DIRECT Distance to a Detached Eclipsing Binary in M33'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, R.P.Kudritzki, et al. 2006, Ap&SS, 53 ``Close Binaries in the 21st Century'' (Syros, Greece, June 2005)


  1. 24. Talk: ``The Most Massive Stars in the Local Group: Measuring Accurate Masses of Stars in Eclipsing Binaries'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, ``The Fate of the Most Massive Stars'' (Wyoming, May 2004), ASP Conf. Ser. 332, 257


  1. 25. Talk: ``Determining Accurate Distances to Nearby Galaxies'', A.Z.Bonanos, Proceedings of the 6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference (September 2003, astro-ph/0312310)


  1. 26. Poster: ``DIRECT Distances to Nearby Galaxies Using Detached Eclipsing Binaries and Cepheids. Variables in Field M31Y.'', A.Z.Bonanos, K.Z.Stanek, D.D.Sasselov, B.J.Mochejska, L.M.Macri & J.Kaluzny 2002, BAAS, 201, 0408


  1. 27. Poster: ``Stellar Metallicity Enhancement by Exoplanet Consumption'', K.T.Hole, D.D.Sasselov, P.T.Kondratko, C.O.Heinke, S.Schnee, A.Z.Bonanos & G.Ball 2001, BAAS, 199, 6111


  1. 28. Poster: ``The Sub-Luminous Type Ia Supernova 1999by'', A.Z.Bonanos, P.M.Garnavich, E.Schlegel, S.Jha, P.Challis, R.Kirshner, K.Hatano, D.Branch 1999, BAAS, 195, 3806


  1. 29. Talk: ``The Variable Star BG Geminorum'', A.Z.Bonanos 1998, Proceedings of the 1998 Undergraduate Symposium on Research in Astronomy, Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium, held 2-3 October, 1998 at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, p.17