- Yale University Ph.D. Astronomy
- Thesis: In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion: Probing the Disk-Jet Connection in Fermi Gamma-Ray Bright Blazars
- Yale University M.S. Physics
- Fisk University M.A. Physics
- Norfolk State University B.S. Physics, Magna Cum Laude
- Dartmouth College, Assistant Professor of Astrophysics, 2019 – present
- Vanderbilt University National Science Foundation (NSF) Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, July 2015 – 2018
- Syracuse University Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow, August 2013 – July 2015
- Harvard University-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics, Future Faculty Leaders Postdoctoral Fellow, August 2014 – present
Professional Honors & Awards
- Kavli Fellow Frontiers of Science Symposium, November 2016
- Curator & Host TED Conference, February 2016
- Host TED@IBM, October 2015
- TED Fellow, 2015
- American Astronomical Society Roger Doxsey Dissertation Prize, January 2014
- Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, August 2012
- Edward Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, March 2012
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, June 2007
- NASA-Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, June 2007
- Vanguard: Conversations with Women of Color in STEM Host & Executive Producer, July 2015 – present
- American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy, January 2013 – 2015
- Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology, Board of Trustees, January 2013 – present
- Syracuse University, Faculty Advisory Board Member, Women of Color in STEM Program, August 2014 – present
Research (Peer Reviewed)
- Isler, J.C., Bailyn, C., Urry, C.M., Coppi, P., Brady, M., MacPherson, E., Buxton, M., Hasan, I., A Consolidated Framework of the Color Variability in Blazars: Long-Term Optical Infrared Observations of 3C 279, The Astrophysical Journal, 2016, submitted.
- Isler, J.C., Urry, C.M., Bailyn, C., Smith, P.S., Brady, M., Coppi, P., MacPherson, E., Hasan, I, Buxton, M, The SMARTS Multi-epoch Optical Spectroscopy Atlas (SaMOSA): An Analysis of the Emission Line Variability in Southern Hemisphere Fermi Blazars, The Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 804, 7.
- Isler, J.C. Urry, C.M., Coppi, P., Bailyn, C., Chatterjee, R., Fossati, G., Bonning, E.W., Maraschi, L., Buxton, M., A Time-Resolved Look at the Broad Line Region in Blazar 3C 454.3, The Astrophysical Journal, 2013, 779, 100.
- Tavecchio, F., Pacciani, L., Donnarumma, I., Stamerra, A., Isler, J.C., MacPherson, E., Urry, C.M., The Far Emission Region of the Gamma-Ray Blazar PKS B1424-418″, Monthy Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013, 435, 24.
- Chatterjee, R., Fossati, G., Urry, C.M., Bailyn, C., Maraschi, L., Buxton, M., Bonning, E.W., Isler, J.C., Coppi, P., An Optical-Near-Infrared Outburst with No Accompanying Gamma-Rays in the Blazar PKS 0208-512, The Astrophysical Journal Letter, 2013, 763, 6.
- Bonning, E.W., Urry, C.M., Bailyn, M., Buxton, M., Chatterjee, R., Coppi, P., Fossati, G., Isler, J.C., Maraschi, L.,SMARTS Optical and Infrared Monitoring of 12 Gamma-Ray Bright Blazars, The Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 756, 13.
- Chatterjee, R., Bailyn, C., Bonning, E.W., Buxton, M., Coppi, P., Fossati, G., Isler, J.C., Maraschi, L., Urry, C.M., Similarity of the Optical-IR and Gamma-Ray Time Variability of 3C 454.3, The Astrophysical Journal, 2012, 749, 191.
- Bonning, E.W., Bailyn, C., Urry, C.M., Buxton, M., Foassati, G., Maraschi, L., Coppi, P., Scalzo, R., Isler, J.C., Kaptur, A., Corrolated Variability in the Blazar 3C 454.3, The Astrophysical Journal, 2009, 697, 81.
- A full list can be found here.
Inclusion, Education & Engagement
- Isler, J.C., The Benefits of Black Physics Students, The New York Times, 2015.
- Isler, J.C., On Planck’s Law, Blackbody Radiation and the Physics of Diversity, STATUS Newsletter of the American Astronomical Society, 2014.
- Norman, D., Isler, J.C., Oluseyi, H., Morrison, N., Simpson, C., Trouille, L., Women of Color in Astronomy and Astrophysics , Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia: A Summary of a Conference, The National Academies Press, 2013. (Also reprinted in the American Astronomical Society’s Specrum Newsletter, 2014.)
Research
- McGill University Invited Seminar (McGill Science Institute), April 2016
- Bryn Mawr College Colloquium, February 2016.
- American Astronomical Society, 227th Meeting, Contributed Talk, January 2016
- Princeton University Invited Seminar (Thunch), November 2015
- American Astronomical Society, High Energy Astrophysics Division, Contributed Talk, August 2014
- American Astronomical Society, 224th Meeting, Contributed Talk, June 2014
- American Astronomical Society, 223rd Meeting, Doxsey Dissertation Prize Talk, January 2014
- Brown University Invited Seminar, October 2013
- Syracuse University Colloquium, October 2012
Inclusion, Education & Engagement
- Bryn Mawr College Public Lecture, February 2016
- Connecticut Science Center Keynote, Women in Science Symposium, February 2016
- Lewis & Clark College Keynote, Science Without Limits Symposium, September 2015
- TED Fellows Retreat 2015, The Untapped Genius that Could Change Science for the Better, August 2015
- TED 2015, How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible Universe, March 2015
- Black Enterprise, Women of Power Summit Panelist, BE Smart: Blended Learning in the 21st Century, February 2015
- Yale University Keynote, 45th Anniversary of the Afro-American Cultural Center Gala, October 2014
- Mayor of Syracuse, Women’s Commission, Career Exploration Series, Pushing Towards a STEM Degree in Middle School, June 2014
- Liverpool Public Library, Public Lecture, Blazars: Nature’s Particle Accelerators, June 2014
- Syracuse University, McNair Induction and Recognition Banquet, On Knowing Things: Leveraging Your Graduate Experience for the Greater Good, May 2014
- Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Pennsylvania State University, Panelist, Graduate School Life, January 2014
- Mayor of Syracuse, Women’s Commission, Career Exploration Series, What’s it like to be an Astrophysicist?, October 2013
- Vanderbilt University Bridge Program Research Showcase, Plenary, May 2013
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