Caballero-Nieves, Saida
Assistant Professor, Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences
Educational Background
Ph. D. in Astronomy, Georgia State University, 2012
M.S. in Physics (Concentration in Astronomy), Georgia State University, 2007
B.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, and History, University of Michigan, 2005
Current Courses
SPS 2010 - Observational Astronomy
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Sheffield (2012-2016)
Additional Duties
Director, Olin Observatory
Faculty Advisor Student Astronomical Society
James Webb Space Telescope User Committee
Selected Publications
- Crowther, P. A., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Bostroem, K. A., Maíz-Apellániz, Walborn, N. R., Angus, C., Brott, I., Bonanos, A.,de Koter, A., de Mink, S. E., Evans, C. J., Gräfener, G., Herrero, A., Howarth, I D., Langer, N., Lennon, D. J., Puls, J., Sana, H., Vink, J. S., 2016, Spatially Resolved HST/STIS spectroscopy of the R136 star cluster. I. Far-ultraviolet spectroscopic census, MNRAS, 2016.
- Aldoretta, E. J., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Gies, D. R., Nelan, E. P., Wallace, D. J., Hartkopf, W. I., Henry, T. J., Jao, W.-C., Maíz Apellániz, J., Mason, B. D., Moffat, A. F. J., Norris, R. P., Richardson, N. D., & Williams, S. J, 2015, The Multiplicity of Massive Stars: A High Angular Resolution Survey with the HST Fine Guidance Sensor, AJ, 149, 26
- Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Nelan, E. P., Gies, D. R., Wallace, D. J., DeGioia-Eastwood, K., Herrero, A., Jao, W.-C., Mason, B. D., Massey, P., Moffat, A. F. J., & Walborn, N. R., 2014, A High Angular Resolution Survey of Massive Stars in Cygnus OB2: Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensors, AJ, 147, 40
- Gies, D. R., Aldoretta, E. J., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Nelan, E. P., Henry, T.J., Jao, W.-C., Hartkopf,W. I., Mason, B. D., Maíz Apellániz, J., Moffat, A.F.J., Richardson, N. D., Wallace, D. J., & Williams, S. J., 2014, HST Fine Guidance Sensors Survey For Binaries Among The Massive Stars, EAS Publications Series, 64, 395
- Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Gies, D. R., & Nelan, E. P., 2012, High Angular Resolution Observations of the Massive Stars in Cyg OB2, PASP, 465, 366
- Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Gies, D. R., Roberts, L. C., & Turner, N. H., 2011, Cyg OB2 Unveiled: The Search for Astrometric Companions, Société Royale des Sciences de Liège Bulletin, 80, 639
- Williams, S. J., Gies, D. R., Helsel, J. W., Matson, R. A., & Caballero-Nieves, S., 2011, ASAS Light Curves of Intermediate-Mass Eclipsing Binary Stars and the Parameters of HI Mon, AJ, 142, 5
- Williams, S. J., Wilson, J. W., Hursey, M., & Caballero-Nieves, S. M., 2010, Astrometric Observations of WDS Neglected Binary Stars, Journal of Double Star Observations, 6, 15
- Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Gies, D. R., Bolton, C. T., Hadrava, P., Herrero, A., Hillwig, T. C., Howell, S. B., Huang, W., Kaper, L., Koubský, P., & McSwain, M. V., 2009, The Ultraviolet Spectrum and Physical Properties of the Mass Donor Star in HD 226868 = Cygnus X-1, ApJ, 701, 1795
- Gies, D. R., Bolton, C. T., Blake, R. M., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Crenshaw, D. M., Hadrava, P., Herrero, A., Hillwig, T. C., Howell, S. B., Huang, W., Kaper, L., Koubský, P., & McSwain, M. V., 2008, Stellar Wind Variations during the X-Ray High and Low States of Cygnus X-1, ApJ, 678, 1237
- Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Sowell, J. R., & Houk, N., 2007, Galactic Distributions and Statistics of the HD Stars in the Michigan Spectral Catalogue, AJ, 134, 1072
- Sowell, J. R., Trippe, M., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., & Houk, N., 2007, H-R Diagrams Based on the HD Stars in the Michigan Spectral Catalogue and the Hipparcos Catalog, AJ, 134, 1089
- Oey, M. S., Meurer, G. R., Yelda, S., Furst, E. J., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Hanish, D. J., Levesque, E. M., Thilker, D. A., Walth, G. L., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Dopita, M. A., Ferguson, H. C., Heckman, T. M., Doyle, M. T., Drinkwater, M. J., Freeman, K. C., Kennicutt, R. C., Jr., Kilborn, V. A., Knezek, P. M., Koribalski, B., Meyer, M., Putman, M. E., Ryan-Weber, E. V., Smith, R. C., Staveley-Smith, L., Webster, R. L., Werk, J., & Zwaan, M. A., 2007, The Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies. III. Diffuse, Warm Ionized Medium and Escape of Ionizing Radiation, ApJ, 661, 801
- Grundstrom, E. D., Caballero-Nieves, S. M., Gies, D. R., Huang, W., McSwain, M. V., Rafter, S. E., Riddle, R. L., Williams, S. J., & Wingert, D. W., 2007, Joint H
