Curriculum Vitae



Location

Kansas City, MO, 64110


Professional Interests

Galaxy Clusters, Galaxy Evolution, Cosmology, Data Science, Data Modelling, Big Data


Education

• PhD Physics and Computer Engineering: University of Missouri—Kansas City, May 2022

• BS Physics: Truman State University, December 2009


Positions Held

• Senior Data Scientist, Banner Life: July 2024–present

• Data Scientist, Alynix LLC: July 2022–April 2024

• Research Assistant, UMKC: June 2014–June 2022

• Teaching Assistant, UMKC: August 2013–May 2014, January–May 2022


Publications

First Author

•Decker, Bandon; et al., 2022, The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey XI: Measuring Stellar Mass Fractions and Luminosity Functions of MaDCoWS Clusters using SED-fitting, ApJ, 936, 71

•Decker, Bandon; et al., 2019, The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey. VI. Stellar Mass Fractions of a Sample of High-redshift Infrared-selected Clusters, ApJ, 878, 72


Notable Co-author

• Gonzalez, Anthony H; Decker, Bandon; et al., 2015, The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey: MOO J1142$+$1527, a $10^{15}$ M$_\odot$ Galaxy Cluster at z = 1.19, ApJL, 812, L40

•List of all publications (ADS)


Professional Activity

Invited Talks

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
Mizzou Astronomy Seminar, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
10 September 2019

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
KU Astrophysics Seminar, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
11 October 2017


Contributed Talks

•Registration of UAV Thermal Imagery
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Mid-South Regional Meeting
April 2023

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
Mid-America Regional Astrophysics Conference (MARAC)
2015–2019, 2021

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
MUSTANG-2 Science Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
1 May 2018

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
229th AAS Meeting, Grapevine, TX
5 January 2017

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
MO Space Grant, Rolla, MO
2015–2016

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
SnowPAC, Snowbird, UT
15 March 2016

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
227th AAS Meeting, Kissimee, FL
5 January 2016


Contributed Posters

•The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey (MaDCoWS): Stellar mass fractions of infrared-selected galaxy clusters at z~1
236th AAS Meeting, Virtual
2 June 2020


Awarded Observing Time

Gemini

•Decker, Bandon; et al. Gemini Observations of SZ-Confirmed MaDCoWS Galaxy Clusters
FT, 3.6 hr, 2019A

• Adam Stanford, Decker, Bandon, et al. MaDCoWS: The Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey
LLP, 90.2 hr, 2017B

Green Bank Telescope

• Mark Brodwin, Decker, Bandon, et al. MUSTANG-2 Observations of the Highest-Richness MaDCoWS Clusters at 0.8 < z < 1.6
63 hr, 2020A + 56.5 hr, 2020B

• Mark Brodwin, Decker, Bandon, et al. MUSTANG-2 Observations of MaDCoWS, the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters at z > 1
126 hr, 2018B + 49 hr, 2019A + 105 hr, 2019B

ALMA

• Mark Brodwin, et al. ALMA Observations of the Most Massive Galaxy Clusters at z ≥ 1
ACA, 51.6 hr, 2017

Spitzer

• Mark Brodwin, et al. MaDCoWS: The Most Massive Galaxy Clusters at z ~ 1
DDT, 24.8 hr, 2017

• Mark Brodwin, Decker, Bandon, et al. Determining the Role of Merging in the Growth of the Galaxy Cluster Population in the Massive and Distant Clusters of WISE Survey
Cycle 12, 18.5 hr, 2015


Scientific and Technical Expertise

Observing Experience: GBT/MUSTANG-2, Magellan/PISCO, CARMA

Data Familiarity: Gemini/GMOS, Spitzer/IRAC, HST/WFC3, GBT/MUSTANG-2, CARMA

Astro Software: AstroPy, NumPy, SExtractor, SCAMP, SWarp, IRAF, PyRAF, LaTeX

Programming Languages/Software: Python, Unix/BASH