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<title>Jana Bilikova</title> 

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<h2>Research</h2>
My research interests include: <BR> 
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<LI> Central stars of planetary nebulae
<LI> Binary central stars of planetary nebulae
<LI> White dwarfs
<LI> Dust disks
<LI> Planetary system evolution in late stages of stellar evolution
<LI> Infra-red astronomy
<LI> Optical astronomy
<LI> X-ray astronomy
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<h2>Refereed Publications</h2>
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<LI> Chu, Y.-H., Su, K. Y. L., <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Gruendl, R. A., De Marco, O., Guerrero, M. A., 
Updike, A. C., Volk, K., &amp; Rauch, T. 2011,  The Astronomical Journal 
<A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AJ....142...75C">Spitzer 24 &#956;m Survey for
Dust Disks around Hot White Dwarfs</A> 

<LI> <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert A., &amp; Maddox, Larry A. 2010,  
The Astronomical Journal <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AJ....140.1433B">Hard X-ray Emission Associated with White Dwarfs. 
III.</A> 

<LI> <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Williams, R. N. M., Chu, Y.-H., Gruendl, R. A., &amp; Lundgren, 
B. F. 2007,  The Astronomical Journal <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AJ....134.2308B">Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic 
Clouds. IX. Multiwavelength Analysis of the Physical Structure of N49</A> 

<LI> Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert A., Guerrero, Martin A., Su, Kate Y. L., 
<b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Cohen, Martin, Parker, Quentin A., Volk, Kevin, Caulet, 
Adeline, Chen, Wen-Ping, Hora, Joseph L., &amp; Rauch, Thomas 2009,  The 
Astronomical Journal <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AJ....138..691C">Spitzer 24 &#956;m Images of Planetary Nebulae</A> 

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<h2>Conference Proceedings</h2>
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<LI> Su, K., <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Chu, Y.-H., Jura, M., Rieke, G., Marengo, M., 
Misselt, K., Bond, H. E., &amp; Liebert, J. 2011,  Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae 
5 conference, held in Bowness-on-Windermere, U.K., 20 - 25 June 2010, A. A. 
Zijlstra, F. Lykou, I. McDonald, and E. Lagadec, eds. (2011) Jodrell Bank 
Centre for Astrophysics <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011apn5.procE.101S">The Nature of the Infrared Excess around WD 
0950+139</A> 

<LI> Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert A., <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;, Jana </b>, Riddle, Andrew, &amp; Su, 
Kate Y.-L. 2011,  American Institute of Physics Conference Series <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AIPC.1331..230C">Spitzer 
Surveys of IR Excesses of White Dwarfs</A> 


<LI> <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;</b>, Jana, Chu, You-Hua, Su, Kate, Gruendl, Robert A., &amp; Rauch, 
Thomas 2011,  American Institute of Physics Conference Series <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AIPC.1331..215B">Spectral 
Analysis of Mid-IR Excesses of White Dwarfs</A> 


<LI> <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Chu, Y.-H., Gruendl, R., Su, K., &amp; Rauch, T. 2011,  
Asymmetric Planetary Nebulae 5 Conference <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011apn5.confE.241B">IR excesses of centre stars of 
planetary nebulae</A> 


<LI> Chu, Y. -H., Gruendl, R. A., <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;, J.</b>, Riddle, A., &amp; Su, K. Y. -L. 
2010,  ArXiv e-prints <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010arXiv1012.1399C">Spitzer Surveys of Infrared Excesses of White Dwarfs</A> 

<LI> <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, Su, Kate, Gruendl, Robert A., &amp; Rauch, 
Thomas 2010,  American Institute of Physics Conference Series <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AIPC.1273..467B">Spectral 
Analysis of Mid-IR Excesses of WDs</A> 


<LI> Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert A., <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Riddle, Andrew, &amp; Su, 
Kate Y.-L. 2010,  American Institute of Physics Conference Series <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AIPC.1273..461C">Spitzer 
Surveys of IR Excesses of White Dwarfs</A> 


<LI> <b>Bil&#237;kov&#225;, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert A., &amp; Maddox, Larry 2010,  
American Institute of Physics Conference Series <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010AIPC.1273..109B">Hard X-ray emission 
associated with WDs</A> 

<LI> <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, Su, Kate, Gruendl, Robert, Rauch, Thomas, De 
Marco, Orsola, &amp; Volk, Kevin 2009,  Journal of Physics Conference Series 
<A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009JPhCS.172a2055B">24&#956;m excesses of hot WDs - Evidence of dust disks?</A> 

<LI> Lommen, A. N.,<b> Bilikova, J.</b>, Jenet, F. A., Portegies Zwart, S., &amp; 
Stappers, B. W. 2005,  Binary Radio Pulsars <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASPC..328..225L">Using Pulsars to Detect Black 
Hole Binaries in Globular Clusters</A> 

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<h2>Conference Poster Presentations and Others' Talks</h2>
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<LI> <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Chu, Y., Su, K., &amp; Gruendl, R. 2011,  Bulletin of the 
American Astronomical Society <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AAS...21733914B">Spectral Analysis of Mid-IR Excesses of WDs</A> 

<LI> Praton, E. A., <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Melott, A. L., &amp; Thomas, B. C. 2004,  
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004AAS...20514805P">Quantifying the Bull's-Eye 
Effect: Thick Slices</A> 

<LI> <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Chu, Y., Gruendl, R. A., &amp; Su, K. Y. L. 2008,  American 
Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #211 <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AAS...21116103B">IR Excesses of Four Central 
Stars of Planetary Nebulae</A> 

<LI> Chu, You-Hua, Su, K., Gruendl, R., <b>Bilikova, J.</b>, Caulet, A., Volk, K., De 
Marco, O., &amp; Rauch, T. 2009,  American Astronomical Society Meeting 
Abstracts #214 <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AAS...21430903C">Debris Disks around Hot White Dwarfs</A> 


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<h2>Accepted Proposals</h2>
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<LI> <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, Gruendl, Robert, Su, Kate Y. L., &amp; de Marco, 
Orsola 2009,  NOAO Proposal ID #2009A-0438 <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009noao.prop..438B">IR Excesses of Central Stars of 
Planetary Nebulae</A> 


<LI> <b>Bilikova, Jana</b>, Chu, You-Hua, de Marco, Orsola, Gruendl, Robert, Rauch, 
Thomas, Su, Kate, &amp; Volk, Kevin 2008,  Spitzer Proposal ID #50793 <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008sptz.prop50793B">IR 
Excesses of Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae</A> 


<LI> Chu, You-Hua,<b> Bilikova, Jana</b>, de Marco, Orsola, Gruendl, Robert, Rauch, 
Thomas, Su, Kate, &amp; Volk, Kevin 2008,  Spitzer Proposal ID #50629 <A href="http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008sptz.prop50629C">The 
Nature of the 24 Micron Excess Emission from Hot White Dwarfs</A> 


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