Research

The focus of my research has covered a variety of topics in the field of time-domain astrophysics. My work in recent years has ranged from the gamma-ray and x-ray analysis of the prompt emission from gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), multi-wavelength observations of their long-lived afterglows, demographic studies of supernovae and GRB host galaxies, and the use of GRB afterglows as probes of the physical conditions of the early Universe. I am currently at Stanford University, where I am leading the development of techniques for the analysis of high-energy transient phenomena and investigating the origins of high-energy (GeV) emission from a variety of transient sources detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

Below you can find a complete Curriculum Vitae, a list of publications, and a brief statement of my current research interests.

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Kocevski & Petrosian 2011 arXiv:1110.6175
On The Lack of Time Dilation Signatures in Gamma-ray Burst Light Curves

Kocevski 2011 arXiv:1110.6173
On The Origin Of High Energy Correlations in Gamma-ray Bursts

Kocevski & West 2011 ApJ, 735L, 8K
On The Origin Of The Mass-Metallicity Relation For GRB Host Galaxies

Kocevski et al. 2010 MNRAS, 404, 963K
Limits on radioactive powered emission associated with a short-hard GRB 070724A in a star-forming galaxy

Kocevski, West, Modjaz 2009 ApJ, 702, 377K
Modeling The GRB Host Galaxy Mass Distribution: Are GRBs Unbiased Tracers of Star Formation?

Kocevski & Butler 2008 ApJ, 680, 531K
Gamma-Ray Burst Energetics in the Swift Era

Kocevski, Butler, Bloom 2007 ApJ, 667, 1024K
Pulse Width Evolution of Late-Time X-Ray Flares in Gamma-Ray Bursts

Kocevski et al. 2007 ApJ, 663, 1180K
Multicolor Infrared Observations of SN 2006aj, The Supernova Associated with XRF 060218

Kocevski & Liang 2006 ApJ, 642..371K
Quantifying the Luminosity Evolution in Gamma-Ray Bursts

Kocevski, Ryde, & Liang 2003 ApJ, 596, 389K
Search for Relativistic Curvature Effects in Gamma-Ray Burst Pulses

Kocevski & Liang 2003 ApJ, 596, 389K
The Connection between Spectral Evolution and Gamma-Ray Burst Lag