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PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1958-1963 - Physics Teacher, Holtz Technical High School, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1964-1966 - Research Asst., University of California Los Angeles
1966-1967 - Asst. Res. Geophysicist, University of California Los Angeles
1967-1969 - NAS/NRC Post-Doctoral Res. Assoc., GSFC
1969-1980 - Astrophysicist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, GSFC
1980-1993 - Head, Theory Office, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, GSFC
OTHER POSITIONS
Visiting Scientist, Stanford University 1972
Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters l974-l977
Lecturer in Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania l975
Vice Chair-Chair, Division of Cosmic Physics, APS, l976 - l978
Team Leader, Second Skylab Solar Flare Workshop, 1976-1978
Distinguished McDonnell Professor of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, l978
Fairchild Distinguished Scientist, California Institute of Technology, 1979
Chair, Nominating Committee, Division of Cosmic Physics, APS, 1979-1980
Vice Chair-Chair, High Energy Astrophysics Division, AAS, 1983-1985
Divisional Councilor (Astrophysics), APS, 1986-1989
University of Paris, PhD Dissertation Committee (P. Wallyn), 1992
Nagoya University, Japan, Visiting Professor (3 months), 1993
Chair, Nominating Committee, High Energy Astrophysics Division, AAS, 1997
Pierre & Marie Curie University, Paris, PhD Dissertation Committee (E. Parizot), 1997
Space Science Laboratory, Univ. of California Berkeley, Visiting Scientist (2 months), 1999
AWARDS
Senior U.S. Scientist Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1975
Lindsay Award, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1980
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA, 1981
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Astronomical Society
American Geophysical Union
International Astronomical Union
BOOKS EDITED
High Energy Phenomena on the Sun, NASA SP-342, 1972
Gamma Ray Spectroscopy in Astrophysics, NASA TM-796l9, 1978
Tenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 375, 1980
Positron-Electron Pairs in Astrophysics, AIP Conference Proceedings 101, 1983
Essays in Space Science, NASA CP 2464, 1987
High Energy Solar Physics, AIP Conference Proceedings 374, 1996
LiBeB, Cosmic Rays and Related X- and Gamma-Rays, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., vol 171, 1999
High Energy Solar Physics - Anticipating HESSI, Astron. Soc. Pacific Conf. Ser., vol 206, 2000
University of Maryland, Physics Department, PhD Dissertation Advisory
H. T. Wang, Ph.D. l975, "Neutron Propagation and 2.2 MeV Gamma Ray Line Formation in the Solar Atmosphere"
T. Bai, Ph.D. 1977, "Studies on Solar Hard X-Rays and Gamma Rays: Compton Backscatter Anisotropy, Polarization and Evidence for Two Phases of Acceleration"
R. Bussard, Ph.D. 1978, "Topics in X-Ray and Gamma Ray Spectroscopy"
R. J. Murphy, Ph.D. 1985, "Gamma Rays and Neutrons from Solar Flares"
J. A. Miller, Ph. D. 1990, "Ion and Electron Acceleration and Transport, and Gamma Ray Production, in Solar Flares"
J. G. Skibo, PhD 1993, "Diffuse Galactic Positron Annihilation
Radiation and the Underlying Continuum"
MOST SIGNIFICANT AND SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
"Galactic Cosmic Ray Electrons", R. Ramaty and R. E. Lingenfelter, 1966, JGR, 71, 3687
"High Energy Nuclear Reactions in Solar Flares", R. E. Lingenfelter and R. Ramaty, 1967, in High Energy Nuclear Reactions in Astrophysics, ed B. S. P. Shen, Benjamin, p. 99
"Gyrosynchrotron Emission and Absorption in a Magnetoactive Plasma", R. Ramaty, 1969, ApJ, 158, 753
"An Interpretation of the Observed Oxygen and Nitrogen Enhancements in Low Energy Cosmic Rays", 1974, L. A. Fisk, B. Kozlovsky, and R. Ramaty, ApJ, 190, L35
"478 keV and 431 keV Line Emissions from aa Reactions", 1974, B. Kozlovsky and R. Ramaty, ApJ, 191, L43
"Solar Gamma Rays", R. Ramaty, B. Kozlovsky and R. E. Lingenfelter, 1975, Space Science Reviews, 18, 341
"26Al: A Galactic Source of Gamma Ray Line Emission", 1977, R. Ramaty and R. E. Lingenfelter, ApJ, 213, L5
"Nuclear Gamma Rays from Energetic Particle Interactions", 1979, R. Ramaty, B. Kozlovsky, and R. E. Lingenfelter, Ap.J (Suppl.), 40, 487
"Gamma Ray Line Astronomy", 1979, R. Ramaty and R. E. Lingenfelter, Nature,278, l27
"On the Origin of the March 5 Gamma Ray Transient: A Vibrating Neutron Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud", 1980, R. Ramaty et al., N ature, 287, l22
"Gamma-Ray Astronomy", 1982, R. Ramaty and R. E. Lingenfelter, Ann. Rev. Nuclear and Particle Science, 32, 235
"The Acceleration and Propagation of Solar Flare Energetic Particles" M. A. Forman, R. Ramaty and E. G. Zweibel, 1986, in The Physics of the Sun, P. A. Sturrock, ed., (Reidel), p. 251
"High Energy Processes in Solar Flares", R. J. Murphy, C. D. Dermer and R. Ramaty, 1987, ApJ (Suppl.), 63, 721
"Nuclear Process and Accelerated Particles in Solar Flares", R. Ramaty and R. J. Murphy, 1987, Space Science Reviews, 45, 213
"Ion and Relativistic Electron Transport in Solar Flares" R. Ramaty, J. A. Miller, X. M. Hua, and R. E. Lingenfelter, 1990, ApJ (Suppl.), 73, 199
"Solar Abundances from Gamma Ray Spectroscopy: Comparisons with Energetic Particle and Photospheric Abundances", Murphy, R. J., Ramaty, R., Kozlovsky, B. and Reames, D. V., 1991, ApJ, 371, 793
"Positron Annihilation in the Interstellar Medium", Guessoum, N., Ramaty, R. and Lingenfelter, R. E., 1991, ApJ, 378 , 170
"Galactic Low Energy Gamma Ray Continuum Emission", Skibo, J. G., and Ramaty, R., 1993, A&A (Suppl.), 97, 145
"Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares" N. Mandzhavidze and R. Ramaty, 1993, Nuclear Physics B, 33, Nos. 1- 2, 141
"Solar Atmospheric Abundances and Energy Content in Flare Accelerated Ions from Gamma Ray Spectroscopy", R. Ramaty, N. Mandzhavidze, B. Kozlovsky, R. J. Murphy, 1995, ApJ, 455, L193
"Astrophysical Gamma Ray Emission Lines", R. Ramaty and R. E. Lingenfelter, 1995, in The Analysis of Emission Lines, eds. R. E. Williams and M. Livio, (Cambridge), p. 180
"Light Isotopes, Extinct Radioisotopes and Gamma Ray Lines from Low Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions", R. Ramaty, B. Kozlovsky and R . E. Lingenfelter, 1996, ApJ, 456, 525
"Interstellar Gamma Ray Lines from Low Energy Cosmic Ray Interactions", R. Ramaty, 1996, A&A (Suppl.), 120, C373
"Light Elements and Cosmic Rays in the Early Galaxy", R. Ramaty, B. Kozlovsky, R. E. Lingenfelter and H. Reeves, 1997, ApJ, 488, 730
"Solar Atmospheric and Solar Flare Helium Abundances from Gamma Ray Spectroscopy", N. Mandzhavidze, R. Ramaty, and B. Kozlovsky, 1997, ApJ, 489, L99
"Cosmic Rays, Nuclear Gamma Rays and the Origin of Li, Be and B" , R. Ramaty, B. Kozlovsky and R. E. Lingenfelter, 1998, Physics Today, 51, No. 4, 30
"Supernova Grains: The Source of Cosmic Ray Metals" R. E. Lingenfelter, R. Ramaty and B. Kozlovsky, 1998, ApJ, 500, L153
"X-Rays from Accelerated Ion Interactions", V. Tatischeff, R. Ramaty and B. Kozlovsky, 1998, ApJ, 504, 874
"Testing the Primary Origin of Be and B in the Early Galaxy", E. Vangioni-Flam, R. Ramaty, K. Olive and M. Casse, 1998, A&A, 337, 714
"Cosmic Ray Acceleration from Supernova Ejecta in Superbubbles", J. C. Higdon, R. E. Lingenfelter, and R. Ramaty, 1998, ApJ, 509, L33
"LiBeB, Cosmic Rays and Gamma-Ray Line Astronomy", R. Ramaty, E. Vangioni-Flam, M. Casse, and K. Olive, 1999, Pub. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 111, 651
"Determination of the Abundances of Subcoronal He-4 and of Solar Flare Accelerated He-3 and He-4 from Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy", N. Mandzhavidze, R. Ramaty, and B. Kozlovsky, 1999, ApJ, 518, 918
"Light Element Evolution and Cosmic Ray Energetics", R. Ramaty, S. T. Scully, R. E. Lingenfelter, and B. Kozlovsky, 2000, ApJ, 534, 747
"Lithium-6 from Solar Flares", R. Ramaty, V. Tatischeff, J. P. Thibaud, B. Kozlovsky, and N. Mandzhavidze, 2000, ApJ Letters , 534, L207
"Spallogenic Light Elements and Cosmic Ray Origin",
R. Ramaty, R. E. Lingenfelter, and B. Kozlovsky, 2001,
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