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NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
31 July 1959, New York, N.Y., USA
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1998-present |
Astrophysicist, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
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2005-present |
Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of MD College Park |
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1996-1998 |
Associate Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY |
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1990-1996 |
Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY |
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1988-1990 |
Post Doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, Nevis Labs |
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Fellow, American Physical Society |
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1993-1997 |
Sloan Foundation Fellow in Physics |
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1981 |
Bertman Prize in Physics, Wesleyan University |
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2003-present |
GLAST Project Scientist |
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2000-2003 |
GLAST Deputy Project Scientist |
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1998-present |
GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Scientist |
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2004-present |
GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) Deputy PI |
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1996-present |
GLAST, LAT |
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1988-98 |
ZEUS (at DESY) |
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1986-88 |
ALEPH (at CERN) |
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1984-88 |
TASSO (at DESY) |
RECENT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Ph.D. STUDENTS:
David Wren, graduated summer 2005, currently working in aerospace industry
Luis Reyes, graduated spring 2007, currently a Kavli Fellow, University of Chicago
Tyrel Johnson, current Ph.D. student
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2008- 2008-2012 2007- |
MentorNet (Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science) Mentor Fermilab Physics Advisory Committee (PAC) Advanced LIGO Project Advisory Panel |
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2007 2006- |
First International GLAST Symposium Organizer; proceedings editor (with P. Michelson and C. Meegan). IceCube Scientific Advisory Committee |
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2005-present |
Particle Physics Project Prioritization Panel (P5) |
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2004-2007 |
DOE-NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) |
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2004 |
Committee member, Director's Annual Review of the Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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2003-2006 |
IUPAP Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee (PaNAGIC) |
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2003-2005 |
NASA Astronomy and Physics Working Group (APWG), Universe Working Group (UWG) |
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1999-2004 |
DOE-NSF Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics (SAGENAP); Report Coordinator (Chair) 2002. |
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2001-2005 |
Editorial Committee, Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science |
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2001 |
Snowmass P4 Physics working group convener on Astro/Cosmo/Particle Physics (with Akerib, Carroll, and Kamionkowski) |
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2001 |
Gamma2001 Organizer (with N. Gehrels and C. Shrader); proceedings editor |
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2001 |
Vanderbilt series Frontiers in Contemporary Physics, Astrophysics program organizer |
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1999-2000 |
Connections: Quarks to the Cosmos Group; 1999 Cosmic Genesis (Sonoma) meeting Topical Group Organizer |
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2000 |
VERITAS project science, technical, cost, schedule and management DOE/NSF review (chair) |
RECENT SELECTED TALKS AT MAJOR CONFERENCES:
2008 April, St. Louis APS meeting, invited talk on GLAST.
2008 March, Los Angeles High Energy Astrophysics Division of the AAS, invited talk on GLAST.
2006 April, Dallas APS meeting, invited talk on GLAST and the Future of High-energy Gamma-ray Astrophysics.
2003 Physics in Collision, Zeuthen, Germany, Invited Talk on Gamma-ray Astrophysics.
2002 Starry Messages special FNAL lecture series.
2001 Snowmass opening plenary talk on Status and Future of Astro/Cosmo/Particle Physics.
1999 Inner Space/Outerspace II Conference at Fermilab Invited talk.
plus frequent university and national lab colloquia and seminars
Selected Recent Public Lectures and Interviews
2007 Science Links, local Washington area science cable TV show
2006 Benjamin Dean Public Lecture, California Academy of Sciences: Seeing the Sky with Gamma-ray Eyes
2006 Static Limit Radio Show Interview, San Francisco
2006 PBS Nova appearance in "Monster of the Milky Way"
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