David L. Band

Research Experience:

2001-Present: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Research Scientist: GLAST Science Support Center

1999-2001: X-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Technical Staff Member: Nuclear weapons and gamma-ray bursts.

1990-1999: CASS , UC San Diego
Research Physicist: Gamma ray burst spectra from BATSE on CGRO.

1988-1990: UC Berkeley Astronomy Department and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow: Applied a new radiative transfer code to the study of spectral line formation in AGN.

1985-1988: IGPP-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow: Astrophysical research on AGN, supernova expansion, and SS 433.

1981-1985: Harvard University
Thesis Research: Worked with Dr. J. Grindlay analyzing X-ray observations of SS 433, nonthermal modeling of SS 433 and AGN.

1976-1979: MIT
Undergraduate Research: Analysis of Pioneer Venus orbit to map the gravity field of Venus, lunar seismology.

Teaching Experience:

Fall 1995 (UC San Diego): Physics 160 (upper division astrophysics)

Fall 1994 (UC San Diego): Physics 1A (introductory physics non-physics science majors)

Summers 1981, 1982, 1984 (Harvard): Teaching fellow for Physics~1 (introductory physics for pre-medical students)

Fall semester 1980, 1981, 1982 (Harvard): Teaching fellow for Physics~112 (second year physics for science majors)

Education:

Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University, 1985

M.A. Physics, Harvard University, 1980

B.S. Physics, MIT, 1979

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa, MIT, 1979

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1979-1982

NASA Group Achievement Award for BATSE Instrument Team, 1992

Contact information

David L. Band
Code 661
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

301-286-5439
dband@lheamail.gsfc.nasa.gov

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