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Date of Birth: June 24, 1957
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana Nationality: US
Employment Status: Professor

Current Address:


Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI 48824

(517) 355-9200 (Office)

Education

Harvard University

  • Ph.D. in Astronomy, November 1983 Thesis: "Dynamical Studies of Clusters of
  • Galaxies" Advisor: Margaret J. Geller
  • A.M. in Astronomy, November 1980

Purdue University

  • B.S. in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, June 1979
  • B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, June 1979

Professional Societies, Honors, and Awards
  • “Scientist of the Year” 2003, Impressions 5 Museum
  • International Astronomical Union, Commission 30
  • American Astronomical
  • Society American Statistical Association
  • Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Classification Society of North America
  • Bantrell Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Caltech)
  • Hughes Aircraft Company Masters Fellow (Harvard)
  • Argonne National Lab Summer Research Fellow (Purdue)
  • Frank Gannett Undergraduate Fellow (Purdue)
  • Sigma Xi -- Science Honorary
  • Sigma Pi Sigma -- Physics Honorary
  • Tau Beta Pi -- Engineering Honorary
  • Alpha Sigma Mu -- Metallurgy Honorary

Research Experience

1986 - Present: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Michigan State University

  • European Very Large Telescope (VLT)
  • Japanese National Telescope (SUBARU)
  • Hubble Space Telescope
  • Keck 10m Telescope
  • CTIO 4m Telescope
  • KPNO 4m Telescope
  • ESO New Technology Telescope
  • Anglo - Australian 3.9m Telescope
  • ESO 3.6m Telescope
  • CFHT 3.6m Telescope
  • McDonald Observatory 2.7m Telescope
  • Las Campanas Dupont 2.5m Telescope
  • Siding Spring Observatory 2.3m Telescope
  • McDonald Observatory 2.1m Telescope
  • KPNO 2.1m Telescope
  • OHP 1.9m Telescope
  • Lowell Observatory 1.8m Telescope
  • ESO 1.5m Telescope
  • Danish 1.5m Telescope
  • KPNO 1.3m Telescope
  • CTIO 1m Telescope
  • KPNO 0.9m Telescope
  • CTIO Curtis Schmidt Telescope
  • KPNO Burrell Schmidt Telescope
  • International Ultraviolet Explorer
  • ROSAT X-ray Satellite

1983 - 1986: Bantrell Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Caltech

  • Hale 5m Telescope
  • Las Campanas Dupont 2.4m Telescope
  • Palomar 1.5m Telescope
  • Palomar 1.2m Telescope
  • Arecibo 1000 ft dish

1979 - 1983: Research Fellow, Center for Astrophysics

  • SAO/UA Multiple Mirror Telescope
  • SAO 1.5m Telescope
  • SAO 0.6m Telescope

1980: Research Assistant, Einstein Observatory

  • Micro-channel plate lifetime testing
  • Einstein data analysis

1979: Member of Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft

  • Orbit design and mission analysis -- VOIR
  • Venusian gravity perturbation analysis

1979: Research Assistant, Purdue University

  • Developed control program for X-ray spectrometer

1978: Research Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory

Teaching Experience

1986 - Present: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Michigan State University

  • CBI -- Summer Courses (1 term)
  • ISP 205 -- Integrative Studies (Astronomy) (7 terms)
  • ISP 205L -- Integrative Studies Lab (Astronomy) (9 terms)
  • AST 119 -- Introductory Astronomy (5 terms)
  • AST 202 -- Introductory Astronomy (Majors) (4 terms)
  • AST 217 -- Introductory Astronomy (1 term)
  • AST 229 -- Introductory Astronomy (4 term)
  • AST 402 -- Galaxies and Cosmology (3 terms)
  • AST 442 -- Radiational Astrophysics (2 terms)
  • AST 462 -- Galactic Astronomy (2 terms)
  • AST 463 -- Extragalactic Astronomy (1 term)
  • AST 801 -- Introductory Astrophysics (1 term)
  • AST 820 -- The Galaxy (1 term)
  • PHY 957 -- Statistical Techniques (1 term)

1981 - 1982: Teaching Fellow in Astronomy, Harvard University

  • Conducted recitation sections

1980 - 1981: Teaching Fellow in Astronomy, Harvard University

  • Developed and instructed laboratory projects

1977 - 1979: Teaching Fellow in Astronomy, Purdue University

  • Conducted Electricity and Magnetism lab
  • Conducted Electricity and Magnetism course

1978 - 1979: Teaching Fellow in Engineering, Purdue University

  • Conducted Mechanics of Materials lab
Funding

2002 - 2005:
NSF Grant ($74,848)
"Collaborative Research: Fundamental Properties of Local Subdwarfs," (in cooperation with D. Terndrup, Ohio State University)

2002 - 2004:
NASA Grant - Hubble Space Telescope ($26,123)
"The Old Star CS 31082-001, The Age of the Universe, and the Nature of the r-Process," (Co-I with C. Sneden, J. Cowan)

2001 - 2004:
NSF Grant ($37,473)
"Collaborative REsearch: Completion of the Southern Proper Motion Survey," (in cooperation with W. van Altena, Yale University) - Supplemental Funding Request

2001 - 2004:
NSF Grant ($230,769)
"The Nature of Carbon-Enhanced Metal-Poor Stars in the Galzxy."

2001 - 2004:
NSF Grant ($105,829)
"Collaborative Research: Completion of the Southern Proper Motion Survey," (in cooperation with W. van Altena, Yale University)

2000 - 2002:
NSF Grant ($45,000)
"Collaborative Research of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics," (Co-I with C. Sneden, J. Truran, J. Cowan)

1999 - 2001:
NSF Grant - Hubble Space Telescope ($24,500)
"CS 2892-052: A Rosetta Star for the Age and Early History of the Galaxy" (Co-I with C. Sneden, J. Truran, J. Cowan)

1999 - 2001:
NSF Grant - Hubble Space Telescope ($17,000)
"Abundances in Halo Stars and Galactic Element Formation" (Co-I with J. Cowan, C. Sneden, J. Truran)

1998 - 2000:
NATO Grant ($10,000)
"Search for Metal Poor Stars in the Galaxy," US/Italy/Spain Collaboration, Renewal

1996 - 2000:
NSF Grant ($255,000)
"Discovery and Analysis of Extermely Low Metallicity Stars, Horizontal-Branch Stars, and A-Type Stars in the Galacitc Halo"

1995 - 1998:
INT (NSF) Grant ($16,000)
"Discovery and Analysis of Extremely Low Metallicity Stars in the Thick Disk and Halo of the Galaxy," US/Australia Collaboration

1995 - 1997:
NATO Grant ($10,000)
"Search for Metal Poor Stars in the Galaxy," US/Italy/Spain Collaboration

1993 - 1996:
INT (NSF) Grant ($11,000)
"Spectroscopy and Analysis of Horizontal-Branch and A-type Stars in the Galactic Halo," US/Denmark Collaboration

1993 - 1995:
NSF Grant ($195,000)
"Discovery and Analysis of Extremely Low Metallicity Stars, Horizonta-Branch Stars, and A-type Stars in the Galactic Halo"

1993 - 1994:
NASA Grant ($18,000)
"ROSAT Observations of the Cluster of Galaxies A2151"

1992 - 1993:
All University Reserach Initiation Grant ($3,500)
"The Abundance of Lithium in Extremely Metal-Poor Stars"

1991 - 1993:
NSF Grant ($36,000)
"Small Telescopes for Observational Astrononomy Laboratory" (Co-I with Horace Smith)

1990 - 1993:
NSF Grant ($185,000)
"Discovery and Photometry of Low Metallicity and Horizontal-Branch Stars in the Galactic Halo."

1989:
REU Supplement ($3,500)
"Hot Stars in the Galactic Halo"

1989 - 1990:
All University Reserach Initiation Grant ($2,500)
"Relative Abundances for Extremely Metal-Poor Stars"

1988:
REU Supplement ($5,000)
"Calibration of Stellar Metallicities"

1987 - 1990:
NSF Grant ($75,000)
"A Search for Extremely Low Metallicity Stars in the Calactic Halo"

1986 - 1987:
All University Reserach Initiation Grant ($5,000)
"A Search for Extremely Low Metallicity Stars in the Galactic Halo"