Biography
Academic and Professional Appointments:
1966, Fellow, Lick Observatory
1967-1968, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kellogg Radiation Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology
1968-1972, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas at
Austin
1970-1977, Consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
1972-1982, Consultant, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
1972-1986, Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
1972-1975, Associate Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1973 National Academy of Sciences Exchange Scientist to the USSR (O. Yu. Schmidt Institute of Geophysics, Moscow)
1975- , Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1977, Acting Director, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and Acting Head, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
1978-1981, Director, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and Head, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
Degrees
- Ph.D. Astronomy
- University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Electron Conduction in Degenerate Stellar Matter'
- B.A. Physics
- Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Work Experience
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1978 - 1981)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1977 - 1978)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1975 - Ongoing)
- O. Yu. Shmidt Geophysical Institute (1973)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1972 - 1975)
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas (1968 - 1972)
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1967 - 1968)
Interests
Teaching
Upper division and graduate courses in planetary physics
Research
Physics of planetary interiorsExoplanetsEvolution of jovian planetsStellar occultations by planetary bodies
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
No activities entered.
