| Ph.D. | 1985 Yale University (Astronomy) |
| M.Phil. | 1981 Yale University (Astronomy) |
| B.S. | 1979 Haverford College (Physics / Philosophy) |
| 1994-1997 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
| 1989-1992 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories |
| 1987-1989 | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina |
| 1984-1987 | Carnegie Fellow, Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories |
| 1983 (Fall) | Adjunct Faculty, Southern Connecticut State University |
Quasars: BALs, extremely red quasars, lensing.
Clusters of Galaxies: galaxy-galaxy and
galaxy-cluster interactions;
tidal debris; intergalactic material.
Elliptical Galaxies: resolved stellar populations, the fundamental plane of
elliptical galaxies,
spectral synthesis, passive evolution.
Distance Scale: applications of the fundamental plane, effects
of stellar populations on
elliptical galaxy distance estimates.
I was recently an external adviser for
for a Ph.D. candidate at M.I.T. His
dissertation was based in part on analysis of the large volume
of data from my HST snapshot survey of bright quasars. He spent
four months at IGPP working closely with me from September to
December, 2000. He successfully completed his
degree in August, 2002 and is now employed as a postdoc in astronomy.
I am a co-adviser of
a student working towards his Ph.D. in astrophysics at
U.C. Davis.
I have been
involved with defining and planning his dissertation research and
also with the ongoing observations at Lick Observatory.
During the summers of 1996 through 1999, I supervised the
research activity of several U.C. Davis
physics majors.
From spring, 1997 through fall 1999, I taught introductory
astronomy for non-science majors at Las Positas College, the
Livermore Community College. During the spring semester of 2000, I
participated in team-teaching the observational astronomy
laboratory course at Las Positas.
In the spring of 1999, I taught an after-school program for
the Gifted and Talented Education program of the local elementary
school. The students learned about the night sky and how astronomers
determine distances to extraterrestrial objects.
Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Committee of the Observatories, 1990-1992
Mt. Stromlo Occupational Health and Safety Committee, 1989-1992
Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 8 Review Panel Member, 1998,
Galaxy Populations and Interactions
External reviewer for Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa
do Estado de Sao Paulo,
Centers for Research, Innovation, and
Diffusion Program, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1999
Reviewer for Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
``Mini Grant'' Proposals, University Collaborative Research
Program, 2001
Refereed manuscripts for
both the Astrophysical Journal (1 manuscript) and the
Astronomical Journal (two manuscripts) during 2000-2001
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