DEGREES AWARDED:
- B.S.Ed. Illinois State University, Physical Sciences Department,
January 1959
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Astronomy Department, January 1962
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION:
- Main Field: Observational Astrophysics of Gaseous Nebulae
- Other Fields: Star Formation
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Star formation in the Orion Nebula Cluster
- Structure and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
- 2000-Present: Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Physics
and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
- 2000-Present: Andrew Hayes Buchanan Professor Emeritus of
Astrophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
- 1992-2000 Andrew Hayes Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics, Rice
University, Houston, TX
- 1982-1992 Professor of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice Univeristy,
Houston, TX
- 1972-1982 Project Scientist, Hubble Space Telescope, Marshall Space
Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
- 1967-1972 Professor of Astronomy, University of Chicago, IL
- 1964-1967 Assistant, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of
Chicago, IL
- 1963-1964 Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of California
at Berkeley
- 1962-1963 Carnegie Fellow, Hale Observatories, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS:
- 1978-Order of Merit, Polish People's Republic
- 1991-Public Service Medal, NASA
- 1994-Foreign Member Polish Academy of Science
- 1996-Humboldt Research Prize
- 2001-Honorary Doctor of Science, Illinois State University
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
- 1962-Present American Astronomical Society, Treasurer 1988-1996
- 1962-Present Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- 1964-Present International Astronomical Union
- 1964-Present American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Fellow-1970
ORION AND HELIX NEBULA IMAGES:
Research scientists may obtain FITS and GEIS format files of HST and CTIO
imgaes and KPNO radial velocity data at the anonymous ftp server:
orion.phy.vanderbilt.edu where the files are in the folder /outgoing/ResearchScientist |
