Professional Appointments
- Adjunct/Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, UNC-CH, 2023 -- present
- Visiting Research Professor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Sydney, Australia, 2014-2015
- Professor, UNC-CH, 2000-2022
- Project Scientist, International SOAR telescope project, 1996-2000
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- Associate Professor, UNC-CH, 1995-2000
- Assistant Professor, UNC-CH, 1989-1995
- Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1987-1989
- Research Assistant, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1981-1986
- Research Assistant, Theoretical Physics, McGill University, 1978-1980
Education
- Ph.D. - University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987 (Astronomy)
M.Sc. - McGill University, 1978 (Theoretical Nuclear Physics)
- B.S. - McGill University, 1976 (Physics)
Research Interests
(Supported by NASA/NSF/Research Corp.)
- Structure of Nearby Galaxies (SOAR, AAT, VLT, HST, CXO, VLA, ALMA, JWST)
- Astronomical Spectroscopic Instrumentation (ADC, FP, slicer, solar imaging)
Recent Lecture Courses
Some Science Talk Recordings