Born October 5, 1961, Cheverly, Maryland
Citizen of U.S.A.

Research Interests:

• Solar and Stellar Activity
• Mechanisms of Coronal Heating
• Polarimetry and Solar Magnetic Fields
• Image Reconstruction

Education:

• Ph.D. (Physics), University of California at San Diego, January 1990

  Dissertation: "Flare Heating and Ionization of the Low Solar Chromosphere"

• M.S. (Physics), University of California at San Diego, June 1985
• B.A. (Physics), University of California at San Diego, June 1983

Professional Associations:

• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
  • Solar Physics Division, AAS
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Association of Physics Teachers

Appointments:

• Research Scientist, Northwest Research Associates, Colorado Research Associates division, 2005-present.

• Staff Physicist, LMATC, Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, 2001-2005.

• Physicist Specialist, LMATC, Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, 1996-2001.

• Assistant Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1991-1996.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1990-1991.

• Research Associate, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1986-1990.

• Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1984-1986.

• Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984.

• Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1983-1984.

Professional Activities

• Co-Investigator, RHESSI
• Co-Investigator, Hinode/XRT
• Co-Investigator, SDO/HMI
• Co-Investigator, SDO/AIA
• Member, Mees Observatory Telescope Allocation Committee, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
• Member, IfA Library Advisory Committee, 1993-1996

Honors and Awards:

• NASA Group Achievement Award (RHESSI), 2003
• Alan Berman Research Publication Award (Naval Research Lab), 1993

  For Doschek et al., ApJ, 416, 845, 1993.

• Solar Physics Division, Studentship Award, June 1988
• Solar Physics Division, Studentship Award, June 1985