Astronomer at U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station
Flagstaff, Arizona Area
Astronomer at U.S. Naval Observatory, Flagstaff Station
Flagstaff, Arizona Area
Summary: Astronomer with extensive experience in modeling physical systems, both numerically and analytically.
Professional Experience
-Astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory (1995-present)
-Secretary, AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy (1996-present)
-Physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1989-1995)
-Associate Scientist, Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera, University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory (1988-1989)
-Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory and the Pine Bluff Observatory (1985-1988)
-Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin Astronomy Department (1984-1985)
-Research Assistant, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA (summer 1984)
-Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin Astronomy Department (1983-1984)
-Research Assistant, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research (summers 1982, 1983)
Computer algebraic and numerical analyses & modeling of physical systems:
-Chaotic dynamics of the gravitational few-body problem
-Analytical and numerical analysis of high-precision optical systems
-Systematic error analysis
-Data reduction and analysis
-Observational:
-stellar spectropolarimetry
-broadband photometry
Programming languages: Maple, C++, C, php, javascript, fortran, basic, assembler