Biography: David J. Jeffery

David Jeffery was born Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada and received his Ph.D. degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He has worked as a postdoc and course instructor at the University of Oklahoma and Harvard University and spent a year as a visitor at the astronomy institute of the University of Munich. He spent a year at the University of the Barcelona on a fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and two years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory as postdoctoral research associate. He has been a visiting assistant professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Middle Tennessee State University, Idaho State University, and New Mexico Tech. He is a member of the Canadian Astronomical Society. Dr. Jeffery is a theoretical astrophysicist with primary research interests in supernovae (giant explosions of old stars) and radiative transfer.