CURRICULUM VITAE
Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas , NV 89154-4002, USA
phone: 1-702-895-4453 (office); fax: 1-702-895-0804 |
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Education | 1989 Ph.D. Astronomy, Leiden University, The Netherlands | |||
1984 M.Sc. Astronomy, Leiden University, The Netherlands | ||||
1986 M.A. Physics, Cambridge University, United Kingdom | ||||
1982 B.A. Physics, Cambridge University, United Kingdom | ||||
Positions | 2011-present, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 1999-2011, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 1993-1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 1990-1993, Postdoctoral Fellow, Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University | 1984-1989, Research Assistant, Leiden University |
Research Interests | Astrophysics: Dark matter distribution in galaxies; Formation and properties of galaxies in voids; Dynamics of gas around black holes; Reverberation mapping. Renewable Energy and Climate change, water supply issues. | |||
Publications | up-to-date publication list can be found at: ADS | |||
Service | Associate Director NASA EPSCoR Nevada 2006-2009, Campus Associate Director NASA Spacegrant Nevada 2006 - present; | |||
Organizer of the "Frank Astronomy Public Lecture Series" (at UNLV 2011 - present) | ||||
Co-organizer of the international workshop on Dynamics of Galaxies: baryons and dark matter" (March 19-20, 2005, Las Vegas) | ||||
served on NASA review panels and refereed papers for journals in astronomy and astrophysics | ||||
Memberships | Netherlands Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society, American Astronomical Society | |||