CURRICULUM VITAE

George Rhee

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
www: http://physics.unlv.edu/~grhee
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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