Biography

Education

Ph.D., University of Rochester
M.A., University of Rochester
A.B., Dartmouth College

Professional Background

Professor, University of Minnesota, 2005-present

Board Member, American Institute of Physics [AIP], 2020-present

Chair, NASA SOFIA Users Committee, 2016-2021

Member, NASA HQ Science Mission Directorate Advisory Committee [NAC] (FACA Cmte.), 2020-present

Chair, NASA HQ Astrophysics Advisory Committee [APAC] (FACA Cmte.), 2019 - present

Board Member and Vice-Chair, Large Binocular Telescope Corporation, 2011-2019

Member, Ethics and Integrity Cmte., The American Astronomical Society, 2019-202

Vice-President, The American Astronomical Society, 2015-2018

Co-Lead, Cometary Science Working Group, JWST Community Taskforce, 2013-2018

Member, NAS/NRC Committee on the Survey of Surveys 2013-2015

Team Member, NASA Discovery (Planetary) Mission Selection Panel, 2011-2012

Member, Astronomy Astrophysics Advisory Committee [AAAC], 2009-2012

Member, National Academy Science, Space Studies Board, 2007-2011

Councilor, American Astronomical Society, 2008-2011

Member, OIR Panel Ast2010 Decadal Committee, 2008-2010

Chair, International Gemini Observatory Board 2007-2010

Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, 2000-2004

Scientific & Professional Societies

American Astronomical Society

African Science Institute

American Geophysical Union