EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

• North Carolina State University ; Associate Professor of Physics; 1997 - present
• North Carolina State University ; Assistant Professor of Physics; 1993 - 1997
• University of North Carolina; Research Associate; 1991 - 1992
• University of Virginia; Research Associate; 1989 - 1991
• Goddard Space Flight Center ; NAS/NRC Research Associate; 1987 - 1989
• University of Chicago; Research Assistant; 1985 - 1987
• Adler Planetarium ; Science Workshop Coordinator; 1986 - 1987
• STScI ; Research Assistant; Summer, 1984
• University of Chicago ; Teaching Assistant; 1982 - 1985
• University of Wisconsin ; Laboratory Technician; 1980 - 1982

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• International Astronomical Union
• American Astronomical Society (and High Energy Astrophysics Division)
• American Physical Society (and Division of Astrophysics)
• Sigma Xi
• American Association of Physics Teachers (and NC Section)

AWARDS

• 1997 CAREER Award (National Science Foundation)
• 1996 Cottrell Scholar (Research Corporation)
• Sigma Xi Research Award for 1995-1996. NCSU Chapter of Sigma Xi
• President's and Visitor's Research Prize in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics for the year 1992. University of Virginia Chapter of Sigma Xi