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University of Texas at Austin |
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tgb@astro.as.utexas.edu |
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McDonald Observatory |
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1 University Station, C1402 |
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Austin, Texas 78712-0259 Office: RLM 16.228 |
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Experience:
Senior Research Scientist, McDonald Observatory, September 1993-
Associate Director, McDonald Observatory, September 1987- August 2001
Commissioning Manager for the 9.2m Hobby-Eberly Telescope, July 1997-September 1999
Assistant Director, McDonald Observatory, December 1980-August 1987
Research Scientist and Assistant to the Director, McDonald Observatory, September 1978-November 1980
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Texas, September 1972-August 1978
Assistant Dean, University of Texas, September 1973-January 1974 (half-time)
Research Scientist Associate IV, University of Texas, September 1971-August 1972
W.J. McDonald Fellow, McDonald Observatory, September 1970-August 1971
Education:
University of Toronto (Ontario),
September 1966-August 1970
Ph.D. (Astronomy), December
1970
Dissertation:
"Near Infrared Photometry of Long Period Variable Stars"
M.Sc. (Astronomy), February 1968
Thesis: "A
Search for Optical Variability in Seyfert Galaxies"
University of Rochester (N.Y.),
September 1962-June 1966
B.S. with distinction in Astrophysics, June 1966
Recent Professional Service:
UT Austin Representative to the Association of
University for Research in Astronomy
(AURA), Feb 2000 -
Technical Editor, StarDate radio program, Jun 1991-
Technical Editor, StarDate magazine, Jan 1991-
NSF Stellar Astronomy Peer Review Panel, Mar 29-30, 2005
Dept. of Astronomy Graduate Admissions Committee, 2003-2005
Local Organizing Committee, Cosmic
Abundances symposium, Austin, Texas,
June 17-19, 2004;
co-Chair
NSF Galactic Astronomy Peer Review Panel, Mar 23-24, 2004; chair
Harlan J. Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship selection committee, 2003
Member of the McDonald Observatory Users' Committee, Sep 2001-Aug 2002
NSF Stellar Populations Peer Review Panel, Mar, 2002
Member, Local Organizing Committee, Austin AAS meeting, Jan 5 - 9, 1999
Program Committee, SPIE Conference on
Observatory Operations to Optimize Scientific
Return, Kona, Hawaii,
Mar 20 - 28, 1998
Professional Societies:
International Astronomical Union, Commissions 25 (photometry) 27 (variable stars)
American Astronomical Society
Astronomical Society of the Pacific