Past and Current Positions

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 1969-70
• Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 1970-75
• Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 1975-79
• Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 1979-84
• Astronomer (tenured), Space Telescope Science Institute, 1984-2008
• Astronomer Emeritus, Space Telescope Science Institute, 2008-present
• Short CV available here. Click here for complete curriculum vitae (335 kB PostScript file; or click here for 168 kB pdf file).

Journal Editorship

• Managing Editor, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1991-97

Prizes and Awards

• Co-recipient, Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (for Hubble Heritage project), 2003
• Co-recipient, Education Prize of the American Astronomical Society (for Hubble Heritage project), 2007

Education

• B.S. (Physics), University of Illinois, 1964
• M.S. (Astronomy), University of Michigan, 1965
• Ph.D. (Astronomy), University of Michigan, 1969

Research Interests

• V838 Monocerotis and the new class of luminous transients
• Light echoes
• Planetary nebulae and their central stars
• Post-asymptotic-giant-branch (post-AGB) stars
• Extragalactic distance scale
• Extrasolar planets
• Astrometry and trigonometric parallaxes
• Novae and cataclysmic variable stars
• White dwarfs
• Close binary and variable stars; global monitoring
• Globular clusters
• Visual binary stars
• Stellar chemical compositions
• Peculiar red giants
• Population II and III stars

• David R. Alves (Postdoc; at Columbia University as of September 2001)
• M. Sean O'Brien (Postdoc; at Yale University as of August 2002)
• Michael H. Siegel (Postdoc; at University of Texas as of August 2004)
• Melike Afsar (Graduate student, currently enrolled at Ege University, Turkey, doing thesis research with me)
• Gail Schaefer (Postdoc; arrived December 2004; at CHARA Observatory as of September 2007)
• Katrina Exter (Postdoc; arrived August 2006; at Leuven University as of October 2008)

• Before becoming Emeritus in August 2008, I was in the Wide Field Camera 3 group.
• Editor of the all-new WFC3 Instrument Handbook for Cycle 17.
• I was also Chair of the HST Telescope Time Review Board.
• Although formally retired, I am continuing full-time research.
• Co-Investigator and Co-Founder, Hubble Heritage Program
• Continuing as member, Scientific Oversight Committee for HST's Wide Field Camera 3

• Councilor, American Astronomical Society, 1987-89
• Manager, Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship program, 1994-2002
• Hubble Education and Outreach Scientist, STScI Office of Public Outreach, 2002-2004
• Member, Board of Directors, SMARTS telescope consortium
• Received Hubble Space Telescope observing time in all 17 review cycles
• NASA ADS lists 162 refereed papers (68 as first author), 513 total publications, and 6022 citations.
• h-index = 44 (i.e., 44 publications that have each been cited at least 44 times)

What did he look like in 1974?