Born: 16 July 1953, New York City, NY, USA
Citizenship: USA; Residence: Pisa, Italy
Languages: English, Italian
Education
Ph.D. (Astronomy/ Astrophysics), University of Toronto, 1978; thesis: "A Study of the Helium Peculiar Stars
of the Upper Main Sequence" (thesis advisor: C. T. Bolton).
M.Sc. (Earth and Space Sciences), State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1974 (advisor: J. Hardorp).
Concurrent Positions
Associated scientist, INFN-Sezione di Pisa, 2004-present (GLAST/Fermi, Virgo, MAGIC, theory)
Previous Positions
Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka
Ave., South Bend, IN 46634-7111: Aug. 1993 - June 2003, on leave of absence 2003-2005 (resigned 2/2004).
(Assoc. prof. 1993-1997, Full Prof. 1997 - 2004; Full graduate faculty, Indiana University: 1997 - 2004)
Astronomer/ Analyst, Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph Science Team, Computer Sciences Corporation,
Code 681, Goddard Space Flight Center: June 1989 - Aug. 1993 (continued as team member, Aug.
1993 - Dec. 1997).
Adjunct Instructor in Astronomy, Astronomy Program, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Maryland:
Spring 1990.
Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, and Founding Director, Astrophysics Research
Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM: 1985 - 1989. Adjunct Assoc. Prof.
of Physics, 1989 - 1993.
Operations Astronomer, Computer Sciences Corporation, Operations Division (OPD), Space Telescope
Science Institute: May 1984 - August 1985.
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH: 1979 - 1984; also
Associated Assistant Professor of Geology and Mathematics: 1982 - 1984.
Departmental Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer in Astronomy, Columbia University, New
York, NY: 1978 - 1979.
Lecturer in Astronomy and History and Philosophy of Science, New College, University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON: 1976 - 1978.
Lecturer/Laboratory Instructor: American Museum of Natural History - Hayden Planetarium, NSF Summer
Course on Astronomy: Summer 1973.
Editorial Boards and related activities
Associate Editor (Scientific Editor), Astronomy and Astrophysics: June 2003 - present.
Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal and Astrophysical Journal Supplements: Mar. 1996 -June 2003.
Editor in chief, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Springer-Verlag: 2018 - present
Editorial board, A&A Library, Springer-Verlag): 2018 - present
Editorial board: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences library (Springer-Verlag): 2018 - present
Editorial Board Member, Encyclopaedia of Complexity and System Science (Springer-Verlag): Apr.
2006 - 2009 (publication); scientificc editor for astrophysics.
Editorial Board Member, Academic Press Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology: May
1987 - 2002; scientificc editor for astrophysics (3rd edition): 1998 - 2002 (publication).
Consulting Editor for Astrophysics, John Wiley and Sons: 1994 - 1999.
Editorial Board Member, Stockton Encyclopedia of Physics, 1996 - 1998.
Editorial Board Member, Dictionary of Physics (Nature): 2001 - 2003.
Consulting Editor, The Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition)}: 2001 - 2003 (co-author of Mathematics in Type).
Editorial Board Member, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology: 1989 - 1995.
Consulting Editor, The Skeptical Inquirer: 1983 - 1997; CSICOP Technical Consultant, 1983 - 2010.