Biography
| EDUCATION |
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| • Ph.D. Astronomy, Heidelberg University | February 1985 |
| • M.Sc. Physics, Heidelberg University | July 1982 |
| • B.Sc. Physics & Mathematics, Heidelberg University | July 1979 |
| EMPLOYMENT |
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| • Astronomer, STScI | March 2007 to Present |
| • Associate Astronomer with Tenure, STScI | June 1999 to March 2007 |
| • Associate Astronomer, STScI | June 1993 to June 1999 |
| • ESA Staff Astronomer, STScI | October 1988 to June 1993 |
| • Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Colorado | January 1987 to October 1988 |
| • Postdoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Heidelberg | February 1985 to December 1986 |
| RESPONSIBILITES AT STSCI |
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| • HST Telescope Allocation Process |
| • HST Director's Discretionary Time |
| • Hubble Fellowship Program |
| • Science Policy Evaluations |
| PAST AND PRESENT SERVICE |
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| • President, IAU Division J (Galaxies & Cosmology) |
| • Chair, IAU Working Group on Massive Stars |
| • Organizing Committee Member, IAU Commission 35 |
| • Chair and Panelist, NASA ADAP and Theory review panels |
| • Panelist, Spitzer Space Telescope review panel |
| • Panelist, National Science Foundation review panel |
| • Reviewer, Subaru telescope time panel |
| • Referee for all major astronomical journals |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
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| • Atmospheres and evolution of massive stars |
| • Populations of massive stars |
| • Population synthesis |
| • Young star clusters and HII regions |
| • Star-forming galaxies |
| • Galaxy spectral energy distributions |
| • Ultraviolet to near-infrared observations |