Education
| 1988
| Ph.D. in Physics
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
Thesis Title: VLBI Polarization Measurements of BL Lacertae Objects
Thesis advisors: Dr. J. F. C. Wardle and Dr. D. H. Roberts |
| 1983
| M.A. in Physics
Brandeis University |
| 1982
| B.A. in Physics and Astronomy
Swarthmore College |
Professional Employment
| 1/2008--
| Senior Lecturer,
Department of Physics University College Cork, Ireland
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| 1/2002--1/2008
| College Lecturer,
Department of Physics University College Cork, Ireland
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| 2/1999--1/2002
| Support Scientist,
Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
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| 9/1998--1/1999
| Visiting Professor,
National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Japan
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| 8/1998--9/1998
| Visiting Researcher,
Observatoire de Bordeaux, Floirac, France
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| 2/1996--
| Senior Scientist,
Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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| 1995--
| English Editor of "Astronomy Reports", the English translation
of "Astronomicheskii Zhurnal"
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| 6/1994--1/1996
| Visiting Researcher,
Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia
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| 4/1991--5/1994
| Research Associate in Astrophysics,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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| 8/1989--3/1991
| Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
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| 9/1988--7/1989
| Assistant Professor of Physics,
Simmons College, Boston, MA, USA
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Research Interests
- High-resolution studies of Active Galactic Nuclei using Very Long
Baseline Interferometry and other techniques
- The relativistic radio jets of AGN: nature of the observed intensity
and magnetic field structures and their evolution
- Space VLBI polarization observations
- VLBI studies of radio stars
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