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| Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
MS 42, 60 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 tel.: (617) 495-7292 fax: (617) 495-7345 e-mail: mgurwell@cfa.harvard.edu WWW: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~mgurwell |
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Biographical Information |
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| Date of Birth: 25 March 1968, Yakima WA
Citizenship: United States of America |
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Education |
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| 1996 | Ph.D. | Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology (Pasadena,
CA).
Thesis: Planetary Atmospheres: Probing Structure through Millimeterwave Observations of Carbon Monoxide (Advisor: Duane O. Muhleman). Minor in Astronomy |
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| 1992 | M.S. | Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology | |
| 1990 | B.S. | Astronomy, University of Washington (Seattle, WA) | |
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Research Positions |
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| 1998 - present | Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | ||
| 1995 - 1998 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | ||
| 1990 - 1995 | Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technol | ||
| 1989 - 1990 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Washington | ||
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Research Interests |
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| Atmospheric remote sensing in the solar system.
Planetary atmospheric photochemistry and dynamics. Planetary sources and the millimeter/submillimeter absolute flux scale Radio astronomy: aperture synthesis observations and techniques at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. |
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Project Experience and Service |
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| 2002 - 2004 | Testing program lead, Smithsonian Submillimeter Array (SMA) | ||
| 2003 - present | Time Allocation Committee Member (SMA) | ||
| 1998 - present | Staff Scientist (SMA) | ||
| 1998 - present | SMA Postdoctoral Fellow Search Committee | ||
| 1995 - present | Major observatory support and software development (SMA) | ||
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1999 - present |
Invited Investigator for Planetary Studies, Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite Project (SWAS) |
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Proposed Flight Missions and Instruments |
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| 2001 - present | Science team
Mars Atmospheric Microwave Brightness Observer (MAMBO) PI: F. Forget; postponed indefinitely |
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| 2001 - present | Science team
Mars Atmospheric Constellation Observatory (MACO) PI: Kursinski; under development |
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Grants and Contracts |
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| 1998 - 2003 | PI: "Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectroscopy of
Titan"
NASA Planetary Astronomy Program (NAG5-7946) |
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| 2001 - present
(postponed) |
Co-I: "U.S. Participation in the Mars Atmospheric
Microwave Brightness
Observer (MAMBO) Experiment on the Premier 2007 Mission" NASA Mars Scout Program |
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Advisory Committees |
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| 2003 - present | Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) North America
Science Advisory Committee |
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| 1998 - 2003 | ALMA Science Advisory Committee | ||
| 2001 - 2004 | NRAO User's Committee member | ||
| 1995 - present | NRAO Millimeter Array Science Working Group (Solar System) | ||
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Award Committees |
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| 2004 - 2006 | CfA Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee | ||
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Referee Activities |
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| 2001 - 2004 | NRAO VLA/VLBA Proposal referee | ||
| 1999 | NASA Planetary Astronomy Review Panel (PARP) member | ||
| 1998 - present | NASA Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program (PIDDP) referee | ||
| 1992 - present | Publication referee for Icarus, JGR, and other peer-review journals | ||
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Educational Activities-Teaching Experience |
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| 2001 | Guest Lecturer, Radio Astronomy, Harvard University | ||
| 2000 | Undergraduate thesis co-advisor, Haverford College | ||
| 1999 | Science co-advisor, SAO Summer Intern Program | ||
| 1994 | Teaching assistant and lecturer, Planetary Radio
Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology |
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| 1992 | Teaching assistant, Introduction to Planetary
Science,
California Institute of Technology |
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Educational Activities-Outreach |
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| 2005 | Television Appearance
"Greater Boston" (WGBH, PBS), July 5 Discussion of the Deep Impact mission |
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| 2001 - present | Creation and distribution of materials (primarily planetary images)
for young children |
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| 2000 | 'Q&A' via email with 3rd grade students
Canyon View Elementary School, Kennewick WA |
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Meeting Organization |
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| 2006 | SOC "2nd International Meeting for Science with the Atacama
Large
Millimeter Array" (title to be finalized), Madrid, Spain, 13-16 November |
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| 2005 | LOC "Submillimeter Astronomy: in the era of the SMA",
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 13-16 June |
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| 2004 | Organizing Committee, "Star and Planet Formation Internal
Symposium", CfA,
Cambridge, MA , 13-15 September |
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| 1999 | Scientific Organizing Committee, "Science with the Atacama
Large
Millimeter Array (ALMA)", Washington, D.C., 6-8 October |
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Professional Societies |
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| Division for Planetary Science of the American Astronomical Society | |||
| American Geophysical Union | |||
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Honors and Awards |
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| 2002 | Certificate of Award for service to the SMA, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | ||
| 1990 | Graduated Magna Cum Laude with College Honors, University of Washington | ||
| 1986 | National Merit Scholar | ||