Education

• Boston University, Boston MA, A.M. (1964) and Ph.D. (1971) in Physics • Center of Advanced Studies, Mexico City (Summer grant 1967) • Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (Summer stipend 1965) • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, B.S. (1961) in Humanities and Physics

Experience

• Smithsonian Research Associate, 2017-present • Senior Physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,       Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, 1999-2017 • Physicist, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, 1968-1999

Awards

• Ioannes Marcus Marci medal, 2012 • JQSRT Milestone Paper Award, 2010 • NASA Aura Team Award, 2005 • Smithsonian Institution Special Achievement award, 2003 • AF Geophysics Guenter Loeser Award, 1995        (highest honor bestowed by the Geophysics Laboratory, for lifetime accomplishments in the geosciences) • Federal Laboratory Consortium Award of Merit for Technology Transfer, 1990 • Air Force Scientific Achievement Award, 1979

Professional Activities

• Fellow of the Optical Society of America • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer • Officer of the International Radiation Commission (IRC) • Invited Professor, University of Paris (1985-2001) • International Advisory Committee for the Prague High-resolution Spectroscopy Conferences (chairman, 2010-2012) • International Advisory Committee for the Ohio State University Spectroscopy Symposia (1992-1995) • International Program Committee for the Symposia on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Russia (2008-present) • Member of Strategic Advisory Board of the European Infrastructure Project:       the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC)