• Ph.D. Physics
  University of California-Santa Barbara
  1968
• M.S. Physics
  University of California-Santa Barbara
  1966
• B.S. Engineering Physics
  University of Colorado
  1962

Employment

• Scientist
  EGG Inc-Santa Barbara Laboratory
  1962-1967
  
• NDEA Graduate Fellow
  University of California-Santa Barbara
  1964-1966
  
• NASA Graduate Fellow
  University of California-Santa Barbara
  1966-1968
  
• JILA Postdoctoral Fellow
  Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
  University of Colorado, 1968-1970
  
• Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor
  Department of Physics, University of North Carolina
  1970-Present
  
• Research Astronomer
  Huygens Laboratorium
  Leyden University, Holland, 1975
  
• Research Astronomer
  National Radio Astronomy Observatory
  1976-1978 (Summers)
  
• Research Astronomer
  Steward Observatory, University of Arizona and Kitt Peak National Observatory
  1978-1981 (Summers) , 1982-1983
  
• Interim Associate Dean
  College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  1991-1992
  
• Chair, Division of Basic and Applied Science
  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  1998-2001
  
• Director, Morehead Observatory
  University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  1996-Present

Honors and Awards

• Kenan Research Professor (UNC-CH), 1982-83
• First Receipient of the John L Sanders Award for Distinguished Service and Teaching (UNC-CH), 1996
• Selected as one of the "College Lights" in the College of Arts and Sciences (UNC-CH)
• Selected as a "Carolina Speaker" (UNC-CH)

Professional Service (current):

• Chair, North Carolina Supercomputer Center
• Allocations Committee
• Advisory Committee, North Carolina Supercomputer Center
• Time Allocation Committee, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• Operations Working Group, SOAR Telescope

Publications and Invited Lectures

• Over 70 Publications in Refereed Scientific Journals
• 20 invited lectures at National and International Scientific Meetings

Research Specialties

• Radio Astronomy
• X-Ray Astronomy
• Quasar Physics and Hypersonic Outflows
• Relativistic Gas Dynamics
• Particle Acceleration