CURRICULUM VITAE
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Department of Physics & Astronomy |
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(205)348-3040 |
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University of Alabama |
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FAX:
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(205)348-5051 |
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324 |
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e-mail:
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rwhite@ua.edu |
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U.S.A. |
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web:
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astronomy.ua.edu/white/ |
| Education: |
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A.B. (Physics) |
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1979, |
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Princeton University |
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(Senior Thesis advisor: P.J.E. Peebles) |
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M.A. (Astronomy) |
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1982, |
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University of Virginia |
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(advisor: R.A. Chevalier) |
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Ph.D. (Astronomy) |
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1986, |
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University of Virginia |
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(advisor: C.L. Sarazin) |
Research
Interests: |
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Evolution of hot gas in galaxies and clusters of galaxies; formation
and evolution
of galaxies and clusters of galaxies; opacity of spiral disks. |
Research
Experience: |
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2017-present |
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Senior Associate Dean
College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama |
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7-9/2017 |
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Associate Dean
College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama |
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1999-present |
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Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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2007-2016 |
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Chair
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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2006-2007 |
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Interim Chair
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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1999-2000 |
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National Research Council Senior Research Associate
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics |
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1993-1999 |
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Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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1988-1993 |
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Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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1987-1988 |
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Postdoctoral research associate
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Alabama |
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1986-1987 |
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Science & Engineering Research Council postdoctoral research associate
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, England |
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1979-1985 |
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Graduate studies
Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia |
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1979 |
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Summer Research Assistant
Sacramento Peak Observatory, Sunspot, New Mexico |
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1975-1979 |
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Research Assistant
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University |
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1974-1975 |
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Research Assistant
Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona |
| Honors:
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National Merit Scholar 1975
Dupont & Dean's Reserve Fellowships, University of Virginia 1979-1985
Research Associate, Darwin College, Cambridge University 1986-1987
Faculty Senate Vice-President (1997/8) & Secretary (1998/9), University of Alabama
National Research Council Senior Research Associate (NASA/GSFC)
1999-2000
University of Alabama National Alumni Association's Outstanding Commitment to
Teaching Award (OCTA) 2002
Jim Salem Chair Award, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Alabama 2016
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Professional
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American Astronomical Society
High Energy Astrophysics Division, AAS
Royal Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union |
Professional
Service: |
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NASA ROSAT satellite observing proposal review panel 1991, 1992
NASA HEASARC User's Group 1992-2000
NASA ASCA satellite observing proposal review panel 1993, 1994 (chair),
1996 (chair)
NASA Science Operations, Missions Operations Working Group
1994-1995
NASA Mission Concepts Review: X-ray panel 1995 (chair)
NASA Chandra satellite Users' Committee 1997-2000
NASA Chandra satellite observing proposal review panel 1998 (chair)
NASA Chandra Fellowship review panel 1998
Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 9 observing proposal review panel 1999
NASA Suzaku satellite observing proposal review panel 2006 (chair), 2010 (chair)
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| Postdocs: |
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David Davis (1994-1996; now a Research Scientist at NASA/Goddard)
Paul Eskridge (1995-1997; now Assoc. Prof. at Minnesota State Univ., Mankato)
Mark Henriksen (1992-1993; now Assoc. Prof. at U. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Eric Lufkin (1991-1992; now a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter)
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| Students: |
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Renato Dupke (Ph.D. 1998; now a Research Scientist at University of Michigan)
Yuanyuan Su (Ph.D. 2014; now a postdoc at the Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
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