• [1997 - present] Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
• [1990 - 1997] Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
• [1982 - 1989] Staff Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik, Germany
• [1979 - 1982] Research Fellow, Leicester University, England
• [1977 - 1979] Research Fellow, Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, England

Professional Society Memberships:

• International Astronomical Union
• American Astronomical Society
• European Astronomical Society
• Royal Astronomical Society

Selected Publications:

1. King, A.R., Frank, J., Kolb, U. & Ritter, H. (1995) The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 444, L37. Mass Transfer Cycles in Cataclysmic Variables

2. Frank, J., Lasota, J.P. & Chanmugam, G. (1995) The Astrophysical Journal, 453, 446. Properties of the Exceptionally Long Period AM Herculis System RXJ 051541-0104.6

3. King, A.R., Frank, J., Kolb, U. & Ritter, H. (1996) The Astrophysical Journal, 467, 761. Global Analysis of Mass Transfer Cycles in Cataclysmic Variables

4. King, A.R., Frank, J., Kolb, U. & Ritter, H. (1997) The Astrophysical Journal, 482, 919. Mass Transfer Cycles in Close Binaries with Evolved Companions

5. King, A.R., Frank, J., Kolb, U. & Ritter, H. (1997) The Astrophysical Journal, 484, 844. Transients Among Binaries with Evolved Low-Mass Companions

6. Kolb, U., King, A.R., Ritter, H. & Frank, J. (1997) The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 485, L33. The Transient Nature of GRO1655-40 and its Evolutionary State

7. Livio, M., Xu, C. & Frank, J., (1998) The Astrophysical Journal, 492, 298. On the Magnetic Field Evolution in Isolated Neutron Stars

8. McCormick, P. & Frank, J., (1998) The Astrophysical Journal, 500, 939. Evolutionary Effects of Irradiation in Cataclysmic Variables

9. Motl, P., Tohline, J.E., & Frank, J., (2002) The Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 183, 121. Numerical Methods for the Simulation of Mass-Transferring Binaries

10. Frank, J., King, A.R., & Raine, D.J. (2002) graduate text, Cambridge University Press Accretion Power in Astrophysics, 3^rd edition.