BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Joel Edward Tohline
January, 2000
Education:
1978 - Ph.D. (Astronomy)
University of California, Santa Cruz
Doctoral research conducted at:
Lick Observatory
and
NASA/Ames Research Center
Research advisors: Peter H. Bodenheimer and David C. Black
Doctoral dissertation entitled, "Fragmentation of Rotating Protostellar Clouds." [See refs.
4
,
5
]
1974 - B.S.
Magna Cum Laude
(Physics)
Centenary College of Louisiana
Professional Experience:
[1994 - 1997] Professor and Chairman, Department of Physics & Astronomy, LSU
[1990 - present]
Professor
, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
[1986 - 1990] Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
[1982 - 1986] Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, LSU
[1980 - 1982] Postdoctoral Fellow,
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Group T-6
[1978 - 1980] J. Willard Gibbs Instructor, Astronomy Department,
Yale University
Professional Society Memberships:
International Astronomical Union
American Astronomical Society
IEEE Computer Society
Division on Dynamical Astronomy/AAS
Sigma Pi Sigma
Permanent Address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Louisiana State University
[LSU]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001
Phone:(225) 388-6851
FAX: (225) 388-5855
e-mail: tohline@physics.lsu.edu
Citizenship:
U.S.A.