Participation in NASA Flight Missions

Orbiting Solar Observatory 7 (OSO-7)):

  • Analysis of solar Lyman-alpha spectra from OSO-7.

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 (Copernicus)):

  • Analysis of spectra to study the interstellar medium and D/H ratio.

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE):

  • Analysis of EUVE spectra to estimate the extreme ultraviolet emission of stars.

International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE):

  • Member of the Science Commissioning Team.
  • Chair of the IUE Users Committee.
  • Chair of the IUE Long range Planning Committee.
  • Chair of the IUE Final Archive Development Committee.
  • Principal Investigator of many IUE guest observer proposals to study stellar activity, stellar flares, RS CVn binary stars, and interstellar gas.

Far Ultraviolet Spectrograph Explorer (FUSE):

  • Member of the team that wrote the successful proposal for the FUSE mission.
  • Member of the Science Working Group during pre-Phase A, Phase A, Phase B, and Phase CD of the development of FUSE.
  • Principal Investigator of many FUSE guest observer proposals to study stellar activity, stellar flares, D/H ratio in the Galaxy, and interactions of atmospheres and disks.

XMM-Newton X-rtay Observatory (XMM)):

  • Chair of 3 Proposal Review Panels.
  • Principal Investigator of many proposals to study stellar coronae and flares.

Hubble Space Telescope/High Resolution Spectrograph (HST/HRS):

  • Member of the science team that proposed the HRS instrument.
  • Co-investigator and guarenteed time observer on HRS.
  • Member of the Science Verification Team for HRS.
  • Principal Investigator for many guest observer proposals.
  • Member of several proposal peer review panels for HST.

Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (HST/STIS):

  • Member of the science team that proposed the STIS instrument.
  • Co-investigator and guarenteed time observer on STIS.
  • Principal Investigator for many guest observer proposals.

Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (HST/COS):

  • Member of the science team that proposed the COS instrument.
  • Co-investigator and guarenteed time observer on COS.
  • Principal investigator for many guest observer proposals.

Chandra X-ray Observatory:

  • Interdisciplinary Scientist and member of the AXAF Science Working Group.
  • Co-investigator and guarenteed time observer on Chandra.
  • Member of the Chandra Fellowship Review Panel.
  • Chair of the Observing Proposal Peer Review Panel.

Extreme Ultraviolet Stellar Characterization for Atmospheric Physics and Evolution (ESCAPE):

  • Member of the team that write an unsuccessful proposal for this proposed mission.

Interstellar Probe (ISP):

  • Member of the team that wrote the science and technical study for this possible future mission.
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