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Signal Detection Group Leader
Director, SETI R&D
B.A., Physics, Pomona College, 1971
M.S., Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1973, 1980
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Nu Epsilon
NASA Medal for Exceptional Engineering Achievement
Research Background:
Ionospheric physics, radar, signal processing, information theory
Previous positions:
Senior Scientist, SETI Institute, 1995 - present
Acting Director, Project Phoenix 1995 - Supervise upgrade and use of Targeted Search System
Mathematician, NASA, 1990 - 1995
Signal Detection Subsystem Manager, High Resolution Microwave Survey
Supervise development of pulse and continuous wave signal detection hardware and software for the SETI Targeted Search System
Senior Scientist, SETI Institute, 1985 - 1990
Signal Detection Team Leader, SETI Program Office
Development and optimization of detection algorithms for the SETI Targeted Search System
Associate Research Scientist, Fredrick Burk Foundation, 1982 - 1985
Signal Detection Team Leader, SETI Program Office
Development of signal detection algorithms for the SETI Targeted Search Prototype System
NRC Resident Research Associate Fellowship, NASA Ames Research Center, 1980 - 1982
Signal Detection Team Leader, SETI Program Office
Infomation theory and signal processing techniques in SETI
Other:
Board of Directors, San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Chair of AAAS Committee on Opportunities in Science