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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