Dr. Steven M. Ritz
ritz@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
301-286-0941
PRESENT POSITION:
- Astrophysicist
Astroparticle Physics Branch, Code 661, Laboratory for High
Energy Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
- 31 July 1959, New York, N.Y., USA
EDUCATION:
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B.A. with
High Honors in Physics, May 1981, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Majors:
Physics, Music
Thesis: A new Apparatus to Study the Transition to Turbulence in
Rayleigh-Benard Convection (Advisor: Robert P. Behringer)
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M.S. in
Physics, December 1982, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Ph.D. in
Physics, August 1988, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Thesis: A Search for
Pair Production of Charged Scalar Particles with Large Hadronic Branching
Ratios in e+e- Annihilations at 44 GeV Center of Mass Energy (Advisor: Sau Lan
Wu)
EXPERIENCE:
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1998-present
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Astrophysicist,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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1996-1998
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Associate
Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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1990-1996
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Assistant
Professor of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY
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1988-1990
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Post
Doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University, Nevis Labs
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HONORS AND
AWARDS:
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1993-1997
| Sloan Foundation Fellow in Physics
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1981
| Bertman Prize in Physics, Wesleyan University
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CLASSES
TAUGHT:
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Physics for
Poets, 1995-1998, Columbia University
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Accelerated
Physics (Mechanics, E&M), 1993-1995, Columbia University
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General
Physics (Mechanics, E&M, Thermodynamics and Optics, Relativity, QM),
1990-1993, Columbia University
GSFC
PROJECTS:
2003-present
GLAST Project Scientist
2000-2003
GLAST Deputy Project Scientist
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1998-present
GLAST Large Area Telescope (LAT) Instrument Scientist
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CO-I (or
collaboration member) EXPERIMENTS:
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1996-present:
GLAST
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1988-98
ZEUS (at DESY)
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1986-88
ALEPH (at CERN)
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1984-88
TASSO (at DESY)
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COMMUNITY
SERVICE and COMMITTEES (recent list):
| 2004-2007 DOE-NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) | |
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2004
Committee member, Director's Annual Review of the Physics Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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| 2003-2006 IUPAP
Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee
(PaNAGIC)
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| 2003-2005 NASA Astronomy and Physics
Working Group (APWG)
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1999-2004
DOE-NSF Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator
Physics (SAGENAP); Report Coordinator 2002.
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| 2001-2005 Editorial Committee, Annual
Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science
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2001
Snowmass 2001 P4 Physics working group convener on Astro/Cosmo/Particle
Physics (with Akerib, Carroll, and Kamionkowski)
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| 2001 Gamma2001 Organizer (with N.
Gehrels and C. Shrader); proceedings editor
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| 2001 Vanderbilt series Frontiers in
Contemporary Physics, Astrophysics program organizer (with L. Krauss)
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1999-2000
Connections: Quarks to the Cosmos Group
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| 2000 VERITAS project science,
technical, cost, schedule and management review (chair)
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| 2000 Organized GLAST Science Workshop
at HEAD meeting
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| 1999 Cosmic Genesis (Sonoma) meeting
Topical Group Organizer (with J. Grindlay)
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| Various GLAST outreach activities,
including Quest Internet Chat and 2001 Teacher Workshop talk
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INVITED TALKS
(recent list):
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Gamma-ray
Astrophysics, at Physics in Collision, Zeuthen, Germany (6/03)
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Cosmic
Messengers, special FNAL series (12/02)
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Gamma2002
Multiwavelength Workshop, Adler, Chicago (summary talk) (11/02)
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Snowmass
2001 opening plenary talk on Status and Future of Astro/Cosmo/Particle physics
(6/01)
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Frontiers in
Contemporary Physics (Vanderbilt Series) lecturer (3/01)
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Coral Gables
Meeting on Physics and Cosmology (12/00)
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Inner
Space/Outer Space II Conference at Fermilab (5/99)
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