National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrophysics Science Division | Sciences and Exploration

CURRICULUM VITAE-MARVIN LEVENTHAL BORN New York, New York, December 4, 1937 FAMILY Married to Alice Leventhal since April 16, 1961 Twin daughters Liza and Tama born August 16, 1969 EDUCATION B.S.- Physics, CCNY, 1958 Ph.D..- Physics, Brown University, 1964 Owens-Illinois Fellow, 1961-1964 EXPERIENCE 1964-1966 Research Associate with W. E. Lamb, Jr., Nobel Laureate, Yale University 1966-1968 Assistant Professor of Physics Yale University 1968-1992 Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories 1992-July 1993 National Research Council Senior Research Fellow NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center July 1993-Present Professor of Astronomy and Chairman of Astronomy Department University of Maryland at College Park, MD 20742-2421 SOCIETIES Sigma Xi, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science FIELDS Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations of Amorphous Solids, Lamb Shift and Fine Structure Measurements of Hydrogenic Ions, Positronium Physics, Balloon Borne Gamma-Ray Astronomy, Theoretical Astrophysics, Laboratory Astrophysics, Positron Trapping AWARDS NASA Group Achievement Award for GRIS Supernova 1987A Observation Fellow American Physical Society COMMITTEES 1985-1986 Executive Committee of the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society 1986-1988 NASA's Gamma Ray Astronomy Program Working Group 1986-1988 NASA's Gamma Ray Observatory Science Working Team 1987-1989 NASA's Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group 1987-1989 NASA's Supernova 1987A Science Working Group 1988-1991 NASA's Gamma Ray Observatory Users Committee 1989 NASA's Space Station Attached Payloads Review 1989-1990 National Research Council's Astronomy Survey Committee, "Bahcall Committee", High Energy From Space Panel 1992-1993 Apker Committee of the American Physical Society 1993- Employment Committee of the American Astronomical Society 1993- NASA's INTEGRAL Science Advisory Committee 1993- University of Maryland CMPS Administrative Council 1993- University of Maryland CMPS College Council Original file name: Marvin's CV This page was created using TextToHTML. TextToHTML is a free software for Macintosh and is (c) 1995,1996 by Kris Coppieters, e-mail: 100025.2724@compuserve.com

• Responsible NASA Official: Ryan Smallcomb
• Web Curator: J.D. Myers
• A service of the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC

• Privacy Policy & Important Notices
• Contact Us
• Page Last Updated: 27-Sep-2011