Mercedes T. Richards, Professor
Department
of
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Penn State University
525 Davey Lab
University Park, PA 16802
Tel.: (814) 865-0150
Fax: (814) 863-3399
Web address: http://www.astro.psu.edu/~mrichards
Email: mrichards at
astro.psu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
B.Sc. (Special), Physics, University
of the West Indies, 1977
M.Sc., Astronomy, York
University, 1979
Ph.D., Astronomy, University
of Toronto, 1986
Awards:
Musgrave Gold Medal, Institute of
Jamaica, October 15, 2008
2002
-
: Professor, Department of Astronomy &
Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
2003 - 2008: Assistant Head, Department of
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University
2000 - 2001: Visiting Scientist, Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton
1999 - 2002: Professor, University of Virginia
1993 - 1999: Associate Professor, University of
Virginia
1987 - 1993: Assistant Professor, University of
Virginia
2007
-
:
Nominating Committee, American
Astronomical Society(Chair: 2009 - 2010)
2006
-
: Organizing Committee, International
Astronomical Union Commission 42 (Division V, Binary Stars)
2006
-
:
Director, Summer
Experience in the Eberly College of Science (SEECoS), Penn
State
six-week summer research program for high school students
2004
-
: Harlow
Shapley Visiting Lecturer, American Astronomical Society
2002
-
: Board of Advisors, Caribbean Institute of
Astronomy (CARINA), University of the West Indies
1998 - 1999: Faculty, Vatican Observatory Summer
School, Vatican
Observatory, Castel Gandolfo, Vatican
1997 - 2001: Member, Committee on
the Status of Minorities in Astronomy, American
Astronomical Society
Conferences Organized
2003: Astrotomography,
Joint Discussion No. 9, IAU General Assembly XXV, Sydney,
Australia, July 17 and 21
Mercedes Richards, SOC Chair, Luisa Morales Rueda (co-chair).
See proceedings in Astron.
Nachr., Vol 325, No. 3, pp. 179-263 (March 2004)
2002: 3D Stellar Structure Workshop,
UC Davis, Livermore, CA, July 22-26 (Member, SOC)
Invited Review Lectures
"Doppler Tomography of Accretion Disks and Streams in Close Binaries,"
IAU Symposium 240, Binary Stars as Critical Tools &
Tests in Contemporary
Astrophysics, Prague, Czech Republic, August 23, 2006.
"Dopplertomography of Algols,"
IAU General Assembly, Joint Discussion 9 on
Astrotomography, Sydney, Australia, July 17, 2003.
"Doppler Tomography of Eclipsing and Non-eclipsing Algols,"
Astrotomography: An International Workshop on Indirect
Imaging, Brussels, Belgium, July 6, 2000.
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