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
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
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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