10 October 2004

Name: NICHOLAS BORIS SUNTZEFF

Title: Associate Director for Science, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

Address: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Casilla 603 - La Serena - Chile.

Telephone: (56) - 51 - 205200, 205212 (fax)

URL: http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~nick

Birthdate: November 22, 1952, Berkeley, California. US Citizen.

Marital Status: Married to Jeruska Vladislavic (one child).

Parents: Nicholas and Jeanette Suntzeff - Deceased

Languages: English (native), Spanish (written and spoken)

Education:

 

1974-1980

Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics - UC Santa Cruz and Lick Observatory.

1970-1974

B.S., Department of Mathematics - Stanford University.

1966-1970

Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA.

 

Employment:

 

2004-

  Associate Director for Science, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

1996- 2004

Astronomer/Tenure, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

1991-1996

Associate Astronomer/Tenure, NOAO, CTIO

1990-1991

Associate Astronomer, NOAO, CTIO

1986-1990

Assistant Astronomer, NOAO, CTIO

1982-1986

Las Campanas Carnegie Fellow - Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

1980-1982

Postdoctoral Research Associate under NSF Grant of G. Wallerstein, University of Washington.

1977-1980

Research Assistant (for R.P. Kraft, 1975-1977 and Lick Observatory).

1976-1977 (summer)

Teaching Assistant NSF Summer Science Program, Ojai, CA.

1975-1976

Teaching Assistant University of California at Santa Cruz.

1974

Research Fellow, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, University of Washington

1974

Teaching Assistant Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University.

1971,2,3

 Park Ranger (summer), California State Department of Parks and Recreation

Mt. Tamalpais SP,Stinson State Beach, San Mateo Coast State Beaches

2003

ISI Highly Cited Space Scientist (250 worldwide)

 1998

Science Magazine "Scientific Breakthrough of the Year"

1998

AURA Achievement Award for Outstanding Science

1992

AURA Achievement Award for Outstanding Science

1982

Carnegie/Las Campanas Fellowship, Mt. Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories

1982

Robert J. Trumpler Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. thesis, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

1974

Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of California, Stanford University

1974

Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Stanford University

International Astronomical Union. IAU Commission 29, 30, 37, 50.

American Astronomical Society.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory Users' Committee 1984-1986.

Gemini Science Operations Working Group 1997

HST Panel 1994, 1996, 1998

CTIO TAC 1990-97

NOAO TAC 1999- 2003

NOAO Director Search Committee 2000

CTIO Advisory Committee on Technical Resources 1990-

Combined Chile TAC 2000

ESO/AURA Working Group on Ground-Based Optical/IR Site Selection 2000-

Chile Gemini TAC 2004-