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David A. Weintraub
Professor of Astronomy
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Email: david.a.weintraub@vanderbilt.edu
Personal Homepage: http://www.physics.vanderbilt.edu/cv/weintraub_cv/frontpage.html
Office: 6910 Stevenson Center
Phone: 615-322-5034
Fax: 615-343-7263
Degrees
- 1989 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
- 1982 M.S. University of California, Los Angeles
- 1980 B.S. Yale University
Research Area
- Star and planet formation
Current Courses
- Astronomy 102: Introduction to Astronomy
- Astronomy 201: The Solar System
- Astronomy 203: Theories of the Universe
- Astronomy 250: Undergraduate Seminar
- Honors 182-06: The Copernican Revolution
Current Positions
- Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Director, Program in the Communication of Science and Technology (CST)
Previous Positions
- 1998-2005 Associate Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
- 1991-1998 Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
- 1989-1991 Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida
- 1984-1985 Instructor of Astronomy, Santa Monica Community College
Professional Societies
- American Astronomical Society
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Professional Honors
- Chancellor’s Award for Research, 2005
- Jeffrey Nordhaus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2003
- Chancellor's Cup, 2001: given to the Vanderbilt faculty member "who has made the greatest contribution to undergraduate student-faculty relationships in the recent past"
- Robert Penn Warrent Center for the Humanities Fellow, 1999-2000
- Templeton Foundation Award, Science & Religion course competition, 1998
- Lilly Teaching Fellow, 1994-1995
Graduate Students
- Sonali J. Shukla (2009)
- Jeffrey Bary, Ph.D., 2003. Current position: NSF postdoctoral scholar, University of Virginia
- Tracy Huard, Ph.D. 2000. Current position: postdoctoral research associate, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Laszlo Sturmann, Ph.D. 1997. Current position: Staff Scientist, CHARA.
- Ashwin Mahesh, M.S. 1993. Current position: Research Scientist, Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center, GSFC.
Publications
- Is Pluto a Planet? An Historical Journey Through the Solar System. Princeton University Press (2006). See: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8247.html
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