EDUCATION

        University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland                                                        Oct. 1995 – Aug. 1998

            Department of Physics and Astronomy

            Ph. D. Astrophysics

            Thesis Title: “Optimal Diagnosis of Hot Solar Plasmas”

        University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland                                                        Oct. 1991 – Jun. 1995

            Department of Physics and Astronomy

            B.Sc. (Hons. First Class) Mathematics and Physics

EMPLOYMENT

        Project Scientist II                                                                                            Nov. 2007 - Present

        High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder CO

            Management of CSAC Initiative

            Analysis of data from JAXA/NASA Hinode Spacecraft

            Analysis of data from Coronal Doppler Imaging Experiment CoMP

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        Scientific Visitor                                                                                            Nov. 2006 - Nov 2007

        High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder CO

            Analysis of data from JAXA/NASA Hinode Spacecraft

            Analysis of data from Coronal Doppler Imaging Experiment CoMP

        Senior Research Scientist                                                                                  Aug. 2004 - Dec 2007

        Southwest Research Institute, Boulder CO

            Developing Chromospheric Diagnostic methods

            Analysis of SOHO and TRACE UV/EUV data.

            Development of RAISE Rocket Experiment

            Scientific planning of SOHO CDS, SUMER and EIT instruments.

       Research Scientist                                                                                             Feb. 2003 – July 2004

        Universities Space Research Association [USRA] - NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt MD.

Analysis of SOHO and TRACE UV/EUV data.

            Scientific planning of SOHO CDS, SUMER and EIT instruments.

        European Space Agency, External Fellow                                                         Feb. 2001 – Feb. 2003

        NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD.

Analysis of SOHO and TRACE UV/EUV data.

            Development of Wavelet analysis techniques for solar data.

            Studying the Self-Organized Criticality paradigm.

        Advanced Study Program, Post-Doctoral Fellow                                         Jan. 1999 – Jan. 2001

        High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder CO

Analysis of SOHO and TRACE UV/EUV data.

            Solar UV/EUV remote sensing problems

            Studying MHD wave propagation in the solar atmosphere

ACTIVITIES

    Member of American Astronomical Society and American Geophysical Union.

    Peer reviewer/referee for the Astrophysical, Plasma Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Solar Physics

        and Experimental Astronomy Journals.

    Nominated to AAS/SPD Committee (March 2008)

    Member of Scientific Organizing Committees for several international meetings

HONORS

    M.K. Hunter Memorial Award for Research in Physics (1996), University of Glasgow.

    Physics class prize (1992,1994), University of Glasgow.

    Mathematics class prize (1991), University of Glasgow.

CURRENT RESEARCH AWARDS

    NSF STP, 2005, “Mapping, Modeling and Understanding the Magnetic Chromosphere”,

        Principal Investigator ($400K: 2006-2009)

    NASA SR&T, 2005, “Mapping, Modeling and Understanding the Magnetic Chromosphere:

        The Boundary Between the Photosphere and Corona”, Principal Investigator ($454K: 2006-2009)

    NASA LWS-TR&T, 2007, “Coronal Morphology: The Interplay of Structure and Energetics”,

        Principal Investigator ($300K: 2009-2012)

    NASA LWS-TR&T, 2007, “Observations and Modeling of Alfvén Waves in the Low Atmosphere”,

        Co-Investigator ($120K: 2009-2012)

    NASA HGI, 2007, “EUV Brightpoint Science: Extending and Mining the EUV BP Database”,

        Principal Investigator ($400K: 2008-2011)

    NASA HGI, 2007, ”A Reappraisal of SUMER Line Width Measurements - In Light of the Recent Alfvén

        Wave Discoveries”, Principal Investigator ($120K: 2008-2009)

    NASA SR&T, 2006, “Coupling Chromospheric Scales”, Co-Investigator ($120K: 2008-2011)