Education
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Caltech, 1979; Thesis Advisor: W.A. Fowler
M.S., Theoretical Physics, Caltech, 1975.
B.Sc., Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto, 1973.
Research Experience
Director... July 2002 -- June 2007 CIAR Cosmology & Gravity Program
Director... July 1996 - July 2001; July 2001-June 2006 ... CITA
University Professor ... Jan. 2000 - present
Professor ... July 1987 - Dec, 1999 ... CITA (& UofT Depts. of
Astronomy and Physics)
Acting Director... July 1994 - July 1995 ... CITA
Acting Director... July 1990 - July 1991 ... CITA
Associate Professor ... July 1985 - June 1987 ... CITA
Associate Professor ... Sept. 1985 - May 1987 ... Physics ... Stanford
University
Assistant Professor ... Sept. 1981 - August 1985 ... Physics ... Stanford
University
Visiting Professor, Premiere class ... Jan. 2003 -- July 2003 ... University
of Paris/IAP/IAS
Moore Scholar ... September 2002 -- Dec. 2002 ... Caltech
Member ... July-Aug., Dec. 1999, Isaac Newton Institute ... Cambridge
University
Visiting Research Physicist ... Feb. 1995 - June 1995 ... Inst. for
Theoretical Physics ...U.C. Santa Barbara
Directeur de Recherche Associée 4ème échelon ...
Aug. 1993 - Jan. 1994. Jan.-May 1996 ... Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Member ... June 1984 - Aug. 1984, Nov. 1988, Mar. 2000, July 2000,
Nov. 2002 - Dec. 2002 ... Inst. for Theoretical Physics ... U.C. Santa Barbara
Research Fellow ... July 1982 - Sept. 1983 ... Institute of Astronomy
... Cambridge University
Fellow ... July 1982 - Sept. 1983 ... Churchill College ... Cambridge
University
Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer ... Sept. 1978 - Sept. 1981 ... Astronomy
... U.C. Berkeley
Research Assistant ... Sept. 1973 - Sept. 1978 ... Kellogg Radiation
Lab ... Caltech
Visiting Scientist ... Sept. 1976 - Mar. 1977 ... Nuclear Theory ...
Neils Bohr Institute
Scientist ... July 1975 - Jan. 1976 ... Gamma Ray Astronomy ... JPL,
Pasadena
Academic Awards and Honors
2003 Honorary Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2003 NSERC Award of Excellence; Herzberg Gold Medal Finalist
2003 Inaugural Member, Etobian Gallery of Distinction, ECI, Toronto
2001 Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK
2001 Fellow of the Royal Society of London
2000 University Professor, University of Toronto
1998 Institut de France, Academie des Sciences / Royal Soc. of Canada
Exchange Lecturer
1998 Fellow of the American Physical Society
1998 CAP/CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
1996 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
1995 Beals Prize, Canadian Astronomical Society
1989 E.W.R. Steacie Prize, NRC
1988 E.W.R. Steacie Fellow, NSERC 1989{91
1986 Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
1985 - 1986 Associate, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
1985 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1985{89
1982-1983 Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University
1974-1975 Richard P. Feynman Fellow, Caltech
Professional Memberships
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
Canadian Astronomical Society
Institute of Physics, UK
International Astronomical Union
Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of London
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Career Numerics
Papers: 170 Total, 82 Refereed Journals, 44 Invited Papers, Book Chapters
and Reviews, 44 Contributed Papers
Most highly cited Cdn Astronomer 1981-97: 3052 citations, 76/paper
(D. Burstein 2000, Bull Amer Astron Soc 32)
Boomerang and Flat Universe in the top 10 science stories of 2000 (Science
Magazine, AAAS)
listed in ISIHighlyCited Space Scientists; Who's Who in America, etc.
Conference Presentations: 164 Total, 122 Invited Conference Talks (including
8 closing summary talks, 5 opening introductory talks); 42 Contributed
Conference Talks and Poster Papers
Other Presentations: 12 Public Lectures; 70 Physics and Astronomy Colloquia;
46 Physics and Astronomy Seminars
Teaching: 11 Courses, 5 Graduate and 6 Undergraduate; 4 Astronomy,
7 Physics; numerous international lecture courses
External Board Memberships
1987- Member of 43 Scientific Conference Organizing Committees; Chair of 7
1991 The NRC/NSERC Astronomy Planning and Priorities Committee: The
Next Two Decades
1991-1997 Organizing Committee for IAU Commission 47 (Cosmology)
1992-1995 Scientific Advisory Committee, IUCAA, Pune, India
1995 Co-ordinator of the Workshop on Background Radiations and Galaxy
Formation, Feb.-June, Institute for Theoretical Physics (UC Santa
Barbara)
1995 NASA Midex Review Panel Member, August 1995, Washington
1987- Member of 23 Conference Organizing Committees; Chair of 5.
1990- CIAR Cosmology and Gravitation Program Executive Committee
1997-2003 CERN Theory Advisory Board
1998- Harvard Astronomy Department Advisory Board
1996-97, 2000-01 Steering Committee for GSC17, NSERC Reallocation
1999-2000, 2000-01, CAP/CRM Prize Committee
2001, UBC Physics Department Evaluation Committee
2002 Member, NASA Committee to Review US Data Analysis of Planck
2003 Chair, NASA Committee to Review US Data Analysis of Planck
2002 Chair, NASA Committee to Review the Case for Coherent
Detectors on the Planck-Surveyor Spacecraft
2002- Member, Sectional Committee 5, Royal Society of London,
selection committee for FRS in Astronomy and Geophysics
2002- Principal Investigator on the Canadian Planck High
Frequency Instrument, Canada Space Agency (Co-investigator, Planck HFI
Consortium)
Sloan Fellowship Selection Committee for Physics (panel of 3)
Internal Board Memberships:
U. of Toronto
1986-2003 14 Search Committees
2001-2002 Provost Search Committee, Chair President
2001-2002 Task Force on Internationalization and Strategic
International Partnerships, Chair VP Research, Dean of Arts & Science
1994-1995 Ex-officio Member, CITA Council (while Acting Director)
2000-present Promotions Committee, Physics Department, UofT
1998-2000 Planning Committee, Physics Department, UofT
1999- NSERC Panel of
the Research Advisory Board, Chair VP Research
1994-1995 CITA SGS 5 year Review Committee
1994-1996 Task Force on Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto
1992-1995 Research Advisory Board, University of Toronto
1992 Committee to Review the Office of the Vice-President, Research
and International Relations, UofT
1986-1993 Chair, Postdoctoral Evaluation Committee, CITA
1987-1993 Graduate Student Admissions Committee, Physics Department
1986-1993 Physics Colloquium Committee, Physics Department
1990-1994, 1997-present Welch Lecture Committee, Physics Department
1992-1993 Chair, Computing Committee, CITA
1990-1991 Ex-officio Member, CITA Council (while Acting Director)
1989-1990 CITA SGS 5 year Review Committee