I wish to find employment as a scientific researcher, writer, programmer, advisor, consultant, or web site designer for an institution involved in science/technology research or education.

EDUCATION

• 1996, Ph. D., Astronomy, Boston University
• Dissertation Title: "The Structures, Kinematics, and Magnetic Natures of Starless Bok Globules"
• Dissertation Advisor: Dan P. Clemens, Boston University
• 1990, M. A., Astronomy, Boston University
• 1986, S. B., Mathematics & Physics, College of William and Mary

1998 - Present, Educational Web Site Development, Northeast Consortium for Engineering Education (NCEE). Single-handedly developing an educational web site devoted to astronomy, and space sciences and technologies, with many educational and informational links. Extensive WWW design and research experience - HTML, CGI, JavaScript, LiveWire.

1995-1997, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Air Force Research Laboratory (contracted through NCEE). Researched topics in infrared astronomy, programmed catalog database characterization software, published radio astronomical studies of Galactic molecular clouds. Extensive WWW research experience; some design experience. Extensive programming experience (FORTRAN, IDL, C[++]); started learning JavaScript and similar scripting languages.

1993-1995, Research Assistant, Boston University. Conducted dissertation research on physical characteristics of small, isolated, potentially star forming clouds in the Milky Way galaxy. Extensive programming and WWW research experience; some design experience.

1990-1993, Teaching Assistant, Boston University. Taught laboratory and discussion sections for course in astronomical observing, for astronomy majors. Also taught sections for introductory courses in galactic astronomy and in planetary sciences.

1989-1990, Research Assistant, Boston University. Determined instrumental performance of a millimeter wave polarimeter. Developed software algorithms for infrared image enhancement. Researched relationships between dust structures (infrared clumpiness) and magnetic fields (millimeter wave polarimetry) in massive star formation regions of the Galaxy.

1988-1989, Teaching Assistant, Boston University. Taught laboratory and discussion sections for various introductory astronomy courses.

1986-1988, Lab Analyst, Space Instrumentation Division, Panametrics, Inc. Conducted laboratory experiments, for quality assurance, on various solid state detectors for payloads flown on the GOES and CRRES satellite systems.

Molecular Clouds, Star Formation, Polarimetry, Galactic IR Studies, Astronomy and Space Science Education and Outreach, WWW design and database interfaces.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

• Imaging, spectroscopy and polarimetry, in the optical, millimeter waves and microwave radio
• Image Analysis in the optical, infrared, and millimeter waves
• Numerical Simulations via Monte Carloand hydrodynamic code
• Instrumentation of silicon detector systems, vacuum testing equipment, polarimeters

• Polarimetric Study of Globule Environs with Optical CCD Imaging
• Structures and Energetics of Starless Bok Globules
• Hi-res 12- and 25-Micron Galactic Plane Supplement Catalog (IRAS)
• "Starless" Bok Globules Imaged by ISO
• Galactic Center Studies using IRAS/HIRES, MSX, 2MASS (prototype)

• American Astronomical Society
• B.U. College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award (1993)

• UNIX (several flavors), DOS, Windows (3.11), Windows 95
• Windows NT, X-Windows, Macintosh, FORTRAN, C, C++
• UNIX Shell Scripts, Perl, IDL, HTML, Java, JavaScript
• LiveWire, CGI, SGML, IRAF, SPA, Mongo, WIP/PGPLOT, LaTeX
• Netscape Composer, MS Front Page, Hot Dog
• Photoshop, PaintShop Pro, Fractal Design Painter 5.0

• Web Publishing
• History and Genealogy
• Exotic Cuisine
• Physical Fitness
• Musical Performance

Dan P. Clemens, Ph. D.
Department of Astronomy Boston University
725 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
[phone number provided upon request]
clemens_@_protostar.bu.edu

Frank O. Clark, Ph. D.
Air Force Research Laboratory/VSBC
29 Randolph Road Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
[phone number provided upon request]
fclark_@_plh.af.mil

BIBLIOGRAPHY

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (click HERE for ON-LINE ABSTRACTS)

• "Rotation of Starless Bok Globules," Kane, B. & Clemens, D., AJ, 113, 1799 (1997).
• "Magnetic Fields in Bok Globules: CCD Polarimetry of CB4," Kane, B. D., Clemens, D. P., Leach, R. W., & Barvainis, R., ApJ, 445, 269 (1995).
• "A Search for Dense Gas in Quiescent Bok Globules," Kane, B. D., Clemens, D. P., & Myers, P., ApJ, 433, L49 (1994).
• "Magnetic Fields in Massive Cloud Cores: Comparison of MILLIPOL and IRAS Results," Kane, B. D., Clemens, D. P., Barvainis, R., & Leach, R. W., ApJ, 411, 708 (1993).
• "Polarimetric Mapping of Orion using MILLIPOL: Magnetic Activity in BN/KL," Leach, R. W., Clemens, D. P., Kane, B. D., & Barvainis, R., ApJ, 370, 257 (1991).
• "MILLIPOL, A Millimeter/Sub-millimeter Wavelength Polarimeter: Instrument, Operation, and Calibration," Clemens, D. P., Leach, R. W., Barvainis, R., & Kane, B. D., PASP, 102, 1064 (1990).

• "Density Structures of Starless Bok Globules", Kane, B. D., & Clemens, D. P., B.A.A.S., 191, 07.11 (1998).
• "ISO Observations of Starless Bok Globules: Usually No Embedded Stars", Byrne, A., Clemens, D., Yun, J. L., & Kane, B., B.A.A.S., 191, 07.07 (1998).
• "ISO Observations of Starless Bok Globules: Usually No Embedded Stars", Clemens, D., Byrne, A., Yun, J. L., & Kane, B., in Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory. ASP Conference Series Vol 132, ed. J. L. Yun & R. Liseau (San Francisco: ASP), p. 334 (1998).
• "The Structures, Kinematics, and Magnetic Natures of Starless Bok Globules", Kane, B., B.A.A.S., 189, 91.01 (1997).
• "Rotation of Starless Bok Globules," Kane, B. D., & Clemens, D. P., in Star Formation, Near and Far, Proceedings of the Seventh October Astrophysics Conference, College Park, MD. AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 393, ed. S. S. Holt & L. G. Mundy (Woodbury, NY: AIP Press), p. 137 (1997).
• "Investigating Correlations in the Kinematics and Magnetic Fields of Quiescent Bok Globules," Kane, B. D., & Clemens, D. P., in Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, ASP Conference Series Vol. 97, ed. W. G. Roberge & D. C. B. Whittet (San Francisco: ASP), p. 269 (1996).
• "Magnetic Field Maps of Quiescent Bok Globules", Kane, B. D., & Clemens, D. P., B.A.A.S., 185, 84.01 (1995).
• "A Search For Dense Gas in Quiescent Bok Globules", Kane, B. D., Clemens, D. P., & Myers, P. C., B.A.A.S., 184, 30.03 (1994).
• "Bok Globule Magnetic Field Mapping," Kane, B. D., Clemens, D. P., Leach, R. W., & Barvainis, R., in Clouds, Cores, and Low Mass Stars, Proceedings of the Fourth Haystack Conference, ASP Conference Series Vol. 65, ed. D. P. Clemens & R. Barvainis (San Francisco: ASP), p. 97 (1994).
• "Magnetic Fields in Bok Globules: CCD Polarimetry of CB4 and CB17", Kane, B. D., & Clemens, D. P., B.A.A.S., 183, 16.13 (1994).
• "Polarimetry by Shifting and Exposing," Clemens, D. P., Kane, B. D., Leach, R. W., & Barvainis, R., in Optical Astronomy from the Earth and Moon, ASP Conference Series Vol. 55, ed. D. P. Smith & R. J. Angione (San Francisco: ASP), p. 139 (1994).

• "ISO Observations of Starless Bok Globules: Usually No Embedded Stars," Clemens, D., Byrne, A., Yun, J. L., & Kane, B., submitted to Ap.J. (Letters).
• "Magnetic Fields Around Starless Bok Globules," Kane, B. & Clemens, D.
• "Density Structures of Starless Bok Globules," Kane, B. & Clemens, D.
• "High Resolution 12- and 25-micron IRAS Galactic Plane Supplement Catalog," Price, S., Shipman, R., Kane, B., & Gonsalves, R.

2000 PASP, 112, 1215. Hildebrand et al.
2000 AJ, 120, 393. Ciardi et al.
2000 ApJ, 535, 857. Sato et al.
2000 ApJ, 535, 913. Schleuning et al.
2000 ApJ, 533, 440. Gregersen et al.
2000 A&A, 356, 1031. Coppin et al.
2000 ApJ, 531, 366. Kornreich & Scalo.
2000 A&AS, 141, 175. Sen et al.
1999 ApJ, 526, 819. Vallée & Bastien.
1999 ApJ, 525, 832. Tamura et al.
1999 ApJS, 125, 161. Jijina, Myers, & Adams.
1999 A&A, 349, 912. Harjunpää et al.
1999 AJ, 118, 1315. Moreira et al.
1999 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 186., p. 488. Novak.
1999 ApJ, 516, 834. Hildebrand et al.
1999 ApJ, 511, 812. Glenn, Walker, & Young.
1999 ApJ, 512, L139. Greaves et al.
1999 ARA&A, 37, 311. Evans.
1998 ApJ, 509, 229. Basu.
1998 ApJS, 119, 59. Launhardt et al.
1998 ApJ, 504, 247. Contopoulos, Ciolek, & Königl.
1998 ApJ, 504, 588. Dowell et al.
1998 ApJ, 504, 257. Ciolek & Königl.
1998 AJ, 116, 881. Peterson & Clemens.
1998 ApJ, 502, L75. Rao et al.
1998 A&AS, 128, 369. Ramaprakash et al.
1998 ApJ, 493, 811. Schleuning.
1998 ApJ, 487, 237. Dowell.
1997 ApJ, 487, L89. Glenn et al.
1997 ApJ, 479, 325. Glenn, Walker, & Jewell.
1997 PASP, 109, 307. Schleuning et al.
1997 MNRAS, 286, 85. Aitken et al.
1996 A&A, 315, L5. Minchin, Bonifacio, & Murray.
1996 A&A, 313, 255. Vallée & Bastien.
1996 MNRAS, 282, 587. Scappini & Codella.
1996 A&A, 309, 267. Holland et al.
1996 ApJ, 462, 79. Crutcher et al.
1996 ApJ, 456, L45. Akeson et al.
1995 ApJ, 454, 194. Ciolek & Mouschovias.
1995 ApJ, 453, 271. Basu & Mouschovias.
1995 A&A, 297, L49. Greaves, Holland, & Murray.
1995 MNRAS, 272, 1. Greaves et al.
1995 ApJ, 448, 748. Goodman et al.
1995 ApJ, 448, 346. Tamura, Hough, & Hayashi.
1995 ApJ, 447, 236. Colome et al.
1995 A&A, 294, 831. Vallee & Bastien.
1995 A&A, 293, 61. Minchin, Sandell, & Murray.
1995 MNRAS, 272, L1. Greaves et al.
1994 A&A, 286, 579. Minchin & Murray.
1994 ApJ, 425, 142. Ciolek & Mouschovias.
1994 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 59., p. 185. Murata et al.
1993 ApJ, 404, L21. Tamura et al.
1992 AuJPh, 45, 569. Aitken.
1992 AuJPh, 45, 411. McGregor.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS

ARA&A = Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics A&A = Astronomy and Astrophysics A&AS = Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series AJ = The Astronomical Journal ApJ = The Astrophysical Journal ASP = Astronomical Society of the Pacific AuJPh = Australian Journal of Physics BAAS = Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society MNRAS = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society PASP = Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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