VITA -- EUGENE H. AVRETT

Education:

       B. S., Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1957
       Ph. D., Physics, Harvard University, 1962

Positions held:

       1962 - 2000,    Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
       2000 - present, Senior Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
       1964 - 2000,    Lecturer in Astronomy, Harvard University
       1973 - 1986,    Associate Letters Editor, The Astrophysical Journal
       1986 - 2002,    Deputy Letters Editor, The Astrophyscial Journal
       1989 - 2002,    Harvard representative to the University Corporation
                         for Atmospheric Research, Boulder
       1996 - 2004,    Associate Director for Solar, Stellar & Planetary Sciences,
                         Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Professional Societies:

       American Astronomical Society
       International Astronomical Union
       American Association for the Advancement of Science,  
         Fellow, 1990 - present

General Fields of Investigation:

       Radiative transfer and atmospheric modeling
       Detailed modeling of the solar atmosphere
       Physical processes in stellar atmospheres and gaseous nebulae


(Last revised: 2006 March 3)