Dr. Oliver's Universe
A Short Bio
- Assistant, Associate Professor, Department of
Physics and
Astronomy, University of Florida 1970 - 1983
- Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy,
University of Florida 1983 - 2007
- Emeritus Professor, Department of Astronomy,
University of Florida 2007 -
More detailed Vita
Education
BS Physics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1962
MS Astronomy UCLA 1968
Ph.D. Astronomy UCLA 1974
Professional
and Honorary Society Memberships
American Astronomical Society, since 1963
Sigma Xi honorary society, since 1968
International Astronomical Union, since 1972
Research
Interests
3mm Radio Astronomy
Photometry of Eclipsing Binary Systems
Design of Astronomical Instruments
Design of Computer Controlled Telescopes
Teaching
Interests
Innovations in Large Classroom Teaching
Working with Middle School Science Teachers
Creator of CASM - Conversations About Science and
Mathematics
Judge at local and state Science and Engineering Fairs, 1988-2009
Special Moments
Inaugural Visiting Astronomer, Copernicus Institute,
Warsaw Poland, 1975
Operation of First Stellar Telescope at South Pole,
1984-1987
Investigator on the Interplanetary Dust Experiment, Long
Duration Exposure Facility satellite
Research Scientist, Institute for Space Science and
Technology, 1988-1992
NASA Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1994-1995
John P. Oliver; write me at oliver@astro.ufl.edu or come see me on the web at http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~oliver