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Office Address

Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High St.
205 CfAO (Center for Adaptive Optics)
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
tel: 831-459-1312, fax: 831-459-7285
web: http://www.ucolick.org/~jfortney
E-mail: jfortney -at- ucsc.edu

Twitter: @jjfplanet

Current Position

January 2008-present, Full (previously Assistant & Associate) Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

Previous Research Positions

August 2006-December 2007, Spitzer Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center and Principal Investigator, Carl Sagan Center, the SETI Institute

March 2004-July 2006, National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center

Education

2004 -- Ph.D., Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona. Dissertation Title: The Evolution of Giant Planets, Advisor: W. B. Hubbard

1999 -- B.S., Physics, Iowa State University, with Distinction and Honors Program

Memberships

American Astronomical Society (AAS)
AAS Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Pearl Jam Fan Club