CURRICULUM VITAE
Claire E. Max
Astronomer/Professor
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory
University of California, Santa Cruz
December 2007
ACADEMIC HISTORY
1972 Ph.D. Princeton University (Astrophysical Sciences)
1968 A.B.
Radcliffe College, Harvard University (Astronomy)
POSITIONS HELD
2004– Director,
NSF Center for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz
2001– Astronomer,
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory and Professor,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa
Cruz,
1995–2000 Director
of University Relations, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1993–1995 Director
of Institutes, Physical Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
1984–1993 Founding
Director of Livermore Branch, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
University of California
1974–2004 Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California
1972–1974 Post-doctoral
fellow, UC Berkeley, Physics Department
CONCURRENT POSITIONS
2006 Project
Scientist, W. M. Keck Observatory Next Generation Adaptive Optics System
2006 UCLA,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sabbatical Leave
1990 UC
Berkeley, Astronomy Department, Sabbatical leave
1989 Centre
dÕEtudes NuclŽaires, Saclay, France, Sabbatical leave
1983– Jason
Group, Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA
1982 Research
Physicist, Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara (three-month
appointment)
1980 Ec™le
Polytechnique, Paris, France, Sabbatical leave
1978–1982 Consultant:
Women in Science
1974 Research
Astrophysicist, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England
(five-month appointment)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2005 Hartnell College (Salinas, CA), ÒPresidentÕs Partnership of ExcellenceÓ Award
2004 E. O. Lawrence Award (Department of Energy)
2003 Woman
of the Year in Science, Alameda County (CA) WomenÕs Hall of Fame
2002 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2001–2002 Edward Teller Fellowship (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
1995 Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1982 Fellow,
American Physical Society
1972 Sigma Xi (National Physics Honors Society, Princeton University)
1968 Magna Cum Laude (Harvard University)
1967 Phi
Beta Kappa (Harvard University)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Membership and activities in professional
associations
2007– Optical
Society of America
2001-2002 Council,
American Association for the Advancement of Science (representing Section B,
Physics)
1999–2000 Henry
Draper Laboratory Corporation
1999–2001 Board,
Chabot Observatory and Science Center, Oakland
1994– Society
of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
1988– American
Geophysical Union
1981–1982 American
Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Executive Committee
1980– American
Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow since 1995)
1977 American
Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics Executive Committee
1975–1976 American
Astronomical Society, Executive Committee, Division of High Energy Astrophysics
1974– International
Astronomical Union
1972– American
Astronomical Society
1972– American
Physical Society (Fellow since 1982)
Consultative or other service to civic,
state, or national governmental agencies
2007 National
Science Foundation: Adaptive Optics Roadmap definition group
2004 National
Academy of Sciences panel to review research on the Air Force AEOS Telescope
2004 Invited
talk, National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Assessment of Options for
Extending the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope
2002– Science
Working Group, Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope
1998–2000 Hubble
Space Telescope Second Decade Study
1996–1998 Space
Telescope Science Institute Visiting Committee
1991–1994 National
Research Council—National Academy of Sciences
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications
1989–1991 National
Research Council—National Academy of Sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey, Panel on Policy Opportunities
1989–1991 National
Research Council—National Academy of Sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey, Panel on Computing
1987–1994 Women
in International Security Studies, National Advisory Panel
1986–1989 National
Research Council—National Academy of Sciences
Committee on International Security and Arms Control
1986 National
Research Council—National Academy of Sciences
Committee on Fusion Hybrid Reactors
1983– JASON
group, Mitre Corporation
1979–1982 National
Science Foundation, Physics Advisory Panel
Colloquia and invited talks (since 2002)
02/15/02 Colloquium,
Williams College, Physics Dept
03/12/02 Colloquium,
UC Santa Barbara, Physics Dept
03/15/02 Invited
talk, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Astrophysics Group
06/26/02 Invited
talk, Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
09/17/02 Invited
talk, ÒScience Day,Ó Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
09/26/02 Symposium
organizer and invited talk, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native
Americans in Science
12/02/02 Invited
talk, Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Academy of Sciences
12/06/02 Invited
seminar, W.M. Keck Observatory
02/16/03 Invited
talk, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting
05/08/03 Colloquium,
UC Berkeley Astronomy Dept
09/17/03 Colloquium,
California Institute of Technology
10/18/03 Invited
talk, Kavli Institute, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
02/03/04 Invited
talk, Physics and Advanced Technology Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
04/19/04 Colloquium,
Sonoma State University, Physics Dept
10/14/04 Invited
talk, Optical Society of America
10/21/04 Colloquium,
Harvard University, Astronomy Dept
12/13/04 Invited
talk, DirectorÕs Distinguished Lecturer Series, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
03/15/05 Colloquium,
Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences
04/14/05 Colloquium,
Johns Hopkins University
04/27/05 Colloquium,
University of San Francisco, Physics Dept
08/10/05 Invited
Talk, Nearly Normal Galaxies conference, UC Santa Cruz
10/25/06 Colloquium,
UCLA, Physics and Astronomy Dept
12/24/06 Colloquium,
Tel Aviv University, Physics Dept
12/26/06 Colloquium,
Hebrew University, Racah Institute of Physics
01/02/07 Colloquium,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Physics Dept
02/01/07 Colloquium,
University of Washington, Astronomy Dept
02/08/07 Colloquium,
UC Irvine, Physics Dept
02/22/07 Colloquium,
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria
03/30/07 Goddard
Scientific Colloquium, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
11/01/07 Invited
Talk, Science with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics, Schloss Ringberg, Germany
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2004– Director,
NSF Center for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz
2004–2006 Committee
on Computing and Telecommunications, UC Santa Cruz
2004 Deputy
Director, NSF Center for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz
2003–2004 Thirty
Meter Telescope project, Adaptive Optics Working Group
2003– California
Space Institute Advisory Committee, University of California
2000-2005 Associate Director, NSF
Center for Adaptive Optics, UC Santa Cruz
1998–1999 UC
Merced Engineering Advisory Committee
1995-2000 Director of University Relations,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California
1994– W.M.
Keck Observatory Adaptive Optics Science Team
1993-1995 Director of Institutes,
Physical Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
University of California
1984-1993 Founding Director of
Livermore Branch, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of
California
1992– University
of California Observatories Advisory Committee
1992–2000 Center
for Particle Astrophysics, UC Berkeley Program Advisory Committee
1992–1996 W.M.
Keck Observatory Science Steering Committee