CURRICULUM VITAE
Claire E. Max
Astronomer/Professor
University of California Observatories/Lick Observatory
University of California, Santa Cruz
November 2008
ACADEMIC HISTORY
1972 Ph.D. Princeton University (Astrophysical Sciences)
1968 A.B.
Radcliffe College, Harvard University (Astronomy)
POSITIONS HELD
2008- Director,
University of California Center for Adaptive Optics
2004– Director,
NSF Center for Adaptive Optics
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 Nuclˇaires, 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
2009 Madison Medal, Princeton University
2008 National Academy of Sciences
2005 Hartnell College (Salinas, CA), PresidentÕs Partnership of Excellence 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
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– SPIE,
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)
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