JONATHAN M. MARR
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
(518) 388-6443; marrj@union.edu

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1981          B.S., magna cum laude, Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

1985          M.A., Astronomy, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Cal.

1990          Ph.D., Astronomy, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Cal.  

                   Doctoral Dissertation: "High Resolution Studies of Two Galaxy Centers: The Morphological Evolution of the VLBI Scale Structure in the Core of the Active Galaxy NGC 1275 and the Parsec Scale Structure of the Galactic Center from Millimeter Imaging and Spectroscopy"

TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS:

1981            Teaching Asst., University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
1981            Research Asst., University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.
1981-82      Research Asst., Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, N.Y.
1982-83      Teaching Asst., University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
1983-90      Research Asst., University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
1984-85      Teaching Assoc., University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
1986            Instructor, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Cal.
1989            Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, Cal.
1989            Instructor, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Cal.
1990-95      Visiting Asst. Prof., Haverford College, Haverford, Penn.
1995-97      Visiting Asst. Prof., Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
1997-2002  Assistant Professor, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.

2002-2006  Associate Professor, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.

2006-          Visiting Associate Professor, Union College, Schenectady, N.Y

AWARDS:

New York State Regents Scholar, 1977
University of California Regents Fellowship, 1982-83
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 1986
Dudley Observatory Bergan Career Development Award, 1995

EXTERNAL GRANTS:

Margaret Cullinan Wray Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Award (AAS small research grant) 1991
Sigma Xi grant for aid in educating community 1997
Dudley Observatory grant for aid in educating community 1997

Research Corporation College Cottrell Award 2001

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Association of Physics Teachers

American Astronomical Society
Council on Undergraduate Research 

International Astronomical Union
Sigma Xi

PUBLICATIONS

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