Kurt asked
What was the name of the speaker at last night's SLAS meeting?Bob replied:
John canizzio [Dr. John Kendall Cannizzo]
Thanks, Bob. Great speaker. He works at one of my favorite places: Hearsac! His bio and paper list is at: http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/CVs/John.Cannizzo/ 2002-present position -- Research Scientist NASA/GSFC/UMBC/JCA Some Papers: (I believe the ones with "Mattei, J. A." is the former head of the AAVSO (deceased), indicating that Cannizzo has done pro-am collobration in the past.) "The October 1985 Long Outburst of U Geminorum: Revealing the Viscous Time Scale in Long Orbital Period Dwarf Novae" Cannizzo, J. K., Gehrels, N., Mattei, J. A. 2002, ApJ, 579, 760 "The 2001 Superoutburst of WZ Sagittae: A Clue to the Dyanmics of Accretion Disks" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 561, L175 "The V-EUV Delay for Dwarf Nova Outbursts: A Case Study for VW Hydri, U Geminorum, and SS Cygni" Cannizzo, J. K. 2001, ApJ, 556, 847 "A Study of the Outbursts in SS Cygni", Cannizzo, J. K., Mattei, J. A., 1998, ApJ, 505, 344 Prior positions: 2000-2002--High Energy Astrophysics Group Manager, LHEA, NASA/GSFC/EITI 1994-2000--Research Scientist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/GSFC/USRA 1992-1994--Senior NRC Research Associate, Lab. for Astronomy and Solar Physics, GSFC 1991-1992--Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Inst. for Astrophysics, Germany 1989-1991--visiting professor, Department of Physics, Kenyon Coll., OH 1986-1989--research associate/lecturer, Department of Physics, McMaster Univ., ONT 1984-1986--research associate, Department of Astronomy, Harvard Univ., MA - Cleark Skies - Kurt _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net