Margaret Meixner: Vitae Margaret Meixner: Curriculum Vitae Contact Information: Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Dr. Baltimore, MD 21218 Phone: (410) 338-5013 Fax: (410) 338-3090 Cell: (410) 274-1272 Email:
[email protected] Education: 1987 B.S., Electrical Eng., University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with Honors 1987 B.S. Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with Honors 1989 M.S. Astronomy, UC Berkeley 1993 Ph.D. Astronomy, UC Berkeley, PhD Advisor, W.J. Welch Positions Held: 1987-1993 Teaching or Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley 1993-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2000-2002 Associate Professor, Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2002-2007 Associate Astronomer with tenure, Space Telescope Science Institute 2007-2009 Full Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) 2009-2010 Visiting Scientist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2010 Visiting Scientist at Commissariat s l’energie atomique (CEA)/Saclay, France Awards: • AURA Science Achievement Award 2009 for leadership of WHIRC and SAGE • JWST Group Achievement for PDR & NAR Award 2009 • STScI Achievement Award 2004, for Outstanding Functional Work at STScI • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002 • NSF CAREER Award, 1998 • Annie Jump Cannon Special Commendation of Honor, 1994. • UC Berkeley Roberts Prize for excellence in graduate astronomy research, 1993. • Zonta International's Amelia Earhart Fellowship,1987-1989 • University of California Graduate Opportunity Fellowship 1987-1989 • Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership honors societies) 1985 • Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu (honor societies) 1984-86 • Chancellor's Scholar and Maryland Distinguished Scholar (merit) 1982-86 Professional Affiliations: • American Astronomical Society • Astronomical Society of the Pacific • Inst.