Professor Lynn R. Cominsky Curriculum Vitae Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 664-2655 FAX: (800) 848-6369 e-mail:
[email protected] http://universe.sonoma.edu/~lynnc http://edeon.sonoma.edu Personal: Born November 19, 1953 Married Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph. D. in Physics awarded September 1981 Thesis: X-ray Burst Sources, advisors W. H. G. Lewin and P. C. Joss Brandeis University B.A. in Physics awarded January 1975 (magna cum laude, with honors in chemistry) Employment: Department of Physics and Astronomy Sonoma State University Chair, August 2004 – August 2019 Professor, September 1991 – present Associate Professor, September 1986 – August 1991 Department of Chemistry, Chair August 2005- January 2007, and August 2018-January 2019. Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley NASA’s Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite Project Systems Development Manager, October 1985 – September 1986 Science Operations and Data Analysis Administrator September 1984 – October 1985 Space Sciences Laboratory University of California, Berkeley Assistant Research Physicist I, September 1982 – August 1984 Post-graduate Research Physicist, September 1981 – August 1982 Data Aide Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory January 1975 – August 1977 1 Professor Lynn R. Cominsky Professional Societies • American Astronomical Society 1975 – present • American Physical Society 1977 – present • Association of Women in Science 1978 – present • Sigma Xi 1981 – present • American Association of Physics Teachers 1986 – present • Graduate Women in Science 1991 – 2001 • American Association for the Advancement of Science 1999 – present • California Science Teacher’s Association 2000 – present • National Science Teacher’s Association 2002 – present • National Council for Teachers of Mathematics 2002 – present • Tripoli Rocketry Association 2008 – present.