Education

• Ph.D in Astrophysics, MIT
• M.S. in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, MIT
• B.S. in Applied Physics, Caltech

Work experience

• 2010–: Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawai’i
• 2006–2010: Associate Professor, ibid
• 2001–2006: Assistant Professor, ibid
• 1997–2001: Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• 1996–1997: Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Center for Space Research
• 1988–1989: Stagiare, Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales

Awards

• Gauss Prize, Göttingen (2024)
• Pfeiffer Profssor, University of Vienna (2021)
• Fulbright Professor, University of Vienna (2016)
• Pufendorf Chair, University of Lund (2011)