EDUCATION
- B.S., Physics & Astronomy, Yale University, 1992
- Ph.D., Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, 2007+
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, 2001-2007
- Assistant Research Scientist, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), California Institute of Technology, 2000-2001
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997-1999
AWARDS
- NASA Group Achievement Award for the 2MASS Team
- The Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award (2006) for Mike Skrutskie and the 2MASS Team
SELECTED SERVICE EXPERIENCE
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2004-2005
- Senator, University Faculty Senate, 2002-2003
- Department: Graduate Review Committee, Space Committee, 2001-2002
- Department: Graduate Review Committee, Space Committee, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, Faculty Search Committee, 2002-2003
- Department: Chair: Astrophysics Seminar Committee,2001-2005
- Advisor: href="http://www.physics.udel.edu/UG/SPS/">Society of Physics Students, 2003-2004
- Department: Space Committee, Undergraduate Recruitment Committee, 2003-2004
- Department: Chair: Colloquium Committee,2004-2005
- Department: Undergraduate Curriculum, Undergraduate Recruitment, 2004-5
- Member, National Optical Astronomical Observatories, Galactic Time Allocation Committee, 2000-2002
- Member, Chandra X-Ray Telescope, Cycle 5 Time Allocation Committee, 2003
- Member, National Science Foundation, Panel, 2005
- Member, Hubble Space Telescope, Cycle 14 Time Allocation Committee, 2005
- Member, Spitzer Space Telescope, Cycle 2 Time Allocation Committee, 2005
- Member, Spitzer Users Panel, 2007+
- Invited review speaker at international conferences
- Peer reviewer for NASA, NSERC and Professional Journals
- Student delegate, American Astronomical Society Workshop on Graduate Education, 1996
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- American Astronomical Society (AAS)
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
SOME SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS:
- "Perspective: Brown Dwarfs" by J.E. Gizis, 2001, Science, 294, 801
- "M-Subdwarfs: Spectroscopic Classification and the Metallicity Scale" by J.E. Gizis, 1997, Astronomical Journal, 113, 806
- "New Neighbors from 2MASS: Activity and Kinematics at the Bottom of the Main Sequence" by J.E. Gizis, D.G. Monet, I.N. Reid, J.D. Kirkpatrick, J. Liebert & R.J. Williams, 2000 Astronomical Journal, 120, 1085
- "Dwarfs Cooler Than 'M': The Definition of Spectral Type 'L' using Discoveries from the 2-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS)" by J.D. Kirkpatrick, I.N. Reid, J. Liebert, R.M. Cutri, B. Nelson, C.A. Beichman, C.C. Dahn, D.G. Monet, J.E. Gizis, & M.F. Skrutskie, 2001, The Astrophysical Journal, 519, 802
- "The Spectra of T Dwarfs I: Near-Infrared Data and Spectral Classification" by A.J. Burgasser, J.D. Kirkpatrick, M.E. Brown, I.N. Reid, J. Liebert, K. Matthews, A. Burrows, J.E. Gizis, C.C. Dahn, D.G. Monet, R.M. Cutri, & M.F. Skrutskie, 2001, The Astrophysical Journal, 564, 421
- "Brown Dwarfs and the TW Hya Association" by J.E. Gizis, 2002, ApJ, 575, 484
STUDENTS ADVISED
- Basmah Riaz (Graduate)
- John Shaw (Graduate)
- Phil Castro (Graduate)
- Tim Jones (Undergraduate)
- Tom Madura (Undergraduate)
- Christopher Russell (Undergraduate)
- David LaFazia (Undergraduate)
- Ravi Bharat (Undergraduate)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
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