1 of 5 29/01/2007 18:13 Homepage of Bernard Schutz 14 / 24 Bernard Frederick Schutz Director, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Born 11 August 1946, Paterson, NJ, USA Nationality: USA (by birth), UK (naturalized) Max Planck Institut for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Science Park Golm Am Muehlenberg 1 D-14476 Potsdam, Germany Bernard.Schutz@aei.mpg.de; http://www.aei.mpg.de Telephone: +49 331 567 7220 (secretary), 7298 (fax) Honors and Awards Professional Societies Academic Positions Visiting Academic Positions Education Other Academic Activities and Responsibilities Conferences Organized Honors and Awards Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (since 2006) Amaldi Gold Medal of the Italian Society for Gravitation (SIGRAV), September 2006 Member, Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences, Uppsala (since 2005) Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK) Honorary Professor, University of Hannover (since 2002)
2 of 5 29/01/2007 18:13 Honorary Professor, University of Potsdam (since 1998) Professional Societies Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society Member, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Member, International Astronomical Union Member, COSPAR Member, Society of Sigma Xi Member, International Society of General Relativity and Gravitation Academic Positions 1995-present Director, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Golm (near Potsdam), Germany. Member, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. 1985-present Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (until 1995 full-time, since then part-time). 1976-1985 Reader in Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (at that time called University College, Cardiff) 1974-1976 Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (at that time called University College, Cardiff). 1973-1974 Instructor in Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 1972-1973 Postdoctoral research assistant at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA 1971-1972 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (time divided between Institute of Astronomy and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics). Visiting Academic Positions 1981 (January-June): Visiting scientist at Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics, Garching, Germany. 1983 (January-June): Visiting professor, MacDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
3 of 5 29/01/2007 18:13 Education 1967-1971: Graduate student in Physics at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. PhD in Physics awarded 1972. 1964-1967: Undergraduate student in Physics at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA (at that time called Clarkson College of Technology). B.S. in Physics awarded 1967. 1960-1964: Bethpage High School, Bethpage, Long Island, NY, USA. Other Academic Activities and Responsibilities 2006-7: Member, ASTRONET Panel A for Cosmology and Fundamental Physics: planning for future European astronomy 2006-7: Chair, Xanthopoulos Award Committee of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG Society) 2006: Member, Review Committee, Cosmology and Gravity Program, CIAR (Canadian Institute of Advanced Research) 2004- : Member, Executive Committee, LIGO Scientific Collaboration 2004- : Chair, Fundamental Physics Advisory Group (FPAG), and member, Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC), European Space Agency. Helped prepare and write Cosmic Vision. 2003- : Member, LISA International Science Team, representing the European Space Agency 2003-2004: Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, IUCAA, India 2003: Member, Committee of Visitors, Physics Division, National Science Foundation (USA) 2002-2007: Chair, Advisory Committee, UT Brownsville University Research Center in Gravitational Waves 2002-2004: Chair, EGO/VIRGO Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee 2001-2002: Chair, Search Committee, Director of EGO 1998- : Founder and Editor in Chief: Living Reviews in Relativity (MPI for Gravitational Physics, Potsdam, Germany). http://www.livingreviews.org 1993-2000: Member of Editorial Board, General Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology Series (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, UK). 1997-2003: Member, Nominating Committee, GRG Society. Member, Editorial Board, Matters of Gravity (newsletter of the APS Topical Group on Gravitation) 1994-1997: Member, Advisory Panel, Binary Black Hole Grand Challenge Collaboration (USA) 1994-1995: Chair, Astronomy Committee of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), UK. 1993-1997: Member, Fundamental Physics Advisory Group of the European Space Agency 1993-1995: External Examiner, Astronomy, University of Glasgow. 1992-1994: Member, Particles Space and Astronomy Board of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
4 of 5 29/01/2007 18:13 1990-1993: External Examiner, MSc Astrophysics, Queen Mary College, London 1990-1992: Council Member, Royal Astronomical Society, and observer on the Grants Commitee of the Astronomy and Planetary Science (APS) Board of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), UK 1988-1991: Member, APS Education, Training and Fellowships Panel 1988-1991: Member, APS Theory and Computation Panel. 1988-1991: External Examiner, Applied Mathematics, Southampton University. 1988-1990: Member, Editorial Board of Classical and Quantum Gravity. 1987-1988: Member, 'Cook' Panel on the future of UK ground-based astronomy. This group prepared the Ground-Based Plan for Astronomy and Planetary Science, adopted by the Astronomy and Planetary Science Board, SERC, to guide its priorities for capital investment until 2010. 1986-1989: Member, Astronomy and Planetary Science (APS) Grants Committee and Theory Panel, SERC 1986, 1988: External Examiner, Cambridge Mathematics Tripos Part 1B 1980-1986: Member, Nominating Committee, GRG Society. 1979-1982: Member, Theory Panel and Astronomy I Committee of the Astronomy, Space, and Radio (ASR) Board of the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), UK Conferences Organized 2006: 11th Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop (GWDAW11), Dorint Hotel, Potsdam (18-21 December) 2006: Berlin 4 Open Access, "From Promise to Practice", Albert Einstein Institute, Golm (29-31 March) 2004: Berlin 2 Open Access, "Steps Toward Implementation of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities", Geneva (12-13 May) 2004: Workshop, "Scoping Out LISA Data Analysis", Albert Einstein Institute, Golm (22-24 March) 2000: Third International LISA Symposium, Albert Einstein Institute, Golm 1998: Workshop, "Neutron Star Dynamics and Gravitational Wave Emission", Albert Einstein Institute, Golm (11-15 May) 1995: Seventh Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Numerical Relativity", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (20-24 August) 1993: Sixth Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Perturbations of Black Holes and Relativistic Stars", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (23-26 August) 1992: Workshop, "Data Analysis for Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors", Cardiff University (29-30 April) 1987: NATO Advanced Study Workshop "Gravitational Wave Data Analysis", Dyffryn House, Cardiff, UK (6-9 July) 1986: Fifth Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Numerical Relativity", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (27-30 August) 1986: Workshop, "Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors", Dyffryn House, Cardiff, UK (16-17 February) 1984: Fourth Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Gravitational Collapse", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (23-26 September)
5 of 5 29/01/2007 18:13 1979: Third Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Gravitational Radiation Theory", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (25-28 June) 1977: Second Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Quantisation in General Relativity", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (31 August - 3 September) 1975: First Gregynog Relativity Workshop, "Thermodynamic Properties of Gravitational Fields", Gregynog Hall, Powys, Wales, UK (1-3 September) 1 2 3 4 01/29/2007 18:13:03