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| Agnes Scott |
Letters requested for some candidates (1/31);
shortlist made (2/5)
|
| Arizona |
(Physics position) ``Long'' short list made (12/16);
candidates invited for interviews (1/18), including
Pasquale Blasi,
Pat Cote,
Martin Haehnelt,
Vicky Kalogera,
Mike Nowak,
Chris Reynolds
(2/14);
Offer made to Vicky Kalogera (3/31),
declined (4/20) Offer made to Chris Reynolds (4/23), declined (5/10) Search closed (9/5); re-advertised for 2001 season (Astronomy position) Shortlist candidates invited to visit, including Ted Bergin, Laird Close, David Koerner (2/28); Offer made to Daniel Eisenstein (5/12), accepted (8/17); Offer made to Laird Close, accepted (6/30) |
| Berkeley |
Short list made (1/6), including
Jian Ge,
Jeremy Heyl,
Alex Lazarian
Adrian Lee,
Chris Thompson,
Steven Boggs; Offer made to Steve Boggs, accepted (6/6); Offer made to Adrian Lee, accepted (7/10) |
| Birmingham |
Short list made, including Michael Dahlem, Laurence Jones, Frazer Pearce
and Somak Raychaudhury (4/18); Offer made to Somak Raychaudhury (5/3), accepted (6/11) |
| Boston |
Shortlist candidates invited to visit, including
Will Grundy (2/28)
|
| Bryant |
(Physics & Astro position)
``Long'' short list of 12 made (1/4);
Short list of 3 invited to campus (2/15) |
| Bucknell |
Short list made (1/26), including
Daniel Dale,
Douglas Leonard
(2/2);
Offer made to Leonard (2/19),
declined (4/20); Offer made to Jack Gallimore, accepted (8/21) |
| Caltech |
Short list made (3/30), including
Kris Stanek, Joe Mohr; (Head of Instrumentation) Offered to Keith Taylor, accepted (05/04) |
| Cambridge |
Short list made (8/19), including
Wyn Evans, Chris Tout, Chris Reynolds, Chris Thompson, Gordon Ogilvie,
Martin Haehnhelt; Offer made to Chris Reynolds; Offer made to Martin Haehnelt, accepted (09/20); (Plumian Chair) Offer made to Jerry Ostriker (08/28) |
| Cardiff |
(Instrumental lectureship) Offer made to Karl Schuster, declined (12/9); Two offers made, to Lucio Piccirillo and Phil Mauskopf, both accepted (4/26) |
| Carnegie-Mellon |
Short list made (11/23), including
Robert Caldwell, Rupert Croft, Daniel Eisenstein, Bhuvnesh Jain, Lloyd Knox,
Istvan Szapudi, Liliya Williams (12/13); Offers made to Eisenstein and Jain, both declined (8/17) |
| Catolica Santiago |
Short list made; Offer made to Gaspar Galaz, accepted (9/27) |
| Central Lancashire |
(Lecturer) Offer made to Robert Walsh, accepted (5/18); (Temporary Lecturer) Offer made to Richard de Grijs (5/18), declined (6/7) |
| Charleston |
(Chairman's job) Terry Oswalt on short list (2/3);
Offer made to Jon Hakkila, accepted (6/29)
|
| Chicago |
Offer made to Daniel Eisenstein (5/12),
declined (8/18)
|
| CITA |
Offer made to Chris Thompson, accepted (7/13)
|
| Colorado |
(Planetary)
Short list made (3/6):
Glen Stewart,
Greg Hoppa,
Mark Marley,
William Moore,
Bob Pappalardo,
Derek Richardson,
Caroline Terquem
(3/9); Offer made to Bob Pappalardo (05/03), accepted (7/5); (Origins) Search to be continued next job season |
| CTIO |
(Multiple positions) Shortlist made and interviews scheduled;
offer made to Michael Liu, declined (2/11) Offers made to Stefanie Wachter and Knut Olsen, both accepted (4/1); Offer made to Rene Mendez (4/23), declined (6/30) Offer made to Hugo Schwarz (4/23), accepted (6/30) Offer made to Andrei Tokovinin, accepted (6/30) |
| Dartmouth |
Short list made (12/8),
including
Robert Caldwell,
Lloyd Knox,
Mark Trodden,
Yun Wang (1/24);
Offer made to Robert Caldwell, accepted (3/8)
|
| Davis |
Short list made (1/30),
including
Joanne Baker,
Amy Barger,
Andrew Jaffe,
Lloyd Knox,
Lilya Williams;
Two offers made, to Lloyd Knox and Amy Barger (3/6) Lloyd Knox has accepted (4/6) |
| Delaware |
Short list made (1/24), including
Pat Cote,
Karl Gebhardt,
Brad Gibson,
John Gizis
(2/14); Offer made to Pat Cote (4/14) |
| Denison |
Telephone interviews being conducted with "shortlist" (1/22);
finalists invited for campus visits (1/31);
offer made to Lauren Jones; accepted (2/25)
|
| Durham |
(Astronomy/Instrumentation Lecturer) Short list made including
Hook, Lumsden, Morris, Rayner, Tanvir (5/17); Offer made to Simon Morris, accepted (6/4) |
| ESO |
(2.2m Team Leader) Offer made to Rene Mendez (4/23),
accepted (6/30)
|
| Fermilab |
(Associate scientist)
Short list made (10/1), including (10/23)
Scott Burles,
Francisco Castander,
Brad Gibson,
Michael Ledlow,
Lori Lubin;
offer made to Scott Burles, accepted (1/17)
|
| Florida |
(2+ positions)
Some candidates invited to give talks, including
Anita Cochran, William Cochran, Nuria Calvet, Lee Hartmann (12/2).
Short list made (2/23)
including Pat Cote, Laura Ferrarese, Crystal Martin,
Alice Quillen, and possibly 6 others (2/24); Offers made to Laura Ferrarese and Pat Cote (3/15); Additional offers possibly pending, with Evan Skillman and Kim Venn on the short list for those (3/15); Offers made to Ferrarese, Cote, Skillman, and Venn, all declined (4/26); Offers made to Vicki Sarajedini and Ata Sarajedini, both accepted (7/13); Offer made to Rafael Guzman, accepted (4/26); (Physics - Assoc. Prof.) Offer made to Chung-Pei Ma (5/2) |
| Florida Atlantic |
(Asst. Prof.)
Long list made, including Richard de Grijs,
phone interviews scheduled (2/9);
Short list made (2/16),
including
Mijan Huq,
Anupam Singh,
Yun Wang (2/24)
|
| Georgia State |
Short list made, including Karen Bjorkman, Todd Henry (3/20);
Offer made to Todd Henry,
accepted (4/11)
|
| Glasgow |
Short list made (8/8),
including Dave Clements, Lyndsay Fletcher, David James, Eamonn Kerins
(9/9);
Offer made (09/14)
|
| Hampden-Sydney College |
Offer made to Steve Bloom, accepted (3/17)
|
| Harvard |
Short list of 6 made (1/30), including
Bernard Brandl,
Pat Cote,
Laura Ferrasese,
Karl Gebhardt,
Joe Mohr,
Kris Stanek
(2/12);
shortlist narrowed to 2 finalists after talks:
Kris Stanek and Bernard Brandl;
Offer made to Kris Stanek (4/17),
accepted (10/15)
|
| Hawaii |
(2 IfA positions) Shortlists for both positions made (1/23),
including
Amy Barger,
Harald Ebeling,
Martin Haehnelt,
Vince Mannings,
Eduardo Martin,
Dmitri Pogosyan,
Istvan Szapudi,
Scott Trager
(2/1) "Theory" offer made to Gus Evrard (5/12), declined (6/17); Offer made to Istvan Szapudi (6/17), accepted "Observer" offer made to Eduardo Martin, accepted (5/2) (IfA director position) Short list made (1/31): Roger Davies, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Jeremy Mould, Jeremiah Ostriker Two candidates have withdrawn; Kudritzki and Mould remain (4/7); Offer made to Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, accepted (6/17) |
| Illinois |
(Joint Astronomy-Physics position)
Candidates invited for intereviews (11/29),
including Rennan Barkana,
Robert Caldwell,
M. Haehnelt(?)
(Astronomy position) Short list made (12/12), including Brad Gibson, Robert Caldwell, M. Haehnelt(?); Offer made to Joe Mohr, accepted (7/17) |
| Imperial |
Short list made (1/28), including
Martin Haehnelt,
Andrew Jaffe,
Raul Jiminez,
Will Sutherland; Offer made to Martin Haehnelt, accepted (09/20) |
| IPAC |
(SIRTF Staff Scientist) Offers made to Susan Stolovy,
David Frayer, and
Vince Mannings;
all accepted (8/17)
|
| Irvine |
Short list made (2/5), including
Pat Cote,
Bhuvnesh Jain,
Daniel Kelson
(2/14); Offer made to David Buote (4/13), accepted (6/5) |
| Johns Hopkins/GSFC |
(Co-op Corrdinator) Short list made, including Eric Perlman, Rita Sambruna,
Michael Dahlem and Matthew Baring (3/17)
|
| Kent |
(Space Sciences Position) Short list made (08/29);
(Three posts: 1 reader/professor, 2 lecturer) Short lists made (09/14);
Offer made to Glenn White, accepted (10/31)
|
| Lafayette College |
Offer made to Thomas Baumgarte (6/2),
declined (7/9)
|
| Lowell |
Short list made including Ray Jayawardhana, Don Barry (3/31);
Offer made to Ray Jayawardhana (4/26),
declined (5/8); Offers made to Phil Massey, Sally Oey, and Will Grundy, all accepted (6/30) |
| Maryland |
Offer made to Derek Richardson (3/6),
accepted (3/28)
|
| Maryland-Baltimore County |
Three offers made to Eric Perlman (accepted
05/08),
Ian George (accepted 05/05),
and Tahir Yaqoob (3/17);
These UMBC positions are ``soft-money'', but two do include teaching.
|
| Miami |
Offer made to Joshua Gunderson, accepted (6/21)
|
| Minnesota |
(Astronomy)
Short list of 8 made (12/21),
including (1/4)
Pat Cote,
Laura Ferrarese,
Brad Gibson,
Mike Nowak,
Ken Sembach,
Liliya Williams; Offer made to Liliya Williams (3/20), accepted (4/17) |
| MIT |
(Astronomy)
Short list of 5 made (1/16),
including
Jian Ge,
Karl Gebhardt,
Brad Hansen,
Janna Levin
(2/7); Offer made to Scott Burles (4/26), accepted (4/28) |
| MIT |
(Planetary)
Short list made (3/6),
including
David Koerner, Eugene Chiang Offer made to Eugene Chiang (4/23) |
| MPE |
Offer made (2/21)
|
| Montreal |
Offer made to Rafael Guzman, declined (4/29)
|
| NOAO |
(Director) Short list made, including Matt Mountain and Jeremy Mould; Offer made to Matt Mountain (10/12) ... or maybe not? (10/17); Matt Mountain has withdrawn his application (11/16) |
| Northwestern |
Short list made (1/29),
including
Tal Alexander,
Thomas Baumgarte,
Andrew Jaffe,
Vicky Kalogera,
Lloyd Knox,
Mike Nowak
(2/12);
Offer made to Vicky Kalogera (4/12); Previous rumor that multiple offers had been accepted have since proven to be incorrect, and have been deleted. (9/10); ... or maybe not ... Offers made to Vicky Kalogera and Fred Rasio, both accepted. |
| Ohio University |
Short list made (1/7),
including
Pat Cote,
Brad Gibson,
Yun Wang
(2/14) Offer made to Brian McNamara, accepted (3/30) |
| Oklahoma |
``Long'' short list made (1/7),
shortened (1/19),
including Yun Wang,
Liliya Williams;
offer made to Yun Wang (2/10),
accepted (2/28);
second astonomy/astrophysics position offered to Karen
Leighly, accepted (2/28)
|
| Liverpool |
(Lecturer/Reader)
Short list made (12/16),
including Maurizio Salaris, Christopher Tout;
offer made to Maurizio Salaris, accepted (1/27)
Correction from inside source:
Our university is Liverpool John Moores University.
John Moores was the
founder of the Littlewoods group of companies, which put some money into
the University when it was set up.
We have not made an offer to John
Moores. One of the reasons for this is that he has been dead for many
years.
|
| Massachusetts |
Offer made to Andrew Blaine (5/12),
declined (6/24); Offer made to Min Yun (6/24) |
| Michigan |
Offer made to Adrian Lee (5/12)
|
| Michigan Tech |
``Long'' short list made (1/26)
|
| NYU |
Short list made (1/27), including
Eisenstein,
Andrei Gruzinov,
Martin Haehnelt,
David Hogg,
Matias Zaldarriaga;
simultaneous offers made to
Andrei Gruzinov,
David Hogg,
Matias Zaldarriaga,
and
one other person who wishes anonymity
(1/30); Offers made to Andrei Gruzinov, David Hogg, and Matias Zaldarriaga, all accepted (6/26); Offer made to Daniel Eisenstein, declined (6/26) |
| Penn |
Short list made (10/17), including
Martin Haehnelt,
Bhuvnesh Jain,
Kris Stanek,
Liliya Williams (1/27),
Derek Richardson (3/6),
Todd Henry (3/20) Offer made to Eugene Chiang, declined (3/2); Offer made to Bhuvnesh Jain, accepted (6/7) |
| Penn State |
Candidates invited for intereviews (11/29), including
Rennan Barkana,
Bernhard Brandl,
Jian Ge,
Chip Kobulnicky
(12/10);
offer made to Jian Ge (12/22),
accepted (1/21) More candidates being interviewed for two more tenure-track jobs, including Brad Hansen, Jeremy Heyl, Alycia Weinberger Offer made to Alycia Weinberger (3/19) |
| Purdue |
Short list made (10/28), including
Steve Bloom, Rod Lessard;
offer made (12/5)
|
| Rice |
Short list made (2/16), including
Vicky Kalogera, Yun Wang (2/25), and
(some, or all of) Matt Barring, Steven Boggs, Hui Li, Bhuvnesh Jain,
Dimitrios Psaltis (3/1); Two offers made, to Dimitrios Psaltis (4/28) and Steven Boggs (5/8); Boggs declined (6/29); Offer made to Matt Barring, accepted (6/29) |
| Rutgers |
(Observer position) Short list of 5 made (1/17)
(Theory position) Short list of 5 made (1/17)
These short lists include (1/24)
David Buote,
Pat Cote,
Robert Caldwell,
Eugene Chiang,
Martin Haehnelt,
Raul Jimenez,
Karl Gebhardt,
Vicky Kalogera,
Henry Kobulnicky,
Welsh,
Liliya Williams
(1/28); Offers made to Raul Jimenez, Pat Cote, and Laura Ferrarese, all accepted (4/22) |
| San Diego |
Short list made, including Tom Abel, Rupert Croft (3/16),
Andrew Jaffe (3/19);
Offer made (6/8); (Senior Faculty Position) Offer made to Mike Norman, accepted (6/15) |
| San Diego State |
(Observer position)
Short list made (and rejection letters sent out) (2/23);
Eric Sandquist accepted last year's position (1/26)
|
| SOAR |
(Director) Steve Heathcote appointed (4/23)
|
| Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) |
Offer made to William Bottke (6/27),
accepted (10/6)
|
| STScI |
(Tenure track) Shortlist made (11/29),
including
Pat Cote,
Lori Lubin,
Chris Reynolds,
Liliya Williams (12/16),
Neill Reid (3/20);
Offer made to Reid (4/4)
|
| San Francisco State |
``Long'' short list made (12/16),
including Laura Ferrarese, Rafael Guzman (2/24); Offer made to Guzman, declined (4/29); Offer made to Ferrarese (4/14), declined (4/17) |
| Santa Barbara |
Short list made (2/17), including Lam Hui, Martin Haehnelt, Jeremy Heyl Offer made to Lam Hui (4/17) |
| Santa Cruz |
Short list made (4/23), including Eugene Chiang; (Planetary Science Position) Offer made to Erik Asphaug (6/2), accepted (6/6) |
| Southampton |
(Two Lecturer Positions)
Short list of ten made (02/15),
including M. Goad, P. Wheatley, G. Dubus, B.
Gaensicke, C. Tout, L. Jones,
O. Almaini, M. Baring, C. Kaiser and C. Knigge. Two offers made, including Christian Knigge, accepted (3/17) and Omar Almaini, declined (3/17). |
| St. Andrews |
Offer made to Phil Armitage, accepted (8/19)
|
| Swarthmore |
(Asst. Prof.)
Short list of four made (10/28);
offer made to David Cohen (12/8)
|
| Swinburne |
(Tenured Lecturer)
Offers made to Brad Gibson and Duncan Forbes, both accepted (2/5)
|
| Towson |
Short list made, including Douglas O'Neal,
Robin Shelton (5/13),
Alex Storrs, Mark Wolfire (4/22);
Offer made to Alex Storrs, accepted (7/5)
|
| UKIRT |
Support astronomer position offered to Paul Hirst (11/30),
accepted (1/31)
|
| UMIST |
(Lecturer)
Offer made to Richard Nelson (7/12); Offer made to Malcolm Gray, accepted (8/8) |
| Texas |
Short list made (12/27),
including
Amy Barger,
Patrick Cote,
Stephane Courteau,
Karl Gebhardt,
Kenneth Sembach,
Kris Stanek,
Scott Trager,
Frank vanden Bosch
(2/8);
offers made to Amy Barger and Karl Gebhardt (3/13) Offer accepted by Karl Gebhardt (4/24) |
| Washington |
(Astrobiology)
Short list made (3/6),
including
Tom Quinn; George Lake departing astronomy to join high-speed computing firm involved in biological modeling. |
| Wisconsin-Madison |
Offer made to Amy Barger, accepted (3/28)
|
| Yale |
Short list made (12/27),
including Derek Buzasi invited for visit (2/3).
(Senior Position) Offered to Meg Urry (6/29), accepted (11/13); (Junior Position) On Hold (6/29); |
| Zurich |
(ETH Experimental Astronomy Position) Short list made
including
H. Boehringer, S. Schindler, S.J. Wagner, B. Leibundgut, D. Schaerer,
J. Greiner, J. Stutzki, P. von Ballmoos, Th. Henning; (ETH Theory Position) Short list made including M. Bartelmann, P. Hoeflich, U. Seljak, P. Jetzer, M. Haehnelt, R. Brandenberger, M. Steinmetz, B. Moore |
| Amsterdam |
Short list made, including Stephen Holland (6/14)
|
| Arcetri |
Offer made to Neil Nagar, accepted (2/17)
|
| Arizona |
(SIRTF/MIPS w/Rieke) Shortlist made (2/12);
offers made, at least one accepted (2/28)
|
| Amherst/FCAD |
Short list made (1/26), including
Douglas Leonard;
Offer made to Douglas Leonard, accepted (09/13)
|
| Arcetri |
Shortlist made (2/12)
|
| ATNF |
(Bolton Fellowship)
Offer made to Tony Wong, accepted (3/7)
|
| Berkeley |
Miller Fellowship offered to Kurt Adelberger (1/17, declined 2/15),
Eugene Chiang (1/30);
Ray Jayawardhana (1/31),
accepted (5/16) (RAL) Offer made to Alberto Bolatto, accepted (3/19); (DEEP Survey w/Davis) Search postponed (05/05) |
| British Columbia |
(PDF w/Richer):
Offer made to James Brewer, accepted (3/20)
|
| Caltech |
(Prize Fellowship)
Offer made to Andrew Benson, accepted (4/8)
(w/ Ellis) Offer made to Tommaso Treu, accepted (4/8) (Theory group postdoc) Offer made to Siang peng Oh (1/17), accepted (1/26) (w/Cohen) Some rejection letters sent out (2/11); offer made to Solange Ramirez, accepted (Center for Adaptive Optics postdoc) Offer made to Michael Liu, declined (2/11) (w/ Blandford) Offer made to Leon Koopmans, accepted (2/17) (w/ Helou) Shortlist made including Charles Hoopes, Salman Hameed (2/22) (OVRO) Offer made to Kartik Sheth, accepted (3/19) |
| Cambridge |
Two offers made to HongSheng Zhao and Davide Lazzati,
both accepted (2/18);
Offer made to Simon Vaughan, accepted (3/15); (XMM Position) Offer made to Ignas Snellen, accepted (5/18); (w/ Gilmore) Offer made to Richard de Grijs (5/31), accepted (6/7) |
| Carnegie-Mellon |
(w/Nichol)
offers made to Christopher Miller, accepted (2/9) and
Roy Gal, declined (2/15)
|
| CfA |
(w/Sasselow) Offer made and accepted (1/3)
(CfA Fellowships) Offers made to (1/31) Kurt Adelberger (accepted Harvard Society position 2/15), Brad Behr (declined 2/11), Eugene Chiang, Scott Gaudi (declined), Michael Liu (declined 2/11) Mary Putman (2/8), Anthony Gonzalez (accepted 4/13) (Clay Fellowship) Shortlist of 15 made (1/30), including Vicky Kalogera, Daniel Kelson, Piotr Popowski, Dimitrios Psaltis (1/30); offer made to Vicky Kalogera, accepted (2/25) (SMA) Offer made to Charlie Qi, accepted (3/19) |
| Chandra |
Selection committee meeting held at the CfA (1/18);
several offers made (1/24);
all 5 offers have been made (2/1), including
Eric Agol (JHU->Caltech) (2/15),
David Strickland (JHU->?) (2/29)
|
| CITA |
(National Fellowship)
Offer made to Maxim Lyutikov (CITA -> McGill) (2/8);
Offer made to Stadel, accepted (? -> Victoria) (3/6);
(CITA/UofT Fellowship) Offer made to Henk Hoekstra, accepted (2/17) Offers made to Rennan Barkana (accepted 2/17) and Luis Lehner (declined 2/18); Offer made to Carlo Contaldi, accepted (3/2) |
| Colorado |
(w/ Begelman)
Offer made to Mateusz Ruszkowski (3/2), accepted (8/4); (w/ Shull) Offers made to Aparna Venkatesan and Jessica Rosenberg, both accepted (8/4) |
| Columbia |
(Cosmology Postdoc)
Offer made to Caleb Scharf, accepted (3/17)
|
| CTIO/LCO |
(w/ Suntzeff and Phillips)
Offer made to Kevin Krisciunas, accepted (10/29)
|
| Drexel |
Offer made to Fiona Hoyle, accepted (2/29)
|
| DTM |
(w/Butler) Offer made to Chris McCarthy (2/8)
|
| Edinburgh |
(SCUBA2 Project Scientist) Shortlist made including David Hughes, Rob Ivison,
and Wayne Holland (5/25); Offer made to Wayne Holland (6/8); (Astronomer/Project Scientist - OPTTCON/ELT) Short list made, including Aprajita Verma and David Clements (8/10), Offer made to David Clements, declined (10/3); (Temporary Lecturer) Short list made including Mack, Moustakas, Snellen and Vazdekis; Offer made to Ignas Snellen, accepted (08/23) |
| ESO |
Some offers made (1/4),
including one to Michael Liu, declined (2/11),
Lisa Germany (ANU/MSSSO->Chile), accepted (2/29),
Johan Fynbo (?->Germany), accepted (3/22)
|
| FCRAO |
Offer made to Ronak Shah (2/26);
Offer made to Naomi Ridge, accepted (3/15)
|
| Fermilab |
(5-year Schramm Fellowship)
Offer made to John Beacom,
accepted (4/11)
|
| Florida |
(w/ Elston)
Offer made to Gaspar Galaz (6/21),
declined (9/29); (w/ Hamann) Offer made to Bassem Sabra, accepted (08/30) |
| Gemini |
(Science fellow)
Position in Hawaii offered to Scott Fisher (1/19),
accepted; Position in Chile offered to Jim DeBuizer, accepted |
| Groningen |
(NOVA Fellowships) Offerd made to Marco Spaans and Annette
Ferguson,
both accepted (2/17)
|
| Hamburg |
(C1 Asst. Prof. - Fixed-term position)
Offer made to Norbert Christlieb,
accepted (3/30)
|
| Hawaii |
Parrent Fellowship offered to Ray Jayawardhana (1/17);
Offer made to Michael Liu, accepted (2/11);
(w/ Kaiser) Offer made to Henk Hoekstra, declined (2/17)
|
| Hubble Fellowships |
Offers made (1/28), including
Kurt Adelberger (Caltech -> Hawaii, declined 2/15),
Eugene Chiang (Caltech -> IAS, accepted 4/23)
Romeel Dave (Princeton->Arizona, accepted),
Douglas Finkbeiner (Berkeley->Berkeley, accepted),
Scott Gaudi (Ohio State -> IAS, accepted),
Amber Miller (Princeton -> Chicago, accepted),
Mary Putman (ANU/MSSSO->Colorado, accepted),
Dan Reichart (Chicago -> Caltech, accepted)
(2/8)
|
| IAS |
3 year offers made (1/17) to
Anthony Aguirre,
Xiaohui Fan,
Alex Friedland,
Joop Schaye
(1/28)
5 year offer made to Eugene Chiang, accepted (4/23) |
| Heidelberg |
(w/Grebel)
Two offers made (2/12)
|
| IGPP |
Offers made to James Robinson (1/14),
Michael Liu (declined 2/11),
Gabriela Canalizo and
Howard Cohl
(2/14)
|
| Illinois |
(BIMA postdocs)
Offer made to Ronak Shah (2/8); (Fortner Research Fellowships) Offers made to Thomas Baumgarte and Draza Markovic, both accepted (7/9) |
| Imperial |
At least one offer made (2/5)
|
| JCMT |
Fellowship offered to Herve Aussel (1/24)
|
| Leicester |
(3 year Lecturer)
Short list made (12/16),
including Christopher Tout
|
| Liverpool |
(w/Bode and Porter)
Four-person short list made (7/14)
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| Maryland |
(BIMA postdoc)
Short list made, including Ka Chun Yu (2/8)
(Kerr Fellowship) Short list made, including Ka Chun Yu (2/8), Ronak Shah (2/18), Mousumi Das (2/18); Offer made to Mousumi Das, accepted (2/18). (LMA postdoc) Offer made to Andy Gibb, accepted (3/7) (w/ Wilson) Short list made, including James Reeves (3/15) |
| Massachusetts |
(w/2Mass) Offer made to A. Conti (6/24), declined (7/10)
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| McGill |
Offer made to Mallory Roberts, accepted (4/13)
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| Michigan |
``Society of Fellows'' position offered to Ray Jayawardhana (1/22),
declined (2/1)
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| Michigan Tech |
Offer made to Stephen Holland (4/25),
declined (05/05); Offer made to Inseok Song, declined (5/11); Offer made to Dolores Perez-Ramirez, accepted (5/23) |
| Minnesota |
(w/ Skillman) Offer made and accepted (5/9); (w/ Gehrz) Offer made to Elisha Polomski (7/18) |
| MIT |
(Pappalardo Fellowship)
Shortlist made (1/30),
including
Dimitrios Psaltis; (w/ Canizares) Short list made, including James Reeves (3/15), John Arabadjis (3/25); (w/ Chakrabarty) Offer made to Duncan Galloway, accepted (5/3) |
| MPA |
Ten offers made in all areas of theoretical astrophysics (1/13),
including ones to
Eric Agol,
Mikhail Medvedev (1/26),
Mateusz Ruszkowski (3/2); Offers made to Amina Helmi, Jens Niemeyer, Sebastian Heinz, Martin Reinecke, Benedetta Ciardi, Konstantinos Kifonidis, Marcus Rampp, and Francesco Miniati, all accepted (8/15); Five-year position; offer made to Frank van den Bosch, accepted (3/6) |
| Munich |
(w/ Bender) Offer made to Mark Neeser, accepted (3/30)
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| NASA Ames |
NRC Associateship offered to Ray Jayawardhana (1/15)
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| Notre Dame |
(w/ Garnavich) Short list made (4/17);
Offer made to Stephen Holland (4/25),
accepted (5/15)
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| OCIW |
(Carnegie Fellowship)
Offer made to Paul Martini, accepted (2/10)
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| Oxford |
(Five Year Lectureship)
Short list made, including Katherine Blundell,
Alexandre Refregier, Christopher Tout, Paolo
Mazzali, HongSheng Zhao;
offer made to Blundell (4/2),
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| Penn |
(w/Ma) Short list made
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| Penn State |
(w/ Ciardullo)
Offer made to Pat Durrell, accepted (5/24); (w/ Brandt) Offer made to Franz Bauer (5/29) |
| Pittsburgh |
(w/ Connolly)
Offer made to J. Gardner, accepted (3/15); (w/Connolly) Offer made to Alberto Conti (6/26), accepted (7/10) |
| PPARC |
(Advanced Fellowships)
13 positions on offer, roughly half to astronomers and half to
particle physicists. 25 people are being interviewed,
including
Carlton Baugh,
Arjun Berrera,
Dave Clements,
Martin Haenhelt,
John Magorrin,
Frazer Pearce,
Andy Taylor
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| QMW |
(Temporary Lecturer) Offer made to Richard Nelson (6/30)
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| San Diego |
(CfAO postdoc) One offer made to Gabriela Canalizo, declined (3/9)
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| Santa Barbara |
(ITP postdoc) Two offers made (12/21),
to Kristen Miller (1/22)
and
Scott Hughes
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| Princeton |
Offer made to Licia Verde, accepted (4/17)
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| Princeton/U. Catolica |
Offer made to Pat Hall, accepted (2/11)
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| Santa Cruz |
(DEEP postdoc) Offer made to Michael Liu, declined (2/11); Offer made to Ben Weiner, accepted (5/11) |
| SAO |
(Chandra X-ray Center/Calbration Scientist) Short list made including
Richard de Grijs (5/31)
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| Socorro |
(Jansky Postdoc)
Offer made to Crystal Brogan, accepted (2/7);
Offers made to Ingrid Stairs and Henrique Schmitt,
both accepted (2/17)
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| STScI |
(STScI Fellowship)
Offer made (2/9);
(Two PDF Positions
(w/ van der Marel) Offers made to Seppo Laine and Joris Gerssen;
both accepted (2/15)
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| Swinburne |
Offer made to Sarah Maddison, accepted (2/10) Postdoc/Sys Admin offer made to David Barnes, accepted (2/10); (w/ Gibson) Short list made (7/23) including Peter Berczik, Valentin Ivanov, Daisuke Kawata, David Kornreich, Louisa Nolan (8/4); Offer made to Daisuke Kawata, accepted (8/21); (w/ Bailes) Offer made to Stephen Ord, accepted (10/14); (Royal Society Fellowship) Offer made to Michael Beasley, accepted (10/14); |
| Texas |
(McDonald Fellowship)
Offer made to Daniel Reichart (1/31),
declined (2/1);
Offer made to Brad Behr and accepted (2/11)
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| UCLA |
(Schwinger Fellowship)
Shortlist of 4 made (1/31),
including Lynn Hillenbrand (2/28) (w/ Rich) Short list made (4/25); Offer made to Stephan Holland (05/05), declined (5/9); Offer made to Ivo Saviane, accepted (5/23); (w/ Zuckerman) Offer made to Inseok Song, accepted (5/11) |
| University College, London |
(w/ Rawlings)
Offer made to Matt Redman, accepted (7/14)
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| UMASS |
(w/Wang)
Offers made to Stefan Immler and
Cornelia Lang, both accepted (2/7)
(w/ 2MASS) Offer made to Rita Kim, declined (2/17) |
| Victoria |
(w/Vandenberg) Offer made and accepted (2/7);
(w/Pritchet) Offer made to Sylvie Beaulieu, accepted (3/1)
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| Washington |
(w/ Lake)
Offer made to L. Mayer, accepted (3/6).
(w/ Lake) Offer made to J. Baker (3/6). (w/ Lake - Astrobiology) Short list made including Thommes, Weigert (3/6). (w/ Margon) Short list made including L. Homer (3/30); Offer made and accepted (4/26) (w/ Stubbs & Adelberger) Offer made to Tom Murphy, accepted (11/25) |
| Yale-U.Chile |
(Andes Fellowship)
Offer made to Ray Jayawardhana, declined (2/8);
Offer made to Francisco Castander, accepted (2/14);
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