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Kepler Team
Yoji Kondo
Co-Investigator
NASA GSFC
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Full Name: Yoji Kondo
Pen Name: Eric Kotani (Science Fiction Writers of America)
SFWA website www.sfwa.org/members/kondo
Education:
1965 Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
Professional Positions:
1998-present Co-investigator, Kepler Mission
1995-2005 Special Advisor to NASA Administrator, Daniel Goldin
1982-1997 NASA Director/Project Scientist, International
Ultraviolet Explorer
1988-1998 NASA Project Scientist, Extreme-Ultraviolet Explorer
1975- SETI* Workshop Representative from Johnson
Space Center
- First known as CETI, Communications with
the ETI, but changed to SETI, Search for the ETI, possibly
due to my comments at an earlier workshop
1978-present Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1968-1978 Astronomer, NASA Johnson Space Center
1965-1978 NAS Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center
1965 Assistant Professor in Astronomy, University
of Pennsylvania
Concurrent Appointments:
1996-present Professor, Adjuct, Catholic University of America
1995 Visiting Professor, University of La Plata,
Argentina
1994-1995 Visiting Professor, Institute of Space and
Astronautical (ISAS), Japan
1983
1989- Professor (Adjunct), George Mason University
1981-82 Consultant to Director of Astrophysics
Division, NASA HQ
1978-88 Professor (Adjunct), University of Pennsylvania
1974-77 Professor (Adjunct), Univesity of Oklahoma
1971-72 Associate Professor (Adjunct), University of
Oklahoma
1974-77 Professor (Adjunct). University of Houston
1968-74 Associate Professor (Adjunct), University of
Houston
Professional Societies:
Member, International Astronomical Union(IAU)
1994-97 President, IAU Division on Variable Stars
1991-94 President, IAU Commission 42 on Close Binary Stars
88-91 Vice President, IAU Commission 42
1985-88 President, IAU Commission 44 on Astronomy from
Space
82-85 Vice President, IAU Commission 44
Member, American Astronomical Society
1989-92 AAS Representative on U.S. National Academy of
Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of
Science
1989-92 Nominating Committee for Section D on Astronomy
Member, Committee for Space Research (COSPAR)
1985-94 IAU Representative to COSPAr Commission E
Member, International Astronautical Federation
Publications Committee, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
1995-1997
Awards and Honors:
1995 National Space Club Science Award
1990 NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
1988 Federal Design Achievement Award
-- issued with the U.S. Presidential Award for
Design Excellence (IUE)
1975 Certificate of Commendation, the Highest Honorary Award
at Johnson Space Center
Seven other honorary award from NASA and European Space Agency
Publications as of 1998 -- a complete list is available
(I) Articles in Refereed Journals 146 articles
(II) Articles in Conference Proceedings 87 articles
(III) Articles in Other Publications 32 articles
(IV) Books as editor 11 volumes
(V) Meeting Abstracts 83
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