Kaspar von Braun -- Education / Academic Appointments

Curriculum Vitae

10/2014 -- present: Adjunct Scientist, Lowell Observatory

10/2012 -- 10/2014: Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg (Lisa Kaltenegger's group)

3/2007 -- 2012: Staff Scientist, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology

2/2011 -- present: Adjunct Senior Lecturer, James Cook University

2006 -- 3/2007: Postdoctoral Scholar, Michelson Science Center / IPAC, California Institute of Technology (with Gerard van Belle and David Ciardi)

2002 - 2005: Carnegie Fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington / Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism (with Sara Seager)

2004: NASA Astrobiology Institute Fellow (CIW/DTM)

2003/2004: NASA Associate (CIW/DTM)

2003/2004: NSF Associate (CIW/DTM)

1994 - 2002: Astronomy Graduate Education at the Astronomy Department, University of Michigan;

• Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics 2002 -- A Search for Eclipsing Binary Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters -- Advisor: Mario Mateo.
• M.Sc. Astronomy in 1996.

1993/1994: Research Intern: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE)

1991 - 1994: Physics Undergraduate Education at the University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich); Vordiplom Physik (Physics) in 1993.

last updated: October 30, 2014