Tod R. Lauer, Curriculum Vitae


Tod R. Lauer, Astronomer
NOIRLab, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, AZ 85726
Phone: (520) 318-8290
tod.lauer@noirlab.edu

Education


Positions Held

  • 1983 - 1985: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University
  • 1986 - 1990: Research Staff Member, Princeton University
  • 1990 - 1995: Assistant Astronomer, NOAO
  • 1995 - 2008: Associate Astronomer, NOAO
  • 2008 - Present: Astronomer, NOAO

Community Service

  • Hubble Space Telescope WFPC IDT (1985-96)
  • NASA UV, Visible, and Gravitational Astrophysics Review Panel (1991)
  • IUE AGN Proposal Review Panel (1992)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Users Committee: Vice-Chair (1992-4), Chair (1994-6)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Frontiers of Space Imaging Study (1992)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 3 Galaxies and Clusters Panel (1992)
  • KPNO Time Allocation Committee (Dark) (1994-6)
  • Aaronson Prize Search Committee (1996-2002)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 7 Galaxy Cluster Panel (1996)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 7 Archive Extension Panel (1998)
  • Next Generation Space Telescope ISIM-Concept Review (1998)
  • Hubble Fellow Review Panel (1999)
  • Gemini Observatory Staff Time Allocation Committee (2002-4), Chair (2003-4)
  • Kepler Modeling and Simulation iPDR (2004)
  • Joint Dark Energy Mission Science Definition Team (2004-6)
  • Joint Dark Energy Mission Science Coordination Group (2008-9)
  • WIYN Board (2009-2016)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 18 Extragalactic Panel (2010)
  • Wide-Field Infra-Red Space Telescope Science Definition Team (2010-2012)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 19 Galaxies Panel (Chair) & TAC (2011)
  • NASA Extragalactic Database (NED) Users Committee (2011-)
  • Kepler Senior Review Blue Team (2011)
  • Kepler Senior Review Red Team (2011)
  • New Horizons Hazard Detection Team (2013-2019)
  • Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 22 Galaxy II Panel (2014)
  • New Horizons Geology and Geophysics Investigations (2015-)
  • Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics Guest Editor (2016)
  • LUVOIR Red-Team Review (2019)

Awards

  • Asteroid (3135) Lauer
  • NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement (1992)
  • AURA Award for Outstanding Science (1993)
  • AURA Award for Outstanding Science (2016)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award to New Horizons Team (2017)
  • Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics (EHT Collaboration) (2020)


Last Update on September 5, 2019