Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Biography

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1959	Harvard University	A.B. in Physics and Chemistry
1964	University of Chicago	Ph.D. in Astrophysics
1964-65	University of Cambridge (England)	Postdoctoral Fellow
1965-66	Princeton University	Research Associate and Lecturer
1966-68	Princeton University	Assistant Professor
1968-71	Princeton University	Associate Professor
1971-	Princeton University	Professor
1979-1995	Princeton University	Chairman, Department of Astrophysical Sciences
1979-1995	Princeton University	Director, Princeton University Observatory
1982-2002	Princeton University	Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy
1982-84, 1986	Princeton University Press	Member of the Editorial Board and Trustee
1987	Harvard University	Visiting Professor
1984-85, 1987	Smithsonian Institute	Regents Fellow
1990	University of California-Berkeley	Visiting Miller Professor
1992	University of Chicago	H.D., Doctor of Science
1995-2001	Princeton University	Provost
1997-2007	American Museum of Natural History	Trustee
2001-2004	Univ. of Cambridge (England)	Plumian Professor of Astronomy & Experimental Philosophy, IoA
2002	University of Cambridge (England)	Master of Arts
2004-2005	Distinguished Visitor	Institute for Advanced Study
2005-2009	Director	Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE)
2008-2012, 2012-2016	Treasurer	US National Academy of Sciences
2012 -	Princeton University	Charles A. Young Professor Emeritus
2012 -	Princeton University	Senior Research Scholar
2012-2017	Columbia University	Professor of Astronomy

Professional Societies

1963-	American Astronomical Society
	1978-80	Councilor
	1988-89	Chairman, Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy
1966-	International Astronomical Union
	1978-81	U. S. Representative
	1988-91	Commission 48, High Energy, Vice President
	1991-94	Commission 48, High Energy, President
1974-	National Academy of Sciences
	1977-78, 1987-88, 1993	Astronomy Representative, Class Membership Committee
	1977-80	Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
	1987-91	Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources
	1992-95	Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics
	1992-95	Council Member
	1993-95	Board of Governors
	1994-95	Audit Committee
	1969-73, 1978-83, 1988-91	Executive Committee of Decennial Surveys
	2002-03	Chair, Committee to Examine the Methodology for the Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs; and Member, Panel on Quantitative Measures
	2005-10	Chair committee to perform a Data Based Assesment of Research - Doctorate Program in the United States
	2008-12, 2012-2016	Board of Governors
1975-	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1994-	Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow
1994-	American Philosophical Society
1999-	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member
2007	Royal Society (London), Foreign Member