• Place of Birth: England
  

• Married to Jing Li
  

• Present Address
  

  Institute for Astronomy
  2680 Woodlawn Drive
  Honolulu
  HI 96822
  

• Education
  

  B. Sc. (Astronomy), University of London, 1979
  M. S. (Planetary Science), California Institute of Technology, 1980
  Ph. D. (Planetary Science and Astronomy), California Institute of Technology, 1983
  

• Professional Experience
  

  Summer Student, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, 1978
  Anthony Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 1979-80
  Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 1980-83
  Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983-88
  Associate Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1988-1993
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1988-1993
  Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1993-present
  Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 1993-present
  

• Honors
  

  Regent's Medal for Excellence in Research, University of Hawaii, 1994
  Hawaii Scientist of the Year, ARCS, 1996
  Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA, 1996
  Fellow of University College London, 1998-
  Honorary Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2006-
  Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005-
  Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005-
  Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005-
  Adjunct Professor, National Central University, Taiwan, 2007-
  

• Research Interests
  

  Outer Solar System
  Solar System Formation
  Physical Properties of Comets
  Comet - Asteroid Interrelations
  Submillimeter Properties of Comets & Young Stars

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