Jonathan Williams

Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
phone: 808-956-8335
fax: 808-956-4604
email: jpw@ifa.hawaii.edu


Education:

1990 -- 1995 Ph. D., Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley
1988 -- 1990 M.A., Astronomy, University of California at Berkeley
1985 -- 1988 B.A., Mathematics, Cambridge University, England

Professional Experience:

2006 -- present Associate Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii
2003 -- 2008 Site director, Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), IfA
2002 -- 2006 Assistant Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, Univ. of Hawaii
2000 -- 2002 Assistant Professor, University of Florida
1999 -- 2000 Jansky Fellow, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Tucson
1995 -- 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
1990 -- 1995 Research Assistant, UC Berkeley

Research Interests:

submillimeter observational astronomy, interferometry
star formation and protoplanetary disks
the molecular interstellar medium

Honors and Awards:

2001 -- 2006 NSF CAREER awardee
1999 -- 2000 NRAO Jansky fellow
1988 -- 1991 The Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate study
1986 -- 1988 Scholarship, Queens' College, Cambridge University
1985 -- 1986 Entrance Exhibition, Queens' College, Cambridge University

Professional Service:

External
JCMT Board member, 2003 - 2006, 2008 - present
CSO Time Allocation Committee, 2002 - 2006, 2008 - present
SMA Advisory Committee, 2003 - present
ALMA Science Advisory Committee, 2007 - 2008
ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee, 2005 - 2008 (Chair, 2006-2007)
AAS Committee for the Status of Minorities in Astronomy, 2002-2007
SOC, The birth and feedback of massive stars, within and beyond the Galaxy, 2008
SOC, Transformational Science with ALMA: through disks to stars and planets, 2007
SOC, From Stars to Planets conference, 2007
Panelist for NSF, NASA, HST, NRAO, and NOAO proposal/telescope committees 2000 -
Participant in AAS Congressional Visits Day, 2001
Referee for ApJ, A&A, MNRAS, Nature, Science
Editor of the Test Bank for The Cosmic Perspective (Addison-Wesley)

Internal
University Research Council, 2008 -
Faculty Advisory Committee, 2006 -
Faculty Review Committee, 2006 -
Graduate Admissions Committee, 2004 - 2006 (Chair, 2006)
Qualifying Exam Committee, 2005 - 2006
Telescope Time Allocation Committee, 2003 - 2005

Teaching:

2004 -- 2008 Astronomy 622, ``The Interstellar Medium'', Hawaii
2006 Geology 669, ``Formation of Solar Systems'', Hawaii
2005 Astronomy 110, ``Survey of Astronomy'', Hawaii
2003 Astronomy 739, ``Sub-millimeter Astronomy'', Hawaii
2001 Astronomy 6336, ``The Physics of the Interstellar Medium'', Florida
2000 -- 2002 Astronomy 1002, ``Discovering the Universe'', Florida
2000 Astronomy 3019, ``General Astronomy II (for Majors)'', Florida
1994 Astronomy 9, ``Star Formation'', Berkeley

Student advising:

Graduate:
2007 -- present Geoff Matthews
2006 -- present Rita Mann, PhD (expected 2010)
2007 -- 2008 Chris Beaumont, first year project, "A Multi-Wavelength Exploration of the Bubbling Galactic Disk"
2003 -- 2007 Sean Andrews, PhD, "Submillimeter Constraints on the Evolution of Circumstellar Disks" (→ Hubble fellow at CfA)
2003 -- 2006 Sandrine Bottinelli, PhD, "Pre-biotic Molecules in the Hot Corinos of Solar-type Protostars" (→ eSMA postdoc at Leiden → faculty at Toulouse)
2000 -- 2004 Catherine Garland, PhD, "The Neutral Interstellar Medium in Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies" (→ faculty at Castleton State)

Undergraduate:
2007 REU mentor Hawaii, Dylan Nelson, UC Berkeley (→ Harvard)
2004 REU mentor Hawaii, Meredith Hughes, Yale (→ Harvard)
2003 REU mentor Hawaii, Audra Hernandez, Colorado (→ Florida)
2001 USP mentor Florida, Helene Flohic, Florida (→ Penn State)
1999 REU mentor NRAO, Sean Andrews, Northwestern (→ Hawaii)