Curriculum Vitae - John Tonry
Education:
- 1980
- Harvard University, Ph.D., Physics
- 1976
- Harvard University, M.A., Physics
- 1975
- Princeton University, A.B., Mathematics, magna cum laude
- 1971
- Phillips Exeter Academy
Positions Held:
- 1997
- Professor, University of Hawaii
- 1996
- Full Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1990
- Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1985
- Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1982
- Bantrell Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology
- 1980
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study
- 1978
- Research Assistant (with M. Davis), Harvard University
- 1975
- Teaching Assistant, Harvard University
Fellowships and Awards:
- 2011
- Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to High-z Supernova Team colleagues Brian Schmidt and Adam Reiss for the discovery of Dark Energy by the collaboration
- 2007
- Gruber Foundation Award (shared with High-z team)
- 2004
- UH Regents Medal for Research Excellence
- 2004
- ARCS Foundation Award
- 1991
- MIT Buechner Teaching Prize
- 1989
- Presidential Young Investigator Award
- 1986
- Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
- 1982
- Caltech Bantrell Fellowship
- 1975
- NSF Graduate Fellowship
Professional Service:
- 2001
- STScI Space Telescope Institute Committee
- 1998
- CFHT Science Advisory Committee
- 1995
- AURA Committee: ``HST and Beyond''
- 1995
- US Gemini SAC
- 1992
- MDM Observatory Consortium Representative
- 1987
- NOAO visiting committee
Professional Societies:
- International Astronomical Union
- American Astronomical Society
- Phi Beta Kappa