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Anita L. Cochran

Astronomy Department -- University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
(anita@astro.as.utexas.edu)

EDUCATION: B.A., May 1976, Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
M.A., May 1979, Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Ph.D., December 1982, Astronomy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. (Dissertation: 'The Chemical Evolution of the Coma of Comet P/Stephan-Oterma." Advisors: Dr. H.J. Smith and Dr. E.S. Barker)
  
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES:
American Astronomical Society
Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
  
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Director, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, January 2004 to present.
Team Member, CONTOUR Mission (NASA Discovery Program), November 1997 to December 2002.
Sr. Research Scientist, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, September, 2001 to present.
Research Scientist, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, September, 1987 to August, 2001.
Lecturer, Astronomy Department, The University of Texas at Austin, January 1983 to June 1983; September 1993 to January 1994; September 1997 to January 1998, September 2000 to January 2001, Summer 2003.
Team Member, Imaging Science Subsytem, NASA Comet Rendezvous-Asteroid Flyby (CRAF) Mission, October, 1986 to June 1992.
Research Scientist Associate IV, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, December, 1986 to August, 1987.
Research Scientist Associate III, McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin, December, 1984 to November, 1986.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin, January, 1983 to December, 1984.
  
SERVICE:
Associate Editor, Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, January 2001 to Present.
Harlow Shapley Lecturer for the American Astronomical Society.
Member, NOAO TAC panels for Solar System and Surveys, 1999 to 2001.
Advisor to the Planetary Data System Small Bodies Node, 1998 to present.
Member, Dannie Heineman Prize Committee, 1997--1999 (Chair 1999).
Chair, Local Organizing Committee--American Astronomical Society meeting, held January 1999 in Austin, TX.
Member, Origins of Solar Systems, MOWG, NASA, March 1998--present.
Member, US National Committee-IAU, January 1997-December 1999.
Chair, Editor Search Committee, Icarus, 1997.
Past-Chair, Division for Planetary Sciences of the AAS, October 1996-August 1997.
Chair, Division for Planetary Sciences of the AAS, November 1995-October 1996.
Vice-Chair, Division for Planetary Sciences of the AAS, November 1994-October 1995.
Council Member, American Astronomical Society, June 1992-June 1995.
Member, NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee, June 1995-March 1996.
Member, National Research Council's Task Group on the BMDO New Technology Orbiting Telescope, September 1994-present.
Member, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX), a standing committee of the National Research Council, July 1990-July 1993.
Committee Member, Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, November 1989-November 1992.
Member, Panel on the Status of the Profession, Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, July 1989-May 1990.
Member, Panel on Planetary Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee, July 1989-May 1990.
Co-Chair, Local Orgainizing Committee, 20th Annual Division For Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society Meeting, held in Austin, October 30, 1988-November 3, 1988.