VITA -- BARRY L. LUTZ

PERSONAL: 

Born January 2, 1944.   U.S. citizen

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Princeton University, 1968 (astrophysical sciences specialty: atomic and molecular  physics).

B.S., (magna cum laude), Lebanon Valley College, 1965 (physics).

CURRENT POSITION:

1992-              Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University

1991-               Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

1977-1991       Astronomer, Lowell Observatory

1971-1977       Senior Research Associate, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1970-1971       Research Astronomer, Lick Observatory, and Board of Studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California at Santa Cruz

1968-1970       Postdoctorate Fellow, Division of Pure Physics, National Research Council of Canada

ADJUNCT POSITIONS:

1988-1991       Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University

1983-1986       Adjunct Professor of Physics, Arizona State University

1981-1983       Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, Arizona State University

1974-1981       Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook

1971-1974       Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University New York at Stony Brook

Ph.D. DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED

Interstellar Diatomic Carbon and the Cygnus OB2 Association, by Steven Peter Souza, State University of New York at Stony Brook, December 1979

Search for Minor Constituents in the near Infrared Spectra of Titan, Uranus, and Neptune, by Robert Gerard Danehy, State University of New York at Stony Brook May 1982 (co-director)

CONSULTANTSHIPS AND VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS

January-June 1990    Visiting Scholar, Departments of Physics & Astronomy: University of California, Berkeley

October 1980           University of Dijon

March-April 1979     Observatoire de Meudon

August-Sept 1974      Princeton University Observatory

January 1973              Kitt Peak National Observatory

ACADEMIC COMMITTEES

University:

Faculty & Staff Annual Fund (Co-Chair 1999-2000)

Senate Council Planning and Budget  (1999-)

College of Health Professions, Dental Hygiene Chair Search (1998-2000)

NAU Council of Chairs Executive Committee (1997-2000)

College of Engineering Master of Engineering Planning Committee (1996-97)

Administrative Committee for CoFS rewrite (1997)

NCAA Accreditation Self-Study Committee (1996-97)

University Community Development Committee (1996-)

College of Engineering’s CSE/EE Chair Search Committee (1995-96)

College of Engineering’s ME Chair Search Committee (1994-95)

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (1992-95)

Faculty Senate Budget Review Committee (1992-93)

President's Council on Economic Development (1991-95)

College:

A & S Graduate Education Committee (2000- )

A & S Systems Support Analyst, Sr. Searches (Chair 1998-99)

A & S Technology Task Force (Chair 1997-)

Coordinating Council for Science and Mathematics Education (1996-97)

College Budget Review Committee (1992-93)

Promotion and Tenure Committee (1991-92)

Math Chair Search Committee (1991-92)

Department:

Committee on Faculty Status (1991-92)

Committee on Evaluation Procedures (1991-92)

Graduate and Curriculum Committee (Chair, 1991-92)

Organized Research Evaluation Committee (Chair, 1991-92)

NSF AND NASA TEAMS AND COMMITTEES:

NASA Discovery Mission Peer Review Panel (1994, 1997, 1998)

NSF ILI Peer Review Panel (1996)

Jupiter-Shoemaker Levy 9 Collision Proposal Review Panel (1993)

EUVE Peer Review Committee, Solar System Panel (1993)

Hubble Space Telescope Proposal Review (Chair, Solar System Panel 1993)

Planetary Astronomy Peer Review Panel (1991-92)

Planetary Astronomy Management Operation Working Group (1985-96)

Astro-Halley Science Team (1984-86)

IUE Peer Review Committee, Solar System Panel (1984; 1985, Chair 1987-89; 1991, 1993)

Infrared Experiments Working Group on Remote Sensing in Planetary Atmospheres (1980-81)

Committee on Laboratory Spectroscopy in Planetary Atmospheres (1975)

EXTERNALLY FUNDED PROPOSALS SINCE 1991

NAU/NASA Space Grant (NASA Statewide consortium through UA, Principal Investigator for NAU; Associate Director, of Statewide Consortium) 1993-2001. Total NAU Award $693,082.

X-Ray Processing of Cometary Ice Mixtures (NASA Origins Program, Co-Investigator 1999-2002) Total NAU Award $105,000.

Solar System Spectroscopy (NASA Planetary Astronomy Program, NAGW-2811, Principal Investigator) 1991-1997. Total NAU Award: $386,499.

Research in Planetary Astronomy: New Faculty Position at NAU (NASA Planetary Astronomy Program, NAGW- 3847, Principal Investigator, Project Creator/Monitor) 1993-1997 Total NAU Award:  $210,240.

Physical and Chemical Processes in Dense Interstellar Clouds (Hubble Space Telescope Program, GO-02415.04-87A, Multi-institution consortium, Principal Investigator on NAU grant, Co-Investigator on Consortium Grant) 1994-1997. Total NAU Award: $20,788.

Planetary Watch (NASA Education Division, NGT-010015, Principal Investigator) 1994-1997.            Total NAU Award:   $100,000.

Research in Origins of Solar Systems: New faculty Position at NAU (NASA Origins of Solar System Program, NAGW-4243, Principal Investigator) 1994-1998.  Total NAU Award:   $210,240.

AIMER: A Mobile Computer Classroom for Outreach to Native American Reservation Public Schools (INTEL Corporation, Principle Investigator) 1995. Total NAU Award: $30,000.

Solar Irradiance Network (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies High School Outreach/Research Program, a nation-wide consortium, Principal Investigator on NAU Contract, Research Partner on consortium grant) 1995- 1997. Total NAU Award: $24,000.

Aiming At Science (Eisenhower Program, Arizona Board of Regents Grant, Principal Investigator).  1998.  Total Award $49,880.

INTERNALLY FUNDED PROPOSALS SINCE 1991

Unix Server Request for Arts and Sciences (Academic Computer Service Steering Committee Award, proposal author) 1998.  Total NAU Award: Two E450 Sun Servers.

Software for the Physics & Astronomy Computing Laboratories (Academic Computer Services Steering Committee Award, Principle Investigator 1997).   Total NAU Award $20,861.

Computer-Based Introductory Mechanics Laboratories for the Department of Physics and Astronomy (Academic Computing Steering Committee Award, Principle Investigator) 1992.  Total NAU Award: $50,000.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Astronomical Society

Division for Planetary Sciences (Executive Committee 1987-90)

American Geophysical Union

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

International Astronomical Union

Society of Sigma Xi (President Elect of NAU Chapter 1991-92; President 1992-93; Past President 1993-94)

In addition, Dr. Lutz has about 90 publications in refereed journals and more than 100 abstracts of conference presentations.

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