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M.S. Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1985.
B.A. Physics and Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1982.
Thesis Title: ``Photohydrodynamical Processes Near Compact Objects''
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Mitchell C. Begelman
Professional Affiliations: American Astronomical Society, Mathematical Association of America
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, College of Science, George Mason University, Spring 2006 - Fall 2009
Professor, Department of Computational & Data Sciences, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, George Mason University, Fall 2005 - Present
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Spring 2003 - Spring 2006
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fall 2000 - Spring 2003
Associate Professor, School of Computational Sciences, and Department of Physics & Astronomy, George Mason University, Fall 1997 - Fall 2005
Graduate Program Coordinator, School of Computational Sciences (formerly Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics), George Mason University, Fall 1996 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics, George Mason University, Fall 1992 - Fall 1997
NRC/NRL Cooperative Research Associate, Naval Research Laboratory, Space Science Division, September 1989 - August 1992
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Virginia, Department of Astronomy, September 1987 - August 1989
Research Assistant, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, June 1984 - August 1987
Teaching Assistant, Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences Department of the University of Colorado at Boulder, September 1982 - May 1984
NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $16,600; award period: Summer 2005.
NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $16,600; award period: Summer 2004.
NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $16,000; award period: Summer 2003.
NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $15,600; award period: Summer 2002.
NAVY/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $15,000; award period: Summer 2001.
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $12,000; award period: Summer 2000.
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Award, Peter Becker (PI); total award: $12,000; award period: Summer 1999.
NASA CGRO Cycle 4, ``OSSE Observations of Blazars,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Neil Johnson (PI); total award: $25,000; award period: 1994-1995.
NASA CGRO Cycle 4, ``Modeling of Novae: Nucleosynthesis of Gamma-Ray Emitters Observable by OSSE and COMPTEL,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Kent Wood (PI); total award: $21,000; award period: 1994-1995.
ONR Mathematical Sciences, ``Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Astrophysical X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Transients,'' Peter Becker (PI); total award: $50,000; award period 1993-1994.
NASA CGRO Phase 3, ``OSSE Observations of Blazars,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Neil Johnson (PI); total award: $36,400; award period: 1993-1994.
NASA CGRO Phase 3, ``OSSE Spectral, Timing, and Monitoring Observations of Cygnus X-1,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Mark Leising (PI); total award: $30,000; award period: 1993-1994.
NASA CGRO Phase 2, ``High-Energy Emission from Hot Accretion Disks in Active Galactic Nuclei,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Menas Kafatos (PI); total award: $84,883; award period: 1992-1993.
NASA CGRO Phase 2, ``Nucleosynthesis of Gamma-Ray Emitters Observable by OSSE and COMPTEL,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Kent Wood (PI); total award: $50,000; award period: 1992-1993.
NASA CGRO Phase 1, ``Modeling of Novae,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Kent Wood (PI); total award: $46,000; award period: 1991-1992.
NASA Astrophysical Theory, ``Modeling of Accretion Flows Onto White Dwarfs,'' Peter Becker (Co-I); Kent Wood (PI); total award: $126,100; award period: 1991-1992.
``Fourier Transform X-ray Imaging,'' 1997-1998, George Mason University (Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Assistantship), used to support CSI student Amin Jazaeri.
``New Methods for Solving Integrodifferential Equations of Radiative Transfer,'' 1997-1998, George Mason University, used to support CSI student Ben Crain.
``Fourier Transform X-ray Imaging,'' 1996-1997, George Mason University, used to support CSI student Prasad Subramanian.
``Numerical Modeling of Thermonuclear Nova Explosions,'' 1995-1996, George Mason University, used to support CSI student John Tan.
``Analytical Modeling of Self-Consistent Comptonization,'' 1994-1995, George Mason University, used to support CSI student Prasad Subramanian.
``Time-Dependent Comptonization in Impulsively-Heated Plasmas,'' 1993-1994, George Mason University, used to support CSI student Prasad Subramanian.
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