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Jeff Kuhn
Professor/Astronomer
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, USA
34 Ohia Ku St, Pukalani, Maui, HI
email: kuhn-at-ifa.hawaii.edu
phone: (808) 573-9517
PhD, physics, Princeton, 1981
M.S., physics, Princeton, 1979
B.A., physics and mathematics, Kalamazoo College, MI, 1977
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Research Expertise
| Telescopes and Optical and Infrared Instrumentation |
| Solar Magnetism, Atmosphere and Helioseismology |
| Physics of Polarized Light, Circumstellar Radiation |
| Gravitational Physics and Dynamics |
| Searching for Extrasolar Life | |
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Awards
| 2010 | Senior Humboldt Prize for scientific achievements, Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
| 1994 | Phillips Distinguished Lecturer, Haverford College, USA |
| 1986 | Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Sloan Foundation, USA |
| 1980 | Shenstone Prize, Princeton University, USA |
| 1977 | Hornbeck Prize, Kalamazoo College, USA |
Boards and Memberships
| 2016 - now | Breakthrough Foundation Watch Advisory Board |
| 2015 - now | University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, Board of Directors, member |
| 2015 - now | PLANETS Telescope Foundation. Founder and Member, Hawaii |
| 2015 - 2016 | University of Hawaii, Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee |
| 2012 - now | Colossus Ltd. Founder and Member, Canada |
| 2010 - now | Scientific Advising Committee, Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar physics, Germany |
| 2004 - now | Scientific Advising Committee, Solar and Terrestrial Research, NJIT, USA |
| 2009 - 2010 | USA Decadal Survey, Science Committee in Astrophysics, National Research Council, USA |
| 2008 | NASA Roadmap Committee, USA |
| 2007 - 2010 | Chair, International Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) Council, USA |
| 2008 - 2010 | Chair, AURA Solar Observatory Council, USA |
| 2008 - 2010 | Board of Directors, American Universities Research Association (AURA), USA |
| 2010 | International Advising Committee Korean Astronomy, KASI, South Korea |
| 2000 | Decadal Survey, Solar and Space Physics Committee, National Research Council, USA |
| 1981 - now | International Astronomical Union |
| 1981 - now | American Astronomical Society |
| 1981 - now | American Physical Society |
Previous Appointments
| 2014/07 | Senior Visiting Researcher, Lyon University, France |
| 2014/06 | Senior Visiting Researcher, NAOJ, Japan |
| 2010/07 | Visiting Researcher, University of Nice, France |
| 2010/08 - 2011/07 | Humboldt Prize Visiting Researcher, KIS, Freiburg, Germany |
| 2009/01 - 2009/06 | Visiting Professor, ETH Zurich, Institute of Astronomy, Switzerland |
| 2008/06 - 2008/07 | Visiting Researcher, University of Paris, Sud, France |
| 2007/04 - 2007/05 | Visiting Researcher, ETH Zurich, Institute of Astronomy, Switzerland |
| 2000 - 2011 | Director, Institute for Astronomy/Maui, University of Hawaii, USA |
| 1997/08 - now | Professor/Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, HI, USA |
| 1993/01 - 1998/07 | Astronomer, National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM, USA |
| 1992/09 - 1999/08 | Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, MI, USA |
| 1990/09 - 1990/11 | Faculty Research Fellow, National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM, USA |
| 1990/03 - 1990/05 | Visiting Research Associate, Institute Theor. Physics, Santa Barbara, USA |
| 1986/09 - 1992/08 | Associate Professor, Physics & Astron., Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, USA |
| 1982/09 - 1886/08 | Assistant Professor, Physics, Princeton University, USA |
| 1981/09 - 1982/09 | Instructor, Physics, Princeton University, USA |
| 1981/01 - 1981/09 | Lecturer, Physics, Princeton University, USA |
| 1979/06 - 1981/01 | PhD student (advisor R.H. Dicke), Princeton University, USA |
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