STEVEN SOTER
PRESENT
STATUS:
Scientist-in-Residence,
Environmental Studies Program, New York University, and Research Associate,
Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, New York
EDUCATION:
B.Sci. in
Astronomy / Physics, 1965, University of California at Los Angeles
Advisors:
George Abell and Peter Goldreich
Ph.D. in
Astronomy, 1971, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Advisors:
Thomas Gold, Carl Sagan, Joseph Burns
POSITIONS:
1964 - 1966.
Research Assistant, Radio Astronomy Project, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo,
California
1966 - 1971.
Research Assistant, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
1971 - 1973.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, UC
Berkeley
1973 - 1979.
Research Associate, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell
University, and Assistant Editor, Icarus: International Journal of Solar
System Studies
1977 - 1980.
Co-Writer and Head of Research, Cosmos Television Series, KCET/Los Angeles
1980 - 1987.
Senior Research Associate, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell
University
1988 - 1997.
Assistant to the Director, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian
Institution
1988 - 2006.
Co-Director, Helike Project, Greece
1997 - 2003.
Scientist, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History
2003 - 2007.
Research Associate, Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural
History
2005 - 2007.
Scientist-in-Residence, Center for Ancient Studies, New York University