CURRENT POSITION:

CURRENT ADDRESS:

email: neffj@cofc.edu ....... office: 843-953-5325 ....... fax: 843-953-4824

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. Astrophysics, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1987
• M.S. Astrophysics, U. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1985
• B.S. Physics & Astronomy (double major), U. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1982

GRANTS and CONTRACTS: Investigator on over 150 research programs sponsored by NASA, NSF, STScI, NOAO, ESA, and others. Over $2 million has been awarded for those programs on which I am the Principal Investigator.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: (1) stellar chromospheres and coronae; solar-stellar and solar-terrestrial connections; plasma astrophysics (2) circumstellar matter in protoplanetary systems; (3) local interstellar medium; (4) high-resolution spectroscopy; coordinated space-based and ground-based multiwavelength observing campaigns; robotic telescopes

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: (1) College of Charleston: "Introductory Astronomy", a 2-semester lecture and laboratory course. "Energy Production" (junior level; includes lab). "Stellar Astronomy & Astrophysics" (junior-level). "Experimental Astronomy" (junior/senior level). "Astrophysics" (senior level). "Energy Production and Resource Management", a graduate course in Environmental Studies. "Research Seminar" (junior-level). Supervised about 50 Independent Study Research Courses and Senior Theses. (2) State University of New York: Taught "Introduction to the Solar System" and "The Search For Life in the Universe". (3) Bucknell University: Instructor for 2 Physics and 1 Astronomy laboratory courses. Supervised 5 undergraduate teaching assistants. Guest lectures in Light and Vision course. (4) Penn State University: Guest lectures in graduate Stellar Atmospheres course, taught the undergraduate Honors Seminar, and supervised Independent Research courses. (5) University of Colorado and University of Iowa: Instructor for 4 Physics laboratory classes and for 8 Astronomy laboratory classes and Tutor in math, physics, astronomy, and chemistry. (6) Thesis Advisor for one Ph.D. and two undergraduate Honors thesis. Provided financial support and scientific supervision for over 30 student research assistants. (7) Presented 30 colloquia and invited review talks at international meetings. Trip leader for solar eclipse expedition; presented many public lectures and observatory public nights.

ACADEMIC SERVICE: College of Charleston: Faculty Advisory Committee to the President; President's Information Technology Council; Faculty Educational Technology Committee; Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness Committee (Subcommittee Chair for Departmental Assessments); Biology Chair Search Committee; CofC/UVI Steering Committee; Environmental Institute Committee; Observatory Manager; Miscellaneous Departmental Committees. Penn State University: Chair, Black Moshannon Observatory Operations Committee (chair); Observatories Committee. University of Colorado: Internal Review Team for Physics Dept. Program Review, Graduate Student/Faculty Liaison. University of Iowa: Chapter President, Society of Physics Students

HONORS AND AWARDS: "Distinguished Research Award", College of Charleston (2003); "In Praise of Teaching" honoree, College of Charleston (2002); Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century; NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; Sigma Pi Sigma; U. of Colorado Graduate Fellowship; U. of Iowa Honors Scholarship; State of Iowa Scholarship; Maytag Foundation Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Panel Member, Review of NASA Astrophysics Research and Data Analysis Program, 2010-2011; NASA Origins of Solar Systems proposal review; three NASA FUSE review panels (and panel chair); two NASA CHANDRA review panels (and vice-chair); two NASA IUE review panels; NASA UV, Visible, and Gravitational Astrophysics Research \& Analysis review panel; NASA Orfeus/SPAS~II review panel; NASA EUVE review panel; NASA Astrophysics Data Program review panel; NASA Long-Term Space Astrophysics review panel; NSF Stellar Astrophysics Review Panel; NSF Star-Planet Interactions Review Panel; NSF Ad Hoc reviews; Journal Referee for Astrophysical Journal, ApJ Letters, Astronomical Journal, Astronomy \& Astrophysics, American Journal of Physics, Astronomische Nachrichten; National Solar Observatory Telescope Allocation Committee; Scientific Advisory Committee, Hobby-Ebberly Telescope; IAU Working Group for Multiwavelength Astrophysics; Local Organizing Committee, AAS High-Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting (Chair), 1999; Local Organizing Committee and Scientific Organizing Committee (Co-Chair), 4th SONG Workshop, 2011; Scientific Organizing Committee, 2nd MUSICOS Workshop

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

• American Astronomical Society
• International Astronomical Union
• American Physical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Association of Physics Teachers
• South-Atlantic Coast Section of AAPT
• Royal Astronomical Society
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• South Carolina Academy of Science

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

• Program Director, Stellar Astronomy \& Astrophysics, National Science Foundation, August 2013 - present.
• Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, College of Charleston, August 2007 - present.
• NCAR Advanced Study Program Faculty Fellow, High Altitude Observatory, July 2010 - February 2011.
• Visiting Fellow, Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, summer 2005 and March-May 2011.
• Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, College of Charleston, August 2001 - July 2007.
• Summer Faculty Fellow, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, June-August 2003.
• Summer Faculty Fellow, Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, June-August 1999, June-August 2000.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, College of Charleston, August 1997 - August 2001.
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, State University of New York at Stony Book, January - August 1997.
• Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Physics, Bucknell University, August - December 1996.
• Research Associate and member of the Graduate Faculty, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University, April 1991 - December 1996.
• NAS/NRC Research Fellow, Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1988 - 1991.
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, U. of Colorado and National Bureau of Standards, 1987 - 1988.
• Graduate Research Assistant, (working with Prof. J. L. Linsky), Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics; and Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, U. of Colorado, Summer 1983; 1984 - 1987.
• Graduate Research Assistant, (working with Prof. T. W. Speiser), Dept. of Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, U. of Colorado, and NOAA Space Environment Laboratory, 1983 - 1984.
• Teaching Assistant, Astro-Geophysics Dept., U. of Colorado, 1982 - 1983.
• Tutor, U. of Colorado, 1982 - 1987.
• Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, U. of Iowa, 1981 - 1982.
• Observing Assistant, U. of Iowa Observatory, 1980 - 1981.
• Laboratory Technician, Space Physics Computing Center, U. of Iowa, 1979 - 1982.