Curriculum Vitae: Joseph B. Gurman

Current Employment

· Astrophysicist, Solar Physics Branch, Laboratory for  Solar and Space Physics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Education

· A.B. (mcl), Harvard College, 1972

· M.S., University of Colorado, 1974

· Ph. D., University of Colorado, 1979

Professional Activities

· U.S. Project Scientist for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (1998 - )

· U.S. Deputy Project Scientist for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (1996 - 1998)

· Co-Investigator, Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) on SOHO (1989 - ), responsible for ground operations, analysis software, data archiving and dissemination

· Project Scientist, Solar Maximum Mission (1986-1989)

· Experiment Manager, SMM UVSP (1986-1989)

· Science Team Member, Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter (UVSP) on the Solar Maximum Mission (1979-1989)

· Facility Scientist, Solar Data Analysis Center / SMM Data Analysis Center (1981-)

· Project Manager for the Virtual Solar Observatory (2003 - )

Research Interests

· Solar and stellar chromospheres, transition regions, and coronae

· Coronal structures in open and closed field regions; polar microjets; coronal mass ejections

· Sunspots: structure, oscillations, magnetic field

Community service

· Sun-Earth Connections Advisory Subcommittee (

· Editorial Board, Solar Physics (2001 –2005)

· Solar sub-panel, decadal survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (1998 – 2000)

· National Optical Astronomical Observatories Observatories Visiting Committee (1998 – 2002)

Other Relevant Experience

· Science planning, command generation, and scientific data data analysis software for an orbiting solar physics experiment

· Planning and operating a data analysis facility for multiple, operational solar physics missions