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CURRICULUM VITÆ Donald C. Backer
CURRICULUM VITÆ
Donald C. Backer
Birth:
1943 November 9 Plaineld, NJ, USA
Professional Preparation:
B.S.E.P., Cornell University, 1966
M.Sc., University of Manchester, 1968
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971
Appointments:
Professor, Department of Astronomy, 1989-present
Research Astronomer, Radio Astronomy Laboratory,
1975present
Acting Chair, Dept. of Astronomy, 1998-1999
Vice Chair, 1999-2001; Chair, 2002-2006
Address:
Astronomy Department
601 Campbell Hall
University of California
Berkeley 94720-3411
dbacker@astro.berkeley.edu
http://astro.berkeley.edu/dbacker
510-642-5128 (phone); 510-642-3411 (fax)
Memberships:
American Astronomical Society (AAS)
International Scientic Radio Union (URSI)
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Recent Awards:
2003 Jansky Lecturer, NRAO
LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
D. C. Backer & R. A. Sramek Proper Motion of the Compact, Nonthermal Radio Source in the
Galactic Center, Sagittarius A 1999, ApJ, 524, 805.
D.C. Backer, T. Wong, & J. Valanju A Plasma Prism Model for an Anomalous Dispersion Event
in the Crab Pulsar 2000, ApJ, 543, 740.
A.N. Lommen & D.C. Backer Using Pulsars to Detect Massive Black Hole Binaries via Gravita-
tional Radiation: Sagittarius A and Nearby Galaxies 2001, ApJ, 562, 297.
G.C. Bower, H. Falcke, R.J. Sault & D.C. Backer The Spectrum and Variability of Circular
Polarization in Sagittarius A* from 1.4 to 15 GHz 2002, ApJ, 571, 843.
B.D.G. Chandran & D.C. Backer Radio-Wave Propagation Through a Medium Containing
Electron-Density Fluctuations Described by an Anisotropic Goldreich-Sridhar Spectrum 2002,
ApJ
, 576, 176.
G.C. Bower, M.C.H. Wright, H. Falcke, & D.C. Backer Interferometric Detection of Linear Po-
larization from Sagittarius A* at 230 GHz 2003, ApJ, 588, 331.
A.H. Jae & D.C. Backer Gravitational Waves Probe the Coalescence Rate of Massive Black
Holes 2003, ApJ, 583, 616.
P. Demorest et al. Orientations of Spin and Magnetic Dipole Axes of Pulsars in the J0737-3039
Binary Based on Polarimetry Observations at the Green Bank Telescope 2004, ApJ, 615,
L137.
E.M. Splaver, et al. Masses, Parallax, and Relativistic Timing of the PSR J1713+0747 Binary
System 2005, ApJ, 620, 405.
R. Ramachandran, P. Demorest, D. C. Backer, I. Cognard & A. Lommen Interstellar Plasma
Weather Eects in Long-Term Multifrequency Timing of Pulsar B1937+21 2006, ApJ, 645,
303.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Recent Professional Service:
NRAO Users Committee, 19951997; Chair 1997
URSI/USNC Commission J, Chair 1997-1999
NAIC Visiting Committee, 1999-2001, Chair 2001
NRAO Program Advisory Committee, 1999-2005
NAS/NRC Committee on Radio Frequencies,
Chair 2001-2003
NAS/NRC Committee on Astron. & Astrophys.
2004-
NSF Senior Review Panel 2005-2006
Meetings (co-)organized:
Texas Symposium, 1996 Chicago : PSR Session
URSI/USNC Commission J, 1997 Montreal;
1998, 1999 Boulder
WorkShop on Pulsar Instrumentation:
1998 Dec & Jan, Berkeley
Revealing the Molecular Universe:
(Jack Welch Retirement)
2005 Sep, Berkeley COLLABORATORS, STUDENTS, ADVISORS
My principal collaborators over the past 10 y have been:
S. Anderson, J. Arons, W. Becker, G.
Bower, R. Bradley, F. Camilo, B. Chandran, J. Cordes, S. Doeleman, H. Falcke, A. Jae, V. Kaspi,
M. Kramer, S. Kulkarni, A. Lyne, D. Nice, R. Ramachandran, S. Ramson, A. Rogers, R. Sramek, I.
Stairs, Z. Arzoumanian
Graduate students recent, past & present:
Georey Bower, Paul Demorest, Roger Foster, Andrea
Lommen, Aaron Parsons, Shauna Sallmen, & Tony Wong.
Postdocs & research scientists:
A. Fruchter & A. Zepka; Long term visitor: M. Kramer, Otto Hahn
Fellowship (1997-1998); I. Cognard (2001); R. Ramachandran (2002-05)
My graduate supervisors were:
M. Sc. H. P. Palmer (Manchester; dec.), and Ph.D. F. D.
Drake (Cornell). My postdoctoral supervisors were: D. S. Heeschen (NRAO) and T. A. Clark
(NASA/GSFC).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
L&S Executive Committee
Campbell Replacement Committee (M. Richards) 1999-2000
Campbell Replacement Committee (Webster I) 2000-2001
Campbell Replacement Committee (Webster II) 2002-2003
Campbell Replacement Committee Summer 2005
Campbell Replacement Committee (Koshland) 2005-2006
Physics Space Planning Committee (P. Richards) 2003-04
PS Deans Cosmology Initiative Committee, Chair 2004
Acting Chair, Department of Astronomy 1998-1999
Chair, Department of Astronomy 2002-2006
Radio Astronomy Laboratory Advisory Committee 1980-present
Allen Telescope Array Board 2005-present
Berkeley Astrophysics & Cosmology Institute executive committee 2005-present
Center for Astronomical Signal Processing & Engineering Research founding member
2005-
present