CURRICULUM VITAE

Larry R. Nittler

• Address:
  
  • Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
    5241 Broad Branch Road NW
    Washington DC, 20015
    e-mail: lrn@dtm.ciw.edu
    WWW: http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/lrn/
    phone: (202) 478-8460, Fax: (202) 478-8821
    
  
  
• Born:
  
  • January 17, 1969
    Denver, Colorado
  
  
• Education:
  
  • Ph.D. in Physics, December 1996
    Washington University, St. Louis, MO
    
    
  • B.A. in Physics, 1991
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
    
  
  
• Employment:
  
  • Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington, March 2001--present
    
  • Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, March, 1999-- Februrary, 2001
    
  • Postdoctoral Fellow,Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1996-1999
  • Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1996-1997; 2001--present
    
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Washington University Physics, 1991--1992
  • Research Assistant,Cornell University, 1990-1991
  
  
• Honors and Awards:
  • Antarctic Service Medal, 2005
  • Asteroid 5992 (1981 DZ) named Nittler by International Astronomical Union, 2002
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (as part of NEAR team), 2002
  • Nier Prize of the Meteoritical Society, 2001
  • Carnegie Fellowship 1996-1999
  • NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship, 1994--1996
  • Meteoritical Society Student Travel Award, 1995
  • McDonnell Graduate Fellowship, 1992-1994
  • Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Washington University, 1992
  • Distinction in All Subjects, Cornell University, 1991
  
  
• Professional Societies:
  
  • Meteoritical Society
  • American Physical Society
  • Geochemical Society
  • American Astronomical Society