Christopher W. Mauche

Contact Information	Professional Position	Education	Professional Affiliations
Professional Activities	Research Interests	Personal	On the Web
Publications	Published Abstracts	Approved Proposals	References

Contact Information

Christopher W. Mauche

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
L-473, 7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA 94550

phone: (925) 422-7017
fax: (925) 423-2260

www: http://www-phys.llnl.gov/Staff/MaucheChris/
e-mail: mauche@cygnus.llnl.gov

Professional Position

Physicist
Astrophysics Group
V Division (High-Energy-Density Physics and Astrophysics)
Physics and Advanced Technologies Directorate
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University, Department of Physics, 1987
M.A., Harvard University, Department of Physics, 1984
B.S., Highest Honors, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Physics & Astronomy, 1981

Professional Affiliations and Honors

Member, American Physical Society
Member, American Astronomical Society
Member, International Astronomical Union
Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Member, American Association of Variable Star Observers

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Guest Observer Award: "GO with Longest and Heaviest Mission Involvement," 2001
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Guest Observer Award: "Most Approved GO Proposals," 2001
XMM Team Achievement Award, 2000
Visiting Senior Fellow, Physics Department, Keele University, 1998
Recipient, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship Award, 1987 (declined)
Recipient, Sherman Raftenberg Award: "Outstanding academic achievement in Astronomy," 1981
Recipient, Stony Brook Foundation Award: "Outstanding academic achievement," 1981
Recipient, Ward Melville Valedictorian Award: "The highest academic average during four years at Stony Brook," 1981

Professional Activities

GALEX Guest Investigator, 2004
XMM Guest Investigator, 1999
FUSE Guest Investigator, 1998
Chandra Guest Investigator, 1998, 2000-2005
ORFEUS Guest Investigator, 1993 & 1996
ASCA Guest Investigator, 1993 & 1994
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Guest Investigator, 1992-1998, 2000
Hubble Space Telescope Guest Investigator, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2003, & 2004
ROSAT Guest Investigator, 1990 & 1991
International Ultraviolet Explorer Guest Investigator, 1986-1993

Chandra Users Group, 2005-
Astro-E2 Guest Observer Program Peer Review, 2004
Chandra Fellowship Review Comittee, 2004
Astro-E Guest Observer Program Peer Review, 1999
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Committee, 1999-2001
Chandra Guest Observer Program Peer Review, 1998, 2001
ASCA Users Group, 1995-1999
ASCA US/Japan Program Merging Meeting, 1995-1999
ASCA Guest Observer Program Peer Review, 1993-1999
NASA Astrophysics Data Program Peer Review, 1991 & 1992
GINGA Guest Investigator Program Peer Review, 1991
Voyager Science Support Center Peer Review, 1991
ROSAT Guest Observer Program Peer Review, 1991

Research Interests

Ultraviolet through X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas
Accretion Processes in Cataclysmic Variables, X-ray Binaries, and AGN
Winds of Cataclysmic Variables and Early-Type Stars
Interstellar Medium
SS Cygni

Personal

Born: Elmira, New York; June 2, 1958.

Spouse: Judith A. Habicht Mauche, Professor of Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz

1091 Glen Brook Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
phone: (408) 293-6369

On the Web

Astronomy Picture of the Day: X-ray Rainbows [9/28/02]
Chandra Press Room: Chandra Pinpoints Edge of Accretion Disk Around Black Hole [5/7/01]
Chandra Chronicles: Backyard Astronomers Trigger Multi-Satellite Observing Campaign on SS Cygni [1/19/01]
Chandra Chronicles: Amateur and Professional Astronomers Team Up for Chandra Observations of SS Cygni [9/14/00]
EUVE Science Highlights: EUVE Catches OY Car in Superoutburst [9/8/00]
EUVE Science Highlights: EUVE Results for XTE J1118+480 [9/8/00]
EUVE Science Highlights: Findings from EUVE Observation of OY Car [6/13/00]
Cosmic Journeys: Amateur and Professional Astronomers Team Up to Capture Bursting Star in Action [6/5/00]
AAVSO Variable Star of the Month: June, 2000: SS Cygni [6/00]
EUVE Science Highlights: EUVE TOO Catches X-ray Transient XTE J1118+480 [4/12/00]
Greatest Hits of RXTE: RXTE Observes Dwarf Nova Outbursts [3/30/00]
EUVE Science Highlights: EUVE TOO Helps Reveal Stages of Optical, X-ray, and EUV Emission Observed in SS Cyg Outburst [3/15/00]


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Last modified December 1, 2004
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