John D. Fix

Professor and Dean, College of Science

Research Areas

• Observational and theoretical studies of stellar masers
• Stellar mass loss

Education

• 1963 Purdue University, B.S. (Physics)
• 1967 Indiana University, M.A. (Astronomy)
• 1969 Indiana University, Ph.D. (Astrophysics)

Employment

• Physicist, Department of Defense, Ft. Meade, MD, 1967
• Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Iowa, 1969-74
• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, 1972-73
• Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Iowa, 1974-80
• Professor of Astronomy, University of Iowa, 1980-1999
• Associate Dean for Research and Development, College of Liberal Arts, 1992-98
• Dean, College of Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1999-
• Professor of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1999-
  

Most Recent Publications and Presentations

• Robert L. Mutel and John D. Fix 2000. "An Optical Search for Small Comets" Journal of Geophysical Research
• Stacy D. Palen and John D. Fix 2000. "Models of OH Maser Variations in U Herculis" Astrophysical Journal
• Robert L. Mutel and John D. Fix 2002. "Comments on Detection of Small Comets with a Ground Based Telescope", Journal of Geophysical Research

 

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