Curriculum Vita

J. Christopher Mihos

Department of Astronomy
Department of Physics
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
hos@burro.astr.cwru.edu
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu
Phone: 216-368-3729
Fax: 216-368-5406

Education

• Ph.D. in Astronomy 1992, University of Michigan
• B.S. in Astronomy 1987, California Institute of Technology

Thesis

• Models of Star Formation in Interacting Disk Galaxies
• Dissertation Chair: Dr. Douglas O. Richstone

Honors and Awards

• 2001 Cottrell Scholar, Research Corporation
• Glennan Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, July 1999 - June 2000
• Hubble Fellowship, Space Telescope Science Institute, October 1995 - January 1998
• Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan, May 1992 - August 1992
• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, September 1990 - June 1991
• Graduated with Honors, California Institute of Technology, June 1987

Professional Employment

• Professor of Astronomy
• Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University
• July 2006 -
• Associate Professor of Astronomy
• Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University
• July 2001 - June 2006
• Assistant Professor of Astronomy
• Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University
• February 1998 - June 2001
• Hubble Fellow
• Department of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve University
• October 1997 - January 1998
• Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
• October 1995 - September 1997
• Postdoctoral Researcher
• Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz

Research Interests

• Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Galactic Dynamics
• Dark Matter
• Interacting and Merging Galaxies
• Starburst Galaxies

Link to Publications