Biographical Sketch

Contact Information

Dr. Charles Dermer
Code 7653, Space Science Division
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20375-5352
Phone: (202) 767-2965
Fax: (202) 767-0497
E-mail: charles (dot) dermer (at) nrl (dot) navy (dot) mil

Present Position

Astrophysicist and Head of the Radiation Modeling Section,
High Energy Space Environment Branch, Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory

Research Areas

High Energy Astrophysics and Gamma Ray Astronomy; Gamma-Ray Bursts; Blazars and Active Galactic Nuclei; Positron Astrophysics; Solar Flares Physics; Neutron Stars and Black Holes; Starburst Galaxies and Clusters; Rapid-Response Astronomy

Education

1977 - B.Sc. - Harvey Mudd College; 1979 - M.A. - Dartmouth College; 1984 - Ph.D. - UCSD (all degrees in physics)

Curriculum Vitae

Last updated May 28, 2009 CV (pdf)

Previous Positions

1991-1992 - Research Scientist, Department of Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
1990 - Research Physicist, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
1987-89 - Postdoctoral Research Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1986 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland
1984-1986 - National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

Committees and Activities

• Scientific Organizing Committe of the First Fermi Symposium, Washington, DC, Nov. 2-5, 2009
• Visiting Professor at the First La Plata International School on ``Compact Objects and their Emissions,"
  La Plata, Argentina, March 2008, La Plata Lectures on GRBs
• GLAST/Fermi Full Collaboration Member, 2007-
• NASA Senior Review, 2006
• Advanced Compton Telescope Science Working Group, 2005-
• Division Councilor, Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society, 2006-2009
• VERITAS External Oversight Committee, 2003-2009
• NASA Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee, 2001-2004
• Chair, Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society, 1999-2003
• NASA South Carolina EPSCOR Review, 2003, 2004
• Time Allocation Committee of the International Gamma-ray Astronomy Laboratory (INTEGRAL), 2001, 2003, 2004
• Program Chair for the Division of Astrophysics for the April 2001 Washington, DC APS Meeting
• GLAST Interdisciplinary Scientist and member of GLAST Science Working Group, 2000-2010
• High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics Panel (HENAP) of the Particle And Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee (PaNAGIC) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 1999-2002. Report (pdf)
• GLAST Facility Science Team, 1999
• NASA Astrophysics Theory Program Review: 1999
• Division of Astrophysics of the American Physical Society Centennial Exhibit , 20-26 March, 1999, in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Executive Committee Member-at-Large, Division of Astrophysics, American Physical Society, 1996-1998
• NASA Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory Guest Investigator Program Review: 1993, 1994, 1995 (panel chair), 1998
• Scientific Organizing Committee of the Workshop on the TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources, 23-24 October, 1998, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Executive Committee Member, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society, 1995-1997
• Scientific Organizing Committee of the Fourth Compton Symposium, Williamsburg, VA, 28-30 April 1997
• Scientific Organizing Committee of the Meeting of the High Energy Astrophysics, Division of the American Astronomical Society, San Diego, CA, 29 April - 4 May 1996
• NASA Astrophysics Data Program Review: 1996
• NASA ASCA Guest Investigator Program Review: 1995
• NASA Long Term Space Astrophysics Program Review: 1991, 1994