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Professional Positions and Education


 NRAO Positions: 2006- Assistant Director, New Initiatives Office  
   2008- VLBA Principal Scientist  
   2001-2007 Assistant Director in charge of VLA/VLBA Operations  
   2003-2005 Co-lead, Interferometry Software Division  
   2001 Deputy Assistant Director, in charge of Scientific Services  
     Operations, & Computing for VLA/VLBA Operations  
   2000-2003 AIPS Group Leader  
   1999-2001 Division Head, Scientific Services, VLA/VLBA Operations  
   1999- Scientist (Continuing Appointment, 2001; Tenure, 2006)  
   1998-2000 Project Scientist/Manager, VLA-Pie Town Link Project  
   1996-1998 Associate Scientist  


 Previous Positions: 1992-1996 System Engineer, U.S. Space VLBI Project,  
     Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)  
   1991-1994 System Engineer, POINTS Study Team, JPL  
   1989-1990 Manager, Astrometric Technology Development,  
     Deep Space Network Advanced Systems Program, JPL  
   1988-1989 Technical Group Leader, JPL  
   1984-1996 Member of the Technical Staff, JPL  
   1981-1984 Postdoctoral Research Associate, NRAO, Charlottesville  
   1979-1981 Research Assistant, University of Maryland  
   1979-1981 Radio Astronomer, Naval Research Laboratory  


 Education: 1976-1981 University of Maryland at College Park  
     M. S. in Astronomy, May 1978  
     Ph. D. in Astronomy, May 1981  
 

  Thesis: ``Radio Emission and the Forbidden Line Region  
     of Seyfert Galaxies,'' supervised by A. S. Wilson  
 

1972-1976 University of California at Los Angeles  
     B. A. in Astronomy (summa cum laude), June 1976  


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Jim Ulvestad 2009-04-25