CURRICULUM VITA

STEVEN LOUIS KIPP

EDUCATION:

Ph. D. in Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh, 1980. Dissertation topic: "A Derivation of the Stellar Luminosity Function in the Direction of the South Galactic Pole Based on a Statistical Approach to Stellar Kinematics".

M.A. in Astronomy, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1977. Thesis topic: "The Stellar Luminosity Function and the Method of Mean Absolute Magnitudes".

B.A. with Distinction in Physics and Astronomy, University of Virginia, 1970.

POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

1995 - Present Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.

1981 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Astronomy, Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.

1980 - 1981 Investigator, Centro de Investigacion de Astronomia, Merida, Venezuela.

1978 - 1980 Daniel Fellow in Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh

1976 - 1978 Graduate Research Assistant, Allegheny Observatory, University of Pittsburgh.

1977 -1979 Frick Public Evening Lecturer, Allegheny Observatory.

1974 -1976 Graduate Assistant, Department of Astronomy, Wesleyan University.

1974 Summer Research Assistant, Goddard Space Flight Center.

1972 Instructor, USAF Institute, through the University of Alaska

1970-1974 Radar Technician, USAF.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Astronomical Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, American Association of Variable Star Observers

AREAS OF INTEREST: Galactic Structure, Astrometry, CCD Techniques.