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.