EDUCATION
Diploma (Physics) Dr.Sc.Nat. (Theoretical Physics)	ETH Zürich (Switzerland) ETH Zürich (Switzerland)	1975 1978

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2006- 1998- 1991-1998 1988-1990 1987-1988 1986-1987 1984-1986 1982-1984 1978-1981	Professor and Chair Professor Associate Professor Research Scientist Research Scientist Research Professor Research Scientist Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Southern California University of Southern California University of Southern California ESA-ESTEC (The Netherlands) SAp (Saclay), CEA (France) Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France) High Altitute Observatory, Boulder, Colorado Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (UK) Observatoire de Genève (Switzerland)
Visiting Positions
2005-2006 1999 (Spring) 1998 (Fall) 1991-1992	Visiting Professor Visiting Scientist Visiting Scientist Visiting Lecturer	Jacobs University Bremen (Germany) Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (UK) Aarhus University (Denmark) Institute for Astronomy, Vienna (Austria)

AWARDS
Overseas Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge (UK) General Education Teaching Award, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC Teacher of the Month Award, USC Mortar Board Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching, Center for Excellence in Teaching, USC General Education Teaching Award: for Distinguished Service to the General Education Program, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC	1999 2000 2001 2004 2007

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Atomic physics (X-ray emission in ion-atom collisions); Stellar structure and evolution;
Thermodynamics of stellar interiors; Solar and stellar oscillations; Long-term variations
of the Sun; Solar neutrino problem (WIMPs); Lithium abundance in open cluster stars;
Helioseismic diagnosis of the equation of state; Theory of reacting hot dense Coulomb
plasmas; Many-body simulations of stellar nuclear fusion.

As an organizer of a recent workshop at the Lorentz Center in Leiden (The Netherlands)
I had an excellent opportunity to define the broad range of interdisciplinary topics related
to stellar thermodynamics. An overview of these topics can be obtained from the program
and the scientific report of the conference.

TEACHING

I teach regularly core undergraduate and general education classes in physics and astronomy.

My teaching (and other) philosophy is reflected in part by the following links

The citation of my Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching (2004)

My interview (CU@USC) for Trojan Vision about the USC Astronomy Program

The audio file (rm) of my 2007 talk in the series of What Matters to Me and Why at USC

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2000

INVITED TALKS (pdf)

CV WITH COMPLETE PUBLICATION LIST (pdf)