{"id":3,"date":"2014-08-11T21:20:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T21:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/davidweintraub\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T19:33:19","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/davidweintraub\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"hide-if-no-js\"><a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/davidweintraub\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=3&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1476\/2014\/08\/Jan-23-2018-brownbkg-DAW3-web-size-no-jacket.jpg\" alt=\"Jan 23, 2018 brownbkg DAW3 web size no jacket\" width=\"125\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"hide-if-no-js\">\n<p>Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University (appointed 1991)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., 1989, Geophysics and Space Physics, University of California, Los Angele<em>s: Near-Infrared Speckle Observations of T Tauri Stars and A Multi-Wavelength Study of the Prototype Star T Tauri<\/em><\/li>\n<li>M.S., 1982, Geophysics and Spaced Physics, University of California, Los Angele<em>s:<\/em><\/li>\n<li>B.S., 1980, Physics and Astronomy, Yale University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n<p>Director, Communication of Science &amp; Technology Program, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n<p>Co-Director, Scientific Computing Program, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n<p>Co-series Editor, Springer, &#8220;SpringerBriefs in Astronomy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Co-series Editor, Springer, &#8220;Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>leadership experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-2017, Chair, Faculty Council, College of Arts &amp; Science, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n<li>2011-2012, Chair, Faculty Senate, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n<li>2003-2004, Chair, Faculty Council, College of Arts &amp; Science, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honors and Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016 <em>Robert M. 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