Steven M. Christensen Resume

Education:

• Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Center for Relativity, 1975. Dissertation topic: Covariant Coordinate Space Methods for Calculations in the Quantum Theory of Gravity. Advisor: Bryce S. DeWitt, Ph.D.
• B.A., Physics and Mathematics, Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), 1971, Magna Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa.

Work History:

• Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc., Founder and President (1995-Present).
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Contractor. Founder and Head of sunfreeware.com (1993-Present).
• Wolfram Research, Inc., Consultant (1993-Present).
• MathTensor, Inc., Founder and Co-President (1990-Present) (formerly MathSolutions, Inc.).
• Sun Microsystems, Inc. Contractor. Initial Developer and Founder of the SunSITE Project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1992-1993).
• Cotton Incorporated. Consultant (1994-2001).
• Biology Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mathematics Consultant (1993-1999).
• Duke University, Institute of Demographics. Consultant (1993-1994).
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Adjunct Associate Professor (1990-1995).
• IBM Watson Research Center and Institute for Academic Technology. Consultant (1990's various times).
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Senior Research Scientist (1985-1991).
• University of Illinois, Department of Physics. Visiting Associate Professor (1985-1987).
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Research Assistant Professor (1980-1985).
• University of California at Santa Barbara, Institute for Theoretical Physics. Member (1979-1980).
• Harvard University, Department of Physics and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Postdoctoral Fellow (1977-1979).
• University of Utah, Department of Physics. Postdoctoral Fellow (1976-1977).
• King's College, London, Department of Applied Mathematics. Postdoctoral Fellow (1975-1976).
• Princeton University, Department of Physics. Postdoctoral Visitor (Summer, 1975).
• University of Texas at Austin, Physics Department. Graduate student research and teaching assistant (1972-1975).
• Augustana College, Physics Department and Computer Center. Research assistant and computer operator (1967-1971).
• AEC Summer Research Program, Iowa State University (1970).
• John Deere & Co. & Augustana College. Consultant on computing and electronics issues and equipment as a high school student (1965-1967).

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants:

• Equipment Grant from Sun Microsystems, Inc. (1988-1989).
• National Science Foundation Research Grant, Gravitational Physics, Principal Investigator (1987-1991).
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1983-1987).
• National Science Foundation, Supermicrocomputer Workshop, Principal Investigator (1983-1984).
• University of North Carolina, University Research Council Grant (1981).
• National Science Foundation Research Fellowship (1979).
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research Fellowship (1976).
• National Science Foundation Foreign Travel Grant, Les Houches Summer School on Black Holes (1972).
• National Defense Education Act Graduate Fellowship (1972).

Honorary and Professional Organizations:

• The Mathematica Journal, Editorial Board (1991-Present).
• Sun Expert Magazine, Editorial Board (1989-1996).
• Sun User Group, Inc., Board of Directors (1988-1990).
• TeX User Group
• American Physical Society
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Sigma Pi Sigma
• Erdös Number = 3
• Project Steve

Teaching and other services:

• comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica, Internet news group, Founder and Moderator.
• MathGroup, the Mathematica Internet Email Group, Founder and Moderator.
• Journal Referee: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review D, Nuclear Physics B, Annals of Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Physics Letters B, Journal of Physics A, Classical and Quantum Gravity, National Science Foundation, Computers in Physics, The Mathematica Journal.
• Conference Organization:
  1. Educom, Sun Microsystems Booth (1991-1992).
  2. GR13, General Relativity and Gravitation Conference (held in Cordoba, Argentina, June 1992, Session Chair for Symbolic Computing).
  3. APS Physics Computing '91 Conference (June 1991).
  4. Mathematica User Conference (January 1990, May 1992).
  5. Sun User Group Conferences (1988, 1989, 1990).
  6. Workshop on Quantum Gravity and Computer Symbolic Manipulation, NCSA, August 1987 (Organizer).
  7. Workshop on the Applications of Supermicrocomputer Workstations in Physics and Astronomy, January 1984, Chapel Hill, NC (Organizer).
  8. Conference in Honor of Bryce DeWitt, December 1982, Austin, TX (Organizer).
• Teaching of physics, mathematics, and computer science at the graduate, undergraduate, middle school (home school director), and elementary school level.
• Directed the work of 5 Ph.D. students and 1 postdoctoral associate.

Publications

Send comments or questions to steve@smc.vnet.net

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This page was last updated on March 13, 2002.