GEO/Division of Atmospheric & Geospace SciencesManage the review and evaluation of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)'s strategic, budget and program operating plans, including — Managed the concurrent review and authorization process for two major NCAR proposals totaling approximately $1 billion— NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) and Derecho supercomputer— NCAR’s High Altitude Observatory (HAO); COSMO/COSADA solar corona project— NCAR’s Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) implementationAlso…— Major Facilities and Midscale Research Infrastructure— National Discovery Cloud for Climate/NAIRR— Cyberinfrastructure, cybersecurity, AI/ML, Open Science Ecosystems (TIP-POSE, GEO-OSE)— Research-class telescopes and other frontier observational facilities— Geoscience Lessons for/from Other Worlds (GLOW)— Leading active research program on comets and centaurs

Analyze and implement changes in the AAS Journals in response to significant, forthcoming challenges associated with data, software, and data publication.

Science editor for 125+ articles/year for the high impact journals: The Astrophysical Journal, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, The Planetary Science Journal, The Astronomical Journal, and Supplements Series

Officer, Membership Oversight, and Editor for 100+ DPS Newsletters

— Major professor for doctoral candidate in physics— Co-editor for Institute of Physics book: CENTAURS — Co-editor for AAS/PSJ focus issue "Centaurs: Icy Planetesimals in Transition between TNOs and JFCs"

— Science management for Arecibo Radio Observatory — Co-chair for the Arecibo Obs proposal review and scheduling committee (ASAC). Increased on-time results for review and scheduling from 25% to 100%.— NASA Discovery proposal Co-Investigator and Instrument Science Team Leader, Chimera— Led NSF and NASA funded research programs— Supervised and mentored early career scientists— Lead editor for the Arecibo Observatory Roadmap paper for strategic planning in Astronomical, Radar, and Atmospheric Sciences— Founding member, International Space Weather Action Teams

— Founder and Director of USF Astrophysics Research Laboratory— Director of physics Bridge-to-the-Doctorate program— Created “Bridge-to-Candidacy” awards program supporting conference travel and research assistantships for physics graduate students from underserved groups— Created and led an interdepartmental research cluster on physics, astrophysics, planetary science, geological science, astrobiology, chemistry, mathematics; mentored faculty and students.— Led NSF- and NASA-funded research programs, including COMETWATCHERS undergraduate research— Co-Chair of 3 Centaur Exploration Workshops— Major professor for two applied physics doctoral students; doctoral thesis committee member for two geological sciences students

MPS/Division of Astronomical Sciences— Created and helped develop the NN-EXPLORE partnership between NSF, NASA and WIYN Observatory, which led to the NEID Exoplanet spectrometer— Directed program operations with $20M annual budget— Interagency coordinator for the U.S. Congressionally mandated Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC) for NSF, NASA and DOE— Managed review panels, secured topical experts to make merit review assignments for 800+ proposals, including the Mid-scale Innovations Program (MSIP); recommended funding decisions.— Prepared and presented extrasolar planet research initiatives to staffers of US House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee— Reviewed and commented on the Department of the Air Force and President’s Science Advisor’s draft testimony for a Threats from Space Objects hearing

Tenured in 2000, on assignment to NSF during 2011-2015— Director of Assessment for Student Learning, College of Science & Engineering— Director of SCSU Observatory— Interim Director of SCSU Planetarium— NSF CAREER awardee for research and teaching excellence— Led NSF- and NASA-funded research programs including COMETWATCHERS undergraduate research— Taught physics and astronomy courses throughout the curriculum; created, developed, taught and assessed online courses using Quality Matters metrics— Supervised student employees and conducted public outreach with the observatory and planetarium