Current positions (since 1992):

• Director, Wright Center for Science Education
• Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University
• Research Professor of Education, Tufts University
• Associate, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University
• Affiliate-director, Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium, MIT
  
• Office address:
  Wright Center for Science Education
  Science & Technology Center
  Tufts University
  Medford, MA 02155
  Phone: 617-627-5393
  Fax: 617-627-3995
  Email: eric.chaisson@tufts.edu
  WWW: http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/eric/ericpage.html

Education:

• B.S. 1968 University of Massachusetts (cum laude)
• A.M. 1969 Harvard University
• Ph.D. 1972 Harvard University

Professional Experience:

• 1972-74:
  National Academy of Sciences (NRC) Post-doctoral Fellow,
  Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory;
  Research Associate, Harvard College Observatory
  
• 1974-79:
  Assistant Professor, Harvard University
  Staff Member, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Non-resident Tutor, Mather House, Harvard College
  
• 1979-82:
  Associate Professor, Harvard University
  Staff Member, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Non-resident Tutor, Mather House, Harvard College
  
• 1982-86:
  Professor of Astronomy and Physics, Haverford College
  
• 1986-87 (sabbatical):
  Research Physicist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  Associate, Harvard College Observatory
  Non-resident Tutor, Quincy House, Harvard College
  Adjunct Professor of Physics, Wellesley College
  
• 1987-92:
  Scientist and Director of Educational Programs,
  Space Telescope Science Institute
  Adjunct Professor of Physics, Johns Hopkins University
  Associate Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium, Johns Hopkins University
  Associate, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard University
  
• 1992- present:
  See current positions, above
  
  

  
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