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University Blvd.<br> Melbourne, FL 32901<br> <br> 6/1989 - 5/1991<br> Senior Staff Scientist<br> Steward Observatory<br> University of Arizona<br> 933 North Cherry Avenue<br> Tucson, AZ 85721<br> USA<br> <br> 7/1986 - 5/1989<br> Associate Research Professor<br> Space Astronomy Laboratory<br> University of Florida<br> 1810 NW 6th Street<br> Gainesville, FL 32609<br> USA<br> <br> 1/1984 - 6/1986<br> Assistant Research Professor<br> Space Astronomy Laboratory<br> University of Florida<br> 1810 NW 6th Street<br> Gainesville, FL 32609<br> USA<br> <br> 11/1981 - 12/1983<br> Software Specialist<br> SCS, Scientific Control Systems<br> Oehleckerring 40<br> D-22419 Hamburg<br> Germany<br> <br> 8/1979 - 11/1981<br> Assistant Research Scientist<br> Bereich Extraterrestrische Physik<br> Ruhr-Universität<br> Universitätsstrasse 150<br> D-44801 Bochum<br> Germany<br> <br> 4/1977 - 7/1979<br> Visiting Assistant Professor<br> Department of Earth and Space Sciences<br> SUNY at Stony Brook<br> Stony Brook, NY 11794<br> USA<br> <br> 11/1974 - 3/1977<br> Post Doctoral Research Assistant<br> Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik<br> Saupfercheckweg 1<br> D-69117 Heidelberg<br> Germany<br> <br> 3/1970 - 10/1974<br> Graduate and Ph.D Research <br> Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik<br> Saupfercheckweg 1<br> D-69117 Heidelberg<br> Germany<br> <br> <b><u>Responsibilities</u></b><br> <br> 7/2007 - present<br> Liaison between Springer and abstracting and indexing services<br> Springer<br> <br> 3/1992 - 6/2007<br> Project Management<br> Astrophysics Data System<br> Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory<br> <br> 3/1992 - 6/2007<br> Software Development<br> Astrophysics Data System<br> Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory<br> <br> 9/1991 - 2/1992<br> Principal Scientist<br> Instruction Management<br> Hubble Space Telescope<br> Space Telescope Science Institute<br> <br> 3/1991 - 8/1991<br> Project Manager<br> Solar Eclipse Extended Corona<br> Rocket experiment<br> Florida Institute of Technology<br> <br> 11/1989 - 5/1991<br> Principal Investigator<br> MAMA Camera Development<br> Air Force Weapons Laboratory Contract F29601-87-C-0063,<br> Subtask 03-04/02<br> <br> 6/1989 - 12/1990<br> Consultant<br> Interplanetary Dust Experiment (IDE)<br> Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)<br> Institute for Space Science and Technology/SAL<br> <br> 6/1989 - 10/1989<br> Project Manager<br> MAMA Camera Development<br> Air Force Weapons Laboratory Contract F29601-87-C-0063,<br> Subtask 03-04/01<br> <br> 7/1987 - present<br> Co-Investigator<br> GIOTTO-HOPE Data Analysis<br> NASA Contract NAGW-1289<br> <br> 1/1987 - 2/1988<br> Project Manager<br> Gamma Ray Advanced Detector<br> DARPA Contract #F49620-83-0131<br> <br> 4/1986 - 5/1989<br> Acting Head of Engineering<br> Space Astronomy Laboratory<br> <br> 7/1985 - 2/1988<br> Co-Investigator<br> Shuttle Activation Monitor<br> DARPA contract #F49620-83-0131<br> <br> 1/1985 - 2/1988<br> Co-investigator<br> Gamma Ray Advanced Detector<br> DARPA contract #F49620-83-0131<br> <br> 1/1984 - 5/1989<br> System Manager<br> VAX-11/750<br> <br> 3/1982-12/1983<br> System Manager<br> UNIX systems<br> <br> 11/1981-12/1983<br> Assistant System Manager<br> VAX-11/780<br> <br> 3/1980 - 11/1981<br> Co-Investigator<br> International Solar Polar Mission - Zodiacal Light/Background Starlight Experiment<br> NASA/ESA Contract<br> <br> 7/1978 - 7/1979<br> Co-Investigator<br> <sup>39</sup>Ar - <sup>40</sup>Ar Age Determinations of Lunar Samples<br> NASA Contract No. NGL 33-015-174<br> <br> <b><u>Major Activities</u></b>:<br> <br> 6/2007 - present<br> Negotiate with indexing services about including Springer journals in their systems. Preparing journals for the evaluation by various indexing services to increase chances of acceptance. Alert indexing services to problems and mistakes. Help editors to improve their journals for better coverage by indexing services.<br> <br> 3/1992 - 6/2007<br> Project management for the Astrophysics Data System. Development of specialized database system for the ADS abstract service. Development of WWW services and a WWW interface to the ADS abstract service and to a large set of scanned images. Coordination of the efforts to scan most of the astronomical literature and make it available on-line through the WWW. Programming in C and Perl. Development of WWW HTML documents (see <a href="http://ads.harvard.edu">http://ads.harvard.edu</a>).<br> <br> 9/1991 - 2/1992<br> Developing command procedures for the Hubble Space Telescope on a VAX/VMS.<br> Programming of data base software.<br> <br> 6/1989 - 8/1991<br> Speckle interferometry with a photon counting MAMA camera.<br> Design and development of a photon counting MAMA camera system and its control and data recording computer.<br> Design and development of microprocessor-based instrument controller system software and hardware. Operating systems used are UNIX on a Sun 4 host and Wind Rivers VxWorks on the target system. Network programming between the systems.<br> The microprocessor hardware was based on the VMEbus.<br> Reduction of data from the Interplanetary Dust Experiment flown on the Long Duration Exposure Facility.<br> Programming in C and Assembler.<br> <br> 1/1984 - 5/1989<br> Measurements of gamma rays from Supernova 1987A with a balloon born gamma ray telescope.<br> Design and development of microprocessor-based laboratory and flight instrument controller system software and hardware. Operating systems used were VAX/VMS, UNIX, OS/9 (UNIX like realtime system), RT 11 (DEC realtime system), and Motorola VERSAdos (realtime system). The microprocessor hardware was based mainly on the VMEbus.<br> Research and development of user friendly computer interfaces (graphics, touch screen, color etc).<br> Design and development of two Space Shuttle-based gamma ray experiments.<br> Reduction of data from the Halley Optical Probe Experiment flown on the ESA space probe GIOTTO.<br> Image processing software packages used are IRAF and MIDAS.<br> Programming in C, FORTRAN an Assembler.<br> <br> 11/1981 - 12/1983<br> Development of VAX system software.<br> Teaching courses in C programming.<br> Design, development, and implementation of a UNIX/C-based program system for factory inventory and parts retrieval.<br> Programming in C, FORTRAN and Assembler.<br> Programming of data base software.<br> <br> 8/1979 - 11/1981<br> Design and development of the Zodiacal Light Experiment to be flown on the International Solar Polar Mission (NASA part was later cancelled) and its ground support equipment (optical system, microprocessor hardware and software).<br> Programming in Assembler.<br> <br> 4/1977 - 7/1979<br> Age determinations of separate mineral phases of lunar samples by laser evaporation and mass spectrometer analysis of the released gases.<br> Development of data reduction and mass spectrometer control system software.<br> Programming in Assembler and Basic.<br> <br> 3/1970 - 3/1977<br> Research in hypervelocity particle impact physics.<br> Hypervelocity impact flash characterization.<br> Development of general purpose data display software.<br> Programming in FORTRAN and Assembler.<br> <br> <br> <b><u>Professional Memberships</u></b>:<br> <br> International Astronomical Union (IAU)<br> Astronomische Gesellschaft, Germany (AG)<br> American Association for the Advancements of Science (AAAS)<br> American Astronomical Society (AAS)<br> Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, United Kingdom (RAS)<br> <br> <b><u>Committee Memberships</u></b>:<br> <br> Technical Advisory Committee for New Astronomy, Elsevier (1995-2007)<br> Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council (ADEC) (1999-2007)<br> Subcommittee on Classification and Information Retrieval, American IAU Commission 5 (2000-2007)<br> Institue of Physics (AIP), (2001-2007)<br> IAU Commission 5, Working Group for Astronomical Data (2005-2007)<br> <br> <p><hr></pre> <address>© <A HREF="/">Günther Eichhorn</a></address> <address>Springer</address> <address>233 Spring Street</address> <address>New York, NY 10013</address> <address>USA</address> <address>(+1) 781-483-4096</address> <address><A HREF="/cgi-bin/mail_form?name=Guenther+Eichhorn&addr=myself&subject=GA+WWW+message">Email Guenther Eichhorn</A></address> <p> <A HREF="http://acro.aerobaticsweb.org/"><img align=middle src="/images/CLIPART/back_g_s.gif" alt="*" width=20 height=20> Aerobatics website</A><br> <A HREF="http://soaringweb.org/"><img align=middle src="/images/CLIPART/back_g_s.gif" alt="*" width=20 height=20> Soaring website</A><br> <A HREF="http://www.landings.com/"><img align=middle src="/images/CLIPART/back_g_s.gif" alt="*" width=20 height=20> Landings Aviation Server</A><br> </body> </html>