Rob Knop : Physics & Astronomy
- BS : Harvey Mudd College, Physics, 1990
- PhD : Caltech, Physics, 1997; thesis title: Spatially Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Seyfert Galaxies
- Post-doc : LBNL, Supernova Cosmology Project, 1996-2001
- Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 2001-2007
As my vital statistics above show, I spent many years studying Physics & Astronomy, and even went on to teach and research Physics & Astronomy for many years until the pressures of academia— in particular the pressure to obtain federal funding in an era where that was becoming increasingly difficult— pushed me out. (You can read more about this on my (former) blog, at the linked post and in many other posts.)
I was also a science blogger (focusing on astronomy) of some minor recognition for some time, until I recently (October 2007) decided to take an indefinite break from doing that. I still do touch on some of these topics at my current blog.
Every other Saturday morning, I give a public-outreach astronomy lecture in Second Life, in association with MICA, the Meta-Institute of Computational Astronomy. You can find information about upcoming and previous talks in this series on the Popular Talks page of the MICA website.