WILLIAM T. REACH

California Institute of Technology
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
MS 220-6
1200E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125
email: reach AT ipac.caltech.edu

Professional Experience

1997-pres  Research Scientist Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC),   California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
2005-pres
Task Lead US Planck Data Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
2003-2004
Head of Science Staff
IPAC, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
2001-2003
Deputy Head of Science Staff
IPAC, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1997-2005 IRAC Team Lead Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
1995-1997 Postdoc Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Universite Paris XI, Orsay, France
1991-1995  Research Scientist  USRA/NRC, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
1987-1991  Research Assistant University of California, Astronomy Department, Berkeley, CA
1986-1987  Teaching Assistant University of California, Astronomy Department, Berkeley, CA 
1985 Summer Student  Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico 
1983-1985  Student Researcher  Cornell University, Astronomy Department, Ithaca, NY 
 

Education

1985-1991 Ph.D., Astronomy University of California, Berkeley 
1990 E. Uhl Award `outstanding research in astronomy' University of California, Berkeley 
1981-1985  A.B., Physics Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
 

Professional Activities

2005-2008
Task Lead
IPAC/Planck Data Center
2001-present
Legacy/Key project Team Member
Spitzer GOODS, SAGE; Herschel HERITAGE, HI-GAL, ColdCores
1998-2005
Group Leader
IRAC Instrument Support Team, SIRTF science center
1998-present
Instrument Team Member
Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)
1996-1997 Advisor  NASA Extrasolar Planetary Systems panel
1996-1998 Science Team member  Infrared Space Observatory Camera 
1994-present Co-Investigator  NASA Astrophysics Data Program grants
1993,1996,2005 External Reviewer; Board  Planetary Data System 
1991-1997 Science Team  member Cosmic Background Explorer
1985-present guest observer Spitzer Space Telescope, Earth-trailing solar orbit
Hubble Space Telescope, Earth orbit
Palomar Observatory, Mt. Palomar, CA
Infrared Space Observatory, Earth orbit (defunct)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Tucson and Green Bank 
Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, Mauna Kea 
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico 
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, Mauna Kea 
Westerbork Sysnthesis Radio Telescope, Netherlands 
Hat Creek Radio Observatory, California 
Haystack Observatory, Massachussetts 
Five Colleges Radio Observatory,  Massachussetts 
IRAM Pico Veleta Observatory, Spain
1987-1990 Advisor United States Air Force, Cosmic Background Scene Descriptor 
1990,2008 Conference organizer Sierra Conference, Bishop, CA; CMB Foregrounds (July 2008)
1989 Grant Recipient Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research