I am an associate professor in the Department of Space Studies at the University of North Dakota. I am also Director of the North Dakota NASA Space Grant Consortium and the North Dakota NASA EPSCoR program. I am also the Director of the UND Observatory, which is home to the Space Grant Internet Telescope Network (SGITN), a young network of Internet-controllable telescopes.
I have no spare time in my life at all, but my "hobbies" include my job, astronomy, geology, cooking, traveling, fine wine, good friends, and politics.