Prof. Karen M. Leighly

Vita

Ph.D. Physics	December 1991, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Thesis: X-ray Spectra, Variability and Pair Wind Models of Seyfert 1 Nuclei Supervisor: S. Tsuruta
M.S. Physics	1987 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
B.S. Physics	1983 with Honors, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
B.S. Mathematics	1983 with Honors, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

July 2006 - Present	Associate Professor, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma
Aug 2000 - June 2006	Assistant Professor, Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma
Jan 1997 - July 2000	Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, New York, NY. Supervised by J. Halpern
Dec 1994 - Dec 1996	Science and Technology Agency Fellow, Cosmic Radiation Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan. Supervised by M. Matsuoka
Aug 1992 - Oct 1994	National Research Council Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Supervised by R. Mushotzky
Jan 1992 - Aug 1992	Research Associate, Montana State University. Supervised by S. Tsuruta
Apr 1992, Nov-Dec 1991, Nov-Dec 1990, Feb-Apr 1990	Visiting student at Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. Supervised by H. Kunieda, and funded by NASA Ginga Visiting Investigator Program
Jul-Sep 1989, Sep-Oct 1988	Visiting student at Leicester University, UK. Supervised by K. A. Pounds, and funded by NASA Astrophysics Data Program

1994	Science and Technology Agency (Japan) Postdoctoral Fellowship
1992	National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship