CURRICULUM VITAE

R. Paul Butler

Carnegie Institution of Washington

Earth & Planets Laboratory

5241 Broad Branch Road NW

Washington DC 20015-1305

CURRENT POSITION

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

EDUCATION

HONORS & AWARDS

  • SFSU Graduate Student Distinguished Achievement Award, 1987

  • NASA Graduate Student Researchers Fellowship, 1991-92

  • ABC News Person of the Week, 1996 Jan 26

  • California State University Alumni Award, 1996

  • California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, 1996 May 1

  • SFSU Alumnus of the Year, 1996

  • NEWSWEEK 100 Americans for the Next Century, 1997 Apr 21

  • SFSU Hall of Fame, 1997

  • International Astronomical Union Bioastronomy Medal, 1997

  • Extrasolar Planetary Foundation - Bernard Oliver Memorial Award, 1998

  • Popular Science Magazine - Achievement in Science Award, 1999

  • American Astronomical Society Centennial Lecturer, 2000-2004

  • World Economic Forum - Invited Panelist (Davos Switzerland), 2001 Jan

  • National Academy of Sciences - Henry Draper Medal, 2001

  • University of Maryland College of Physical Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2001

  • Planetary Society & American Astronautical Society - Carl Sagan Memorial Award, 2002

  • Discover Magazine - Space Scientist of the Year, 2003 Nov

  • University of Maryland International Alumnus Award, 2004

INVITED TALKS

  • Center for EUV Astrophysics (Berkeley), 1995 Dec

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, IGPP, 1996 Feb

  • University of Maryland Astronomy, 1996 Apr

  • UC Santa Barbara Physics, 1996 Apr

  • SUNY Stony Brook Astronomy, 1996 May

  • Princeton Astronomy, 1996 May

  • NASA Space Radiation Health Program (Riverside CA), 1996 May

  • IAU Colloquium 161, Bioastronomy (Capri), 1996 July

  • Astronomical Data Analysis (ADASS) (Charlottesville VA), 1996 Sept

  • Chesley Bonestell Public Lecture (Monterey CA), 1996 Nov

  • UC San Diego Physics, 1996 Nov

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, High Energy Physics, 1997 Feb

  • UC Irvine Physics, 1997 Apr

  • Shanghai Observatory (China), 1997 Apr

  • IAU 23rd General Assembly, JD13 Extrasolar Planets (Kyoto), 1997 Aug

  • University of Lleida 700th Anniversary (Spain), 1997 Sept

  • Sydney Association for Astrophysics, 1997 Nov

  • International Conference on SETI in the 21st Century (Sydney), 1998 Jan

  • Queen's University at Kingston Astronomy (Ontario), 1998 Jan

  • Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (Toronto), 1998 Jan

  • Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (Canberra), 1998 Feb

  • European Geophysical Society 23rd General Assembly (Nice), 1998 Apr

  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Space Science (UK), 1998 Apr

  • EUROCONFERENCE: Extrasolar Planets (Lisbon), 1998 Apr

  • Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 1998 Apr

  • University of St. Andrews Astronomy (Scotland), 1998 May

  • University of Maryland Astronomy, 1998 Sept

  • Sydney Observatory Public Lecture, 1999 Jan

  • AAAS Annual Meeting (Anaheim), 1999 Jan

  • University of Sydney Physics, 1999 Mar

  • Macquarie University Public Lecture (Sydney), 1999 May

  • University of New South Wales Physics (Sydney), 1999 May

  • Gordon Conference, Origins of Solar Systems (New Hamshire), 1999 June

  • NASA Goddard Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, 1999 Nov

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg MD), 1999 Dec

  • Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (Washington DC), 2000 Jan

  • New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life (Rensselaer), 2000 Mar

  • University of Virginia Astronomy, 2000 Apr

  • American Physical Society (Long Beach CA), 2000 Apr

  • Carnegie Observatories (Pasadena), 2000 May

  • Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore), 2000 May

  • IAU 24th General Assembly, Symposium 202 (Manchester UK), 2000 Aug

  • Yale University Astrobiology Seminar, 2000 Sept

  • Alexander von Humboldt Association, U.S. Naval Observatory, 2000 Oct

  • Carnegie Capital Science Lecture Series (Washington DC), 2000 Oct

  • Arizona State University Physics, 2000 Dec

  • NASA Astrobiology Institute Annual Meeting (Washington DC), 2001 Apr

  • Columbia University Physics, 2001 Apr

  • National Air & Space Museum Public Lecture (Washington DC), 2001 Apr

  • University of Washington Astrobiology Conference, 2001 Aug

  • Philosophical Society of Washington Public Lecture (Washington DC), 2001 Sept

  • University of Washington Astronomy (Seattle), 2001 Oct

  • University of Victoria Physics (British Columbia), 2001 Oct

  • American Astronomical Society Centennial Lecture Series, University of Victoria, 2001 Oct

  • University of Calgary Physics, 2002 Apr

  • American Astronomical Society Centennial Lecture Series, Calgary Science Centre, 2002 Apr

  • National Capital Astronomers Public Lecture (Bethesda MD), 2002 June

  • American Astronomical Society Centennial Lecture Series (Topeka KS), 2002 June

  • The Summer Science Program (Ojai CA), 2002 Aug

  • Catholic University Physics (Washington DC), 2002 Nov

  • Carnegie Observatories Centennial Lecture (Pasadena), 2003 May

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Astronomy (Santiago), 2003 May

  • The Summer Science Program (Socorro NM), 2003 June

  • Gordon Conference, Origin of Life (Maine), 2003 July

  • American Geophysical Union Carl Sagan Lecture (San Francisco), 2003 Dec

  • Dartmouth University Physics (Hanover NH), 2004 May

  • The Summer Science Program (Ojai CA), 2004 July

  • Keck Observatory Public Lecture (Waimea HI), 2004 August

  • San Francisco State University Public Lecture, 2004 August

  • American Astronomical Society Centennial Lecture Series (North Carolina), 2004 Sep

  • North Carolina Astronomers' Meeting, Guilford Technical Community College, 2004 Sep

  • National Academy of Sciences, Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium (Irvine CA), 2004 Nov

  • Weseleyan University Astronomy (Connecticut), 2005 Feb

  • Queen's University Physics (Belfast), 2005 March

  • Queen's University Public Lecture, 2005 March

  • University of Virginia Astronomy, 2005 March

  • American Museum of Natural History Astrophysics (NY), 2005 March

  • Isaac Asimov Panel, American Museum of Natural History, 2005 March

  • Mt Stromlo and Siding Springs Observatories (Canberra), 2005 Apr

  • National Space Society Annual Meeting (Washington DC), 2005 May

  • University of Concepcion Astronomy (Chile), 2005 June

  • U.S. Naval Observatory (Washington DC), 2006 May

  • CosmoCaixa Science Museum (Barcelona Spain), 2006 Oct

  • CSIS Science Museum (Lleida, Spain), 2006 Oct

  • CosmoCaixa Science Museum (Madrid, Spain), 2006 Oct

  • Purple Mountain Observatory (Nanjing, China), 2007 May

  • Nanjing University China Astronomy, 2007 May

  • MIT Astrophysics 2008 May

  • Keck Observatory Public Lecture (Waimea HI), 2008 July

  • SOCHIAS (Annual Chilean Astronomy Meeting), (Santiago), 2009 Jan

  • NIST Atomic Spectroscopy, (Gaithersburg MD), 2009 Jul

  • NASA Goddard Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, 2009 Sep

  • Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore), 2010 Jan

  • NIST Colloquium, (Gaithersburg MD), 2010 Jan

  • Philosophical Society of Washington Public Lecture (Washington DC), 2010 Apr

  • Cal State Northridge Physics, 2010 Apr

  • Magellan 10th Anniversary Meeting, 2011 Apr

  • College of Charleston Physics, 2011 Sep

  • Stellar Oscillations Network Group (Charleston), 2011 Sep

  • Carnegie Capital Science Lecture, 2011 Oct

  • Naval Research Laboratory Colloquium, 2012 Mar

  • University of Louisville Physics Colloquium, 2012 Mar

  • Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (Toms River NJ), 2012 May

  • Explorers Club (NYC), 2012 May

  • NIST Atomic Spectroscopy (Gaithersburg MD), 2013 Jan

  • University of Chile Astronomy (Santiago), 2013 Aug

  • Astrobio 2013 (Santiago), 2013 Dec

  • Australian Astronomical Observatory (Sydney), 2014 Mar

  • Swinburne University of Technology Astronomy (Melbourne), 2014 May

  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Astronomy (Santiago), 2014 Jun

  • University of Wyoming Physics & Astronomy (Laramie), 2014 Sep

  • Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (Washington DC), 2016 Jul

  • University of Waterloo Physics & Astronomy (Canada), 2016 Sep

  • University of Michigan Astronomy, 2016 Oct

  • Case Western University Public Lecture, 2017 Apr

  • Case Western University Physics, 2017 Apr

  • Northern Virgina Astronomy Club, 2017 Jul

  • Extremely Precise Radial Velocities, Invited talk, Penn State, 2017 Aug

  • University of Sydney Physics, 2017 Oct

  • Johns Hopkins University Physics, 2017 Dec

  • Aarhus University Stellar Astrophysics Seminar (Denmark), 2019 Mar

  • Carnegie Observatories Public Talk (Pasadena), 2022 May

SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE & PUBLIC OUTREACH

  • Washington Post, Front page, 1995 Oct 19

  • ABC NIGHTLINE, 1995 Oct 19

  • International Tribune, Front page, 1995 Oct 20

  • New York Times, Page 4, 1995 Oct 20

  • Science News, Page 260, 1995 Oct 21

  • NBC Today Show, 1995 Oct 23

  • Spiegel TV (Germany), 1995 Oct 23

  • U.S. News and World Report, Page 69, 1995 Oct 30

  • NEWSWEEK, Page 86, 1995 Oct 30

  • Science News, Cover story, 1995 Nov 18

  • Sky & Telescope, Cover story, 1996 Jan

  • Scientific American, Page 22, 1996 Jan

  • CNN News, 1996 Jan 17

  • New York Times, Front page, 1996 Jan 18

  • Washington Post, Front page, 1996 Jan 18

  • London Times, Front page, 1996 Jan 18

  • CBS Evening News, 1996 Jan 18

  • Le Monde, Front page, 1996 Jan 20

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, 1996 Jan 23

  • ABC Evening News, 1996 Jan 26

  • Science News, Page 52, 1996 Jan 27

  • U.S. News and World Report, Page 67, 1996 Jan 29

  • NEWSWEEK, Page 52, 1996 Jan 29

  • TIME, Page 64, 1996 Jan 29

  • TIME for Kids, Cover story, 1996 Feb 2

  • TIME, Cover story, 1996 Feb 6

  • Astronomy Magazine, Cover story, 1996 Apr

  • Scientific American, Page 62, 1996 Apr

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 1996 Apr 13

  • Washington Post Sunday Magazine, Cover story, 1996 Apr 14

  • Science News, Page 267, 1996 Apr 27

  • BBC Breakfast Show TV (UK), 1996 Apr 29

  • Science News, Page 11, 1996 July 6

  • KBS World Today (Korea), 1996 July 7

  • ABC NIGHTLINE, 1996 July 16

  • Archimedes, Interscience Film (Germany), 1996 Sept 24

  • Science News, Page 262, 1996 Oct 26

  • Scientific American, Page 20, 1996 Nov

  • Washington Post, Front page, 1996 Dec 25

  • The Economist, Page 71, 1997 Jan 25

  • New York Times, Front page, 1997 Feb 9

  • PBS Hunt for Alien Worlds, 1997 Feb 18

  • SVT Supernova (Sweden), 1997 Mar 3

  • The Learning Channel, 1997 Mar 26

  • Astronomy Magazine, Cover story, 1997 Apr

  • NEWSWEEK, Page 41, 1997 Apr 21

  • PBS Mysteries of Deep Space, 1997 Apr 28

  • Discovery Channel, 1997 July 6

  • Smithsonian Magazine, 1997 Sept

  • Border TV (UK), Innovators, 1997 Dec

  • Sky & Telescope, Cover story, 1998 Mar

  • New York Times, Front page, 1998 June 26

  • Washington Post, Page 2, 1998 June 26

  • Science News, Page 405, 1998 June 27

  • Astronomy Magazine, Page 58, 1998 July

  • Science News, Page 88, 1998 Aug 8

  • Astronomy Magazine, Page 52, 1998 Sept

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 1998 Sept 24

  • New York Times, Page 16, 1998 Sept 24

  • Science News, Page 197, 1998 Sept 26

  • Science News, Page 362, 1998 Dec 5

  • CNN News, Newstand CNN-TIME, 1999 Jan 10

  • Sky & Telescope, Page 22, 1999 Feb

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, 1999 Mar 2

  • Washington Post, Front page, 1999 Apr 16

  • New York Times, Front page, 1999 Apr 16

  • Science News, Page 244, 1999 Apr 17

  • Channel 9, Today Show on Saturday (Australia), 1999 Apr 17

  • Sky News Australia, 1999 Apr 17

  • NEWSWEEK, Page 62, 1999 Apr 26

  • National Geographic, 1999 Oct

  • PBS Life Beyond Earth, 1999 Nov 10

  • Washington Post, Page 2, 1999 Nov 14

  • London Times, Front page, 1999 Nov 15

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, Page 14, 1999 Nov 16

  • Science News, Page 324, 1999 Nov 20

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 1999 Nov 30

  • New York Times, Page 19, 1999 Nov 30

  • Washington Post, Front Page, 2000 Mar 30

  • New York Times, Page 16, 2000 Mar 30

  • Science News, Page 220, 2000 Apr 1

  • Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavaria TV), Futura (Germany), 2000 Apr

  • New York Times, Front page, 2001 Jan 10

  • Washington Post, Page 2, 2001 Jan 10

  • The London Times, Front Page, 2001 Jan 10

  • Science News, Page 22, 2001 Jan 13

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, Page D2, 2001 Jan 16

  • U.S. News and World Report, 2001 Jan 22

  • New York Times, 2001 Feb 1

  • Science, Page 2325, 2001 Mar 23

  • Washington Post, Front Page, 2001 Aug 16

  • New York Times, Page 16, 2001 Aug 16

  • Science News, Page 100, 2001 Aug 18

  • NHK TV (Japan), Search for Another Earth, 2001 Sept 23

  • New York Times, Front Page, 2002 Jun 14

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 2002 Jun 14

  • NBC Today Show, 2002 Jun 15

  • Science News, Page 371, 2002 Jun 15

  • U.S. News and World Report, Page 64, 2002 Jun 24

  • TIME, Page 53, 2002 Jun 24

  • Current Biography, Page 41, 2002 Nov

  • Discovery Channel (Canada), 2002

  • KBS1 TV (Korea), 2003 Apr 30

  • New York Times, Page 16, 2003 Jul 4

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 2004 Sep 1

  • New York Times, Page 16, 2004 Sep 1

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, Page D1, 2004 Sep 21

  • Science News, Page 147, 2004 Sep 4

  • PBS NOVA Origins, 2004 Sep 29

  • Washington Post, Page 3, 2005 Jun 14

  • New York Times, Science Tuesday, 2005 Jun 14

  • Washington Post, Front Page, 2008 Jul 20

  • ABC TV (Australia), Catalyst, 2009 Sep 10

  • New York Times, Page D1, 2014 May 13

  • New York Times, Page 11, 2016 Aug 25

  • Washington Post, 2016 Aug 25

  • New York Times, 2016 Aug 31