Claire Ellen Max

Background

Max, Claire Ellen was born on September 29, 1946 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Louis William and Pearl (Bernstein) Max.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1972.

Career

Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-1974; physicist, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, since 1974; director Livermore branch, Institute Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 1984-1993; director university relations, Institute Geophysics and Planetary Physics, since 1993. Member Mathematics-Science Network Mills College, Oakland, California. Member commission on fusion hybrid reactors National Research Council, 1986, member commission on international security and arms control NAS, 1986-1989, member commission on physical science, mathematics and applications National Research Council, 1991-1994, member policy and computational astgrophys. panels, astronomical and astgrophys. survey National Research Council, 1989-1991.

Member science steering committee W.M. Keck Observatory, 1992-1996, member adaptive optics science team, since 1994. Member visiting committee Space Telescope Science Institute, since 1996, Hubble Space Telescope Second Decade Committee, since 1998.

Achievements

• Claire Ellen Max has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Executive Committee division plasma physics 1977, 81-82). Member American Astronomical Society (Executive Committee division high energy astrophysics 1975-1976), American Geophysical Union, International Astronomical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: violin, skiing.

Connections

Married Jonathan Arons, December 22, 1974. L child, Samuel.

Father:

Louis William Max

Mother:

Pearl (Bernstein) Max

Spouse:

Jonathan Arons