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Goldstein, Jeffrey Jay was born on December 3, 1957 in New York City. Son of Gustave and Gloria Pauline (Simon) Goldstein.
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Jeffrey Jay Goldstein, American Astrophysicist, educator. Achievements include research on measurement of winds in planetary atmospheres. E-mail: [email protected]. Graduate student researcher National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1985-1988; recipient Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy Thesis award Sigma Xi Science Research Society, University Pennsylvania chapter, 1990.
Education
Bachelor in Physics, Queens College, CUNY, 1980; Master of Science in Astronomical & Astrophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Career
Instructor, astrophysics, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981-1985; astrophysicist chairman, laboratory for astrophysics, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1988-1996; director space science research department, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Virginia, since 1996; research associate National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, since 1996. Educational consultant, since 1988.
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Lecturer on space science to schools, educational workshops and popular talks, since 1983. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, American Astronomical Society (division planetary science).
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Graduate student researcher National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1985-1988. Recipient Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy Thesis award Sigma Xi Science Research Society, University Pennsylvania chapter, 1990.Graduate student researcher National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1985-1988. Recipient Outstanding Doctor of Philosophy Thesis award Sigma Xi Science Research Society, University Pennsylvania chapter, 1990.