Background
Greenberg, Jerome Mayo was born on January 14, 1922 in Baltimore. Son of Henry and Ree M. (Goldenberg) Greenberg.
Greenberg, Jerome Mayo was born on January 14, 1922 in Baltimore. Son of Henry and Ree M. (Goldenberg) Greenberg.
Degree, Johns Hopkins University, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1948.
Junior instructor physics Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1939-1948, 46-48. Physicist National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1944-1946. Instructor physics University Virginia, 1945-1946.
Assistant professor physics University Delaware, 1948-1951. Research associate Institute Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics University Maryland, 1951-1952. From assistant professor to professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1952-1970.
Professor astronomy department astronomy and space science State University of New York, Albany, 1970-1975, chairman department astronomy and space science, 1972. Professor laboratory astrophysics Leiden (The Netherlands) University, 1975-1992, professor emeritus. Visiting fellow Leiden Observatory, 1961.
Guest professor Polish Academy of Sciences, 1964, University Maryland, Johns Hopkins, 1988. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 1965-1966. Visiting scientist University Hawaii, summer 1968.
Visiting lecturer Max-Planck-Institute fur Radio Astronomie, Bonn, Germany, summer 1972. Visiting professor Japan Society for Promotion of Science, University Tokyo, spring 1974, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1980, Uppsala (Sweden) University, 1991, Institute Space and Astronomical Science, Kanagawa, Japan, 1993-1994. Raymond and Beverly Sackler distinguished professor geophysics and planetary science Tel Aviv University, 1988.
Visiting scholar Institute Astronomy University Cambridge, England, summer 1974. Distinguished research professor, associate director Microwave Scattering Laboratory, State University of New York, Albany, 1975-1980. Visiting McDonnell distinguished professor Washington University McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, St. Louis, 1978.
Guest professor University Tenerife, Canary Islands, 1979. Visiting professor Saltsjoben Observatory, University Stockholm, 1980. Adjunct professor chemistry Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1983-1997.
Director international summer school Enrico Fermi Evolution of Interstellar Dust and Related Topics, Varenna, Italy, 1986. Director International School Space Chemistry, Ettore Majorana Center for Science Culture, Erice-Trapani-Sicily, 1994, 97.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Astronomical Society. Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union (vice president commission 21 since 2000).
Married Naomi Slovin, June 21, 1947. Children: Toby, Joshua, Shelly, Jonathan.