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Cuntz, Manfred Adolf was born on April 21, 1958 in Landau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Gerhard Hermann and Irene Emma (Messerschmitt) Cuntz. came to the United States, 1988.
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Cuntz, Manfred Adolf was born on April 21, 1958 in Landau, Rheinland-Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany. Son of Gerhard Hermann and Irene Emma (Messerschmitt) Cuntz. came to the United States, 1988.
Diplom in Physics, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1988.
Postdoctoral, research associate Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics-U. Colorado, Boulder, 1989-1991. Postdoctoral research associate High Altitude Observatory division National Center Atmospheric Research, 1992-1994. Habilitation in astronomy University Heidelberg, Germany, 1995.
Senior research associate, lecturer mechanical engineering Center Space Plasma, Aeronomy and Astrophysics Research, University Alabama, Huntsville, 1996-1999, adjunct associate professor department mechanical engineering, 1999-2000. Visiting professor department physics University Texas, Arlington, 2000-2001, assistant professor department physics, 2001-2006, associate professor, since 2006, co-director astronomy, since 2004. Guest observer International Ultraviolet Explorer, Hubble Space Telescope, Röntgensatellit, FUSE, Chandra, Newton XMM.
Member International Astronomical Union (committee 36), American Astronomical Society, Deutsche Astronomische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Vereinigung der Sternfreunde, New York Academy Scis, Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Married Anne-Gret Vera Friedrich, September 19, 1988. 1 child, Heiko Benjamin.