Paul Christopher Joss

Background

Joss, Paul Christopher was born on May 7, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Everett Henry and Magda Anna (Hohorst) Joss.

Education

Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1971.

Career

Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971-1973; assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1973-1978; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1983; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1983; member Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1973. Associate head astrophysics division Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1988. Visiting scientist Weizmann Institute Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1974-1975, 78, Institute Astronomy, Cambridge, England, 1977, 93.

Visiting staff member Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1979-1980. Consultant Visidyne Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, 1979-1982, 92-93, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, 1980-1992. Member of advisory committee Institute Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987-1992.

Member High Energy Astrophysics Management Operations Working Group, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1988-1991, Astronomy and Space Physics Science Council, Universities Space Research Association, 1988-1992. Member Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991. Special assistant to president Visidyne Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, since 1993.

President Joss Consulting Associations, since 1992.

Achievements

• Paul Christopher Joss has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist, atmospheric physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society (Helen B. Warner Prize 1980, Executive Committee High Energy Astrophysics division 1983-1985), American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union.

Interests

• Avocations: classical music, chess.

Connections

Married Marjorie Jean Axton, January 24, 1970 (divorced). 1 child, Susan Elizabeth. Married Karen Elizabeth Murray, July 3, 1992 (divorced).

1 child, Matthew Albert Henry.

Father:

Everett Henry Joss

Mother:

Magda Anna (Hohorst) Joss

Spouse:

Karen Elizabeth Murray

Spouse:

Marjorie Jean Axton

child:

Matthew Albert Henry Joss

child:

Susan Elizabeth Joss