Robert Howard Rubin

Background

Rubin, Robert Howard was born on March 26, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham D. and Betty B. (Farber) Rubin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Case Institute Technology, Cleveland, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1967.

Career

Research associate, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1967-1969; research associate, assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1969-1972; associate professor, California State University, Fullerton, 1972-1981; senior national research county associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1981-1983; associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1983. Visiting professor, research astronomer University of California at Los Angeles, 1983-1989. Visiting professor Stanford (California) U., 1990-1991.

President Orion Enterprises, Mountain View, California, since 1990. Principal investigator infrared astronomy satellite National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985-1989, international ultraviolet explorer satellite, 1989-1990, Kuiper Airborne Observatory, since 1992, Hubble Space Telescope, since 1993.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of interstellar formamide. Research ininterstellar medium-computer modeling of gaseous nebulae with emphasis on predicting line intensities to extract elemental abundances andother physical information.

Membership

Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, International Scientific Radio Union, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Father:

Abraham D. Rubin

Mother:

Betty B. (Farber) Rubin