e-mail: eric(AT)weisstein.com
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Major: planetary science; Minor: physics.
M.S., 1993
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Major: planetary science; Minor: physics.
Ph.D., 1996
June 1999-present
Senior Research Fellow, Wolfram
Research, Inc., Champaign, IL
Author and maintain the world's most popular and extensive encyclopedias
of math and science.
July 1996-May 1999
Research scientist, Department of Astronomy,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Observed and analyzed submillimeter spectra of giant planets and
Earth's atmosphere. Acted as system administrator for the astronomy
department's cluster of Suns, PC's, Macs, and Silicon Graphics
workstations. Supported instrumentation for the department's 26", 30",
and 40" telescopes and CCD camera.
Jan. 1996-June 1996
Staff scientist, Division of Geological
and Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Developed radiative transfer models for icy ring particles and satellite surfaces.
Obtained synthesis imaging maps of Saturn at 1.1 mm.
Sept. 1990-Dec. 1995
Graduate student, Division of Geological
and Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Observed and analyzed millimeter/submillimeter spectra of the planets using radiative transfer models. Developed millimeter/submillimeter Fourier transform spectrometer and performed line survey of the jovian planets. Collected and analyzed VLA synthesis imaging maps for Venus and Mars.
May 1990-Sept. 1990
Visiting scientist, USRA Graduate Student Program in the Earth System Sciences,
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Developed hurricane visualization software for the Severe Storms Branch using high-end graphics
workstations.
June 1989-Aug. 1989
Summer student, Arecibo Observatory Summer Student Program, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Observed blue compact dwarf galaxies at radio wavelengths. Analyzed radio and infrared astronomical
data.
May 1988-Aug. 1988
Student researcher, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Analyzed spectra of superluminous IRAS galaxies. Developed CCD camera software.
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Weisstein, E.W. CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998. ISBN 0849396409.
Weisstein, E.W. CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2002. ISBN 1584883472.
Weisstein, E.W. Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics CD-ROM. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999. ISBN 0849396409.
Weisstein, E.W. CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics CD-ROM, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2003. ISBN 0849319463.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Making MathWorld." The Mathematica Journal 10, 474-488, 2007. HTML
Bailey, D.H.; Borwein, J.M.; Kapoor, V.; and Weisstein, E.W. "Ten Problems in Experimental Mathematics." Amer. Math. Monthly 113, 481-509, 2006. PDF
Salzer, J.J.; Rosenberg, J.L.; Weisstein, E.W.; Mazzarella, J.M.; and Bothun, G.D. "An HI Survey of Actively Star-Forming Dwarf Galaxies." Astron. J. 124, 191-212, 2002. ABSTRACT
Serabyn, E.; Weisstein, E.W.; Lis, D.C; and Pardo, J.R. "Submillimeter FTS Measurements of Atmospheric Opacity Above Mauna Kea." Appl. Opt. 37, 2185-2198, 1998. HTML
Ashby, M.L.N.; Hacking, P.B.; Houck, J.R.; Soifer, B.T.; and Weisstein, E.W. "A Massive z = 0.088 Supercluster and Tests of Starburst Galaxy Evolution at the North Ecliptic Pole." Astrophys. J. 456, 428-436, 1996. HTML | ABSTRACT
Encrenaz, T.; Serabyn, E.; and Weisstein, E.W. "Millimeter Spectroscopy of Uranus and Neptune: Constraints on the CO and PH3 Tropospheric Abundances." Icarus 124, 616-624, 1996. HTML | ABSTRACT
Serabyn, E. and Weisstein, E.W. "Calibration of Planetary Brightness Temperature Spectra at Near-Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths with a Fourier-transform Spectrometer." Appl. Opt. 35, 2752-2763, 1996. HTML
Weisstein, E.W. and Serabyn, E. "Submillimeter Line Search in Jupiter and Saturn." Icarus 123, 23-36, 1996. HTML | ABSTRACT
Serabyn, E. and Weisstein, E.W. "Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of the Orion Molecular Cloud Core." Astrophys. J. 451, 238-251, 1995. HTML | ABSTRACT
Weisstein, E.W. and E. Serabyn. "Detection of the 267 GHz J = 1 - 0 Rotational Transition of PH3 in Saturn with a New Fourier Transform Spectrometer." Icarus 109, 367-381, 1994. HTML | ABSTRACT
Allen, M.; Lee, Y.-T.; Weisstein, E.W.; and Serabyn, E. "Dynamical Mixing in the Jovian Upper Troposphere." Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 29, 24.05, p. 1017, 1997. HTML | ABSTRACT
Serabyn, E. and Weisstein, E.W. "Submillimeter wavelength Fourier transform Spectroscopy of astronomical sources." In CO: Twenty-Five Years of Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy, IAU Symp. 170 (Eds. W.B. Latter et al.). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, pp. 215-217, 1997. HTML
Encrenaz, T.; Serabyn, E.; Weisstein, E.W.; and Gulkis, S. "Spectroscopy of Uranus and Neptune in the millimeter range." Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 27, 11.12, p. 1089, 1995. HTML | ABSTRACT
Serabyn, E.; Weisstein, E.W.; and Lis, D.C. "FTS atmospheric transmission measurements and observations of planetary atmospheres." In The Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Molecular Clouds (Ed. G. Winnewisser and G.C. Pelz). Proceedings of the 2nd Cologne-Zermatt Symposium Held at Zermatt, Switzerland, 21-24 September 1993. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 377-379, 1995. HTML
Weisstein, E.W. and Serabyn, E. "Detection of the PH3 J=3-2 rotational transition in Jupiter and Saturn." Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 26, 13.02, p. 1108, 1994. HTML | ABSTRACT
Salzer, J.J.; Rosenberg, J.L.; Weisstein, E.W.; Mazzarella, J.M.; and Bothun, G.D. "An HI survey of actively star-forming dwarf galaxies." Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 25, 31.09, p. 841, 1993. HTML | ABSTRACT
Weisstein, E.W. and Serabyn, E. "Detection of the 267 GHz PH3 line in Saturn and implications for its mixing ratio in Saturn's upper atmosphere." Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 25, 09.08, 1052, 1993. HTML | ABSTRACT
Weisstein, E.W. "Millimeter/Submillimeter Fourier Transform Spectroscopy of Jovian Planet Atmospheres." Ph.D. thesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1996. HTML | PostScript | PDF