Dr. Fred M Finkbeiner

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 662, X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-1517
fax: 301-286-1684
e-mail: fred.m.finkbeiner @ nasa.gov

Present Position

Senior Scientist; RS Information System, Inc.

Brief Bio

2002-2006 Senior Scientist, Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
X-ray Astrophysics Branch, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

1996-2002 Research Associate, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland; visiting scientist at NASA/Goddard.

1996 Research Associate, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland.

1990-1996 Research Assistant, Paul Scherrer Institute & ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

Educational Background

Doctorate of Natural Science (1996), Physics, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland.
Thesis:"Development of Superconducting Tunnelling Junctions for high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy".

Diploma (1989), Physics, TH Karlsruhe, Germany.

Research Interests

Research & Development of advanced detector and sensor systems and components.

Current Projects