Full CV for Rene Ong (updated March 2011).
EDUCATION:
Stanford University
1987 Ph.D. Physics
Advisor: John A. Jaros
Thesis: "Measurement of the B Hadron Lifetime"
Stanford University
1983 M.S. Physics
Advisor: Martin L. Perl
University of Michigan
1981 B.S. Physics
Undergraduate Advisor: Lawrence R. Sulak
5B Thesis: "Design of an Enhanced 1 GeV Electron Neutrino Beam"
Selected Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa, 1981
Regent's Alumni Scholar
Robert R. McCormick Fellow, 1988-1991
A.P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1992
Outstanding Teaching Award, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, 2002
Fellow, American Physical Society, 2003
Outstanding Teaching Award, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA, 2008
Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society, 2010
APPOINTMENTS:
2001-Present Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Los Angeles
2005 Visiting Scholar
Department of Physics & Rackham School of Graduate
Studies
University of Michigan
1998-2000 Associate Professor
Department of Physics & Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago
1991-1998 W.W. Grainger Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Enrico Fermi Institute University of Chicago
1988-1991 Robert R. McCormick Fellow
Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago
1987-1988 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Division
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
1980-1981 Research Assistant
Department of Physics
University of Michigan
1980 Research Assistant
Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
1979 Research Assistant
Space Physics Research Laboratory
University of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
2009- Spokeperson, VERITAS Collaboration .
2011 Committee to Assess the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) , National Research Council, Washington DC.
2011 NSF Astronomy Division (AST) Committee of Visitors (COV), Washington DC
2010 Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of AStroParicle ERAnet (ASPERA), the Roadmap for Astroparticle Physics in Europe.
2009-2010 Astro2010, Panel on Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation (PAG), National Research Council, Washington D.C.
2009 Particle Astrophysics Scientific Assessment Group (PASAG), Sub-Panel of HEPAP (DOE and NSF), Washington D.C.
2008 Committee, GLAST Fellowship Program .
2007-2009 Deputy Spokeperson, VERITAS Collaboration .
2006 International Organizing Committee, "VI Rencontres du Vietnam: Challenges in Particle Astrophysics", Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2006.
2005-7 Chair, VERITAS Executive Council (VEC).
2005 Organizing Committee, "Towards a Future Ground Based Gamma-Ray Observatory", Malibu CA, October 2005.
2005 Nominating Committee, Division of Astrophysics (DAS) of the American Physical Society (APS), Washington DC.
2005- Conseil Scientific, Laboratoire Leprince Ringuet, Ecole Polytechnique and IN2P3/CNRS, Palaiseau, France.
2005 Universe Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committeee (SRC-8), NASA, Washington D.C.
2005 International Advisory Commitee, "Towards a Network of Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors VII", Ecole Polytechnique, France, April 2005.
2004 Chair, Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics (SAGENAP), Sub-Panel of HEPAP (DOE and NSF), Washington, DC. 12/13/04 Final Report.
2003-7 Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) User's Group, NASA, Washington D.C.
2003-7 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (to DOE, NSF, and NASA). AAAC site at NSF-AST.
2003- Experimental Program Advisory Committee (EPAC) for Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Stanford CA.
2003-4 Director's Review, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA.
2003 Reviewer, "Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century", Committe on the Physics of the Universe, National Research Council, Washington D.C.
2003 High Energy Physics Facilities Committee, Sub-Panel of HEPAP (DOE and NSF), Washington D.C.
2003 Session Organizer, April Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Joint DAP/DPF Session, Philadelphia PA.
2002 Neutrino Facilities Assessment Committee (NFAC), National Research Council, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Washington D.C. Report: Neutrinos and Beyond: New Windows on Nature, The National Academies Press.
2002 Scientific Advisory Committee, Int. Symposium: The Universe Viewed in Gamma Rays, Kashiwa, Japan.
2002-4 Universities Research Association (URA) Visiting Committee for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia IL.
2002 Program Committee, SPIE International Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Waikoloa HI.
2001-4 High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP), Department of Energy / National Science Foundation, Washington D.C.
2001 Sub-Panel of HEPAP on Long Range Planning (LRP) for High Energy Physics, Department of Energy / National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. 01/29/02 Final Report.
2001 Organizing Committee, Snowmass 2001, "The Future of Particle Physics", Snowmass CO.
2000-2 Scientific Assessment Group for Experiments in Non-Accelerator Physics (SAGENAP), National Science Foundation / Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
2000 Committee of Visitors (COV), National Science Foundation - PHY Division, Washington D.C.
2000-2 High Energy Neutrino Astrophysics Panel (HENAP) of the Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics and Gravitation International Committee (PANAGIC).
2000 Portfolio Allocation Review (PAR), National Science Foundation - AST Division, Washington D.C. Members & Report.
1999 Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee ("Decadal Survey"), National Research Council, Board of Physics and Astronomy, Washington D.C. Panel on High Energy Astrophysics from Space Panel on Particle, Nuclear, and Graviational Wave Astrophysics
1999 NSF Review Panel, Fly's Eye HiRes Project, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT.
1999 Scientific Advisory Committee, "Symposium on GeV/TeV Gamma-Ray Astrophysics ",Snowbird UT.
1999 Convenor, "High Energy Astrophysics," Meeting of the APS Division of Particles and Fields (DPF 99), Los Angeles CA.
1998 Organizing Committee, "TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Sources," Harvard-SAO, Cambridge MA.
1997 Scientific Advisory Committee, "Towards a Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Detector-V", Kruger Park, South Africa.