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Principal Investigator (PI): Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Ph.D. C.M. Johns-Krull obtained his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, studying the spectral variability of newly formed low mass stars. Dr. Johns-Krull continued his studies on young stars as a postdoctoral fellow at McDonald Observatory and then at JILA before returning to Berkeley as a research scientist at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. He has been an assistant professor at Rice University since July, 2001. Dr. Johns-Krull has done extensive work on optical high resolution spectroscopy of young stars, including the discovery of rotational modulation of wind and accretion signatures (Johns et al. 1992; Giampapa et al. 1993; Johns & Basri 1995; Johns-Krull & Hatzes 1997). More recently, Dr. Johns-Krull has been studying the magnetic properties of newly formed stars and currently the world expert on this topic (e.g. Johns-Krull et al. 1999a,b; Johns-Krull et al. 2004; Yang et al. 2005, Daou et al. 2006).Website: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cmj/ Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI): Juan Carlos Reina, Ph.D.Dr. Reina's background is as an experimentalist and he has done research using dynamic laser light scattering techniques to study phase transitions in gels and colloids. He has taught Physics and Astronomy at the university level for thirty-three years. As an experimentalist, he has transferred his interests from polymer physics research into astronomical observation and instrumentation. He has successfully developed a television show on astronomy, "Astronomy Spoken Here," for the student body and public at large that is viewed by approximately by 3,000 people each week. He has developed the Astronomy Program at HCC as a discipline under physics. Dr. Reina currently serves as Director of the HCCS Title V program, drawing professors, teachers and students from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged groups into science. Dr. Reina has successfully implemented programs in the fields of physics and astronomy that encourage diversity, broaden opportunities, and enable the participation of all underrepresented groups in scientific education and research. This program corresponds directly and seamlessly with the goals of the Title V program and long-term goals of HCCS. HCCS begins plans for a Math and Science Institute of Excellence in the Spring of 2006, and the TORRE program will fit institutional goals relative to the Institute. Remote Technical Advisor: Roger Boston, MBA Roger Boston is a world class leader in Distance Education, a pioneer in the use of internet for instruction with special emphasis on international and long distance educational collaborations. He has facilitated international distance education over two decades. He will manage the development of the distance technology process and educational technology to be used.
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