James Martin Gelb

Born: January 17, 1963, Los Angeles, California

Department of Physics

University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, TX 76019

(817) 272-2467 or 795-9585; FAX 272-3637

E-mail: gelb@uta.edu; Web: http://www.uta.edu/physics

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1992, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Large Simulations of Gravitational Clustering in the Universe under Prof. Edmund Bertschinger.

B.A., 1985, Mathematics, University of California Los Angeles. Summa cum Laude, Physics minor.

HONORS

Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Xi, Golden Key, and Sigma Pi Sigma (chapter president 1984) Honor Societies. UCLA Distinguished Scholar and Marilyn F. Lohr Memorial Physics Award. Hertz Foundation Finalist. My Ph.D. thesis has been featured on CNN television and on the cover of Computers in Physics. My 1986 solar neutrino publication is a seminal reference.

COMPUTING SKILLS

C and Fortran programming. UNIX, CMS, VMS, and DOS operating systems. Vector and parallel processing. Supercomputer, mainframe, workstation, and personal computer environments. Extensive expertise in general scientific analysis and algorithms, as well as graphical user interfaces and financial software.

EXPERIENCE

University of Texas at Arlington, Sep. 1996-present. Assistant Professor of Physics.

I direct the astronomy program and do research in astrophysics and computational physics. In 1995 I founded the astronomy club at UTA, Olympus Mons. (1995, UTA Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics.)

Gelb Financial Software, Mar. 1995-June. 1996. Independent Software Developer.

I designed educational financial software analyzing the risks associated with derivatives.

Morgan Stanley, Mar. 1993-Mar. 1995. Senior Research Associate.

I priced and traded derivative securities.

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Jan. 1992-Mar. 1993. Postdoctoral Research Associate.

I continued my studies of galaxy formation, developed new collaborations in general studies of dark matter theories and galaxy redshift surveys, and used the massively parallel ACPMAPS supercomputer.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sep. 1986-Jan. 1992.

I performed very large cosmological simulations with Prof. Edmund Bertschinger. We were granted Strategic User Status at the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summers of 1985-1990.

Prof S. Peter Rosen and I published a series of papers on the Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect (a name which we coined) as a possible solution to the solar neutrino problem. Our 1986 paper has become a standard reference, and we were the first to elucidate the nonadiabatic solution and to make predictions for Gallium experiments.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 1984-1985.

I performed experimental research on Thomson scattering in plasmas with Dr. David Johnson.

University of California Los Angeles, 1983-1984.

I helped initiate a computational physics education center at UCLA with Prof. Steven Moszkowski.

INTERESTS

Astronomy, Computers, Education, Running, Theology, Violin/Piano, Woodworking.

CONFERENCES (CONTRIBUTED/INVITED TALKS)

[14] APS/ASPT Meeting, Univ. of Texas at Arlington, October 1996, Arlington, TX.

Contributed talk on teaching methods in Physics and Astronomy.

[13] Advanced Options Theory, November 1993, London, England.

[12] Cosmic Microwave Background Workshop, December 1992, Berkeley, CA.

Contributed talk on cold dark matter.

[11] XXVI International Conference on High Energy Physics, August 1992, Dallas, TX.

Invited talk on new results from cold dark matter N-body simulations.

[10] Groups of Galaxies Workshop, June 1992, Baltimore, MD.

Contributed talk on groups of galaxies in a cold dark matter universe.

[9] 1992 Joint Meeting of the APS/ASPT, April 1992, Washington, D.C.

Invited talk on supercomputers, cosmology, and cold dark matter.

[8] 178th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, June 1991, Seattle, WA.

Contributed talk on scale-free gravitational evolution.

[7] 15th Texas Relativistic Astrophysics Symposium, December 1990, Brighton, England.

[6] After the First Three Minutes, October 1990, College Park, MD.

[5] Galaxy Formation Workshop, January 1990, Taos, NM.

Contributed talk on dynamic range issues in galaxy formation.

[4] 175th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, January 1990, Washington D.C.

[3] Advanced Summer Institute in Supercomputing, July 1989, Ithaca, NY.

[2] Computing Cosmologies Workshop, April 1989, Toronto, Canada.

[1] Cosmic String Workshop, April 1987, Cambridge, MA.

INVITED TALKS (COLLOQUIA/SEMINARS)

[21] Black Holes to Black-Scholes to Black Holes, July 1996, Fermilab.

[20] Computing Cosmological Models, March 1996, Southern Methodist University.

[19] Making Galaxies on Supercomputers, February 1996, Texas Astronomical Society.

[18] Supercomputing and Cosmology, October 1995, Texas Christian University.

[17] Computational Astrophysics, October 1995, University of Texas at Arlington.

[16] Pricing Options and Forecasting Volatility, July 1994, International Risk Conference, NY.

[15] Volatility Research, May 1994, Kellogg Conference at Northwestern University, Chicago.

[14] Recent Events in the Solar Neutrino Problem, Feb. 1993, Univ. of Washington at Seattle.

[13] Computational Cosmology, Feb. 1993, University of Washington at Seattle.

[12] Gravitational Clustering in the Universe, Nov. 1992, University of Colorado at Boulder.

[11] Supercomputing and Cosmology, Oct. 1992, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

[10] Why Cold Dark Matter is Broken and Can it be Fixed?, Oct. 1992, Harvard University.

[9] Gravitational Clustering in the Universe, Sep. 1992, Dartmouth College.

[8] Cold Dark Matter: Trouble on Small Scales, Apr. 1992, Princeton University.

[7] Cold Dark Matter: Trouble with W=1, Apr. 1992, Fermilab.

[6] Gravitational Clustering in the Universe, Feb. 1992, University of Texas at Arlington.

[5] Cold Dark Matter: Trouble on Small Scales, Feb. 1992, Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

[4] Cosmological N-body Simulations, Jan. 1991, Fermilab.

[3] Cosmology on the IBM Supercomputer, Apr. 1989, M.I.T.

[2] Path Integral Formulation of Primordial Density Fluctuations, July 1987, Los Alamos Lab.

[1] New Models for Solar Neutrino Oscillations, Jan. 1986, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

PUBLICATIONS

[22] Gelb, J.M., Starkman, G., & Babul, A. 1997, Large-Scale Structure Statistics, in progress.

[21] Gelb, J.M. and Gradwohl, B. 1997, Constrained Stress Testing, in progress.

[20] Rosen, S.P., Kwong, W., & Gelb, J.M. 1997, Solar Neutrinos through the Earth, in progress.

[19] Gelb, J.M. & Stebbins, A. 1997, Small-Scale Shear in the CMB, in progress.

[18] Gelb, J.M., Kaundrina, G., Kennedy, D.C., & Pradeep, K. 1997, Relativistic Quantum Hall Effects in the Dipole-Sphere Configuration, in progress.

[17] Gelb, J.M. 1995, Groups of Galaxies in CDM Universes, proc. of the Groups of Galaxies Workshop at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD., ed. Richter, O.G. & Borne, K. (California: Astronomical Society of the Pacific).

[16] Gelb, J.M. & Bertschinger, E. 1994, Cold Dark Matter II: Spatial and Velocity Statistics,

Astrophys. J. 436, 491.

[15] Gelb, J.M. & Bertschinger, E. 1994, Cold Dark Matter I: The Formation of Dark Halos,

Astrophys. J. 436, 467.

[14] Katz, N., Quinn, T., Bertschinger, E., and Gelb, J.M. 1994, Formation of Quasars at High Redshift, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 270, L71.

[13] Kofman, L., Bertschinger, E., Gelb, J.M., Nusser, A., & Dekel, A. 1994, Evolution of One-Point Distributions from Gaussian Initial Fluctuations, Astrophys. J. 420, 44.

[12] Gelb, J.M. 1993, N-body Simulations of Cold Dark Matter, proc. of the XXVI International High Energy Physics Conference, Dallas, Texas, ed. Sanford, J.R. (New York: American Institute of Physics).

[11] Katz, N., Quinn, T., & Gelb, J.M. 1993, Galaxy Formation and Peaks Formalism,

Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 265, 689.

[10] Gelb, J.M., Gradwohl, B., & Frieman, J.A. 1993, Large- and Small-Scale Constraints on Power Spectra in W=1 Universes, Astrophys. J. Letters, 403, L5.

[9] Gelb, J.M., Kwong, W., Rosen, S.P. 1992, Implications of New Gallex Results for the MSW Solution of the Solar Neutrino Problem, Phys. Rev. Letters, 69, 1864.

[8] Bertschinger, E. & Gelb, J.M. 1991, Large Cosmological N-body Simulations, Computers in Physics, 5, 164.

[7] Gelb, J.M. 1991, Galaxy Correlation Functions in Redshift Space from Large N-body Simulations, proc. of After the First Three Minutes, ed. Holt, S., Bennett, C, & Trimble, V. (New York: American Institute of Physics).

[6] Bertschinger, E. & Gelb, J.M. 1989, Path Integral Methods for Primordial Density Perturbations, proc. of the IAU Symposium 130, ed. Audouze, J., Pelletan, M.C., & Szalay, A. (Dordrecht: Reidel).

[5] Rosen, S.P. & Gelb, J.M. 1989, Neutrino-Electron Scattering and the Choice Between

Different MSW Solutions of the Solar-Neutrino Problem, Phys. Rev. D, 39, 3190.

[4] Rosen, S.P. & Gelb, J.M. 1987, Detailed MSW Calculations for Solar ⁸B Neutrinos,

Los Alamos National Laboratory publication LA-UR-87-285.

[3] Bahcall, J.N., Gelb, J.M., & Rosen, S.P. 1987, Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein Effect in Electron-Neutrino Scattering Experiments, Phys. Rev. D, 35, 1976.

[2] Rosen, S.P. & Gelb, J.M. 1987, Matter Oscillations and Solar Neutrinos: A Review of the MSW Effect, proc. of the XXIII International Conference on High Energy Physics, Berkeley, CA, ed. Loken, S.C. (Singapore: World Scientific).

[1] Rosen, S.P. & Gelb, J.M. 1986, Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein Enhancement of Oscillations as a Possible Solution to the Solar Neutrino Problem, Phys. Rev. D, 34, 969.

PARTICIPATION AT UTA

1) Founder and driving force behind the very active astronomy club Olympus Mons which serves astronomical awareness to UTA students and the public. See http://www.uta.edu/student_orgs/astronomy. We have attracted the attention of the Shorthorn, local newspaper and television during events such as lunar eclipses.

2) Advisor to the Society of Physics students at UTA, including a major push for the development of demonstrations for Science Hall. See http://www.uta.edu/student_orgs/physics.

3) Developed a computer program for the UTA psychology department to gather data for infant cognition studies. The program is also being used by other universities.

4) Committees: Graduate, Publicity.

5) Very active member of the UTA Distinguished Lecture Series teaching astronomy and the physics of light. I have also volunteered at numerous schools in the Arlington area.

6) I teach and supervise the operations of our large astronomy courses, including managing laboratories and assistants, the UTA planetarium (including maintenance and public shows), and our telescopes for night observations.

7) I updated and taught an advanced astrophysics course (Spring 1997). I taught a cosmology seminar as a special problems class on my own time (Spring 1996).

8) I have worked with many students on special problems. Pete Hernandez (Fall 1996) numerically solved the equations describing the interior of stars.

9) Summer visitor at Fermilab, Summer 1996.

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