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Summary of 1999 gossip season

(Y2K gossip is on a separate page)

1999 faculty positions

U. Arizona Some rejection letters sent out (3/1); short list made (3/7), including Andreas Eckart, Alyssa Goodman, Martin Haehnelt, Chris Kochanek, Michael Meyer, Phillip Stancil, Max Tegmark; offer made to Max Tegmark (3/22), declined (5/5)
Bonn (C4 Prof) Shortlist made, including Peter Schneider. Offer made (4/12), according a very unreliable rumor to Peter Schneider; this is now official
Bowdoin College (Assistant Prof) Shortlist made, candidates being interviewed (12/15); offer made and accepted (2/2)
Berkeley (Senior position) Reinhard Genzel, Marc Kamionkowski, Martin White being considered; offer made to Marc Kamionkowski (4/19)
Brown Short list made (2/3) of 5-7 people, including Ian Del'Antonio, Peter Garnavich, Adam Riess, Liliya Williams (2/25); offer made to Ian Del'Antonio, accepted (4/5)
Bucknell (Visiting professorship) Short list made (5/3); two offers made, one of them to Steve Bloom (5/23), declined (5/27)
Caltech (Senior positions) Offer made to Marc Kamionkowski (3/13), who will come for a sabbatical while deciding whether to accept (4/29)
Richard Ellis considered for 2nd position, but unclear whether a formal offer has been made (3/13), offer made and accepted (5/6)
Cambridge (IoA Observer search) Offer made (6/16), to Richard McMahon
(Cavendish 5 year lectureship) short list made: Andrew Blain, Kris Gorski, Aled Jones, David Buscher; offer made to David Buscher, accepted (8/31)
Cardiff (Professorship) Offer made to Walter Gear (4/26), accepted (5/6)
(Faculty positions) Offers made to Wayne Holland and Jane Greaves (4/26), both declined (5/6)
(2 instrumentation lectureships) Shortlist made (9/20) Dave Clements, Brian Ellison, M. Gray, K. Isaak, Charles Jenkins, Mauskopf, Nartallo, L. Piccirillo, Karl Schuster; offers made to Mauskopf and Piccirillo, both accepted (11/15)
Carnegie (OCIW staff positions) Offers made to John Mulchaey and Michael Rauch, accepted (6/24)
Case Western Offer made (in June) to Rene Ong, still pending
Chicago (Astronomy and Astrophysics Dept.) Candidates from an informal short list for two tenure track positions invited to give colloquia during fall and early spring (1/16): Sean Carroll, Daniel Eisenstein, Wayne Hu, Lam Hui, Lloyd Knox, Max Tegmark, Martin White; offer made to Wayne Hu (3/17), accepted (4/12)
(Physics Dept.) Offer made to Sean Carroll (4/5), accepted (5/7) Another offer was made to Savdeep Sethi, a string theorist (4/5)
Clemson (Assistant Prof) Candidates being interviewed (12/15), offer made to Max Tegmark (1/28), declined, offer made to Peter Garnavich (3/13), declined, offer made to Varsha Kulkarni, accepted (5/25)
Colorado (Experimentalist) Shortlist made (2/25). The complete list is (3/7) Rebecca Bernstein, Jason Glenn, Tom Hayward, Adrian Lee, Gopal Narayanan; offer made to Jason Glenn, accepted (4/30)
Columbia (Assistant Professor, astrophysics) Letters requested for some applicants (12/30), Short list made (1/30), including Marcella Carollo, Daniel Eisenstein, Brad Hansen, Wayne Hu, Lam Hui, Kathryn Johnston, Rachel Somerville, Kris Stanek, Max Tegmark (2/7); offer made (3/7) to Jeremy Heyl (4/29), declined (10/17); offer made to Lam Hui, accepted (10/8); offer made to Marcella Carollo, accepted
Copenhagen (NORDITA) Senior position offered to Georg Raffelt, declined (12/15); offered to Hans-Thomas Janka (declined); offered to Axel Brandenburg (1/28), accepted (4/26)
(Assistant prof) short list made (2/4), including Rachid Ouyed, Thomas Rauscher, Max Tegmark (2/17), offer made to Max Tegmark (3/17), declined (3/22), offer made to Rachid Ouyed, accepted (4/26)
U.C. Davis Two offers made (2/22), to Chris Kochanek, declined (4/19), and Max Tegmark, declined (5/5); Lam Hui, Andrew Jaffe and Lloyd Knox invited for interviews (6/11); search suspended until next year (8/16)
Drexel Short list made (3/28), including Michael Vogeley, Yun Wang; offer made to Michael Vogeley (6/30), accepted (7/12)
Durham Shortlist has been made for the lectureship (12/18), consisting of (2/4) Abraham, Aragon-Salamanca, Baugh, Done, Edge, Haehnelt, Love, Moore, Peletier, Saha, Smail. Offer made to Chris Done (accepted)
Edinburgh ATC Offer made to Wayne Holland (4/26), accepted (5/6)
Embry-Riddle Offer made to Nick Devereux, accepted (4/30)
U. Florida Offers made for one of three positions (1/14), to (1/16) Fred Hamann (accepted), (2/12) Jonathan Williams (accepted), Neill Reid
Gemini (Gemini South, La Serena) Shortlist made, interviews beginning (3/8)
Groningen Full professorship offered to Konrad Kuijken, accepted (3/2)
Hampden-Sydney College (Visiting Professorship) Short list made, and candidates invited for interviews; offer made to Steve Bloom (5/23), accepted (5/27)
Harvard A long (19) short list has been made (1/4), then shortened and split for two jobs.
(tenure-track observer) Short list made (2/1): Paul Butler, Don Figer, Lori Lubin, Bernhard Brandl, Marcella Carollo; search cancelled (3/7)
(tenure-track theorist) Offer made to Martin White (2/4); accepted (3/7)
Hatfield Offers made to (2/4) Aragon-Salamanca (declined), Peletier (declined) and Tanvir (accepted)
MPIA-Heidelberg (C3 position) Offer made to Eva Grebel (7/22)
Hilo, HI Shortlist made (3/28), including Nick Devereux, Frank Helmich, Robin Phillips, Michael West; offered to Michael West (11/14)
Hofstra Short list made, including Steve Bloom (4/19); offer made (5/27), accepted (6/7)
Irvine Short list made (2/7); offer made to John Mulchaey (3/28)
U. of Iowa Letters requested for some applicants (1/7), shortlist made, including (3/13) Timothy Bastian, Benjamin Chandran, Debra Shepherd, Stephen Thorsett; offer made to Stephen Thorsett (3/22), declined; offer made to Ben Chandran (4/19), accepted (5/10)
Jodrell Bank (2 lectureships) 2 advertised jobs, but at least 3 offers will probably be made. Short list of 10 made, including P. Saha, J. Levin, C. Lacey, S. Mao, M. Kramer. Three offers made (4/12), to Michael Kramer (accepted), (4/26) Shude Mao (accepted), Janna Levin (declined), Zaven Arzoumanian (declined) and (8/4) Tim O'Brien (accepted)
Johns Hopkins Short list of 8 made (3/7), including Don Figer, offer made (5/18) to Karl Glazebrook, accepted (8/31)
Western Kentucky ``Long'' short list made (4/5), which will be shortened before interviews; short list made (4/12), including Steve Bloom, Nick Devereux; offer made and accepted (5/21), to Richard Gelderman (7/5)
Las Vegas Short list made (2/2), including Peter Garnavich, John Mulchaey, Eric Perlman, Christopher Taylor (2/17); offer made to Peter Garnavich (3/3), declined; original short list expanded and new candidates being interviewed (4/19); offer made and accepted (6/15), to Jeremy King (12/21)
Leeds (Lecureship) 2(?) candidates invited for interview, including Rene Oudmaijer (4/26); offer made to Rene Oudmaijer, accepted (6/15)
Manoa, HI Directorship offered to Richard Ellis (12/21), declined
U. of Maryland (Baltimore County, Director of Joint Center in Astrophysics) Offer made to Mark Henriksen, accepted (3/7)
U. of Maryland (College Park) Short list made (1/23): John Dubinski, Daniel Eisenstein, Kathryn Johnston, Cole Miller, Dimitrios Psaltis, Chris Reynolds, Prasenjit Saha, Max Tegmark, perhaps 1 more person; two offers made (3/22), to Cole Miller (accepted) and Max Tegmark (declined) (4/5), offer made to John Dubinski, declined (5/18)
U. Massachusetts Shortlist made (3/2), Short list made, including Ian Bonnell, Marcella Carollo, Rafael Guzman, Brad Schaeffer, Max Tegmark, Christopher Tinney, Q. Daniel Wang, Min Yun; offer made to Marcella Carollo, declined, offer made to Daniel Wang (4/26)
Michigan Shortlist made (3/17), including Rebecca Bernstein, Marcella Carollo, Don Figer, Adrian Lee, Crystal Martin, Rachel Sommerville; two offers made, to Rebecca Bernstein (5/5) and Rachel Sommerville (8/2), both accepted
MIT (Theory position) Rejection letters sent out (1/28). Offer made to Wayne Hu (2/4); declined
(Experimental position) Scott Burles and Scott Trager have been interviewed (3/13)
McGill Short list made (2/2), including Peter Garnavich; offer made (5/17)
North Dakota Short list made (4/30); offer made to Yun Wang (6/24), declined (7/15)
Notre Dame Short list made (12/15), including Scott Burles, Mihael Duvernois, Peter Garnavich, Gail McGlauglan, Yun Wang (2/17); offer made to Peter Garnavich, accepted (6/4); visiting assistant professor position offered to Yun Wang, accepted (7/15)
Nottingham Shortlist of 6 made for 3 lectureships (12/18); offers made to Maddox (accepted), Aragon-Salamanca (accepted), Peletier (accepted)
NRAO (Staff scientist) Shortlist made, including Debra Shepherd, Claire Chandler, Min Yun, offer made to Clair Chandler, accepted (3/29); offer made to Steve Myers, accepted (4/19)
NYU (Senior position) senior offer made to Rocky Kolb (6/7)
(Junior position) short list made (12/18), including Lam Hui, Adam Riess, Max Tegmark (2/4); offer made to Adam Riess, declined (3/13); offer made to Lam Hui (6/7)
Ohio State (Junior position) Offered to Jordi Miralda-Escude, accepted (12/5)
(Senior position) Offered to Rene Ong (9/22)
Western Ontario Shortlist made (3/29); offer made (4/14) to Shantanu Basu, accepted (4/26)
U. Pennsylvania (Junior position) Short list of five made (3/2): Daniel Eisenstein, Bhuvnesh Jain, Kathryn Johnston, Max Tegmark, Michael Vogeley; offer made to Max Tegmark (3/17), accepted (5/5)
(Senior position) Offer made to Charles Alcock, accepted (11/5)
Potsdam (C3 Prof) Offer made to Joachim Wambsganss (4/19), accepted (5/3)
Queen's Univ. (Kingston) Short list made (6/4)
QMW (Lectureship) Short list made, including Willy Kley, Joao Magueijo, Prasenjit Saha; offer made to Prasenjit Saha, accepted (4/28)
Rochester Short list made (3/22); the complete list is Eric Blackman, Andrei Gruzinov, Alex Lazarian, Eyal Maoz, Mike Nowak, Caroline Terquem; offer made to Alex Lazarian (5/18), declined, offer made to Eric Blackman (6/15)
RPI Letters requested for some applicants (12/15), shortlist made (1/22), including Paul Butler (2/2)
Rutgers Shortlist made (2/12), including (2/24) Paul Butler, Eric Gotthelf, Andrei Gruzinov, Martin Haehnelt, Wayne Hu, Adam Riess; offer made (3/7) to Adam Riess, declined (3/13), offer made to Wayne Hu, declined, offer made to Paul Butler, declined (3/22); search canceled (5/16)
San Diego State Some rejection letters sent out (3/1)
UC Santa Cruz (Junior position) Shortlist made (12/16): Daniel Eisenstein, Andrei Gruzinov, Martin Haehnelt, Wayne Hu, Lam Hui, Max Tegmark, about 6 others; offer made to Wayne Hu (3/2), declined (3/29), senior offer made to Adam Burrows (4/26), declined; offer made to Piero Madau (6/24)
(Senior position) Shortlist made: Adam Burrows, Chris Kochanek, Steve Thorsett, Marc Kamionkowski, Piero Madau; offer made to Steve Thorsett (3/13), accepted (5/6)
UC Santa Barbara (ITP professorship) Offer made to Lars Bildsten, accepted (8/13)
St. Cloud State Offer made to Ted Bunn, accepted (5/15); second offer made and accepted (5/28)
STScI Up to 6 or 7 positions may be available.
(Parallel Track Scientist(s)) Interviews underway (12/15)
(Tenure Track) Interviews underway (12/15), offers made to both Don Figer (1/14), accepted (3/29), Adam Riess (2/3), accepted (3/13), and Bernard Rauscher, accepted (6/15)
Sussex (Professorship) Short list made: Steve Eales, Jim Emerson, Francis Keenan, Andrew Liddle, Tom Marsh, Derek Ward-Thompson (7/6); offer made to Andrew Liddle (8/2)
(2 lectureships) Short list made: David Clements Alastair Edge, Martin Haehnelt, Jonathon Loveday, Bob Nichol, Seb Oliver, Frazer Pearce, Kathy Romer, Will Sutherland; offers made to Jon Loveday and Seb Oliver (10/26)
East Tennessee State Offer made (1/7) to Beverly Smith, accepted (3/2)
U. Texas (Austin) (Vaughan Chair) Offer made to John Kormendy (6/17), accepted (8/2)
Middle Tennessee State U. Short list made and candidates invited to interview (2/19), including Eric Klumpe
U. Toronto Shortlist made, pending approval by the Dean (3/8), consisting of (3/21) Bob Abraham, Marcella Carollo, Harald Ebeling, Chris Kochanek, Steve Myers; offer made to Rob Abraham, accepted (10/7)
Tufts (Visiting Professorship) Short list made, including Steve Bloom (3/28), Brian Patten (4/27)
U. Washington Short list made (1/17): Sean Carroll, Wayne Hu, Max Tegmark, perhaps others; offer made to Sean Carroll (4/12), declined (5/7), search canceled
Wake Forest Candidates invited for interviews (1/13), offer made (3/22)
Wesleyan 5-person short-list made; candidates contacted for interviews; offer made to Kathryn Johnston (3/13), accepted (6/4)
Westfield State (College position) Rejection letters sent out (3/2); offer made and accepted (3/29)
Wisconsin (Asst. Prof.) Offer made to Alex Lazarian, accepted (6/16); offer made to Albrecht Karle, accepted
(Assoc. Prof.) Offer made to Brenda Dingus (9/22)
Wyoming Search canceled, at least temporarily (3/29)
Yale (Assistant Prof. in Astrophysics) Letters requested for some applicants (12/17); Short list made (1/27), including (2/7) Sarbani Basu, Ian Bonnell, Kathryn Johnston, Vicky Kalogera, Chigurapati Murali, Priya Natarajan, Rob Olling; offers made to both Sarbani Basu and Priya Natarajan (3/7); both accepted (4/19)

1999 postdoc-type positions

U. Arizona (w/Kennicutt) Offer made (2/27)
(w/Steinmetz) Offer made to Vincent Eke, accepted (1/27)
(w/Rieke) Offer made (2/12) and accepted (2/27)
(w/Schneider) offer made (2/17)
(w/Zaritsky) Offer made (2/12)
AXAF Fellowships Offers made (1/11); the complete list is (2/22) Markus Boettcher (Bonn->Rice), Jimmy Irwin (Virginia->Michigan), Kristen Menou (Paris->Princeton), Eliot Quataert (Harvard->IAS), Rudy Wijnands (Amsterdam->MIT), Amy Barger (Cambridge, UK->``at large'')
UC Berkeley (Miller Fellowship) Some rejection letters have been received (1/6); at least one offer made (1/15), to Ben Oppenheimer (2/2) (3/2) and to Eliot Quataert (declined)
(Theory) offers made (12/11) to Ben Wandelt (declined), (1/17) Rob Thacker (accepted) and J.H.P. Wu (accepted) (4/19)
Caltech Fairchild Fellowship (postdoc) offered to Kris Stanek (1/22), declined (2/25); Titus Galama (2/4), accepted (2/18); Crystal Martin, accepted (3/2); Theory postdoc offered to Benjamin Chandran, accepted (2/12), and Ari Buchalter (4/19)
OVRO postdoc & submm postdoc offered to Eric Richards (1/27)
(Fellowships in Geological and Planetary Sciences) One offer made and accepted (2/18)
NICMOS postdoc (w/Scoville) offered to Susan Stolovy, accepted (5/6)
Cambridge (IoA) Offers made to Kathryn Johnston (2/2), accepted (2/27), Andrew Bunker, accepted (3/13), Rachel Somerville, accepted (3/29), and Ben Metcalf, accepted (4/19)
(DAMTP) Offer made to Robert Lopez, accepted (3/13)
Carnegie (OCIW) Shortlist made (1/17), including Jennifer Johnson (2/17), offer made and accepted (2/19)
(DTM) Offer made to Kathryn Johnston (1/17), declined; offered to Rob Swaters, accepted (2/22)
Carnegie-Mellon - (w/Nichol) Telephone interviews being conducted, but shortlist not yet finalized (1/22/99); offer made and accepted (3/17)
Case Western (w/Morrison) Shortlist made (1/18)
(w/Mihos) Offer made (1/18)
U. Chicago (Enrico Fermi postdoc) Some rejection letters sent out (1/26)
CITA Interviews begun (1/11), offer made to Sara Seager (1/25), declined (3/22). The complete postdoc list is (3/29) Phil Arras, Jason Fiege, Brett Gladman, Nemanja Kaloper, Chris Matzner, Nir Shaviv, Istvan Szapudi, Joe Weingartner.
The CITA National Fellows are (3/29) Shantanu Basu (at McMaster w/Ralph Pudritz/Christine Wilson), Shinji Mukohyama (at the University of Victoria w/Werner Israel)
Copenhagen (TAC) (Institute Postdocs) offer made (2/24) to Cristiano Porciani, declined, offer made to Martin Gotz (4/12)
DAO (NRC of Canada RA positions) Shortlist made (12/27), including Elisabeh Barton, Jennifer Johnson; three offers made and accepted, including Elizabeth Barton and Jon Fulbright (3/7)
U.C. Davis (w/Becker) offer made to Mark Lacy, accepted (3/13)
Durham Offer made for at least 1 of 3 positions (1/11); at least one offer accepted (1/29); all 3 positions filled (2/16)
ESO Short list made, interviews held (1/11/99); at least some offers made (1/20/99); ome rejection letters sent out (1/21/99)
Harvard/CfA Two CfA Fellowships have been offered (1/13), to Paul Groot and Ben Oppenheimer (1/28), and a separate postdoc has been offered to Volker Springel (accepted) (1/18) Another SMA postdoc offered and accepted (3/12)
Fermilab Offer made to Michael Blanton (1/25)
(Sloan postdocs) Shortlist made (2/11); two offers made (3/29), to Dan van den Berk (accepted) and Brian Lee (accepted)
5-year David Schramm Fellowship offered to Antonio Riotto (2/22)
Groningen (w/van der Kruit) offered to Jorge Jimenez (3/2)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Institute Postdocs) offer made (2/24) to Cristiano Porciani, accepted (3/7) and Ari Maller, accepted (3/29)
Hubble Fellowships 10 offers made (1/13). In the end, 3(?) were declined and re-offered. All 10 fellowships are now accepted (3/13). The complete list is Amy Barger ->Hawaii, Daniel Eisenstein -> Chicago, Zoltan Haiman -> Princeton, Brad Hansen -> Princeton, Andrey Kravtsov -> Ohio State, Ben Oppenheimer -> Berkeley, Eric Richards -> Arizona State, Kris Stanek -> CfA, Scott Trager -> OCIW, Pieter van Dokkum ->Caltech, Eliot Quataert (declined), Adam Riess (declined)
IAS Offer made (1/25) to Eliot Quataert (accepted), (2/2) Roman Soccimarro (accepted), Sara Seager (accepted) (3/2) Lam Hui (accepted)
Illinois (w/Lamb) Two offers made, accepted (4/5)
Jansky Fellowships 4 offers made (1/27), including Torsten Ensslin (1/28), Debra Shepherd (2/12) and Tracy Clarke (3/2)
JHU (SDSS Photometrist) Letters requested for some applicants (1/17)
(Davis Fellowship) Offer made (1/15)
(Advanced Camera) At least one offer made (2/11)
KPNO Shortlist made & interviews begun (1/11; search canceled due to lack of money (1/27)
Livermore (w/Stanford) Some candidates interviewed at January AAS meeting; letters of reference requested (1/15); offer made and accepted (2/12);
(w/van Breugel) Offered to Wim de Vries, accepted (3/2)
U. Mass. (w/Lowenthal) shortlist made (1/25), offer made (2/12) and accepted (3/13)
(w/Katz) offered and accepted (3/2)
(w/Weinberg/2MASS Project) offered and accepted (3/2)
Science Education Fellowship (research/teaching postdoc) at FCAD: UMass position: shortlist made (3/2); offer made (3/13)
FCAD/Hampshire College position: candidates invited for interviews (3/2)
Michigan Shortlist made (5/10)
MPA-Garching (4 Institute Postdocs) Short list made. First offers made. (1/25)
MPE-Garching (MPE Fellow) Rejection letters sent out (2/2)
(IR group, non-theory) Offer made and accepted (2/10)
MPIA-Heidelberg At least one offer made (2/12)
MSSSO (Mt. Stromlo / Siding Springs) (2dF postdoc) offer made (2/12)
Ohio State (Columbus postdoctoral fellowship) Shortlist made (1/15); offer made (2/2) to Marianne Vestergaard, accepted (2/25)
(w/Weinberg) Offer made to James Bullock, accepted (2/12)
Potsdam (AIP) (Institute Postdocs) offer made (2/24) to Cristiano Porciani, declined (3/7)
Princeton (w/Spergel/Steinhardt) offers made to Ben Wandelt (1/5), accepted (4/19); 2nd offer made to Lam Hui, declined (3/13)
(w/Strauss) offer made to Vijay Narayanan, accepted (2/7)
(Lyman Spitzer Jr Fellowship) Rejection letters sent out; offer made (1/18) to Alin Panaitescu, accepted (4/19)
Princeton / U. Catolica (PU-PUC Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship) Long (16 names) short list made (1/11); Short (3 names) short list and offer made (1/19) to Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas, accepted (3/2)
San Diego (w/Wolfe) Offer made Eric Gawiser, accepted (4/12)
Santa Cruz (w/Primack) Offer made to Kelvin Wu, accepted (3/29) (w/Advanced Camera) Offer made to Rychard Bouwens, accepted (4/19)
STScI (Institute Fellow) offer accepted (2/12)
Taiwan SMA Offered to Eric Richards (1/27)
U. Texas (Austin) (Smith Fellowship in Planetary Science) Short list and offer made (1/19)
(Harlan Smith/McDonald Fellowship [non-planetary]) short-list and offer made (1/26); rejection letters sent out (2/2); offer accepted (2/12)
UCLA (w/Cowley) Offer made to Jason Maron (2/12)
Waterloo Some rejection letters sent out (2/25)

General gossip

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Particle rumors The particle rumor mill has moved to http://www.phys.washington.edu/~calvin/ (9/17)
This site in the news An article about this and other job rumor sites appeared in the Chronicle in Higher Education (5/3)
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An independent survey (astro-ph/9904229) has just been completed (5/3).
McDonnell $$$$$$ 1 million dollar McDonnell Fellowships awarded to John Carlstrom, Chris Stubbs (2/3)

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