Curriculum Vitae and Résumé

Name Markus Böttcher
Date and place of birth August 03, 1968; Braunschweig (Germany)
Home address 8620 Elliottsville Road
Athens, OH 45701
Phone.: (740) 589 5640
Present employment Assistant Professor at
Ohio University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clippinger 339
Athens, OH 45701
Phone.: (740) 593 1714
Fax: (740) 593 0433
E-mail: mboett@helios.phy.ohiou.edu
Education
Undergraduate study October 1989 - June 1994
University of Bonn (Germany)
Diploma June 1994, Bonn
Ph.D. February 1997, University of Bonn
and Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn
Postdoctoral positions
March 1997 - May 1997 MPI für Radioastronomie, Bonn
June 1997 - August 2002 Rice University, Houston, TX
December 1997 - January 1998
and April and October 1998		 Naval Research Lab., Washington, D. C.
(Fellowship of the German
Academic Exchange Service, DAAD)
September 1999 - August 2002 Chandra Fellowship
Faculty positions
September 2002 - August 2007 Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Since September 2007 Associate Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Ohio University, Athens, OH

Research interests
  • Active galactic nuclei
  • Galactic black-hole candidates
  • Gamma-ray bursts

Membership in professional organizations
  • Member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS)
  • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
  • Member of the American Physical Society (APS)
  • Member of Sigma Xi, "The Research Society"
  • Member of Phi Beta Delta, "The Honor Society for International Scholars"
  • Member of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration
  • Associate Member of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) Collaboration

Languages German, English, French, Italian, Spanish fluent

Advanced knowledge of Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Turkish, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Latin

Professional experience outside astrophysics

  • Parliamentary stenographer in the Parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany)
  • Certified teacher for typewriting and text processing

Accomplishments outside astrophysics
  • Vice world champion of multilingual shorthand 1995 - 2001
  • Juniors world champion of shorthand 1987 - 1989
  • 7 times German juniors champion in shorthand and typewriting between 1985 and 1988