Rainer Weiss
- Born: September 29, 1932 (Berlin, Germany)
Education
Major Positions
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1970–1974: Member, Physical Science Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1971–1978: Member, Scientific Ballooning Advisory Panel, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- 1973–1976: Member, Management Operations Working Group for Shuttle Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1973–1986: Member, Management Operations Working Group for Airborne Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1974–1976: Chair, Panel on Experimental Relativity and Gravitation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1974–1978: Member, Scientific Ballooning Advisory Panel, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- 1978–1978: Chair, Subcommittee on Gravitational Physics, National Science Foundation
- 1979–1982: Member, Sun Solar System Connection Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 1983–1986: Member, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences
- 1997–2003: Spokesperson, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific
Collaboration
- 1999–2000: Chair, Topical Group on Gravitation, American Physical Society
- 1999–2000: Member, Panel on Particel and Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics, Astronomy and
Astrophysics Survey, National Research Council
- 2001–present: Adjunct Professor of Physics, Louisiana State University
- 2004–2005: Chair, LISA Gravitational Wave Visiting Committee, Goddard Space Flight
Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 2004–2005: Chair, DOE-NASA-NSF Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Task Force
Selected Awards and Honors
Oral History Interviews
- 2000: California Institute of Technology, Institute Archives
