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Positions / Education / Honors
CURRENT POSITIONS
- Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Department of Biology/Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2021 – present (Associate Prof. of Planetary Science, 2020-2021; Assistant Prof. of Planetary Science, 2014-2020)
- Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Code 699/Planetary Environments Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, 2016 – present
- NASA Mars Science Laboratory Mission Science Team/Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity Rover, 2016 – present
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Planetary Science, MIT, May 2008
- M.Sc. in Biology, University of Oxford, September 2005
- 2nd B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, June 2003
- B.A. in Mathematics and Environmental Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, May 2001
SELECTED HONORS
- Athelstan Spilhaus Award and Carl Sagan Lecture, AGU, 2022
- Department of Biology Outstanding Mentor Award, 2021
- Whiting Award, 2021
- SFS Excellence in Mentoring Award, 2019
- Article of the Year, Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, 2018
- NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars Science Laboratory Extended Mission, 2017
- White House Fellow, 2009
- Dwornik Prize, 2007
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The Zoroastrian Flame: Exploring Religion, History and Tradition
About this eBook
For many centuries, from the birth of the religion late in the second millennium BC to its influence on the Achaemenids and later adoption in the third century AD as the state religion of the Sasanian Empire, it enjoyed imperial patronage and profoundly shaped the culture of antiquity. The Magi of the New Testament most probably were Zoroastrian priests from the Iranian world, while the enigmatic figure of Zarathushtra (or Zoroaster) himself has exerted continual fascination in the West, influencing creative artists as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche, Mozart and Yeats. This authoritative volume brings together internationally recognised scholars to explore Zoroastrianism in all its rich complexity. Examining key themes such as history and modernity, tradition and scripture, art and architecture and minority status and religious identity, it places the modern Zoroastrians of Iran, and the Parsis of India, in their proper contexts. The book extends and complements the coverage of its companion volume, The Everlasting Flame.
Religion & spirituality
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