Education

1971 B.A., Astronomy, Harvard-Radcliffe College

1972 M.A., Astronomy, Harvard University

1974 Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University

     Thesis: “X-ray and Optical Observations of Galactic X-ray Sources” (Advisors: William Liller &Harvey Tananbaum)

Selected Appointments & Positions     

1974 – 1975 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University

1975 – 1978 Junior Fellow, Harvard University

1978 – Present Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Professional Service

1987 – 1989 Executive Committee, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society

1988 – Present Member, Proposal Reviews Panels (HST, Spitzer Legacy, Astrophysics Data Program, and X-ray missions, etc. ), NASA

1989 – 1992 Councilor, American Astronomical Society

1990 – Present Harlow Shapley Lecturer, American Astronomical Society

1992 Member, Small Research Grants Committee, American Astronomical Society

1992 – 1994 Liaison, American Astronomical Society / American Association for the Advancement of Science

1994 – 1995 Member, Executive Officer Search Committee, American Astronomical Society

1994 – Present Co-Director & Grant PI, SAO Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, National Science Foundation

1996 – 1997 Member, NASA Structure and Evolution of the Universe Advisory Committee

1996 – 1999 Member, NASA Space Science Advisory Committee – Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittee (SEUS)

1998 Senior Reviewer, NASA – ongoing missions

1999 – 2001 Executive Committee, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society

2000 – 2002 Member, Dannie Heineman Prize Committee, American Astronomical Society

2001 – 2004 Visiting Committee Member, Space Telescope Science Institute

2002 Chair, Dannie Heineman Prize Committee, American Astronomical Society

2004 Chair, Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel – Cycle 13

2004 – 2007 Secretary-Treasurer, High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society

2007 Member, Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel – Cycle 16

2008 Member, Department of Energy Proposal Review Panel - Dark Energy

2008 Member, Spitzer Legacy Review Panel

2008 – 2011 Vice President, American Astronomical Society

2009 Caroline Herschel Visitor, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

2009 Member, Hubble Space Telescope Review Panel – MCP

2012 – 2015 Member, Board of Directors, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

2012 – 2018 Member, Prize Committee Board of Directors, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

2014 – 2015 Chair, Publications Committee, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

2015 Member, AAS Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy Site Visit Program

2015 – 2022 Institute Visiting Committee, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

2016 – 2016 President, American Astronomical Society

2016 Member, NASA Small Explorers (SMEX) Selection Committee

2016 – 2022 Member, XMM-Newton Users Committee

2017 Member, U.S. Delegation to 6th International Conference on Women in Physics (Birmingham UK)

2017 – 2019 Member, Board of Directors, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

2018 – 2019 Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, NASA Conference "The Landscape of Space Astrophysics in the 2020's"

2019 – Present Governing Board, Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics, University of Waterloo, Canada

2021 – Present President, Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Affiliations

Full list of IAU offices: https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/12809/

Current IAU Affiliations

– Organizing Committee Member, Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution

– Steering Committee Member, Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics

– Steering Committee Member, Division J Galaxies and Cosmology

– President, Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution

Past IAU Affiliations

2006 – 2009 Vice-President, Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics

2006 – 2012 Vice-President, Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics

2009 – 2012 President, Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics

2012 – 2015 President, Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics

2018 – 2021 Vice-President, Cross-Division D-J Commision Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback, and Galaxy Evolution 

Prizes & Awards

1970 Nininger Meteorite Award, Arizona State University, for: "Tritium Measurements in Recently Fallen Meteorites and in Apollo 12 Lunar Samples"

1979 Bart J. Bok Prize, Harvard Department of Astronomy (with W. Forman), for: “outstanding Milky Way research by observational methods”

1985 Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society – High Energy Division (with W. Forman) for: “pioneering work in the study of X-ray emission from early type galaxies”

1995 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - "for seminal contributions to the understanding of X-ray emission from galaxies and clusters of galaxies"

2009 Marcel Grossmann Prize – ICRA, for: “fundamental contributions to the X-ray studies of galaxies and clusters tracing their formation and evolution and for her role in collaboration using clusters to study dark matter and in analyzing the effects of outbursts from supermassive black holes on the intracluster gas”

2011 - Present Honorary Fellow - Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)

2013 Smithsonian Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award

2020 Fellow, American Astronomical Society

NASA Awards for the ROSAT and Chandra missions, including:

1991 Group Achievement Award for Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) “in recognition of the outstanding collective effort by members of the ROSAT Team in developing, launching, and operating the ROSAT International X-ray Observatory”

2000 Exceptional Achievement Medal, for: “exceptional achievement and service in the development of Chandra calibration predictions and measurement plans”

2000 Group Achievement Award, for: “exemplary performance and significant contributions to the scientific requirements and the scientific integrity of the design, development, testing and operations of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.”

2000 Group Achievement Award, for: “outstanding performance and significant contributions to the design, development, integration, verification, and operations of the very successful telescope assembly of the Chandra X-ray Observatory.”

Public Lectures

University of Maine (2007)

Coast Guard Academy (2007)

Western Michigan University (2008)

Georgia College and State University (2018)

Nova Gorika University, Slovenia (2019)

University of Waterloo (2019)

Porto Alegre, Brazil (2020)

University of South Dakota (2022)
 

Scholarly Memberships

American Astronomical Society

International Astronomical Union

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Educational Activities

At the Center for Astrophysics, Dr. Jones has worked with a stream of exceptionally talented postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, including Ryan Hickox, Ming Sun, Reinout van Weeren, Irina Zhuravleva, Ben Maughan, Andy Goulding, Ryan Johnson, Zhiyuan Li, Christine Kreisch, Yujia Li, Lorraine Lanz, Dharam Lal. Lorenzo Lovisari, Georgiana Ogrean, Yuanyuan Su, Felipe Andrade-Santos, and Ryan Wood, as well as many visiting scientists.

Congressional Testimony - Subcommittee on Space & the Subcommittee on Research & Technology

12 July 2016 | https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2016/07/aas-president-christine-jones-tes...