Associate Professor

Director, George Mason Observatories

Department of Physics and Astronomy

George Mason University


Contact info:

pplavcha@gmu.edu

Cell: (626)234-1628

Office: (703)993-5893


Address

Department of Physics and Astronomy

4400 University Ave, MSN 3F3

Fairfax, VA 22030


Education & Employment History

  • Associate Professor, George Mason University, 2020-current

  • Assistant Professor, George Mason University, 2017-2020

  • Assistant Professor, Missouri State University, 2014-2017

  • Assistant Research Scientist, IPAC/Caltech, 2014

  • Assistant Staff Scientist, IPAC/Caltech, 2008-2014

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, IPAC/Caltech, 2006-2008

  • PhD, Physics, UCLA 2006 (thesis)

  • MS, Physics, UCLA 2002

  • BS, Physics, Caltech 2001