Curriculum Vitae J.M. Muller

date of birth        14/9/1956

e-mail address       j.m.muller@hccnet.nl

home mail address    R. Wallenberglaan 46
                     3527 WN Utrecht
                     The Netherlands          

telephone            0031 - 30 - 294.95.42

education  
                   - 1996 PhD experimental physics at Utrecht University,
                     (UU), The Netherlands

                   - 1995-1996 first grade teacher qualifications in physics 
                     and mathematics (UU)

                   - 1978 - 1986 completed studies of both general astronomy/astrophysics
                     and theoretical physics with many mathematics subjects (UU)

working experience

                   - 2011 - 2013 editor Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde, web editor Milieucentrum Utrecht
 
                   - 2003 - 2011 math/physics teacher in secondary education

                   - 2000 - 2002 postdoc radiology research Radboud Hospital,
                     University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
                     > improving computer aided diagnosis of breast cancer
                       using X-ray images

                   - 1996 - 2000 scientist SAX Science Data Center (SDC) Rome,
                     with the BeppoSAX satellite for x-ray astronomy
                     on behalf of SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands (NWO)
                   
                   - 1994 - 1996 physics and math teacher in secondary 
                     education while continuing research in molecular physics

                   - 1987 - 1993 research fellow of NWO (Netherlands 
                     Organisation for Scientific Research) with the Molecular
                     Biophysics group at Utrecht University.
                     This job meant
                     > optical/UV instrumentation and experimenting,
                     > numerical analysis of large data sets,
                     > teaching, and frequent stays at the syn-
                       chrotron of Daresbury Laboratory (UK)
                       as a visiting scientist

                   - 1986 - 1987 teacher/research fellow at the Institute
                     for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at
                     Utrecht University.
                     This entailed
                     > teaching of numerical methods/dynamical meteorology, 
                     > numerical modelling of mesoscale meteorological
                       systems

                   - before studying physics and astronomy, among other
                     activities:
                     1977 - 1978 archivist with Dutch State Archive, 
                     The Hague:
                     > compiling analytical inventory of the scientific and personal archive of 
                     the Dutch physicist H.A. Lorentz (1853-1928) (e.g., Einstein correspondence) 

computer literacy 
                   - extensive experience in developing and implementing
                     numerical models in FORTRAN, C and PASCAL for
                     data simulation and analysis under various operating
                     systems (e.g., UNIX/Linux, VAX/VMS, NOS/BE/VE, MS-DOS)
                     and on many types of computer, since 1978  
                   - csh, perl, idl, html, php 
                   - some experience with C++ 

database expertise 
                     SQL, ORACLE7, PARADOX, Postgresql
                     
miscellaneous     
                   - 2000-2001 referee IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging  
                   - 1998 co-winner of the Bruno Rossi Prize for astrophysics
                          awarded by the American Astronomical Society to Jan 
                          van Paradijs and the BeppoSAX Team, for the discovery
                          of gamma-ray burst afterglow      
                   - 1997 EADN Summerschool X-ray Astronomy Amsterdam University
                   - 1996 referee for BBA (Biophysica et Biochimica Acta), and
                          New Journal of Chemistry
                   - 1995 obtained diploma NGPR-A for public relations
                          started study Logistics and organisation management 
                          (Bedrijfskunde, Dutch Open University)             
                   - 1993 attended course in science journalism at the 
                          School voor Journalistiek, Utrecht
                   - 1986 - 1996 natureguide IVN
                   - 1981 - 1982 penningmeester studievereniging AES2 (UU)
                   - 1980 - 1988 research member of UU Physics Shop
                                 (measurement and calculation of traffic noise,
                                  acoustic consultancy, ionizing radiation from
                                  soil/(drinking) water, radiation hazards for
                                  hospital personnel administering radiotherapy)
                   - 1976 - 1977 obtained archivist's diploma at the 
                                 Rijksarchiefschool, archivist with the city of
                                 Utrecht (catalogue of church archives)  

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