STUART J. WEIDENSCHILLING
       Planetary Science Institute
       1700 E Fort Lowell, Suite 106
       Tucson, AZ 85719-2395 USA
       phone: 520-622-6300 X23    Fax:   520-622-8060
       e-mail: sjw@psi.edu

   Education
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
      Aeronautics and Astronautics, B.S. 1968, M.S. 1969.
      Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ph.D., 1976. Dissertation
        topic: Aspects of Planetary Formation

   Research Interests and Activities
     Dynamics of small bodies in the solar nebula; Formation of 
     planetesimals; Models for planetary accretion; Origins and 
     orbital evolution of asteroids, comets, and meteorites;
     Collisional and rotational evolution of asteroids; Satellites 
     of asteroids: Experimental impact studies; Planetary rings;
     Photometry of asteroids; Formation and dynamical evolution of
     extrasolar planets; Circumstellar dust

   Experience
     Planetary Science Institute: Research Scientist, 1978-1988,
          Senior Scientist, 1988-present.
     Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of
          Terrestrial Magnetism, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1976-1978.
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth
          and Planetary Sciences, Research Assistant, 1973-1975.

   Professional Memberships and Activities
     American Geophysical Union
     American Astronomical Society:
        Division for Dynamical Astronomy
        Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS Prize Committee, 1996-97)
     Meteoritical Society
     International Astronomical Union, Commissions 15 and 16
     Scientific Organizing Committees
       Workshop "Origins of Solar Systems," Aspen Institute, Dec. 1986;
          Chair, Working Group on Solar Nebula Models and Meteorites, Dec. 1987.
       Protostars and Planets III, Tucson, 1990.
       Chaos, Resonance, and Collective Dynamical Phenomena in the Solar
          System," IAU Symposium No. 152, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, 1991.
       Coordinator, Topical Conference on Planetesimal Formation,
          Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, 1992.
       Protostars and Planets IV, Santa Barbara, 1998.
       "Dust to Planetesimals," Schloss Ringberg, Germany, 2006.
     NAS/NRC Committee on Cooperation with the USSR on Planetary Sciences, 1989.
     NASA Review Panels
         Origins of Solar Systems, 1990-91, 1995-97 (Theory Group Chief), 
            2002, 2006.
         Lunar and Planetary Geosciences, 1990-92; 1998, 2005, 2006.
         NASA Astrobiology Institute, 2006.
     Editorial Board, Icarus, 1991-1993.
     Associate Editor, Proc. Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 10th, 1979.
     Lecturer, Kobe International School of Planetary Sciences, 
         Awaji Yumebetai, Japan, July 2005.

   Honors and Awards
      AGU Fellow (elected 1994)
      Fellow of the Meteoritical Society (elected 2006)
      Editor's Commendation for outstanding reviews, Icarus: 1990, 1992, 1997
      Asteroid 3639 Weidenschilling