Kurt W. Weiler

Jack Burns is Professor of Astrophysics and Vice President Emeritus for Academic Affairs and Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He also directs the NASA Lunar Science Institute's Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research (LUNAR), a national consortium of 10 univrsities and 3 NASA centers. He has led research studies on lunar-based observatories, especially low frequency telescopes, for 30 years. He is currently Principal Investigator of the Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE) mission concept project. He has over 380 publications. He received his B.S. in Astrophysics from the University of Massachusetts and his Ph.D. from Indiana University.