Curriculum Vitae

Experience:

Assistant Department Head,

Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2000 - present

Associate Professor of Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy Department, 1996 - present

Assistant Professor of Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy Department, The University of Georgia, 1991 - 1996.

Research Associate

Arecibo Observatory, NAIC, Arecibo, PR, 1990-91.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Arecibo Observatory, NAIC, Arecibo, PR, 1987-90.

National Research Council/Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow

NRL, Washington, D.C., 1987 - Advisor: Dr. Ken Johnston.

Research Assistant to Dr. Leo Blitz, University of Maryland,

College Park, MD, 1984-86.

University of Maryland Open House Coordinator, 1981-83.

Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, 1980-83.

Graduate Faculty:

Appointment (provisional): 1991-93

Appointment: 1994; Reappointment: 2001

Professional Societies:

American Astronomical Society

International Astronomical Union

Astronomical Society of the Pacific

American Association of University Professors

Publications:

1. "High Latitude Molecular Clouds," L. Blitz, L. Magnani and L. Mundy, Astrophys. J. Lett. 282, L9-L12 (1984).

2. "Molecular Gas at High Galactic Latitudes," L. Magnani, L. Blitz and L. Mundy, Astrophys. J. 295, 402-421 (1985).

3. "High Latitude Molecular Clouds: Completeness of the Local Sample and Implications for Molecular Surveys," L. Magnani, E.A. Lada and L. Blitz, Astrophys.J. 301, 395-397 (1986).

4. "CO+ Fluorescence in Comets," L. Magnani and M.F. A'Hearn, Astrophys. J. 302, 477-487 (1986).

5. "Infrared Cirrus and High Latitude Molecular Clouds," J.L. Weiland, L. Blitz, E. Dwek, M.G. Hauser, L. Magnani and L.J Rickard, Astrophys. J. Lett. 306, L101-L104 (1986).

6. "A Molecular Cloud in the Local, Hot Interstellar Medium," L.M. Hobbs, L. Blitz and L. Magnani, Astrophys. J. Lett. 306, L109-L113 (1986).

7. "High Latitude Molecular Clouds: Distances and Extinctions," L. Magnani and C.P. de Vries, Astron. Astrophys. 168, 271-283 (1986).

8. "Molecular Abundances in the High Latitude Molecular Clouds," L. Magnani, L. Blitz and J.G.A. Wouterloot, Astrophys. J. 326, 909-923 (1988).

9. "On the Nearest Molecular Clouds. II. MBM 12 and 16," L.M. Hobbs, L. Blitz, B.E. Penprase, L. Magnani and D.E. Welty, Astrophys. J. 327, 356- 363 (1988).

10. "Detection of Shock-Enhanced CH Emission in Bipolar Outflows," G. Sandell, L. Magnani and E.A. Lada, Astrophys. J. 329, 920-926 (1988).

11. "Broad Wing Molecular Lines Without Internal Energy Sources," L. Blitz, L. Magnani and A. Wandel, Astrophys. J. Lett. 331, L127-L130 (1988).

12. "CH Observations of Diffuse Molecular Clouds," L. Magnani, E.A. Lada, G. Sandell and L. Blitz, Astrophys. J. 339, 244-257 (1989).

13. "A Search for SH+ and CH+ in Diffuse and Translucent Clouds," L. Magnani and J.J. Salzer, Astron. J. 98, 926-930 (1989).

14. "A Search for T Tauri Stars in High Latitude Molecular Clouds. I. IRAS Sources and CCD Imaging," L. Magnani, J.-P. Caillault and L. Armus, Astrophys. J. 357, 602-605 (1990).

15. "Structure in Small Molecular Clouds: Pedestals and Clumping," L. Magnani, J.M. Carpenter, L. Blitz, N.E. Kassim and B.B. Nath, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 73, 747-768 (1990).

16. "Hydroxyl Emission in Translucent Molecular Clouds," L. Magnani and L. Siskind, Astrophys. J. 359, 355-362 (1990).

17. "Non-LTE Effects in Radio Recombination Lines from HII Regions at 18 cm," J.C. Cersosimo and L. Magnani, Astron. Astrophys. 239, 287-300 (1990).

18. "Observational Limits on SH+ in Diffuse Clouds and the Possible Detection of NiI in the ISM," L. Magnani and J.J. Salzer, Astron. J. 101, 1429-1434 (1991).

19. "A Survey of CH Emission in Molecular Outflows," L. Magnani, G. Sandell and E.A. Lada, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 93, 509-524 (1992).

20. "The Observation of Correlated Velocity Structures in a Translucent Molecular Cloud and Implications for Turbulence," L. Magnani, T.N. LaRosa and S.N. Shore, Astrophys. J. 402, 226-229 (1993).

21. "CH as a Tracer of a Translucent Cloud Boundary," L. Magnani and J.S. Onello, Astrophys. J. 408, 559-564 (1993).

22. "The Arecibo 5 GHz Mini Gregorian Feed System: Spectral Line Performance," L. Magnani, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 105, 894-901 (1993).

23. "On the Nature of 21 cm Emission Profile Structure at High Galactic Latitude: Implications for the Warm Neutral Medium," G.L Verschuur and L. Magnani, Astron. J. 107, 287-297 (1994).

24. "The Association of High Latitude Molecular Clouds with HI Gas," B.-Y. Gir, L. Blitz and L. Magnani, Astrophys. J.434, 162 -183 (1994).

25. "A Search for T Tauri Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. II. The IRAS Faint Source Survey Catalog," L. Magnani, J.-P. Caillault, A. Buchalter and C.A. Beichman, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 95, 159-173 (1995).

26. "A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Stars in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. III. A Survey of the EINSTEIN Database," J.-P. Caillault, L. Magnani and C. Fryer, Astrophys. J. 441, 261-269 (1995).

27. "A New Method for Determining the CO to H2 Conversion Factor for Translucent Clouds," L. Magnani and J.S. Onello, Astrophys. J. 443, 169-180 (1995).

28. "A Search for Star Formation in High-Latitude Molecular Clouds. IV. The Translucent Cloud MBM40," L. Magnani, T. Hearty, J.-P. Caillault, J. Stauffer, J.H.M.M. Schmitt, R. Neuhaser, F. Verter and E. Dwek, Astrophys. J. 465, 825-839 (1996).

29. "A Catalog of Molecular Gas at High Galactic Latitudes," L. Magnani, D. Hartmann, and B.G. Speck, Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser., 106, 447-461 (1996).

30. "A Survey of High=Latitude Molecular Gas in the Northern Hemisphere," D. Hartmann, L. Magnani, and P. Thaddeus, Astrophys. J. 492, 205-212 (1998).

31. "The Life and Times of the Mini-Gregorian: A Retrospective," L. Magnani, Astrophys. and Space Science, in press (1998).

32. "The Variation of the CO to H2 Conversion Factor in Two Translucent Clouds," L. Magnani, J.S. Onello, N.G. Adams, D. Hartmann, and P. Thaddeus, Astrophys. J., in press (1998).