Bachelor of Arts in Physics, University of California, San Diego, Juni 1979; Master of Arts in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Dezember 1982; Doktortitel in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, November 1985; zur Zeit der Auswahl beschäftigt an der University of Wyoming; Semifinalist bei der Astronautenauswahl der NASA-Gruppe 12; derzeit Professor of Physics and Department Chair, Colorado College.