Mr. Robert (Bob) Baer
Associate Scientist
Short Bio
Bob Baer is an academic professional staff member in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Physics and Applied Physics. He is the Director of the Physics Department’s public astronomy observation program. He is a board member in the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois, a member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Local Planning Working Group on the AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force. Bob is currently working on the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative and other NASA and NSF funded projects involving nation-wide STEM engagement.
Education
B.S. Physics, Illinois State University, 1995
M.S. Physics, Southern Illinois Univesity Carbondale, 2019
Social Media
Mike and Bob Astronomy Chat - Podcast, Mike Kentrianakis and Bob Baer
https://www.facebook.com/bob.baer.969
https://twitter.com/b__baer
@b__baer
https://www.facebook.com/SIUC.Physics/
https://twitter.com/siucphysics
Projects / Activities
Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative (NASA, NSF)
https://debinitiative.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/debinitiative
SolarSTEAM (NASA)
https://solarsteam.siu.edu/
https://www.youtube.com/@NASAsolarSTEAM
Einstein's Incredible Universe (NSF)
REAL Field Trip Model for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipses (NSF)
Exoplanet Watch:
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-watch/
Eclipse 2017 - 2024, SIU Carbondale
http://eclipse.siu.edu
SIU Carbondale Public Astronomy Observations
http://www.physics.siu.edu/events/astronomy.php
Citizen CATE Experiment (past):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1528770144065465/ web: citizencate.org
Videos / Documentary Appearances
Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast Initiative, NASA
Southern Illinois University holding Crossroads Eclipse Festival, Fox Weather
The Eclipse Effect, The New Yorker Magazine
NASA EDGE: Solar Eclipse 2017 Preview Show
NASA EDGE Megacast: Total Solar Eclipse 2017
Eclipse Across America, Curiosity Stream
Countdown to the Eclipse, Lindsay Adams
2:38: A Glimpse into the Eclipse (SIU Students Malea Bailey and Marcia Kuhlman Eclipse Documentary)
In the Shadow, SIU Eclipse documentary by H. D. Motyl and Mark Stoffel
Publications
2019, Acceleration of Coronal Mass Ejection Plasma in the Low Corona as Measured by the Citizen CATE Experiment, , ,
2019, Eclipse 2017 at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Celebrating the 2017 Great American Eclipse: Lessons Learned from the Path of Totality, ASP Conference Series Vol 516.
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/2019ASPC..516...23B
2019, Engaging Citizen Scientists to Keep Transit Times Fresh and Ensure the Efficient Use of Transiting Exoplanet Characterization Missions, https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.07716
2019, Thesis: OBSERVING EXOPLANET TRANSITS WITH THE CITIZEN CONTINENTAL-AMERICA TELESCOPIC ECLIPSE (CATE) EXPERIMENT TELESCOPE NETWORK.
2016, Instrumentation for the Citizen {CATE} Experiment: Faroe Islands and Indonesia,