Experience

MIT Haystack Observatory

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  WWW: http://www.haystack.mit.edu Dr. Weatherwax has conducted research in the polar-regions since the 1990s, and has served as principal investigator on numerous NSF and NASA grants. Dr. Weatherwax serves/served on numerous national and international committees including the Polar Research Board of the National Academies. He is the author of approximately 200 engineering and science papers, many with undergraduate student co-authors. The Weatherwax Glacier in Antarctica is named in his honor to recognize his research efforts on that continent. Show less



Merrimack College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jul 2015 - Dec 2021

• • Feb 2017 - May 2020

  As Provost at Merrimack College, Dr. Weatherwax was responsible for planning, implementing and managing Merrimack's academic policies as well as for oversight of the college's academic expense budget. He was also responsible for advising the President on all major matters of resource allocation within the academic areas of the college, including hiring of new and replacement positions within the faculty, decisions regarding sabbaticals, tenure and promotion, construction and other capital projects, and space allocation. Before his appointment as Provost, Dr. Weatherwax was recruited in 2015 to be the Dean of the School of Science and Engineering and Professor of Physics at Merrimack. In both roles, Dr. Weatherwax helped orchestrate record enrollments and directed the hiring of nearly 90 full-time faculty members, substantially increasing both the size and diversity of the faculty ranks. He further helped the college expand undergraduate and graduate degree options, creating more than a dozen new programs, including data science and nursing. Of note were his team's campaign to earn Merrimack’s Carnegie Community Engagement classification and its distinction as an Apple Distinguished School. Show less

• • Jul 2015 - Jan 2017



Siena College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Sep 2002 - Jul 2015

  Siena College, Professor of Physics, 2007-2015Siena College, Associate Professor of Physics, 2004-2006Siena College, Assistant Professor of Physics, 2002-2003

• • Jan 2011 - May 2015



University of Maryland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Jun 1998 - Aug 2002

  WWW: https://ipst.umd.edu/

• • Jan 1995 - May 1998



Washington College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Visiting Professor of Physics

  • Sep 1999 - Dec 1999