Education
1990: PhD in Astrophysics (U. of Leicester, UK).
1986: Bachelor's degree in Physics (U. of Oxford, UK)

Present position
Principal Research Scientist (Johns Hopkins University).
NASA-funded research projects in space science and high-energy astrophysics.
Member of Editoral board of international refereed journal ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics

Previous positions
1992-2000: Research Scientist (various ranks) at NASA/GSFC. • Member of ASCA, ASTRO-E, and Suzaku Science Working Groups. • High Energy Astrophysics research-- data analysis, interpretation, and theoretical modeling, numerical Monte Carlo simulations, development of analysis tools. • From 1995, member of ASCA Guest Observer Facility, ASCA technical support scientist responsibilities, including calibration. • Technical, WWW, and "NASA Research Announcement" documentation. • Adjunct faculty positions at George Washington University, D.C. (High-Energy Astrophysics and Space Science), and Prince George's County Community College, Maryland (Astronomy).
1991-1992: Research fellowship at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University (UK).
1990-1991: Research fellowship at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan.

Teaching Experience
Over 25 years experience in tutoring, mentoring, and teaching. • Experience covers elementary-school level students to Ph.D. students, and post-doctoral reserchers. • Courses taught at several Universities and colleges in UK and USA, including JHU. • Subjects: astronomy, astrophysics, physics, mathematics, general science.

Other Experience
Extensive X-ray data analysis experience (25 years) with all major X-ray astronomy missions (EXOSAT, Ginga, Rosat, ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX, Chandra, XMM-Newton, Suzaku. • Reviewer of papers submitted to refereed journals (20 yrs). • Routinely use a number of programming languages and data analysis packages. • Construction and implementation of novel data analysis and modeling tools for public use (e.g. MYTorus). • End-to-end Technical documentation of complex tools and analysis packages (e.g., MYTorus Manual ASCA IDL Analsyis Manual, ASCA ABC Guide, ASCA NRA Research Announcment, Technical Manual). • Web development. • AAS • Chaired scientific and organizing committee for international conference, X-ray Emission from Accretion onto Black Holes.

Publications
131 publications in refereed journals (36 first author).
Dr. T. Yaqoob has published papers on various topics including observational and theoretical work on physical processes in black-hole accretion disk systems and their environment (mostly active galactic nuclei AGN and quasars but including X-ray binary systems); blazars (including TeV observations); X-ray and UV absorption and photoionized outflows and inflows in AGN and quasars; high spectral-resolution X-ray spectroscopy; power spectra, spectral and temporal variability; normal and starburst galaxies; AGN unification; low-luminosity AGN; X-ray background; coordinated multi-wavelength and multi-mission monitoring campaigns of AGN; a high-redshift cluster of galaxies; absorption in the warm/hot intergalactic medium (WHIGM); statistics; analysis methods; numerical and Monte Carlo modeling. Dr. Yaqoob has incorporated and documented several such models into spectral fitting packages such as XSPEC. In particular, Dr. Yaqoob has been involved with state-of-the-art development of models for fitting X-ray data in order to elucidate the physics in the close vicinity of black holes and strong gravity, and to understand the intercation of X-rays with obscuring matter that often surronds the putative supermassive black holes in the central engines of active galaxies.

Book: "What Can I Do to Help My Child with Math?" (ISBN 9780974168906)

Book: "Exoplanets and Alien Solar Systems" (ISBN 9780974168920)

Selected Invited Talks     (more talks)

From Horizon to Torus and Beyond to Cosmic Timescales: Fe Kα Lines in AGN, Conference, "High-energy sources at different time scales," September 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Iron K Line Diagnostics in Active Galactic Nuclei, Conference, "The Central Engine of Active Galactic Nuclei," October 2006, Xian, China.

Chandra Grating Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei, Workshop, "Physics of Warm Absorbers in AGN," October 2005, Warsaw, Poland.

Structure and Kinematics in the Central Engine of AGN: New Results from High Resolution and High Throughput Spectroscopy, Workshop, "Light From Black Holes'', September--October 2002, Kathmandu, Nepal.

What Kind of Obscured AGN Make the X-ray Background? Conference, "Large Scale Structure in the X-ray Universe," September 1999, Santorini, Greece.