Office: Department of Astronomy
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411
(510) 642-1813 (642-3411 fax)
Education
Ph.D., Astronomy, California Institute of Technology May, 1984
B.A., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara June, 1979
Employment
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley 2009 - Pres:
Professor of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley 1992 - Pres:
Senior Member, Center for Particle Astrophysics, U.C. Berkeley 1989 - 1999
Associate Professor of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley 1988 - 1992
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, U.C. Berkeley 1986 - 1988
Miller Fellow for Basic Research in Science, U.C. Berkeley 1984 - 1986
Research Fellow in Astronomy, California Institute of Technology
1984
Fellowships, Honors, Appointments
Gruber Cosmology Prize (High-z Supernova Search Team, Supernova Cosmology Project) 2007
Richtmyer Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers 2007
Carnegie/CASE National Professor of the Year, Doctoral and Research Institutions 2006
The world's most highly cited astronomer in 10-year intervals ending 2003, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08
(e.g., http://www.in-cites.com/top/2007/fourth07-spa.html )
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization 2004
U.C.B. Distinguished Research Mentoring of Undergraduates Award 2002
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar 2002
Texty Excellence Award for "The Cosmos," Text and Academic Authors Assoc. 2001
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 2001
Elected Fellow, California Academy of Sciences 1999
Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Lecturer, Princeton University 1999
The "Top Science Breakthrough of 1998," Science magazine 1998
Robert M. Petrie Prize, Canadian Astronomical Society 1997
Miller Research Professorship, U.C. Berkeley 1996, 2005
Voted "Best Professor at U.C. Berkeley" by U.C.B. students 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, American Astronomical Society 1992
Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 1991
Distinguished Teaching Award, U.C. Berkeley 1991
NSF Presidential Young Investigator 1989 - 1994
Distinguished Alumni Award, U.C. Santa Barbara 1988
Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship 1979 - 1984
Nordsieck Award (The Outstanding Graduate in Physics), U.C.S.B. 1979
President's Undergraduate Research Fellowship, U.C.S.B. 1978 - 1979
Regents Scholar, U.C.S.B.; Dean's List, Highest Honors 1975 - 1979
First Prize, "Prize Examination" in Chemistry, U.C.S.B. 1975
Affliations
Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Golden Key (Honorary Member); American Astronomical Society (former Councilor); International Astronomical Union; Astronomical Society of the Pacific (former Board Member, Vice-President, President)
Research Interests
Supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, active galactic nuclei, black holes, robotic telescopes, cosmology
Publications
Over 570 scientific publications, plus over 1200 Abstracts, IAU Circulars, and GCN Circulars; 2 books edited; 1 textbook (3 editions); 3 video courses
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