Nicholas B. Suntzeff
Nicholas Suntzeff | |
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University of California at Santa Cruz Lick Observatory | |
| Known for | Observational cosmology based on supernovae |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy Cosmology |
| Institutions | Texas A&M University, United States Department of State |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Kraft |
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Nicholas B. Suntzeff (born November 22, 1952,
Education
Suntzeff graduated from
Work
After graduating in 1980, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Professor George Wallerstein in the Department of Astronomy at University of Washington. From 1982 to 1986 he was a Carnegie/Las Campanas Fellow at the Mount Wilson & Las Campanas Observatories, now called the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science.
After moving to Chile in 1986, Suntzeff working with
Continuing the work of the Calán/Tololo Survey, Suntzeff with
Prior to 2006, he was the Associate Director of Science at the US
In announcing his award as a 2023 American Astronomical Society Fellow, he was cited "For his transformational leadership in the foundation of supernova cosmology, the discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe, and precision measurements of the Hubble–Lemaître flow; for his service to the national and international astronomical communities; for considerable efforts on behalf of human rights, especially the LGBTQ community, both within astronomy and globally; and for establishing the astronomy program at Texas A&M University."[14]
Honors and awards
- Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Chapter, Stanford University, 1974
- President, Graduate Student Association, University of California Santa Cruz, 1979-1980
- Robert J. Trumpler Award for the outstanding Ph.D. in astronomy in North America in 1983[15]
- Carnegie Fellowship, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1983[16]
- AURA Science Award, personally in 1992 and with the CTIO Supernova Team in 1998[17]
- Breakthrough of the Year, Science, 1998[18]
- Mitchell/Heep/Munnerlyn Endowed Chair in Observational Astronomy, Texas A&M University, 2006[19][20]
- Gruber Cosmology Prize with the High-z Supernova Search Team in 2007[21]
- Jefferson Senior Science Fellowship, US Department of State, 2010[13]
- Distinguished Achievement Award of Texas A&M University 2012[22]
- Distinguished University Professor, Texas A&M University system, 2013[23]
- George H. W. Bush Achievement Award, 2013[24]
- Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, 2015[25]
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2017[26]
- Regents Professor of the Texas A&M University System, 2017[27]
- Fellow of the American Astronomical Society, 2023[28]
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023 [29][30]
Ancestry and personal life
He is a native of San Francisco and grew up in Corte Madera, California. He is the paternal grandson of Matvei Andrianovich Evdokimov (1887–1920) (Russian: Матвей Андрианович Евдокимов), one of the principal private arms manufacturers in czarist Russia, located in Izhevsk.[31] The Evdokimov factory in Izhevsk began in the 1860s by Andrian Nikandrovich Evdokimov (1844–1917 (Russian: Андриан Никандрович Евдокимов), and by 1890, was manufacturing Mosin–Nagant and Berdan rifles.[31][32] They continued production until the Russian Civil War in 1917. These rifles were used during the Revolution and World War I,[33] and were retooled for use during World War II, especially by the Finnish Army.
Although not supporters of the White cause, for their safety the family of Matvei fled east with
Suntzeff is mentioned in the Alan Alda memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned.[36]
References
- ^ "Student Observatory". physics.stanford.edu.
- ^ "Domains: Eye on the Sky". alumni.stanford.edu.
- doi:10.1086/132020.
- doi:10.1086/186970.
- doi:10.1086/116811.
- ^ Supernovae. The Tenth Santa Cruz Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics, held July 9–21, 1989, Lick Observatory. Editor, S.E. Woosley; Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991.
- S2CID 18539194.
- S2CID 119332674.
- S2CID 119097691.
- S2CID 15640044.
- S2CID 118910636.
- S2CID 117807831.
- ^ a b "Jefferson Science Fellowship". nationalacademies.org. 19 February 2015.
- ^ "AAS Names 22 New Fellows for 2023".
- ^ "ASP: Past Winners of the Trumpler Award". astrosociety.org.
- ^ "Recent Fellows at the Carnegie Observatories". The Carnegie Observatories.
- ^ "AURA Awards". aura-astronomy.org. Archived from the original on 2003-03-29. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- S2CID 117807831.
- ^ "Chairs and Professorships". science.tamu.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ^ "| College of Science, Texas A&M University". Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ^ "Brian Schmidt & the High-z Supernova Search Team". yale.edu.
- ^ "Association of Former Students University-level Distinguished Achievement Awards". tamu.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17.
- ^ "List of Distinguished Professors". tamu.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-12-20.
- ^ "PPO - Bush Excellence Awards for Faculty". tamu.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize". breakthroughprize.org.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive".
- ^ "Regents Recognize Exemplary Faculty and Professionals". 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Suntzeff Elected As 2023 American Astronomical Society Fellow". Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ https://today.tamu.edu/2024/04/18/17-faculty-elected-2023-fellows-of-the-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/
- ^ https://www.aaas.org/page/2023-fellows
- ^ ISBN 978-5-9631-0053-0.
- ^ "Arms factory of A.N. Evdokimov | Qirme.org". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2014-11-01.
- ^ "Удмуртская правда / Сельский обыватель - оружейник, фабрикант - филантроп". udmpravda.ru. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "Missouri Women in the Health Sciences - In Her Words - Valentina Suntzeff - Autobiography (Chapter 1)". wustl.edu.
- ^ "Сунцев мост - Мотовилиха - Фотографии старинной Перми - Фотоальбом - Неизвестная Пермь".
- ISBN 978-1-4000-6409-0.
External links
- Carnegie Supernova Project Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- High-Z Supernova Team's web page
- Nicholas B. Suntzeff, directory page at Texas A&M University
- Nicholas B. Suntzeff, directory page at Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy Archived 2016-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Nicholas B. Suntzeff, directory page at the IAU
- Office of International Organization Affairs, US Department of State
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