Robert Kirshner
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Robert P. Kirshner | |
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Ph.D.) | |
Known for | Type Ia Supernova Studies, Large Scale Structure, supernova remnants |
Awards | Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2011) James Craig Watson Medal (2014) Wolf Prize in Physics (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics |
Institutions | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Harvard University University of Michigan |
Robert P. Kirshner (born August 15, 1949) is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the
Career
Kirshner received his
He then worked as a postdoc at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, where he rose to become Professor and Chairman of the Astronomy Department and helped to build the 2.4 meter Hiltner Telescope. Whilst at Michigan, he received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and won the Henry Russel Award.
In 1985, he moved to the Harvard Astronomy Department as Professor of Astronomy (1985–2016), where he served as Chairman of the Department from 1990-1997 and as the head of the Optical and Infrared Division of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. from 1997-2003. He was appointed Clownes Professor of Science in 2001, Master of Quincy House, one of Harvard’s undergraduate residences, from 2001-2007 and Harvard College Professor (2004–2009). He helped Harvard join the Magellan Observatory in Chile and the Giant Magellan Telescope project.
In July, 2015 he was appointed Chief Program Officer for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, where he is leading the team responsible for distributing more than $100 million per year for research and technology that enables fundamental scientific discoveries.[3] At the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Kirshner is an observer on the Thirty Meter International Observatory board of directors.
Achievements
In 1981, along with Augustus Oemler, Jr.,
Kirshner was a member of the
Recognition
In 2004, he received the Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award.[10] In 2010, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Chicago. In 2011, he won the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Institute of Physics.[11] In 2012, he won a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2014, he won the James Craig Watson Medal for service to astronomy from the National Academy of Sciences[12] and shared in the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics with the High-Z Team. In 2015, he shared the Wolf Prize in Physics with B.J. Bjorken.[13] In 2019, he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Ohio University.[14] He is a popular writer[15][16] and speaker[17][18][19][20][21] both in the United States and internationally,[22][23] and is represented by Jodi Soloman Speakers.[24] He has been frequently interviewed by both mainstream journalists[25][26] and the science press and is often quoted in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Nature,[27] and Science magazine. He has written for the general public in National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, Natural History, and Scientific American.
Kirshner's service to science includes board memberships for the Gemini International Telescope, the AUI Board for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy, the National Research Council Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, the NASA Advisory Committee Science Subcommittee, and the Math and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee for the National Science Foundation. Kirshner was a panelist for the 2000 and 2010 Decadal Reviews of Astronomy. He is a
Awards
- 2007: Gruber Prize in Cosmology (co-recipient with High-Z Supernova Search Team)
- 2011: Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Institute of Physics
- 2014: James Craig Watson Medal
- 2015: Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess.
- 2015: Wolf Prize in Physics
- 2020: Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.[28]
Private life
In 1999, Kirshner married the novelist and filmmaker
He is the father of the television writer/producer, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, and Matthew Kirshner, the CFO/GM of Format Entertainment in Los Angeles.
See also
References
- ^ "Robert P. Kirshner". Harvard.
- ^ "Robert P. Kirshner". Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
- ^ "2015 Wolf Prize Winner Joins Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- doi:10.1086/183623.
- ^ "arXiv.org Search". arxiv.org. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- S2CID 117807831. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ "The Mathematics Genealogy Project – Robert Kirshner". genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (4 October 2011). "Studies of Universe's Expansion Win Physics Nobel". New York Times.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni Named". California Institute of Technology. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Robert Kirshner Awarded the 2011 Heineman Prize". Center for Astrophysics. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Former AAS President Bob Kirshner Awarded Watson Medal | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Robert Kirshner receives Wolf Prize". Harvard Gazette. 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Visit behind the scenes with Astronomer Dr. Robert Kirshner - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "Astronomy Looks Ahead: Paperwork and Derring-Do". Times Topics Blog. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "The Accelerating Universe - Robert P. Kirshner". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Robert Kirshner, Harvard University, "The Accelerating Universe: Einstein's Blunder Undone"". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Hubble Space Telescope: Exploding Stars and the Accelerating Universe | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "The Undiscovery of Cosmic Deceleration - Robert P. Kirshner - Radcliffe Institute". Archived from the original on 2021-12-22 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Harvard Club of Miami". www.harvardmiami.org. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
- ^ "Robert P. Kirshner". Falling Walls. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Robert Kirshner Harvard Exploding Stars and Accelerating Universe". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2020-08-12 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Robert Kirshner - Astronomer". Jodi Solomon Speakers. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Big Think Interview With Robert Kirshner - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ Robert Kirshner - Charlie Rose, retrieved 2020-08-12
- ^ "Hubble moments: Robert Kirshner". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2020-08-13 – via YouTube.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "Kirshner Chosen As Quincy Master | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
External links
- Media related to Robert Kirshner at Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Kirshner's Home Page at Harvard