Bruce T. Draine

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Bruce Thomas Draine (born November 19, 1947 in Calcutta ) is an American astrophysicist .

Life

Draine studied at Swarthmore College until 1969 (bachelor's degree) and then at Cornell University with a master's degree in 1975 in experimental physics. In 1978 he received his doctorate ( Ph.D. ) with a thesis in the field of theoretical physics at Cornell University . From 1979 to 1982 he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton . In 1981 he became Assistant Professor and 1984 Associate Professor in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University , and has been a full professor since 1990. From 1996 to 1998 he was director of the Princeton University Observatory. His main field of work is theoretical astrophysics, especially the physics of the interstellar medium and cosmic dust .

From 1982 to 1986 he was a research fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( Sloan Research Fellow ).

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • Bruce T. Draine, Piotr. J. Flatau: Discrete-Dipole Approximation for Scattering Calculations . In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A . tape 11 , no. 4 , 1994, pp. 1491-1499 .
  • Joseph C. Weingartner, BT Draine: Dust Grain-Size Distributions and Extinction in the Milky Way, Large Magellanic Cloud, and Small Magellanic Cloud . In: Astrophysical Journal . tape 548 , no. 1 , 2001, p. 296-309 .
  • BT Draine: Interstellar Dust Grains . In: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics . tape 41 , 2003, p. 241-289 , doi : 10.1146 / annurev.astro.41.011802.094840 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Past Member: Bruce Draine. Institute for Advanced Study, accessed July 14, 2019 .
  2. ^ Past Fellows. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, accessed July 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Draine, Bruce T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Draine, Bruce Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Calcutta