Charles L. Bennett
Charles Leonard Bennett (born November 16, 1956 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) is an American astrophysicist and professor of physics and astrophysics at Johns Hopkins University .
He is the head of the research group for the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) project at NASA . Prior to 2005, Bennett was Senior Scientist for Experimental Cosmology , Goddard Senior Fellow, and Infrared Astrophysics Branch Head at Goddard Space Flight Center . Bennett was at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism from summer 1976 to 1978 .
education
In 1978 Bennett received his BS in Physics and Astronomy with cum laude and honors in Astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park . In 1984 he received from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the Ph.D. in physics.
Awards
- 1992 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (for COBE )
- 2001 Popular Science “Best of What's New” Award in Aviation and Space for WMAP
- 2003 NASA Outstanding Leadership Award (for WMAP)
- 2003 John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science
- 2004 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Award (for WMAP )
- 2005 Henry Draper Medal from the National Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement (Mid-Career Stellar Award)
- 2006 Gruber Prize for Cosmology (the award went to John Cromwell Mather and the COBE team for “ground-breaking studies confirming that our universe was born in a hot Big Bang.”)
- 2006 Harvey Prize
- 2009 Comstock Prize in Physics
- 2010 Shaw Prize
- 2012 Gruber Prize for Cosmology
- 2013 Karl G. Jansky Lecture
- 2017 Isaac Newton Medal
Memberships
- National Academy of Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Astronomical Society
- American Institute of Physics
- American Physical Society
- International Astronomical Union
literature
- Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 1: A – L. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7031-8 (Volume 1), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), ISSN 0083-9396 , p. 320
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ NASA and COBE Scientists Win Top Cosmology Prize . August 15, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bennett, Charles L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bennett, Charles Leonard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astrophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Brunswick , New Jersey |