Anthony Tyson
John Anthony Tyson , also J. Anthony Tyson (* 1940 ) is an American physicist .
Tyson received his Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1967. From 1969 to 1985 he was a member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories . In 1985 he became a Distinguished Member Technical Staff (position for experienced engineers in large US corporations) at Bell Laboratories until 2003 and has been a professor at the University of California, Davis since then . He is also director of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope .
His research interests are cosmology , dark matter , dark energy , observational optical astronomy, experimental gravitational physics and new instruments.
Awards
- 1984: Elected Fellow, American Physical Society
- 1985: IR 100 Award, Industrial Research
- 1996: Aaronson Memorial Prize
- 1997: Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1997: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 1998: Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
- 1998: Hon. D.Sc., University of Chicago
- 1999: APS Centennial Speaker
- 2000: Election to the American Philosophical Society
Web links
- Homepage of Tyson at the Department of the University of California
- Tyson at the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- Testimony of J. Anthony Tyson, Hearing on Near-Earth Objects: Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's 2007 Report to Congress
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tyson, Anthony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tyson, John Anthony (full name); Tyson, J. Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |