Marc Davis (astronomer)
Marc Davis (born September 8, 1947 in Canton , Ohio ) is an American astronomer .
Davis earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 , a master's degree in 1971 and a doctorate in 1973 from Princeton University . From 1975 to 1981 he was a professor at Harvard University , since then he has been a professor at the University of California, Berkeley .
Davis' main area of work is cosmology . He investigated the large-scale structure of the universe and the influence of dark matter on it. He is involved in several large redshift surveys of galaxies , most recently in the DEEP and DEEP2 surveys with the Keck telescopes .
Awards
- 1975 Sloan Research Fellow
- 1982 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize for Astronomy
- 1991 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1992 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2006 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
- 2011 Gruber Prize for Cosmology
Web links
- Marc Davis on the University of California, Berkeley website
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| SURNAME | Davis, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Canton , Ohio |