Peter A. Strittmatter
Peter Albert Strittmatter (born September 12, 1939 in Bexleyheath , England ) is a British astronomer .
Strittmatter studied at Cambridge University with a bachelor's degree in 1961, a master's degree in 1963 and a doctorate in applied mathematics in 1967. He had a research fellowship at Peterhouse College in 1966/67 and was at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy from 1967 to 1968. In 1969 he was at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory and in 1970/71 he was at the University of California, San Diego . In 1971 he became associate professor and in 1973 professor at the University of Arizona and its Stewart Observatory, of which he was director from 1975. From 1980 he was a member of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn (adjoint scientific member) and in 1994 he became Regent's Professor at the University of Arizona.
He deals with theoretical astrophysics (including accretion disks of supermassive black holes in active galaxy nuclei) as well as observational astronomy (especially radio astronomy such as the observation of the black hole in our galaxy) and instruments such as the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and at the Stewart Observatory Mirror Lab.
Awards and honors
- In 1974 he was a Sloan Research Fellow .
- In 1979 he received the Humboldt Research Award
- In 1998 he received the Karl Schwarzschild Medal .
- In 2007 the asteroid (99070) Strittmatter was named after him.
He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 58597
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strittmatter, Peter A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strittmatter, Peter Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bexleyheath , England |