Faculty Directory
Department Chair: Raja Guha Thakurta | Department Manager: Patricia Schell (Acting) |
Undergraduate Program Director: Jonathan Fortney | Graduate Advisor: Lindsay Lauver |
Graduate Program: Brant Robertson | Administrative Assistant: position is vacant |
Program Coordinator, Astrobiology Institute: Deana Tanguay |

- Title
- Professor Emeritus of Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
- Department
- Astronomy & Astrophysics Department
- Phone 831-459-1596
- Office Location
- 171 Natural Sciences II
- Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95060
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Astronomy, Astrophysics
Research Interests
High energy astrophysics, x-ray astronomy, close binary systems, digital sky surveys.
Biography, Education and Training
Ph. D., Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1973
M. A., Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1971
A. B., Astrophysics, Columbia University, 1968
Honors, Awards and Grants
University of Washington Annual Faculty Lecturer, 1999–2000
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1991
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985
American Astronomical Society Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, 1981
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1979–83
U. K. Science Research Council Senior Visiting Fellowship, 1978
NASA Group Achievement Awards, 1975, 1991
NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1973–74
NDEA Predoctoral Fellowship, 1971–72