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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorR. A. Hulse
Dates
November 28, 1950 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Hulse, R. A.
Additional Forms of Names
Hulse, Russell A.
Hulse, Russell Alan
Biography
Abstract
Russell A. Hulse is Regental and Associate Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Texas, Dallas (2004-present). Other institutional affiliations include Princeton University and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. His research interests include binary pulsars and gravitational physics.
Important Dates
November 28, 1950Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1970Obtained BS, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York (N.Y.).
1972Obtained MS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst (Mass.).
1975Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst (Mass.).
1975 – 1977Research Associate, National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
1977 – 2007Member, Technical Staff(1977-1980); Staff Research Physicist II (1980-1984); Research Physicist (1984-1992); and Principal Research Physicist (1992-2007), Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1993Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph H. Taylor Jr. "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".
2004 – presentVisiting Professor of Physics and of Science and Mathematics Education (2004-2007) and Regental Professor and Associate Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives (2007-present), University of Texas, Dallas, Dallas (Tex.).
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Hulse, Alan
Father.
Hulse, Betty Joan
Mother.
Advisors & Collaborators
Taylor, Joseph H. (Joseph Hooton)
PhD advisor at University of Massachusetts Amherst, "A high sensitivity pulsar search," and co-won 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Greene, J. M. (John M.), 1928-
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Institutions
Major Positions
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (U.S.)
Research Associate.
Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory
Member, Technical Staff; Staff Research Physicist II; Research Physicist; and Principal Research Physicist.
University of Texas at Dallas
Regental Professor and Associate Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives.
University of Texas at Dallas. School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Visiting Professor of Physics and of Science and Mathematics Education.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Obtained BS (1970).
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Department of Physics and Astronomy
Obtained MS (1972) and PhD in Physics (1975).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Marcia Bartusiak interviews conducted for her book "Einstein's Unfinished Symphony," 1998-1999.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Joseph H. Taylor, 2001 October 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA