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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorMichael Stanley Turner
Dates
July 29, 1949 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Turner, Michael Stanley
Additional Forms of Names
Turner, Michael S.
Biography
Abstract
Michael Turner is Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Chicago (1998-present). His research interests include theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, and elementary particle physics.
Important Dates
July 29, 1949Birth, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1971Obtained BS, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1973Obtained MS, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1978Instructor in Physics, Stanford University.
1978Obtained PhD in Physics, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).
1978 – presentEnrico Fermi Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute (1978-1980); Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1980-1985); Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1985-1998); Chair, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1997-2003); and Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics (1998-present), University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1981 – 1982Visiting Professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1983 – presentScientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia (Ill.).
1989 – 1993President, Aspen Center for Physics.
1997Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1997Awarded Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society.
2003 – 2006Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation.
2013President, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Wagoner, Robert V.
PhD advisor at Stanford University.
Colleagues
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Hänsch, T. W. (Theo W.), 1941-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Meyerhof, Walter E. (Walter Ernst), 1922-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Parker, E. N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Additional
Ferris, Timothy
Institutions
Major Positions
Enrico Fermi Institute
Enrico Fermi Fellow.
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Scientist.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Obtained MS (1973) and PhD (1978). Instructor in Physics.
University of Chicago. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics; Department Chair; and Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President and received 1997 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.
Aspen Center for Physics
President.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Obtained BS (1971).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Assistant Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Institute for Theoretical Physics
Visiting Physicist.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
50th Anniversary of Physical Review Letters [audiorecording], April 2008.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Gravity Research Foundation essays and abstracts, 1949-2016.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Timothy Ferris interviews conducted for the television program, The Creation of the Universe, circa 1982-1988.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA