Peter Garnavich
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Peter Garnavich | |
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| Born | Peter Marcus Garnavich United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland (1980), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1983), University of Washington (1991) |
| Spouse | Lara Arielle Phillips |
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| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Notre Dame |
| Thesis | The stellar angular correlation : clues to wide binary star properties (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruce Margon |
| Website | https://physics.nd.edu/people/peter-garnavich/ |
Peter M. Garnavich is the current chair of the Department of Physics at University of Notre Dame. His primary research area is the study of supernovae and their diversity.[1] Garnavich is also a member of a supernova search team that contributed to the discovery of dark energy in 1998.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Garnavich earned a bachelor of science in astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1980, a master of science in physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1983, and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Washington in 1991.[1]
Research and career[edit]
Garnavich has been a co-author on over 900 papers, a first author on over 200 papers, and has an h-index of 69.[3][4]
Garnavich served as a research associate at the Space Telescope Science Institute from 1983–1985.[1] One of his projects with the STSI consisted of the "Working Group for Anonymizing Proposal Reviews" which has helped to increase the number of women and younger researchers who have been granted time to use the Hubble Space Telescope. For this work, Garnavich was awarded the a NASA Silver Achievement Award in 2020.[5]
Following the completing of his Ph.D., Garnavich was a postdoctoral fellow at Dominion Astrophysical Observatory from 1992–1995.[1] Garnavich obtained a Plaskett Fellowship[6] which is granted to recent outstanding doctoral graduates in astrophysics.[7]
Garnavich also was a fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1995–1999. At Harvard, he was a key member of the High-Z Supernova Search Team that discovered the acceleration of the expansion of the universe.[2] That discovery was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics as well as the Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2007) and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015).[1]
Garnavich joined Notre Dame in 2000 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 2003. In 2008 he earned the rank of full professor. Garnavich was appointed chair of the Department of Physics in 2017.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Peter Garnavich appointed chair of the Department of Physics
- ^ a b Stowe, Gene (2011-10-05). "Nobel winners' team that discovered accelerating universe included Garnavich". College of Science. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ "ADS Author Search". Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ "Peter M. Garnavich". research.com. Retrieved Jun 3, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ McCool, Deanna Csomo (2020-10-30). "Garnavich receives NASA award for work on anonymous proposal team". College of Science. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
- ^ Canada, National Research Council (2019-03-21). "Plaskett Fellowship". nrc.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
- ^ Canada, National Research Council (2019-03-21). "Plaskett Fellows, 1975 to present". nrc.canada.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
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