Irwin I. Shapiro

Irwin I. Shapiro
Born
Irwin Ira Shapiro[1]

NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
Harvard University
Known forShapiro time delay
AwardsAlbert A. Michelson Medal (1975)
Dannie Heineman Prize (1983)
Brouwer Award (1987)
Charles A. Whitten Medal (1991)
William Bowie Medal (1993)
Albert Einstein Medal (1994)
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize (1997)
Einstein Prize (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
ThesisMethods of Approximation for High Energy Nuclear Scattering (1955)
Notable studentsThomas A. Herring
Steven J. Ostro
Alyssa A. Goodman

Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982.[2] He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 2004.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Irwin Shapiro - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
  2. ^ "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 1997-10-16. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  3. ^ "Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Celebrates 25 Years". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-10-15. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  4. ^ "Alcock to lead the CfA". Harvard University Gazette. 2004-05-20. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-02-26.

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