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Walter Hendrik Gustav Lewin (born January 29, 1936) is a Dutch astrophysicist and retired professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the Delft University of Technology and was a member of MIT's physics faculty for 43 years beginning in 1966 until his retirement in 2009.
The MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research (MKI) was founded in 1965 as the Center for Space Research. Today MKI operates as an interdepartmental center, and it supports research in space science and engineering, astronomy, and astrophysics. [9]
Building 6C is located at the core of the MIT Physics Department. Laboratories are often distributed throughout campus depending on their research areas. The MIT Department of Physics has over 120 faculty members, is often cited as the largest physics department in the United States, and hosts top-ranked programs.
Philip Morrison (November 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics, high energy astrophysics, and SETI.
Artist's conception of Fermi Bubbles. Tracy Robyn Slatyer is a professor of particle physics with a concentration in theoretical astrophysics [2] [3] with tenure at MIT. [4] She was a 2014 recipient of the Rossi Prize for gamma ray detection of Fermi bubbles, which are unexpected large structure in our galaxy.
Nergis Mavalvala (born 1968) is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist.She is the Curtis and Kathleen Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she is also the dean of the university's school of science.
He studied mathematics before switching to physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained dual bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physics in 1966 and a Ph.D. in particle physics in 1970. [8] [9] A distant relative, Oliver R. Smoot, was the MIT student who was used as the unit of measure known as the smoot. [10] [11]
John Winston Belcher (born 1943) is a professor of physics emeritus holding the "Class of '22" professorship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Professor Belcher's research interests are within the areas of space plasma physics.