David N. Spergel
Charles Young Professor of Astronomy
Department Chair
Department of Astrophysical
Sciences
Princeton University, NJ
08544-0010
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dns
Education:
PhD
(Astronomy) Harvard 1985 Advisor: William H Press
Visiting
Scholar, Oxford 1983 Advisor: James Binney
AB
summa cum laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
, Princeton 1982
Appointments:
Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences: Charles A. Young Professor of
Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation (2007-); Currently, Associate Faculty
in Physics and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Professor,
(1997-2007); Associate Professor
(1992-1997); Assistant Professor (1987-1992).
Institute for Advanced Study: Long-Term Member
(1985-1987), Keck Distinguished Visiting Professor (2000-1).
Honors and Awards:
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012); Shaw
Prize in Astronomy (2010); Citation Laureate (2010); National Academy of
Sciences (2008); John T. and Helen D. MacArthur Fellowship (2001); Time
Magazine: "One of America's Top Scientists" (2001); AAS Helen B. Warner Prize
(1994); NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1998); Alfred P. Sloan
Research Fellow (1998).
Publications:
Spergel
is the author of over 225 refereed papers with over
45,000 citations (Hirsch h=80).
His first author 2003 and 2007 WMAP papers
are
the two most cited papers in astronomy and physics in the new
millennium. He is a coauthor of
Bennett et al. (2003), the third most cited paper of the new millennium.
Mentorship:
Spergel
has mentored over 25 PhD students and 25 postdocs. His students have been highly
successful. One metric is the list
of prizes won by his students and postdocs just over
the past three years: Sofja Kovalevskaja
Award (1.45 MEuros; Hennawi),
Order of the British Empire (Petters);
Canadian Early Research Award, Bappu Gold Medal, Astronomical Society of India (Afshordi);
European Research Council IDEAS
Fellowship (1 M Euros: both Verde and Dunkley); Nishinomiya-Yukawa Prize
(Komatsu); Presidential Early Career Award (Bean); Cotrell
(Bean); Philip Leverhulme Prize (Peiris) and Hubble
Fellowship (Reid).
Leadership:
Spergel
has served as Department Chair since 2006. He chaired the NAS ASTRO 2010 Panel on Cosmology and
Fundamental Physics, the KITP Advisory Board, the NASA Astrophysics
Subcommittee, and numerous reviews.
He is one of the founders of the Institute of Physics and Mathematics of
the Universe (IPMU) in Tokyo. He currently chairs the NAS Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics.