Professor
Roger David Blandford
Stanford University
Astronomer; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
1993
Research on theoretical astrophysics and cosmology including black holes in active galactic nuclei and binary stars, neutron stars, cosmic rays, gravitational lensing and galaxies. Recent research has focused on explaining extreme particle acceleration, describing relativistic jets and mapping the universe at large.
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