- Ralph Pudritz
Ralph E. Pudritz is a theoretical astrophysicist tenured at
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario,Canada . He is an expert in the field of astrophysical jets, particularly those involved instar formation .Professor Pudritz obtained his undergraduate degree at the
University of British Columbia , and pursued graduate studies in physics at theUniversity of Toronto and theUniversity of British Columbia . He accepted a position at McMaster in 1986, and has since been on research leaves to theMax Planck Institute , theHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics ,Caltech among several others. The Long-Range Planning Council of theNational Research Council of Canada chose Pudritz to chair its 1999 plan for the future of astrophysics in Canada. TheHerzberg Institute of Astrophysics , the US National Radio Observatory and theNATO Institute for Advanced Study are a few of the organizations for which Pudritz has served as advisor.In 2004 Pudritz spearheaded the formation of the
Origins Institute , a multi-disciplinary scientific endeavour based at McMaster, and became its first director.
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