- Robert Kennicutt
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field =Astronomy
work_institution =Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
alma_mater =Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Washington
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footnotes =Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. is an American
astronomer . He is thePlumian Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in theUniversity of Cambridge . He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of theAstrophysical Journal (1999-2006). His research interests include the structure and evolution ofgalaxies andstar formation ingalaxies .He received his
bachelor's degree inphysics fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute in1973 . He was agraduate student inastronomy at theUniversity of Washington , where he received hismaster's degree in1976 and hisPh.D. in1978 . He was awarded theDannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 2007 by theAmerican Astronomical Society . He was made a fellow of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.Research
pitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey
Kennicutt is the principal investigator for the
Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), a legacy project that performed a multiwavelength survey of 75 nearby galaxies with theSpitzer Space Telescope cite journal
author=R. C. Kennicutt, Jr., L. Armus, G. Bendo, D. Calzetti, D. A. Dale, B. T. Draine, C. W. Engelbracht, K. D. Gordon, A. D. Grauer, G. Helou, D. J. Hollenbach, T. H. Jarrett, L. J. Kewley, C. Leitherer, A. Li, S. Malhotra, M. W. Regan, G. H. Rieke, M. J. Rieke, H. Roussel, J-.D. T. Smith, M. D. Thornley, F. Walter
title=SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey
year=2003
journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
volume=115
pages=928–952
url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003PASP..115..928K
doi=10.1086/376941] .References
External links
* [http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~robk/ Homepage of Robert Kennicutt]
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