Robert Kennicutt

Robert Kennicutt

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name = Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr


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field = Astronomy
work_institution = Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
alma_mater = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. is an American astronomer. He is the Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal (1999-2006). His research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies.

He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973. He was a graduate student in astronomy at the University of Washington, where he received his master's degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1978. He was awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 2007 by the American Astronomical Society. He was made a fellow of the American 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 the Spitzer Space Telescopecite 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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