- Rogier Windhorst
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name= Rogier Windhorst
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nationality= Dutch
alma_mater=University of Leiden
work_institution=Arizona State University
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footnotes=Rogier Windhorst is an
astronomer and a professor ofphysics andastronomy atArizona State University . He received his Ph.D in astronomy in 1984 from theUniversity of Leiden and did post doctorate work at Mt.Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories. He currently serves as associate chair at Arizona State and is among six Arizona state faculty who were awarded Regents Professor appointments in 2006; he presides over the School of Earth and Space Exploration at the university.cite web
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title = Peering at galaxies gives professor a long-term perspective
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date =2003-03-31
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accessdate = 2007-06-13 ]Windhorst has authored over 100 published scientific papers and has given over 125 lectures at seminars. His research has led to new understandings of how the universe first began. He also studies
black holes . His research focuses onAstrophysics and Space Science, and he is the principal investigator of theHubble space telescope mid-UV bright galaxy survey. [Citation
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title = Hubble Space Telescope Survey of the Mid-Ultraviolet Morphology of Nearby Galaxies
journal = The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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issue = 143
pages = 113-158
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year = 2002
url = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/341556
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