Irwin Ira Shapiro is an American astrophysicist and Timken University Professor at Harvard University. He has been a professor at Harvard since 1982.[2] He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian from 1982 to 2004.[3][4]
Career
A native of New York, Shapiro graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in New York City. He later received his B.A. in Mathematics from Cornell University, and later a M.A. and Ph.D in Physics from Harvard University. He joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory in 1954 and became a professor of physics there in 1967. In 1982, he took a position as professor and Guggenheim Fellow[5] at his alma mater, Harvard, and also became director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. In 1997, he became the first Timken University Professor at the university.[2]
Shapiro's research interests include astrophysics, astrometry, geophysics, gravitation, including the use of gravitational lenses to assess the age of the universe.[6] In 1981, Edward Bowell discovered the 3832 main belt asteroid and it was later named after Shapiro by his former student Steven J. Ostro.[7]
Recognition
Honors and awards
- Albert A. Michelson Medal from the Franklin Institute (1975)[8]
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics from the American Astronomical Society (1983)
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1984)[9]
- Brouwer Award from the American Astronomical Society's Division on Dynamical Astronomy (1988)
- Charles A. Whitten Medal from the American Geophysical Union (1991)
- William Bowie Medal from the American Geophysical Union (1993)
- Albert Einstein Medal from the Albert Einstein Society (1994)
- Gerard P. Kuiper Prize from the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (1997)
- Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society (2013)[10]
- Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1998.[11]
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.[12]
Eponyms
- Shapiro time delay, discovered by Shapiro in 1964
- 3832 Shapiro, asteroid named after Shapiro in 1981
References
- ^ "Irwin Shapiro - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ^ a b "Shapiro Named First Timken University Professor". Harvard University Gazette. 1997-10-16. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Celebrates 25 Years". Harvard University Gazette. 1998-10-15. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Alcock to lead the CfA". Harvard University Gazette. 2004-05-20. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Irwin Ira Shapiro - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-02-21.
- ^ "Irwin Shapiro".
- ^ "(3832) Shapiro". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 2007. pp. 324–325. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3824. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Albert A. Michelson Medal Laureates". Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient".
- ^ "American Philosophical Society Members". APS. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
External links
- Harvard profile
- Oral history interview transcript with Irwin I. Shapiro on 23 April 2020, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
- Shapiro papers from 1965-1990 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Artists | |
Recent Comments