Russell Alan Hulse
American astronomer
Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1993, which he shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., for the discovery of a new type of pulsar and his studies on gravitational waves.
Russell Alan Hulse | |
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Born | |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Cooper Union B.S. UMass Amherst Ph.D. |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | UT Dallas Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory NRAO |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. |
In 2004, Hulse joined University of Texas at Dallas and became the Founding Director of UT Dallas Science and Engineering Education Center (SEEC).[1]
References
change- ↑ "Russell A. Hulse - Endowed Professorships and Chairs - The University of Texas at Dallas". The University of Texas at Dallas. Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2021-07-24.