Nationality American | Name Kurt Adelberger | |
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Education Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, B.S. in astronomy from Harvey Mudd College, Known for Astrophysics, Sustainability Relatives Theodore Welton (grandfather in law) Awards Junior Fellow at Harvard University | ||
Kurt Ludwig Adelberger is an American Astrophysicist and sustainability manager, who formerly worked at Google as a principle in energy and sustainability and was previously the Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company. He earned his B.S. at Harvey Mudd College and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, advised by Charles C. Steidel. His thesis was entitled Star formation and structure formation at redshifts 1 < z < 4 and has been cited in 31 other papers. He defended his thesis in 2001. Prior to working at Mckinsey & Company, Adelberger worked at Carnegie Observatories. He has published 194 papers in the field of astrophysics, and has been cited over 2000 times. In 2000, Adelberger was named a junior fellow of Harvard University. His notable publications include Lyman-Break Galaxies at z 4 and the Evolution of the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at High Redshift, cited by 1945 other articles and Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of normal star-forming galaxies at redshifts z> 3 cited by 1766 other articles. He has spoken at GreenBiz on how distributed generation will influence grid evolution. He also holds the patent for a thermostat system which allows the user to specify a range of acceptable temperatures. Humboldt Prize winner Theodore Welton is Adelberger's grandfather in law.