Nationality British Fields Astronomy | Doctoral advisor Martin Rees Academic advisor Martin Rees Name Roger Blandford | |
Born 28 August 1949 (age 74)
Grantham, Lincolnshire ( 1949-08-28 ) Institutions Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology Alma mater Magdalene College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
California Institute of Technology
Institute for Advanced Study Doctoral students Lars Hernquist
Chris Kochanek Education Institute for Advanced Study (1998) Awards Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society Similar People Fred Kavli, Martin Rees, Louis E Strigari, Stefan Funk, Markus Ackermann | ||
Discovered Blandford–Znajek process Residence United States of America | ||
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Roger David Blandford FRS FRAS is a British theoretical astrophysicist, best known for his work on black holes.
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- Kerr conference roger blandford kerr black holes in quasars and the formation of giant jets
- Black holes roger blandford seti talks
- Early life
- Career
- Positions
- Awards
- References
Black holes roger blandford seti talks
Early life
Blandford was born in Grantham, England and grew up in Birmingham.
Career
Blandford is famous in the astrophysical community for the Blandford-Znajek Process which is a model for the extraction of energy from a black hole. In April 2005 he wrote a letter to the astronomy community showing his concern about the George W. Bush administration US space science policy.
He is also the chair of Astro2010, the decadal survey that helps define and recommend funding priorities for U.S. astronomy research in the upcoming decade. The Astro2010 report was released August 13, 2010.
Positions
Blandford is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Science, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is currently Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, Professor of Physics at Stanford University and at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory. He was the Pehong and Adele Chen Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology from 2003 to 2013.