Peter Goldreich

Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is a U.S. astrophysicist. He is currently the Lee DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics at California Institute of Technology. In 2003, he retired from that position and moved to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

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Woodrow Wilson Honorary Fellowship, 1960-1961
Andrew Dixon White Fellowship, 1960-1961
National Foundation Fellowship, 1961-1963
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1963-1964
Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1968-1970
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1972
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973
Henry Norris Russell Lecturer of the American Astronomical Society, 1979
California Scientist of the Year, 1981
Chapman Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1985
Dirk Brouwer Award of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society, 1986
Amos de Shalit Lecturer at the Weizmann Institute, 1986
Thomas Gold Lecturer at Cornell University, 1987
Regents Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, 1988-1990
Miller Professorship, University of California, Berkeley, 1990
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize of the Division for Planetary Science, American Astronomical Society, 1992
Morris Loeb Lecturer, Harvard University, 1992
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1993
National Medal of Science, 1995