Robert Kennicutt

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Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. is an American astronomer. He is the Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and formerly had been the Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal (1999-2006). His research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies.

He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1973. He was a graduate student in astronomy at the University of Washington, where he received his master's degree in 1976 and his Ph.D. in 1978.

[edit] Research

[edit] Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey

Kennicutt is the principal investigator for the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), a legacy project that performed a multiwavelength survey of 75 nearby galaxies with the Spitzer Space Telescope[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ R. C. Kennicutt, Jr., L. Armus, G. Bendo, D. Calzetti, D. A. Dale, B. T. Draine, C. W. Engelbracht, K. D. Gordon, A. D. Grauer, G. Helou, D. J. Hollenbach, T. H. Jarrett, L. J. Kewley, C. Leitherer, A. Li, S. Malhotra, M. W. Regan, G. H. Rieke, M. J. Rieke, H. Roussel, J-.D. T. Smith, M. D. Thornley, F. Walter (2003). "SINGS: The SIRTF Nearby Galaxies Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 115: 928-952. 


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