Benjamin Zuckerman

Benjamin Zuckerman
Born (1943-08-16) August 16, 1943 (age 81)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
AwardsHelen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Benjamin Michael Zuckerman (born August 16, 1943) is an astrophysicist and an emeritus professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at UCLA.[1] His recent work focus primarily on formation and evolution of planetary systems around various types of stars.

Education

Zuckerman completed two degrees in 1963, one in Physics and one in Aeronautic & Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He finished his PhD thesis in Astronomy in 1968 at Harvard University.[2]

Scientific publications

Since 1965, Zuckerman has published well over 200 refereed papers in journals such as Astrophysical Journal, Nature, Astronomy & Astrophysics and Science, of which he was first author for close to 100.[3] He also produced a number of review papers in Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. In 2001, he participated in the Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics.[4]

Zuckerman was co-author of a 2008 paper reporting first directly imaged multiplanetary system (arguably, the first directly imaged planets) around HR 8799[5] and a 2010 paper discovering a fourth imaged planet in the system: HR 8799 e.[6]

Outreach work

In 1982, Zuckerman co-edited a book called Extraterrestrials, Where Are They with Michael Hart. The book was republished in 1995.[7] He also co-authored the book The Origin and Evolution of the Universe with Matthew A. Malkan. In 1996, he also wrote with David Jefferson the book Human Population and the Environmental Crisis, following a public symposium of the same name held at UCLA in October 1993.[8]

References

  1. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1976). Reports of the President and the Treasurer - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. ISSN 0190-227X. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  2. ^ Benjamin Zuckerman webpage on UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy website.
  3. ^ Benjamin Zuckerman publication list on NASA ADS
  4. ^ Zuckerman, Benjamin (2001). "Dusty Circumstellar Disks". Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Bibcode:2001eaa..bookE1845Z. doi:10.1888/0333750888/1845. ISBN 0-333-75088-8. "Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics". Archived from the original on 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  5. ^ Marois, Christian; et al. (November 2008). "Direct Imaging of Multiple Planets Orbiting the Star HR 8799". Science. 322 (5906): 1348–1352. arXiv:0811.2606. Bibcode:2008Sci...322.1348M. doi:10.1126/science.1166585. PMID 19008415. S2CID 206516630.
  6. ^ Marois, C.; Zuckerman, B.; Konopacky, Q. M.; MacIntosh, B.; Barman, T. (2010). "Images of a fourth planet orbiting HR 8799". Nature. 468 (7327): 1080–1083. arXiv:1011.4918. Bibcode:2010Natur.468.1080M. doi:10.1038/nature09684. PMID 21150902. S2CID 4425891.
  7. ^ Google Books link to the 1995 2nd edition of the book
  8. ^ Description of the book on AbeBooks website.