Steven Boggs

Steven Boggs
Born	1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego

Steven Edward Boggs is an American astrophysicist. He is the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego.

Education

Boggs completed a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1998.[1]

Career

Boggs was the chair of the UCB physics department from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, after 16 years on the faculty at UCB, he became the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).[2]

At UCB, Boggs researched supernovas.[2] At UCSD, he develops and flies gamma-ray telescopes for use in space. He measures radioactive nuclei in the inner region of supernova explosions. Boggs studies emissions from gamma rays on the surface of neutron stars by developing sensitive gamma ray instruments including telescopes for satellite and balloon missions.[1]

References

1. "UC San Diego | Faculty Profile". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
2. Robbins, Gary (2016-08-19). "UCSD recruits chair of physics at Berkeley". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

External links

• Steven Boggs publications indexed by Google Scholar