David Spergel

David Nathaniel Spergel ( born March 25, 1961 in Rochester ) is an American astrophysicist.

Life

David Spergel, was born the son of a physics professor Martin S. Spergel and the lawyer Rochelle S. Spergel, born Leffert. His brother Jonathan is a pediatrician. Spergel earned a bachelor's degree in 1982 from Princeton University, Master's and PhD degree in Astronomy in 1984 and 1985 at Harvard University. William H. Press supervised his doctoral thesis Astrophysical Implications of Weakly - Interacting Massive Particles. After a year at Harvard, he went back in 1986 to Princeton University, where he became assistant professor in 1987, 1992 and 1996 Associated Professor Associate Professor. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the International Astronomical Union, the American Physical Society, the American Astronomical Society and of Phi Beta Kappa.

Spergels work areas are far stretched. He examined possible constituents of the dark matter. Together with Leo Blitz, he discovered that the Milky Way is not an ordinary spiral galaxy, but a barred spiral galaxy. Spergel is part of the team, which evaluates the results of the WMAP spacecraft. Great attention achieved the evidence given by him publications in which fundamental cosmological parameters were determined from the WMAP data.

Today, Spergel also deals with new methods in the search for exoplanets, including the Terrestrial Planet Finder project. He is also involved in the Atacama Cosmology Telescope ( ACT).

Spergel is married since August 26, 1990 Laura H. Kahn, with whom he has three children. His hobbies are skiing and cycling.

Awards

Writings

WMAP:

  • David Spergel, among others: First- Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Volume 148, 2003, pp. 175-194, Abstract
  • David Spergel include: Three- Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Implications for Cosmology. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Volume 170, 2007, pp. 377-408, Abstract
  • David Spergel include: Seven - Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Cosmological Interpretation. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. Volume 192, 2011, p 18, Abstract
  • David Spergel include: Nine - Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Cosmological Parameters Results. In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 2012, Preprint
Phi Beta Kappa Society Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Shaw Prize Charles L. Bennett
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