Research Interests

Cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, observational optical astronomy, experimental gravitational physics, new instrumentation.

Career History

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967
• Member of the Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1969-1985
• Distinguished MTS, Bell Laboratories, 1985-2003
• Professor, University of California, Davis, 2003-Present

Honors

• Elected to American Philosophical Society, 2000
• APS Centennial Speaker, 1999
• Hon. D.Sc., University of Chicago, 1998
• Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, 1998
• Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1997
• Aaronson Memorial Prize, 1996
• Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997
• IR 100 Award, Industrial Research, 1985
• Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 1984