George Smoot

Born: February 20, 1945 (Yukon, Florida)

Education

1966: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics and Mathematics)
1970: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Physics)

Major Positions

1971–present: University of California, Berkeley, Research Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory

Other Positions

1974–present: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Research Physicist
1988–2000: University of California, Berkeley, Member, Center for Particle Astrophysics
1994–present: University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Physics
2007–present: University of California, Berkeley, Director, Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics
2008–present: Ewha Womans University, South Korea, Director, Institute for the Early Universe

Selected Part-Time Positions

1975–1997: Member, Steering Group, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1982–1990: Member, Advisory Committee, White Mountain Research Station, University of California
1990–1998: Member, Advisory Committee, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
1996–present: Member, Advisory Committee, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Awards and Honors

2006: Nobel Prize in Physics
2008: National Academy of Sciences, Member

Resources on the Web

Nobel Prize Autobiography

External Multimedia

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