S.B. Physics MIT (1995), PhD Astronomy Caltech (2000), Long-Term Member and Hubble Fellow IAS (2001). Eugene joined Berkeley Astronomy in 2001, and served as Department Chair from 2015-18. He works in theoretical astrophysics and is interested in all things planetary, from planet formation to orbital dynamics to planetary atmospheres. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Simons Foundation Investigator. A recipient of Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award, he teaches a variety of classes, from introductory astrophysics for majors, to fluid mechanics and radiative processes for graduate students, to order-of-magnitude physics which spans the entire physics curriculum.
Theoretical astrophysics, with an emphasis on understanding the origin of planetary systems. Extrasolar planets; protoplanetary disks; debris disks, including the Kuiper belt; planetesimal and planet formation; meteorites
Specialty Areas: Astrophysics,Planet formation,Planetary Science,Planets,Theoretical and computational astrophysics,Trans-Neptunian objects
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