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'''Lennox Lauchlan Cowie''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born Scotland) is a Scottish [[astronomer]], and professor at the [[Institute for Astronomy]], [[University of Hawaii]].<ref>http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~cowie/llc_cv.html</ref> |
'''Lennox Lauchlan Cowie''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born 18 October 1950, [[Jedburgh]], Scotland) is a Scottish [[astronomer]], and professor at the [[Institute for Astronomy]], [[University of Hawaii]].<ref>http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~cowie/llc_cv.html</ref><ref>biographical information from ''American Men and Women of Science'', Thomson Gale 2004</ref> |
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He was awarded the 2009 [[Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics]].<ref>http://www.kaleo.org/2.13219/uh-astronomer-wins-award-1.1789716</ref><ref>http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27431</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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He earned [[First Class Honours]] from [[Edinburgh University]] (bachelor's degree 1969), and graduated from [[Harvard University]] with a Ph.D in theoretical physics in 1976. As a post-doc he was at [[Princeton University]], where he became an associate professor in 1979. In 1980 he was a Fairchild Scholar at [[Caltech]]. Beginning in 1980 he was a professor at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and from 1983 at the [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]. In 1984 Cowie became a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]] and then in 1986 a professor at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, where from 1997 he was also associate director. |
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He earned [[First Class Honours]] from [[Edinburgh University]], and graduated from [[Harvard University]] with a Ph.D. He won the 1984 Bart J. Bok Prize.<ref>http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/astronomy/book/bok-prize-recipients</ref> |
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He was a researcher at [[Princeton University]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and the [[Space Telescope Science Institute]]. |
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Cowie's research deals with the dynamics of interstellar and intergalactic gas. At the University of Hawaii he investigated with the telescope atop [[Mauna Kea]] and with the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] the oldest stars and galaxies in the universe and their formation and early development. |
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==Awards and Honours== |
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In 1984 Cowie won the [[Bok Prize|Bart J. Bok Prize]]<ref>http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/astronomy/book/bok-prize-recipients</ref> and in 1985 the [[Helen B. Warner Prize]] from the [[American Astronomical Society]]. In 2004 he became a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]], the [[American Physical Society]] and the [[Royal Astronomical Society]]. He was awarded the 2009 [[Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics]].<ref>http://www.kaleo.org/2.13219/uh-astronomer-wins-award-1.1789716</ref><ref>http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27431</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/cowie/default/cowie.shtml |
*[http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/cowie/default/cowie.shtml Cowie Homepage at I.F.A., U. of Hawaii] |
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*http://manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=902 |
*http://manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=902 |
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*http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/Cowie_Frontiers9-04.html |
*http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/Cowie_Frontiers9-04.html |
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Revision as of 16:46, 15 January 2014
Lennox Lauchlan Cowie FRS (born 18 October 1950, Jedburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish astronomer, and professor at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii.[1][2]
Biography
He earned First Class Honours from Edinburgh University (bachelor's degree 1969), and graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D in theoretical physics in 1976. As a post-doc he was at Princeton University, where he became an associate professor in 1979. In 1980 he was a Fairchild Scholar at Caltech. Beginning in 1980 he was a professor at MIT and from 1983 at the Space Telescope Science Institute. In 1984 Cowie became a professor at Johns Hopkins University and then in 1986 a professor at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, where from 1997 he was also associate director.
Cowie's research deals with the dynamics of interstellar and intergalactic gas. At the University of Hawaii he investigated with the telescope atop Mauna Kea and with the Hubble Space Telescope the oldest stars and galaxies in the universe and their formation and early development.
Awards and Honours
In 1984 Cowie won the Bart J. Bok Prize[3] and in 1985 the Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Society. In 2004 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, the American Physical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He was awarded the 2009 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics.[4][5]
References
- ^ http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~cowie/llc_cv.html
- ^ biographical information from American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/astronomy/book/bok-prize-recipients
- ^ http://www.kaleo.org/2.13219/uh-astronomer-wins-award-1.1789716
- ^ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27431