Charles C. Steidel (born October 14, 1962) is an American

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

, and Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astronomy at

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Life

He graduated from

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with an AB in Astrophysical Sciences, and from

with a PhD in Astronomy, in 1990. On November 7, 1987, he married Sarah Nichols Hoyt."Charles C. Steidel Wed to Miss Hoyt"
''The New York Times'', November 8, 1987

Awards

* 2010 Gruber Cosmology Prize from The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation in recognition of his revolutionary studies of the most distant galaxies in the universe * 2002 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

"The Structure and Kinematics of the Circum-Galactic Medium from Far-UV Spectra of z~2-3 Galaxies"
''Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics'', Authors: C. C. Steidel, D. K. Erb, A. E. Shapley, M. Pettini, N. A. Reddy, M. Bogosavljević, G. C. Rudie, O. Rakic

References

External links

"Charles C. Steidel"
''Scientific Commons''
"Steidel, Charles C."
''NASA Technical Reports'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Steidel, Charles C. 1962 births American astronomers California Institute of Technology faculty California Institute of Technology alumni Princeton University alumni MacArthur Fellows Scientists from Ithaca, New York Living people