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Eliot Quataert (born 19 June 1973) is an American astronomer and theoretical astrophysicist. He was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2020, Quataert moved to Princeton University to become the Charles A. Young Professor of Astrophysical Sciences.

Quataert was the winner of the 2008 Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy. He was a recipient of the Donald Sterling Noyce Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2010. In 2012 the Simons Foundation named him one of the first Simons Investigators and granted him at least half a million dollars over five years to pursue whatever research he wished.

References

1. ^ "Eliot Quataert Professor of Astronomy, Physics; TAC Director | Department of Astronomy". Astro.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
2. "UC Berkeley Astronomy Department - Eliot Quataert". W.astro.berkeley.edu. 1973-06-19. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
3. "Eliot Quataert | UC Berkeley Physics". Physics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
4. ^ "Theoretical astrophysicist receives $500,000+, no strings attached | Berkeley News". News.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
5. "Esteemed Astrophysicist Eliot Quataert to Join Princeton Faculty | Department of Astrophysical Sciences". web.astro.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-02.

External links

Quataert's 2018 Public Lecture on Neutron Star Mergers and the Origin of the Heavy Elements

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