Peter Goldreich
Astrophysics
Professor
School of Natural
Sciences

Peter Goldreich has made profound and lasting contributions to planetary sciences and astrophysics, providing fundamental theoretical insights for understanding the rotation of planets, the dynamics of planetary rings, pulsars, astrophysical masers, the spiral arms of galaxies, oscillations of the sun and white dwarfs, and turbulence in magnetized fluids. His current research is focused on planet formation.

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1963; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cambridge University, 1963-64; UCLA, Assistant Professor, 1964-66; California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor, 1966-69, Professor, 1969-81, Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics, 1981-, Emeritus, 2002-; Regents Fellow, Smithsonian Institution of Washington, 1988-90; Miller Professor, University of California at Berkeley, 1990; Institute for Advanced Study, Member, 1987, 1994-97, Visiting Professor, 2002-04, Professor, 2004-; California Scientist of the Year, 1981; Royal Astronomical Society Chapman Medal, 1985, Gold Medal, 1993; American Astronomical Society Dirk Brouwer Award, 1986, Kuiper Prize, 1992; National Medal of Science, 1995; Member, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member, Royal Society, 2004.