Current Member
Eve Ostriker
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of Study
Theoretical Astrophysics
Home Institution
Princeton University
Website
Eve Ostriker's research is in theoretical and computational astrophysics, with interests in the initiation and control of star formation; the dynamics, thermodynamics, and chemistry of the magnetized, turbulent interstellar medium (ISM), including radiation and cosmic ray interactions; and the structure and evolution of spiral galaxies.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D.
1993
Harvard University
A.B.
1987
Honors
2022
Member, National Academy of Sciences
2020
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2017
Simons Investigator in Astrophysics
2009
Guggenheim Fellow
Appointments
Princeton University
2021
Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
Princeton University
2019
Associate Chair, Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
2012
Professor, Astrophysical Sciences
University of Maryland
1996–2012
Professor, Astronomy