Past Member
Robert J. Vanderbei
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of Study
Astrophysics
Home Institution
Princeton University
Website
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Robert Vanderbei uses optimization techniques to make advances in astrophysics. Some examples include designing high-contrast imaging coronagraphs to enable direct imaging of exoplanets and looking for new stable periodic solutions to the n-body problem.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
Cornell University
Ph.D.
1981
Honors
2017
Khachiyan Prize
2014
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
2012
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
2006
Fellow of the Institute for Ops. Res. and Mgmt. Sciences (INFORMS)
Appointments
Princeton University
1990
Professor
AT&T Bell Labs
1984–1990
Member of Technical Staff
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1982–1984
Postdoc
Courant Inst., NYU
1981–1982
NSF Postdoc