Background
Bailyn, Charles David was born on October 27, 1959 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard and Lotte (Lazarsfeld) Bailyn.
Bailyn, Charles David was born on October 27, 1959 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard and Lotte (Lazarsfeld) Bailyn.
He earned a Bachelor of Surgery in astronomy and physics from Yale in 1981 and a Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy from Harvard in 1987.
Bailyn"s research interests include high-energy astronomy and galactic astronomy and he has published over 100 referred papers. During spring 2007, Bailyn recorded ASTR 160, Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics, as part of the Open Yale Courses initiative. Bailyn also recorded three updates to the course more than five years later on the subjects of extra-solar planets, black holes, and dark energy.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical Society.