Background
III, E. Sterl Phinney was born on January 27, 1960 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Edward Sterl Junior and Mary Catherine (Davis) P.
III, E. Sterl Phinney was born on January 27, 1960 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Edward Sterl Junior and Mary Catherine (Davis) P.
Bachelor of Science, California Institute Technology, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., United Kingdom, 1983.
Member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983-1985; assistant professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1985-1990; associate professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1991-1994; professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1995. Advisory board, steering committee National Science Foundation Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California, 1990-1993.
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society (United Kingdom), American Physical Society. Member American Astronomical Society (Helen B. Warner prize 1995).
Married Lin Yan, June 20, 1993.
