Background
Hernquist, Lars Eric was born on December 14, 1954 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Karl Gerhard and Thyra Hildegard (Josefson) Hernquist.
Hernquist, Lars Eric was born on December 14, 1954 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Karl Gerhard and Thyra Hildegard (Josefson) Hernquist.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1985.
Research fellow University California, Berkeley, 1985-1987, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1987-1990, Princeton University, 1990-1991. Assistant professor of astronomy Lick Observatory University California, Santa Cruz, 1991—1998. Professor astronomy Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysics, since 1998.
Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member American Astronomical Society, American Physical Society, International Astronomical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Dale Marie Clarke, August 28, 1982. 1 child, Kirsten Marie.