Background
III, George Fitzgerald Smoot was born on February 20, 1945 in Yukon, Florida, United States.
III, George Fitzgerald Smoot was born on February 20, 1945 in Yukon, Florida, United States.
Bachelor of Science in mathematics, Bachelor of Science in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Research physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; research physicist, University California, Berkeley, California, since 1971; professor physics, University California, Berkeley, California, since 1994; research physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, since 1974. Team leader, differential microwave radiometer experiment, COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) satellite.
Member International Astronomical Union, American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society, SigmaXi.
