Background
White, Simon D.M. was born on September 30, 1951 in Ashford, Kent, England.
White, Simon D.M. was born on September 30, 1951 in Ashford, Kent, England.
Bachelor in Mathematics, Jesus College, Cambridge, 1972. Master of Science in Astronomy, University Toronto, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, University Cambridge, 1977.
Lindemann fellow, department astronomy University California, 1977—1978. Visiting research astronomer National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1978. Research fellow Churchill College and Institute Astronomy, University Cambridge, 1979—1980.
Attaché Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institute Astrophysics, Paris, 1980. Senior fellow, Space Sciences Laboratory University California, Berkeley, California, 1980—1984, adjunct professor, department astronomy, 1981—1984. Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1982, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, 1984.
Associate professor, astronomer Steward Observatory, University Arizona, 1984—1987, research professor, since 1992. Member Institute for Advanced Study, Jerusalem, 1990. Sheepshanks reader in Astronomy University Cambridge, 1991—1994.
Director European Association for Research in Astronomy, 1992—1994, Max Planck Institute for Astrophyics, Garching, Germany, since 1994. Scientific member Max Planck Society, since 1994. Visiting professor University Durham, since 1994.
Honorary professor Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, since 1995, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy Sciences, since 1999, National Observatory of China, Beijing, since 2001. Invited reviewer at conferences. Invited lecturer, since 1981.
Member steering committee Issac Newton Institute, since 1998. Member visiting committee Institute Astrophysics, University Porto, since 1998, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, since 1999, Physics Department, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, since 1999, Institute de Astrophysics of Canarias, since 2003, Physics Department, University Bonn, 2005. Member advisory board Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Cosmology and Gravity Program, since 2004.
Fellow: Royal Society. Member: National Academy Sciences (foreign associate).