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Shull, Peter Otto was born on July 24, 1954 in Summit, New Jersey, United States. Son of Peter Otto Senior and Margaret Irma (Billinghurst) Shull.
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Peter Otto Shull, American Astrophysicist, educator. Achievements include research in the theoretical and observational study of protoplanetary disks and supernova remnants. U. Manchester fellow, 1983, 85, 88, Noble Foundation fellow, 1987-1990; recipient Amoco Outstanding Faculty award, 1995; grantee Burlington Northern Foundation.
Education
AB, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1976; Master of Science, Rice U., 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1981.
Career
Astronomer, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany, 1982-1984; faculty research associate physics department, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1984; assistant professor physics department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1984-1989; associate professor physics department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, since 1989.
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Member Civil Air Patrol, Texas, Arizona, and Oklahoma, since 1968, commander, 1989-1992. Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Sigma Xi.
