Background
Rood, Robert T. was born on March 30, 1942 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
Rood, Robert T. was born on March 30, 1942 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, North Carolina State University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969.
Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1971. Research fellow California Institute of Technology, 1971-1973. Assistant professor astronomy University Virginia, 1973-1978, associate professor astronomy, 1978-1992, professor astronomy, since 1992.
Visiting fellow/scientist Institute Astronomy, Cambridge, summer 1974, Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany, 1977, Institute Astrophysics, Paris, 1979, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1986-1987.
Married Martha E. Snell. Children: Emilie C. Snell-Rodd, Claire N. Snell-Rood.