Background
Blandford, Roger David was born on August 28, 1949 in Grantham, England. Son of Jack George and Janet Margaret (Evans) Blandford.
Astronomer astrophysicist university professor
Blandford, Roger David was born on August 28, 1949 in Grantham, England. Son of Jack George and Janet Margaret (Evans) Blandford.
Bachelor, Magdalene College, Cambridge University, 1970. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1974.
He is famous in the astrophysical community for the Blandford-Znajek Process which is a model for the extraction of energy from a black hole. In April 2005 he wrote a letter to the astronomy community showing his concern about the George West. Bush administration United States space science policy. He is also the chair of Astro2010, the decadal survey that helps define and recommend funding priorities for United States. astronomy research in the upcoming decade.
The Astro2010 report was released August 13, 2010.
He is currently Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, Professor of Physics at Stanford University and at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) National Accelerator Laboratory. He was the Pehong and Adele Chen Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology from 2003 to 2013.
Fellow Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society (Eddington medal 1999), Cambridge Philosophical Society. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Astronomical Society (Warner prize 1982, Heineman prize 1998), American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Elizabeth Kellett, August 5, 1972. Children: Jonathan, Edward.