Education
Leiden University.
Leiden University.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy in astronomy in 1984 from the University of Leiden and did post doctorate work at Mountain.Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories. In 2008, he became Foundation Professor of Astrophysics at Arizona State University and Company-Director of the Arizona State University Cosmology Initiative. Windhorst has authored over 100 published scientific papers and has given over 125 lectures at seminars.
His research has led to new understandings of how the universe first began.
He also studies black holes. His research focuses on Astrophysics and Space Science, and he is the principal investigator of the Hubble space telescope mid-Ultraviolet bright galaxy survey.
Windhorst is involved in planning the JWST science performance, and in critical oversights of its entire design and construction phase.
He is one of the six Interdisciplinary Scientists worldwide for the James Webb Space Telescope, and member of the JWST Flight Science Working Group.