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| Steven Boggs | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 or 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego |
Steven Edward Boggs is an American astrophysicist. He is the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego.
Education
Boggs completed a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1998.
Career
Boggs was the chair of the UCB physics department from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, after 16 years on the faculty at UCB, he became the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
At UCB, Boggs researched supernovas. At UCSD, he develops and flies gamma-ray telescopes for use in space. He measures radioactive nuclei in the inner region of supernova explosions. Boggs studies emissions from gamma rays on the surface of neutron stars by developing sensitive gamma ray instruments including telescopes for satellite and balloon missions.
References
- ^ "UC San Diego | Faculty Profile". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ Robbins, Gary (2016-08-19). "UCSD recruits chair of physics at Berkeley". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
External links
- Steven Boggs publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
- University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
- American astrophysicists
- 20th-century American physicists
- 21st-century American physicists
- University of California, San Diego faculty
- American university and college faculty deans
- 20th-century American astronomers
- 21st-century American astronomers