George Efstathiou
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For the American architect, see George J. Efstathiou.
George Petros Efstathiou FRS (/ɛfˈstæθ.juː/; born 2 September 1955) is a British astrophysicist who is Professor of Astrophysics (1909) at the University of Cambridge and was the first Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge from 2008 to 2016. He was previously Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford.[2]
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Born | George Petros Efstathiou (1955-09-02) 2 September 1955 (age 68) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Tottenham Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) University of Durham (PhD) |
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Fields | Cosmology |
Institutions | University of California Berkeley Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University of Oxford |
Thesis | On the rotation and clustering of galaxies (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | Dick Fong[1] |
Website | www |
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