Kurt Adelberger

Kurt Ludvig Adelberger is an American astrophysicist and sustainability manager, who formerly worked at Google as a principal in energy and sustainability and was previously the Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company.^[1]

Kurt Adelberger
Nationality	American
Education	Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, B.S. in astronomy from Harvey Mudd College,
Known for	Astrophysics, Sustainability
Spouse	Amy Adelberger
Relatives	Theodore Welton (grandfather in law)
Awards	Junior Fellow at Harvard University

Biography

He earned his B.S. at Harvey Mudd College and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where he was advised by Charles C. Steidel.^[2] His thesis was entitled Star formation and structure formation at redshifts 1 < z < 4 and has been cited in 31 other papers. He defended his thesis in 2001.^[3]

Prior to working at Mckinsey & Company, Adelberger worked at Carnegie Observatories.^[1] He has published 194 papers in the field of astrophysics, and has been cited over 2000 times.^[4] In 2000, Adelberger was named a junior fellow of Harvard University.^[2]

Selected publications

His notable publications include Lyman-Break Galaxies at z 4 and the Evolution of the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at High Redshift, cited by 1945 other articles and Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of normal star-forming galaxies at redshifts z> 3 cited by 1766 other articles. He has spoken at GreenBiz on how distributed generation will influence grid evolution.^[5] He also holds the patent for a thermostat system which allows the user to specify a range of acceptable temperatures.^[6]

• Charles C. Steidel; Kurt L. Adelberger; Alice E. Shapley; Max Pettini; Mark Dickinson; Mauro Giavalisco (March 20, 2000). "Lyα Imaging of a Proto–Cluster Region at ⟨z⟩ = 3.09". The Astrophysical Journal. 532 (1): 170–182. arXiv:astro-ph/9910144. Bibcode:2000ApJ...532..170S. doi:10.1086/308568. ISSN 0004-637X. Wikidata Q56881755.
• Dawn K. Erb; Charles C. Steidel; Alice E. Shapley; Max Pettini; Naveen A. Reddy; Kurt L. Adelberger (July 20, 2006). "The Stellar, Gas, and Dynamical Masses of Star‐forming Galaxies at z∼ 2". The Astrophysical Journal. 646 (1): 107–132. arXiv:astro-ph/0604041. Bibcode:2006ApJ...646..107E. doi:10.1086/504891. ISSN 0004-637X. Wikidata Q55981042.
• Scott C. Chapman; Douglas Scott; Charles C. Steidel; et al. (April 4, 2002). "A search for the submillimetre counterparts to Lyman break galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 319 (1): 318–330. arXiv:astro-ph/9909092. Bibcode:2000MNRAS.319..318C. doi:10.1046/J.1365-8711.2000.03866.X. ISSN 0035-8711. Wikidata Q58908395.