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CXC Biographies: Dr. Riccardo Giacconi
President of Associated Universities, Inc. and Research Professor
at Johns Hopkins University
Riccardo Giacconi is an astronomer with a
long history and expertise in deep surveys. Giacconi was the
principal investigator (PI) of the program which discovered the first
X-ray stars and the X-ray background in the 1960s and conceived of
and led the implementation of the Uhuru and Einstein X-ray
Observatories in the 1970s. He is the PI for the ultradeep survey
with Chandra -- the "Chandra Deep Field South" -- that has already
obtained the deepest X-ray exposures to date with a million-second
observation. He is also participating in the follow-up optical work
in this field with HST and VLT. He is an expert in the analysis and
interpretation of astronomical data.
Dr. Giaconni has held chairs at Harvard University, Milano
University, and Johns Hopkins University. He has held positions as
Associate Director for High Energy Astrophysics at the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, first Director of the
Space Telescope Science Institute, and Director General of the
European Southern Observatory. He is currently President of
Associated Universities, Inc., and a Research Professor at Johns
Hopkins University.
Chandra Chronicles: Riccardo Giacconi: A
High-Energy Visonary Wins Nobel Prize (10/08/02)
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