David Todd Wilkinson
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Education
Wilkinson was born in Hillsdale, Michigan on May 13, 1935, and earned his Ph.D. in physics at the University of Michigan under the supervision of H. Richard Crane.[2]
Research and career
Wilkinson was a Professor of Physics at Princeton University from 1965 until his retirement in 2002. He made fundamental contributions to many major cosmic microwave background experiments, including two NASA satellites: the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), the latter of which was named in his honor after his death due to cancer on September 5, 2002.[3]
Accolades
- Princeton President's Award for Distinguished Teaching
- Election to the National Academy of Sciences (1983)
- James Craig Watson Medal (2001)
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