Carlton Pennypacker
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Carlton "Carl" R. Pennypacker is an astrophysicist at the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and is the principal investigator for the Hands On Universe project
.
Dr. Pennypacker has spent much of his career as a research astrophysicist, receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1978. His principal research was the studying of supernovae and the building of techniques for their automated discovery. With Rich Muller
, he co-founded the Berkeley Supernova Search, which later became the Supernova Cosmology Project
. In 2007, he shared the Gruber Prize in Cosmology
as a team member of the Supernova Cosmology Project and, in 2011, the project's lead won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Dr. Pennypacker became tremendously excited by the power and potential of student and scientist partnerships when teachers and students started discovering supernovae in the Hands On Universe project. Some of his discoveries have been featured in news media
He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen
of the French Astronomical Society in 2010.
Global Hands-On Universe
In a paper published in 2007 by Dr. Carl Pennypacker, the Global Hands-On Universe is presented as an educational program that enables students to investigate the Universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology...
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Dr. Pennypacker has spent much of his career as a research astrophysicist, receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1978. His principal research was the studying of supernovae and the building of techniques for their automated discovery. With Rich Muller
Richard A. Muller
Richard A. Muller is a noted American professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a faculty senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.-Career:...
, he co-founded the Berkeley Supernova Search, which later became the Supernova Cosmology Project
Supernova Cosmology Project
The Supernova Cosmology Project is one of two research teams that determined the likelihood of an accelerating universe and therefore a positive Cosmological constant, using data from the redshift of Type Ia supernovae...
. In 2007, he shared the Gruber Prize in Cosmology
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
The Gruber Prize in Cosmology is one of five international awards made by The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, an American non-profit organization based in the U.S. Virgin Islands with offices in New York City...
as a team member of the Supernova Cosmology Project and, in 2011, the project's lead won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Dr. Pennypacker became tremendously excited by the power and potential of student and scientist partnerships when teachers and students started discovering supernovae in the Hands On Universe project. Some of his discoveries have been featured in news media
He was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen
Prix Jules Janssen
The Prix Jules Janssen is the highest award of the French Astronomical Society. Created in 1897 and awarded annually, it is usually given in alternate years to a French astronomer, and to an astronomer of another nationality. It is distinct from the Janssen Medal , which is awarded by the French...
of the French Astronomical Society in 2010.