Academic Background: Ph.D., Physics, Yale University, 1963; B.S., Physics, MIT, 1960.
Research Interests: Astrophysics, stellar evolution, and supernovae.
Appointments: Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1990–present.
Awards: Fellow, American Physical Society, 1985.
Publications: Author of Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis (Princeton University Press, 1996).