Person Ostriker; Jeremiah (1937-2025); astrophysicist Ostriker Jeremiah astrophysicist 1937-2025 American Male Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, USA 13 April 1937 19370413 New York City, USA 6 April 2025 20250406

Astrophysicist Cosmology Physics Theoretical astrophysics Cosmic rays Gravitation Black holes Astrophysics Education: AB (Harvard) 1959; PhD (Chicago) 164 Career: Four decades of leadership in astrophysics with many classic papers on pulsars, galactic dynamics, dark matter, cosmic rays, intergalactic gas, cosmic structure formation and cosmology; Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and Director, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge (1964-65); Research Associate and Lecturer, Princeton University (1965-6); followed by Assistant Professor (1966-68); then Associate Professor (1968-71); full Professor (1971); Chairman, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University (1979-1995); Director, Princeton University Observatory, Princeton University (1979-1995); Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University (1982-2002); Member of the Editorial Board and Trustee, Princeton University (1982-84; 1986); Visiting Professor, Harvard University (1987); Visiting Miller Professor, University of California-Berkeley (1990); Provost, Princeton University (1995-2001); Trustee, American Museum of Natural History (1997-2007); Plumian Professorship of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy (2001-2004); Distinguished Visitor, Institute for Advanced Study (2004-2005); Director, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE) (2005-2009); Charles A. Young Professor Emeritus, Princeton University (2012); Senior Research Scholar, Princeton University (2012); Professor of Astronomy, Columbia University (2012-2017). Awards/Medals: Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy 1972 National Medal of Science 2000 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 2004 Bruce Medal 2011 James Craig Watson Medal 2012 Memberships: American Academy of Arts and Sciences FRAS American Philosophical Society Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Distinguished for contributions to many topics in astrophysics, including pulsars and black holes, cosmic rays, and how galaxies and quasars form and evolve. He was amongst the first to show that the observed form of galaxies suggests they have a halo of ‘dark matter’ — hypothetical, unobservable matter thought to make up most of the mass of the Universe. Leader in the area of computer-based numerical simulations of galactic and cosmological phenomena. Later, he used data from the NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe spacecraft and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to determine values of parameters in the current standard model of cosmology, which with Paul Steinhardt and others he was among the first to propose and codify. Foreign Member 17/05/2007 70 The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Professor Jeremiah Ostriker ForMemRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/jeremiah-ostriker-12028/; last accessed: 07/05/2025] University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy, Jeremiah Ostriker (April 13, 1937 – April 6, 2025), [URL: https://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/news/jeremiah-ostriker-april-13-1937-april-6-2025; last accessed: 07/05/2025] Princeton University, Jeremiah P. Ostiker, [URL: https://www.astro.princeton.edu/people/webpages/jpo/research.htm; last accessed: 07/05/2025] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Ostriker%2C+Jeremiah+P RCN R78591 13 Apr 1937 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 07/05/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA9488 18/05/2007 Clara 07/05/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes ca37de6f-2046-41e3-a3e7-6dea3fb94c84