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Education
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S., University of Pittsburgh
- B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Received the 2020 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award for his book "Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies", at the virtual 237th American Astronomical Society meeting.
Received the 2020 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award from the American Astronomical Society for his undergraduate textbook, Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies (Cambridge University Press, 2017), a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to minor planets, their meteorite fragments and their comet and trans-Neptunian object cousins.