Norman Murray (astronomer)
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PhD, 1986, University of California, Berkeley
Norman Murray | |
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| Born | Los Angeles, California |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BSc, 1979, California Institute of Technology PhD, 1986, University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | Diffusion in Hamiltonian Systems with Applications to Twist Maps and the Two Beam Accelerator (1986) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics California Institute of Technology |
| Website | www |
Norman William Murray FRSC is an American theoretical astrophysicist. He is a Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and former director of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. Murray is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Astronomical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Canada, and American Physical Society.
Murray was born in Los Angeles, California.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] He began focusing on nonlinear dynamics during his graduate studies and continued in that field as postdoctoral researcher at Queen Mary University of London.[3][4] After reaching out to astronomer Peter Goldreich, Murray was offered a second postdoctoral position at Caltech.[4] In this role, he helped Goldreich develop a theory on how solar p-mode oscillation frequencies vary in response to changes in the Sun's internal entropy and magnetic fields.[5][6]