Peter F. Michelson

Professor, Physics
 

Room 168
Varian Physics Bldg
382 Via Pueblo Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-4060

tel 650-723-3004 
fax 650-725-6544 
peterm@stanford.edu
www.stanford.edu/~peterm

Research Interests

Currently involved in search for gravitational radiation and in satellite observations of celestial sources of X-ray and gamma-ray radiation. The gravity wave detection effort is currently focussed on the construction of an ultra low temperature resonant-mass detector. X-ray observations and analysis are principally aimed at understanding compact galactic sources. Gamma-ray observations are now underway with the EGRET (Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope) instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The principal aim of EGRET is to survey the entire sky for sources of radiation in the energy range 30 MeV to 30,000 MeV. 

• Experimental Particle Astrophysics 

Career History

• B.S., 1974, Santa Clara University 
• M.S., 1976, Stanford University 
• Ph.D., 1979, Stanford University 
• Associate, NASA-Ames Research Center, 1976-79 
• Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory and Physics Department, Stanford University, 1980-83 
• Senior Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory and Physics Department, 1984 
• Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford University, 1985-91 
• Associate Professor of Physics, Stanford University, 1991-97 
• Professor, Physics, Stanford University, 1997-