Stanford University Department of Physics

Jeff Willick

Assistant Professor, Physics

Jeff Willick

Varian 316
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305

tel 650-723-5637
fax 650-723-9389 home page

(Died Sunday, June 18, 2000)

Memorial information is available.

Research Interests

My interests are in the area of cosmology and the large-scale structure of the Universe. My work addresses the "big questions" facing contemporary cosmology: Is the universe flat? Is there a non-zero cosmological constant? Did structure in the contemporary universe emerge from the very nearly uniform primordial distribution of matter solely via the process of gravitational instability? What is the nature of the "dark matter" believed to constitute 90 percent of the total mass of the universe? I pursue these questions by observing the distribution and peculiar velocities of galaxies. The methodology is primarily observational; I obtain and analyze data from large optical and infrared ground-based telescopes.

Specialty: Large Scale Structure

Career History

B.A. Chemistry & Physics (magna cum laude), Harvard University 1981
M.A. Physics, University of California, Berkeley 1983
Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Berkeley 1991
Physics teacher, Dwight Englewood High School, Englewood, NJ 1983-1984
Teaching Assistant, U.C. Berkeley 1984-1985
Research Assistant, U.C. Berkeley 1985-1991
Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy, Carnegie Observatories 1991-1995
Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford University, 1995-present

Other Things of Interest

Physics 15: Cosmic Horizons

Jeffrey Alan Willick

October 8, 1959 - June 18, 2000

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000, From: Jenifer Conan-Tice

Dear friends of Jeffrey Willick,

We now have more information regarding plans for Jeffrey Willick's memorial
service.  It will be held on SUNDAY, JULY 9 at 12:00 noon at:

  Congregation Beth Am
  26790 Arastradero Rd.
  Los Altos Hills. [click here for map]

  Brief directions:

  from Hwy. 280 (north or south) take Page Mill Rd. east to Deer Creek Rd.
  Turn right onto Deer Creek, which dead ends at Arastradero Rd.
  Turn left onto Arastradero Rd. & right onto the Temple property.

Should you wish to make a donation to the family, you may send a check,
payable to the Jeffrey Willick Memorial Fund, to:

   Stanford Federal Credit Union
   P.O. Box 10690
   Palo Alto, CA  94303-0843

Thank you.  --Physics Main Office Staff

Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000, From: Rosenna Yau 
Hello Everyone,

I just got off the phone with Ellen Schneider.  She asked me to tell you
how much she appreciated your kind thoughts and your well wishes for her
and her children.  She found them very comforting during this difficult
time.  She has set July 9th as the day to have Jeff Willick's memorial
service and she will call again as soon as she has the location and the
time of the service finalized.

Jeff recently gave a very nice lecture (for the Wonderfest meeting) that
was videoed and is available on line.  Charlie Marcus wrote to say that he
watched it yesterday and it was good for him to hear Jeff's very
characteristic voice. Here's is the web site that Charlie shared with us if
you want to listen to it.

"Do We Understand the Origin of Cosmic Structure"
  http://acw.activate.net/wonderfest/structure.ram

To the Physics community and other friends of Jeff Willick,

The Stanford Physics Department has established a memorial
fund for Jeff Willick's family. If you would like to make a
donation, please send a check, payable to the Jeffrey Willick
Memorial Fund, to:

   Stanford Federal Credit Union
   P.O. Box 10690
   Palo Alto, CA 94303-0843

Thank you very much,

Physics Department Main Office Staff 
Wednesday, July 21, 2000



The Stanford News Service has released an article:
    http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/june28/willick-628.html

Other news reports include the Associated Press (AP):
   http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000619/us/professor_killed_2.html


and the New Jersey paper which had the initial report:
   http://www.bergen.com/news/starbucks200006191.htm

Also, the Stanford grief web-site is available; memorials can be posted here:

    http://grief.stanford.edu

Thanks to Mason Yearian and Jenifer Conan-Tice for providing information 
about the New Jersey memorial service.  It was held at a funeral home 
in Hackensack:

11:30am, Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at

Gutterman-Musicant, 402 Park Street, Hackensack, NJ 
(phone: 1-800-378-1878)

Regarding a memorial service in California, no plans are expected until 
after Ellen returns on Friday, June 23, 2000.

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