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Tempe, AZ …July 19, 2007–David Burstein, Ph.D., Professor at the Arizona State University has been named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Astronomy and Astrophysics. While inclusion in Cambridge Who’s Who Registry is an honor, only one member in each discipline is named the Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year. The Cambridge Who’s Who selection committee hand picks these special Who’s Who honorees based on their accomplishments, academic achievement, leadership and service.
Burstein has an impressive background in astronomy and astrophysics. As a professor at Arizona State University, he teaches and performs research on galaxies, star population cosmology and general clusters. His work ranges from studying stars and the distribution of dust in our own galaxy, to the stellar populations of other galaxies, to the physical structures of galaxies, to the large-scale structure of the universe as defined by galaxies.
Burstein received his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1978, and his Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Wesleyan University in 1969. Burstein is former president of the Academic Assembly at Arizona State University, fellow of the World Innovation Foundation and a member of the American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific and International Astronomy Union. He speaks publicly on research-related subjects, and is one of seven authors of “21st Century Astronomy.” Burstein was awarded the Medal of Freedom from the American Biographical Institute.
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