Primary Job Title Professor of Physics and Astronomy Primary Organization Stony Brook University
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Kenneth M. Lanzetta is the Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University. He Co-Founded Scientific Media, Inc. and served as its President of Products. Kenneth Lanzetta is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University. His research interests span various disciplines of observational cosmology, including quasar
absorption lines, galaxy formation and evolution, and evolution of the intergalactic medium. He is a world-recognized expert on quasar absorption lines and on the development and application of image processing techniques utilizing large-scale scientific computing facilities for measurement of sensitive observations of faint galaxies. Kenneth Lanzetta obtained a BA in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in Physics from the University of Pittsburgh. He subsequently held a postdoctoral appointment at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge in England and a Hubble Fellowship at the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences of the University of California, San Diego before joining the faculty of Stony Brook University.
