Steven Boggs

Steven Edward Boggs is an American astrophysicist. He is the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego.

Steven Boggs
Born1969 or 1970 (age 53–54)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego

Education

Boggs completed a Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1998.[1]

Career

Boggs was the chair of the UCB physics department from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, after 16 years on the faculty at UCB, he became the dean of the division of physical sciences at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).[2]

At UCB, Boggs researched supernovas.[2] At UCSD, he develops and flies gamma-ray telescopes for use in space. He measures radioactive nuclei in the inner region of supernova explosions. Boggs studies emissions from gamma rays on the surface of neutron stars by developing sensitive gamma ray instruments including telescopes for satellite and balloon missions.[1]

References
  1. "UC San Diego | Faculty Profile". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  2. Robbins, Gary (2016-08-19). "UCSD recruits chair of physics at Berkeley". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
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