Ethan Vishniac | |
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| Born | Ethan Tecumseh Vishniac 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Instabilities in expanding blast waves |
| Spouse | Ilene Busch-Vishniac |
| Father | Wolf V. Vishniac |
| Relatives | Roman Vishniac (grandfather) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Topics in the evolution of cosmological perturbations (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | William H. Press |
| Other academic advisors | Jeremiah P. Ostriker (post doctoral advisor) |
| Website | physics-astronomy |
Ethan Tecumseh Vishniac (born 1955) is an American astrophysicist. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal and a professor of Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, after holding positions at University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and University of Texas in Austin.