Stephen E. Thorsett | |
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| 25th President of Willamette University | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | M. Lee Pelton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 3, 1964 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Carleton College (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Stephen Erik Thorsett (born December 3, 1964) is an American academic and astronomer serving as the president of Willamette University. His research interests include radio pulsars and gamma-ray bursts. He is known for measurements of the masses of neutron stars and for the use of binary pulsars to test the theory of general relativity. Thorsett was a professor and dean at the University of California, Santa Cruz, before becoming president of Willamette University in July 2011.