Frank Shu | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Frank Hsia-San Shu[2] June 2, 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 22, 2023 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSc) Harvard University (PhD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Known for | Density wave theory Star formation | ||||||||||||||||
| Awards | Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy Brouwer Award Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics Shaw Prize in Astronomy Bruce Medal | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fields | Astronomy | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions | Stony Brook University University of California, Berkeley National Tsing Hua University University of California, San Diego City University of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Thesis | The Dynamics and Large-Scale Structure of Spiral Galaxies (1968) | ||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Chia-Chiao Lin[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Other academic advisors | Max Krook | ||||||||||||||||
| Doctoral students | Fred Adams Susana Lizano Eve Ostriker[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Frank Hsia-San Shu (Chinese: 徐遐生; Jyutping: Ceoi4 Haa4 Sang1; June 2, 1943 – April 22, 2023) was a Chinese-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and author. He served as a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Diego.[3] He is best known for proposing the density wave theory to explain the structure of spiral galaxies, and for describing a model of star formation, where a giant dense molecular cloud collapses to form a star.[4]
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