Roger David Blandford | |
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.jpg) Roger Blandford in 2016. | |
| Born | 28 August 1949 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge St John's College, Cambridge Institute for Advanced Study |
| Awards | Helen B. Warner Prize (1982) Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1998) Eddington Medal (1999) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2013) Shaw Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford University Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Rees |
| Doctoral students | |
Roger David Blandford, FRS, FRAS (born 1949) is a British theoretical astrophysicist, best known for his work on black holes.