Stuart L. Shapiro | |
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| Born | Stuart Louis Shapiro December 6, 1947 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | BSSN formalism |
| Awards | Hans Bethe Prize 2017 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | numerical relativity, black holes, neutron stars |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Cornell University |
| Thesis | Accretion onto black holes: the emergent radiation spectrum (1973) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jim Peebles |
Stuart Louis Shapiro (born December 6, 1947, in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American theoretical astrophysicist, who works on numerical relativity with applications in astrophysics, specialising in compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes.