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Edward Kolb

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Edward W. Kolb
Kolb speaking at Shimer College
Born (1951-10-02) October 2, 1951 (age 74)[1]
CitizenshipUS
Alma materUniversity of New Orleans, University of Texas – Austin
AwardsOersted Medal[2] (2003)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical Cosmology
InstitutionsFermi National Accelerator Laboratory
University of Chicago

Edward W. Kolb, known as Rocky Kolb, (born October 2, 1951) is a cosmologist and a professor at the University of Chicago as well as the dean of Physical Sciences. He has worked on many aspects of the Big Bang cosmology, including baryogenesis, nucleosynthesis and dark matter. He is author, with Michael Turner, of the popular textbook The Early Universe (Addison-Wesley, 1990). Additionally, alongside his co-author Michael Turner, Kolb was awarded the 2010 Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics.[3]

Kolb's collaborators also include Stephen Wolfram[4] and Richard Slansky.[5]

He received the Quantrell Award.[6]

He is married to Adrienne Kolb, a historian of science,[7] and has three children.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Curriculum Vitae – Edward W. (Rocky) Kolb. astro.uchicago.edu
  2. "Oersted Medal". American Association of Physics Teachers. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. Grants, Prizes, and Awards, archived from the original on 22 December 2010, retrieved 10 February 2010
  4. Kolb, Edward W.; Wolfram, Stephen (1980). "Baryon number generation in the early universe". Nuclear Physics B. 172: 224–284. Bibcode:1980NuPhB.172..224K. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90167-4.
  5. Kolb, Edward W.; Slansky, Richard (1984). "Dimensional reduction in the early universe: Where have the massive particles gone?". Physics Letters B. 135 (5–6): 378–382. Bibcode:1984PhLB..135..378K. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(84)90298-3.
  6. "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". UChicago.
  7. Higgins, Valerie (June 23, 2015), Adrienne Kolb retires, Fermilab, archived from the original on February 2, 2023, retrieved June 27, 2020
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