J. Roger P. Angel

Director, Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory
Regents' Professor of Astronomy
Regents' Professor of Optical Sciences

Contact Information

Education

  • D.Phil., Oxford University, 1967

  • M.S., California Institute of Technology, 1966

  • B.A., St. Peter's College, Oxford University, 1963

Professional Affiliations

  • Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, 2010
  • National Academy of Sciences, Member
  • The Royal Society, Fellow
  • MacArthur Fellow, 1996–2001
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member
  • American Astronomical Society, Member
  • Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M. Burley Prize, The Optical Society, 2007
  • Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation, 2006
  • St. Peter's College, Oxford University, Honorary Fellow, 1993
  • Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, 1976
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1970–1974
  • Henry Koffler Prize, 2002
  • UA Galileo Circle Fellow, 2007

Research

  • Adaptive optics

  • Instrumentation

  • Extrasolar planets

  • Telescope design and optical fabrication

  • Geoengineeering

  • Concentrating photovoltaic solar energy