Vahe petrosian biography

Vahe Petrosian, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford Universityis one of the outstanding Armenian-American astronomers.

He was born on September 3, 1938. He studied physics and astrophysics at the Cornell University in 1958-1962 (B.E.E.) and 1962-63 (M.S., thesis adviser Prof. Marshall Cohen). In 1963-67, he finished his Ph.D.

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studies under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Salpeter and defended his Ph.D. thesis. Prof. Petrosian’s professional experience started in 1961: he was a Teaching Assistant at Cornell University (1961), Research Assistant, CRSR, Cornell Univ.

(1962-67), Research Assoc, CRSR, Cornell Univ. (1967), Research Fellow, Calif. Inst.

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Technology (1967-69), Visiting Scientist, IOTA Cambridge (1969), Assistant Professor, Stanford Univ. (1969-71), Consultant, Kitt Peak Natl Observatory (1971), Associate Professor, Stanford Univ. (1972-79), Professor, Stanford University (since 1980), work at