Pierre Cox

Pierre Cox

Pierre Cox photograph from 2012

Pierre Cox signing the contract for the ALMA Band 7 receivers.
Born 1956
Nationality French
Fields Astronomy
Institutions Currently Director of ALMA; Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique; Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale
Known for Astronomy

Pierre Cox (born 1956) is a French astronomer. Born in Paris to a Dutch composer father and a Belgian pianist mother, he led a musically-oriented childhood from which he rebelled at age 17 to study physics at the Université de Paris-Sud.[1] He is known for his research in the area of millimeter and infrared observations of star-forming regions, evolved stars, and high-redshift galaxies. He has published over 200 refereed papers with more than 15,000 citations in total.[2] Since April 2013,[3] Cox has been the Director of ALMA,[4] a position requiring coordinating the efforts of many countries that Cox likened to "being the Secretary General of United Nations".[5] He was previously the Director of the Institut de radioastronomie millimétrique from 2006 through 2013. Prior to IRAM, he had been an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy,[6] the Marseille Observatory, and then the Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, an observatory of the CNRS at the Université de Paris-Sud in Orsay.[7] As a hobby, he enjoys drawing.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ "Article on Pierre Cox in Terra". 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Astrophysics Data System". Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Pierre Cox Appointed as New ALMA Director". 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  4. ↑ "ALMA page on Pierre Cox". Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  5. ↑ "CBS News article on ALMA". 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  6. ↑ "Article on Pierre Cox in La Recherche". 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Pierre Cox article at IRAM". 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  8. ↑ "New York Times "Download" article on Pierre Cox". 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
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