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Eli Dwek


Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 665, Observational Cosmology Lab
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-6209
fax: 301-286-1753
e-mail: eli.dwek@nasa.gov

Present Position

Astrophysicist

Brief Bio

1983 - present Astrophysicist at NASA Goddard Space Flight center, Greenbelt, MD.
1981-1983 National Academy of Sciences, NRC Resident Research Associate at NASA /GSFC
1979-1981 Research Fellow, Astronomy Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
1977-1979 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

Prizes/Awards

2006 - Gruber Prize in Cosmology as a member of the COBE Science Team

Educational Background


1977 - Ph. D. Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX.
    Thesis adviser: Prof. Donald D. Clayton
    Title: "Nucleosynthesis of Light Elements in Young Supernova Remnants
    Surrounding Pulsars"
1975 - M. Sc. Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, TX.
1973 - M. Sc. Physics (with distinction), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
1970 - B. Sc. Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Research Interests

  • Cosmic Background Radiations from radio to neutrinos
  • Origin and Evolution of dust in the Milky Way, local galaxies, and the early universe
  • Spectral and chemical evolution of galaxies
  • Physics of interstellar dust in the general interstellar medium and shocked environments
  • The evolution of SNR1987a in the LMC
  • Nature of the Zodiacal Light Cloud

    Current Projects

    - Spitzer observations of SNR1987A
  • Spitzer observations of Puppis A
  • The spectral and chemical evolution of galaxies
  • The opacity of the universe to TeV blazars
  • Intensity and polarization measurements of the zodiacal cloud
  • Dust formation and survival in supernovae and their remnants

    Selected Publications

    See my VITA (PDF file)


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