David L. Lambert is a British-American
astronomer, who does research on stellar atmospheres, the chemical composition of stars, and the chemical evolution of the universe.
Born in Ashford, Kent, England, Lambert received his PhD in 1965 from the
University of Oxford. In 1967 he became an immigrant to the USA to work at the
California Institute of Technology, then in 1969 at
The University of Texas at Austin, where in 1974 he became a professor. From 2003 until 2014 he was the director of
McDonald Observatory, part of The University of Texas at Austin.
David L. Lambert is a member of the
International Astronomical Union.
David L. Lambert, IAU
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Awards
* 1987: Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
* 2007: Henry Norris Russell Lectureship The Henry Norris Russell Lectureship is awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of a lifetime of excellence in astronomical research. The idea for the lectureship came from then society President Harlow Shapley in 1945, ...
References
External links
David Lambert, UT Astronomy - Faculty
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century British astronomers
21st-century American astronomers
Alumni of the University of Oxford
University of Texas at Austin faculty
British emigrants to the United States
California Institute of Technology faculty
Winners of the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics