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George H. Rieke

Regents Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences
George H. Rieke Headshot

Led the development of the MIPS instrument for Spitzer and leads the science team of Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope.  

Research Interests

Galactic astronomy and star formation, astronomy education, cosmology

Degrees

  • Ph.D., 1969, Harvard