Rochus E. (Robbie) Vogt
Rochus E. (Robbie) Vogt
R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus
S.M., University of Chicago, 1957; Ph.D., 1961. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1962-65; Associate Professor, 1965-70; Professor, 1970-82; Avery Distinguished Service Professor, 1982-2002; Avery Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, 2002-; Chief Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1977-78; Division Chair, 1978-83; Acting Director, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 1980-81; Vice President and Provost, 1983-87; Director, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Project, 1987-94.
Research Interests: cosmic radiation, gamma-ray astronomy and gravitational wave astronomy
Overview
Rochus E. Vogt is Professor Emeritus of Physics and R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor at California Institute of Technology. Since 1962, he has served as chair of the faculty, vice president, provost and other positions at Caltech.
He played key leadership roles in major Caltech facilities, including involvement with NASA JPL (Voyager interstellar messengers), LIGO, W. M. Keck Observatory, and millimeter-wave astronomy at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO), contributing to the development of large-scale experimental programs.
Selected Awards
- Recipient of the University of Chicago Alumni Medal, 2017
- Honored for his "important contributions" that lead to the success of LIGO, recipient of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognizing the LIGO scientists and engineers who contributed to the detection of gravitational waves, 2016
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1977
Selected Awards
- Recipient of the University of Chicago Alumni Medal, 2017
- Honored for his "important contributions" that lead to the success of LIGO, recipient of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognizing the LIGO scientists and engineers who contributed to the detection of gravitational waves, 2016
- Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 1977