Ray Jayawardhana
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Ray Jayawardhana is the Provost of Johns Hopkins University and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Until October 2023, Jayawardhana was the Harold Tanner Dean of the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, effective September 1, 2018.[1] He was formerly Dean of Science and a Professor of physics & astronomy at York University. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, and an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan. In July 2023, Johns Hopkins University announced that Jayawardhana had been selected as its 16th provost.[2] His primary research areas include the formation and early evolution of stars, brown dwarfs and planets.[3] His current research focuses on characterizing exoplanets using telescopes on the ground and in space.
Ray Jayawardhana | |
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Born | Ray Jayawardhana |
Education | Yale University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Astronomer, author |
Known for | exoplanets, brown dwarfs, planet formation, popular science |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astrophysics, popular science |
Website | www |