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Photo: Steven Kahn, SLAC HEP Faculty

Steven Kahn
Professor of Physics at SLAC

E-mail: skahn@SLAC.Stanford.EDU
Phone: (650) 926-4622
Group: KIPAC Physics Dept

Education

A.B., Physics, 1975, Columbia University,  Ph.D., 1980, University of California, Berkeley.

Professional Academic History

Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1982-1984; Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-1987; Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1987-1990; Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1990; Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1990-1998, University of California, Berkeley; Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 1995- 2001; I.I. Rabi Professor of Physics, Columbia University, 2001-2003; Professor of Physics and SLAC, and Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2003-present; Principal Investigator for U.S. participation, XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer, 1987-present. 

Awards and Honors

Elected to Fellowship, American Physical Society, 1991.

Research Areas

Engaged in a diverse program of research in high energy astrophysics, including experimental, observational, and theoretical components. Research interests include work in high resolution X-ray spectroscopy, and experimental cosmology.

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Last update on 26 Jan 2007 by McDunn