Michael A. Strauss
Astrophysicist and Princeton professor
Michael A. Strauss is an astrophysics professor at Princeton University. He studies distant quasars and how galaxies are spread through the universe.
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About Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss is a professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. He studied at Berkeley as an undergraduate and graduate student, then did postdoctoral research at Caltech and at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. He joined the Princeton faculty in 1995. Strauss is an observational astronomer who charts the sky with both ground-based and space-based telescopes. He is known for his work on distant quasars and on the three-dimensional distribution of galaxies. He has taught at every level, from introductory astronomy for non-scientists to graduate cosmology. His book in our catalog is Welcome to the Universe.