# Joel Primack

> Joel Robert Primack was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and was a member of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics.

*Director of University of California Astro-Computing Center*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/joel-primack

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1945-07-14
- **Died:** 2025-11-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joel Robert Primack was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and was a member of the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://scipp.ucsc.edu/personnel/profiles/primack.html

## Timeline
- **2025** - Died
- **2020** - Lilienfeld Prize
- **2016** - Leo Szilard Lectureship Award
- **1977** - Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
- **1945** - Born

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2688798)

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