Ray Jayawardhana
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Ray Jayawardhana is an American astrophysicist, science communicator, and the current president of the California Institute of Technology.
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Meg SchwambAlso won Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
Marcia BarbosaAlso won Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach
Gary TaubesAlso won Science Writing Award
Victoria KaspiAlso won Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics
Adam FrankAlso won Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
David MacaulayAlso won Science Writing AwardAbout this person
Ray Jayawardhana is an American astrophysicist, science communicator, and the current president of the California Institute of Technology. Previously, he was the provost and professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University, and prior to that, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Astronomy, and Hans A. Bethe Professor at Cornell University.
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Born 2000 · age 26
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