Biography:


Education
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Caltech, 1979;
Thesis Advisor: W.A. Fowler, Nobel Laureat.
M.S., Theoretical Physics, Calthec, 1975
B.Sc., Mathematics and Physics, University of
Toronto, 1973


Positions and Honors
-Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
-Director, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cosmology and Gravity Program

-University Professor, University of Toronto
-NSERC Award of Excellence; Gold Medal Finalist, 2003
-Honorary Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003
-Inaugural Member, Etobian Gallery of Distinction, ECI, Toronto, 2003
-Moore Scholar, Caltech, 2002
-Dannie Heineman Prize, AAS and AIP, 2002
-Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, 2001
-Fellow of the Royal Society of London, 2001
-University Professor, University of Toronto, 2000
-Institut de France, Académie des Sciences/Royal Society of Canada Exchange Lecturer, 1998
-Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1998
-CAP/CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1998
-Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1996
-Beals Prize, Canadian Astronomical Society, 1995
-E.W.R. Steacie Prize, NRC, 1989
-E.W.R. Steacie Fellow, NSERC1989-91, 1988
-Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 1986
-Associate, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 1985-1986
-Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1985-89
-Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, 1982-83
-Richard P. Feynman Fellowship, Caltech, 1974-75


Professional Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Astronomical Society; American Physical Society; Canadian Astronomical Society; Institute of Physics; International Astronomical Union; Royal Society of Canada; Royal Society of London.