Jeremiah P. Ostriker

Jerry Ostriker
Jerry Ostriker
Born	Jeremiah Paul Ostriker; April 13, 1937 (age 87); New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University; University of Chicago;
Known for	Astrophysicist; University administrator;
Spouse	Alicia Ostriker (m. 1959)
Children	3
Awards	Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1972); National Medal of Science (2000); Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2004); ForMemRS (2007); Bruce Medal (2011); James Craig Watson Medal (2012);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Columbia University; Princeton University; University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Doctoral students	Edmund Bertschinger; Ue-Li Pen; Scott Tremaine; Ellen Zweibel
Website	www.astro.princeton.edu/people/webpages/jpo/

Jeremiah Paul "Jerry" Ostriker (/ˌoʊˈstraɪkər/ oh-STRY-kər;^[3] born April 13, 1937) is an American astrophysicist and a professor of astronomy at Columbia University^[4]^[5] and is the Charles A. Young Professor Emeritus at Princeton, where he also continues as a senior research scholar.^[6] Ostriker has also served as a university administrator as Provost of Princeton University.

Jerry Ostriker
Born	Jeremiah Paul Ostriker (1937-04-13) April 13, 1937 (age 87) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Chicago
Known for	Astrophysicist University administrator
Spouse	Alicia Ostriker (m. 1959)
Children	3
Awards	Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1972) National Medal of Science (2000) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2004) ForMemRS (2007)^[1] Bruce Medal (2011) James Craig Watson Medal (2012)
Scientific career
Institutions	Columbia University Princeton University University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar^[2]
Doctoral students	Edmund Bertschinger Ue-Li Pen Scott Tremaine Ellen Zweibel

Website	www.astro.princeton.edu/people/webpages/jpo/