Kip Thorne
- Born: June 1, 1940 (Logan, Utah)
Education
- 1962: BS, California Institute of Technology (Physics)
- 1963: AM, Princeton University (Physics)
- 1965: PhD, Princeton University (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1965–1965: Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Lecturer
- 1965–1966: Princeton University, NSF Fellow
- 1966–1967: California Institute of Technology, Research Fellow in Physics
- 1967–1970: California Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1970–1981: California Institute of Technology, Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1981–1991: California Institute of Technology, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 1991–2009: California Institute of Technology, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics
- 2009–present: California Institute of Technology, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus
Other Positions
- 1967–1968: School of Physics, Les Houches, Fulbright Lecturer
- 1968–1968: University of Chicago, Visiting Associate Professor
- 1968–1968: Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Lecturer
- 1969–1969: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1975–1975: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1977–1977: Cornell University, Visiting Senior Research Associate
- 1978–1978: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1981–1981: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1981–1982: University of California, Santa Barbara, Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics
- 1986–1986: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1988–1988: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1990–1990: Moscow State University, Visiting Professor
- 1993–1993: University of California, Santa Barbara, Member, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1970–1972: Member, Governing Committee, Division of High Energy Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
- 1971–1998: Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Utah
- 1978–1979: Member, Committee on US-USSR Cooperation in Physics, National Academy of Sciences
- 1979–1981: Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1980–1984: Member, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences
- 1986–1992: Andrew D. White Professor at Large, Cornell University
- 1997–1998: Chair, Topical Group on Gravity, American Physical Society
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1971: American Physical Society, Fellow
- 1972: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow
- 1973: National Academy of Sciences, Member
- 1976: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
- 1996: American Physical Society, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize
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