Frank H. Shu

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academic astronomer astrophysicist author person

Frank H. Shu is an influential American astrophysicist renowned for his work on star formation and spiral structure in galaxies.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → astronomer → astrophysicist → author → person →
academicDegree	Bachelor’s degree in physics → PhD in astronomy →
affiliation	American Astronomical Society → International Astronomical Union →
awardReceived	Bruce Medal → Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →
citizenshipStatus	naturalized citizen of the United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1943-06-02 →
doctoralAdvisor	Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
employer	National Tsing Hua University → University of California, Berkeley → University of California, San Diego →
familyName	Shu →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → astrophysics → galactic dynamics → spiral structure of galaxies → star formation →
givenName	Frank →
language	Chinese → English →
memberOf	Academia Sinica → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Frank H. Shu →
notableConcept	inside-out collapse model of star formation →
notableFor	theory of star formation → work on spiral density wave theory →
notableWork	Gas Dynamics → Physics of Astrophysics, Volume I: Radiation → Physics of Astrophysics, Volume II: Gas Dynamics → The Physical Universe →
placeOfBirth	Kunming, China →
positionHeld	chancellor of National Tsing Hua University → president of National Tsing Hua University → professor of astronomy →
researchInterest	interstellar medium → planetary system formation → protostellar collapse →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Frank H. Shu →	name
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship →	notableRecipient