David Helfand, Columbia University
Astronomy
Professor
New York City, New York
djh@astro.columbia.edu
Office:
(212) 854-2150
Bio/Research
Helfand’s work has encompassed large-scale radio surveys of the universe as well as X-ray observations of astronomical objects ranging from nearby stars to the most distant quasars. For nearly 25 years, he has been pursuing the detection of X-rays from the surface of neutron stars. He is a regula...
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Bio/Research
Helfand’s work has encompassed large-scale radio surveys of the universe as well as X-ray observations of astronomical objects ranging from nearby stars to the most distant quasars. For nearly 25 years, he has been pursuing the detection of X-rays from the surface of neutron stars. He is a regular contributor to the Astronomical Journal, the Astrophysical Journal and Nature. In addition, he has been instrumental in the creation of general education classes oriented around the sciences; the course Frontiers of Science has subsequently become part of the Core Curriculum at Columbia.
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