Steve Kahn, 1954
Cassius Lamb Kirk Professor in the Natural Sciences and Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Emeritus
Professional and Biographical Information
- AB Physics Columbia University, Summa Cum Laude 1975
- PhD Physics, University of California, Berkeley 1980
- Post-doctoral Fellow, enter for Astrophysics, Harvard University & Smithsonian Institution 1980-1982
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Columbia University 1982-1984
- University of California, Berkeley
- Assistant Professor of Physics 1983-1987
- Associate Professor of Physics 1987-1990
- Associate Professor of Astronomy 1989-1990
- Professor of Physics and Astronomy 1990-1998
- Dean for Mathematical & Physical Sciences, College of Letters and Science 2022 -
- Columbia University
- Professor of Physics 1995-2001
- Chair, Department of Physics 1999-2002
- I. I. Rabi Professor of Physics 2001-2003
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Professor of Physics 2003-present
- Director of Particle Physics and Astrophysics 2007-
- Stanford University
- Professor of Physics, Stanford University, 2003-2005
- Deputy Director, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology 2003-2007
- Cassius Lamb Kirk Professor in the Natural Sciences 2005-2015
- Chair, Department of Physics 2010-2013
- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Project (LSST - Vera Rubin Observatory)
- Deputy Project Director and Camera Lead Scientist, 2004- 2013
- Project Director 2013- 2018
- KIPAC profile
- Steve Kahn looks back at the founding of KIPAC. May 31, 2022
- AIP profile
Honors and Awards
- Asteroid 179413 Stevekahn, discovered by astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2001, named in his honor.
- Fellow, American Physical Society 1991
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2012
Publications
Presentations
- Surveying the Universe with Steven M. Kahn. Stanford Alumni 2017
- Steven M. Kahn: The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, A plenary talk from SPIE Optics + Photonics 2017.
- Probing Dark Energy. N2P3 International Symposium From Particles to the Universe, December 10,2021, Paris France
- Dark Matter and the Vera Rubin observatory. Scientific Sense 2022
- Campus Conversations: Deans of the College of Letters & Science October 3, 2022.
Archival Materials
Steve Kahn papers held by the SLAC Archives, History & Records Office are currently being processed, and are not yet open for research. SLAC staff may access descriptions of his papers by clicking this link and entering his last name in the search box at the upper right on that page.
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