Duncan A. Brown

American physicist (born 1976)

Duncan Alexander Brown (born January 25, 1976) is a British-American astrophysicist and the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics at Syracuse University. He also serves as the Vice President for Research for Syracuse.²

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Born Jan 25, 1976.¹

About

Brown's research focuses on Gravitational-wave astronomy and gravitational-wave detectors.

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Companies

Syracuse UniversityVice president Aug 1, 2007 to now¹³

Early life and education

1994 to 1999Newcastle University^{3 4}
1999 to 2004University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Doctor of Philosophy^{3 5}

Brown grew up in England and attended the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, graduating in 1999 with a Master of Mathematics degree. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2004, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the California Institute of Technology LIGO Laboratory and Theoretical Astrophysics and Relativity Group.

In 2007, Brown joined the faculty at Syracuse University. He was named the Charles Brightman Professor of Physics in 2015.

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Career

Occupation: researcher.⁹

Since 2007Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, vice president, Syracuse University^{6 8}
2004 to 2007Postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology^{6 7}

Personal life

CitizenshipUnited States¹⁰

Awards

2025Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^{11 12}

Sources

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Wikidataeducation, as reported by ORCID Public Data File 2023
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WikidataDuncan A. Brown: Postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology, on Wikidata
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WikidataPostdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology, as reported by ORCID Public Data File 2023
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WikidataCharles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, vice president, Syracuse University, as reported by ORCID Public Data File 2023
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WikidataDuncan A. Brown: occupation, on Wikidata
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