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Department of Physics525 Northwestern Avenue
West Lafayette, IN
47907-2036
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Telephone:
(765) 494-2970
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Wei Cui
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Professor of Physicscontact meOffice: Physics 324 Telephone: (765) 494-5395 Fax: (765) 494-0706 Personal Homepage |
B.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 1987
M.S., Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1989
Ph.D., Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994
Research Interests
microquasars, active galactic nuclei, gamma ray bursts, X-ray binaries, and instrumentation for astronomical applications.
Awards and Honors
- University Faculty Scholar (2006-2011)
- NASA Group Award for the development, fabrication, and launch of the first X-ray microcalorimeter experiment (1998)
- NASA Group Award for the successful integration and test of the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (1996)
- CUSPEA Fellow (1986)
Professional Experience
- Professor, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 2009-present
- Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 2005-2009
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Purdue University, 2000-2005
- Research Scientist, Center for Space Research, MIT, 1994-2000
- Research Associate, Department of Physics,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-1994
Professional Services
- Referee, Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Science.
- Reviewer, NASA's SMEX and MIDEX programs
- Reviewer, NASA's Guest Observing programs
- Reviewer, DoE's Advanced Detector Research program