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rogier windhorst

rogier arnold windhorst -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is an astronomer and a professor of physics and astronomy at arizona state university .
he received his ph.d in astronomy in 1984 from the university of leiden and did post doctorate work at mt.wilson and las campanas observatories .
he currently serves as associate chair at arizona state and is among six arizona state faculty who were awarded regents professor appointments in 2006 ; he presides over the school of earth and space exploration at the university .
in 2008 , he became foundation professor of astrophysics at arizona state university and co-director of the asu cosmology initiative .
windhorst has authored over 100 published scientific papers and has given over 125 lectures at seminars .
his research has led to new understandings of how the universe first began .
he also studies black holes .
his research focuses on astrophysics and space science , and he is the principal investigator of the hubble space telescope mid-uv bright galaxy survey .
he is one of the six interdisciplinary scientists worldwide for the james webb space telescope , and member of the jwst flight science working group .
windhorst is involved in planning the jwst science performance , and in critical oversights of its entire design and construction phase .
