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Shane Davis
Alma materCarnegie Mellon University (B.S.)
University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D.)
AwardsSloan Research Fellowship (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsCanadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
University of Virginia
ThesisUsing black hole x-ray binaries as laboratories for probing accretion disk theory in strong gravity. (2006)
Doctoral advisorOmer Blaes

Shane W. Davis is an American astrophysicist. He is an assistant professor in the department of astronomy at the University of Virginia. Davis was a senior research associate at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics. He was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2015.

Education[edit]

Davis completed a B.S. in physics with university honors and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa PhiatCarnegie Mellon University in 2000. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2006.[1] His doctoral advisor was Omer Blaes.[2] His dissertation was titled Using black hole x-ray binaries as laboratories for probing accretion disk theory in strong gravity.[3] He was a postdoctoral fellow in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study from September 2006 to August 2010. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) from September 2010 to August 2012.

Career[edit]

Davis was a senior research associate at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics from September 2012 to July 2014. He joined the department of astronomy at University of Virginia in August 2014 as an assistant professor.[1]

Awards and honors[edit]

In 2015, Davis was awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Davis, Shane W. "CV" (PDF). University of Virginia. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  • ^ "Physics Tree - Omer Michael Blaes Family Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  • ^ Davis, Shane W; University of California, Santa Barbara (2006). Using black hole x-ray binaries as laboratories for probing accretion disk theory in strong gravity. Santa Barbara, Calif.: University of California, Santa Barbara. ISBN 9780542855924. OCLC 759566622.

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