CLAUDE R. CANIZARES, Bruno
Rossi Professor of Physics; Vice President for Research and Associate Provost; Associate Director
for MIT of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Research Interests
Claude Canizares is the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost at MIT and the Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics. He has overall responsibility for research activity and policy at the Institute, overseeing more than a dozen interdisciplinary research laboratories and centers, including the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Broad Institute, the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, the Research Laboratory of Electronics, the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Haystack Observatory and the Division of Health Sciences and Technology. Canizares also chairs the Research Policy Committee and serves on the Academic Council and the Academic Appointments committee, among others. His service outside MIT includes appointments on the Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council (NRC) committees on Science Engineering and Public Policy, Science Communication and National Security, as well as the Board of Directors of the L-3 Communications, Inc. Canizares is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Astronautics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Claude Canizares is the Associate Director of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center and a principal investigator on NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, having led the development of the Chandra High Resolution Transmission Grating Spectrometer. Canizares’s main research interests are high resolution x-ray spectroscopy and plasma diagnostics of supernova remnants and clusters of galaxies, X-ray studies of dark matter, X-ray properties of quasars and active galactic nuclei, and observational cosmology. He is author or co-author of more than 200 scientific papers.
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Biographical Sketch
Claude Canizares earned his BA, MA and PhD in physics from Harvard University. He came to MIT as a postdoctoral fellow in the Physics Department in 1971 and joined the faculty in 1974. Canizares has received several awards, including decoration for Meritorious Civilian Service to the United States Air Force, two NASA Public Service Medals, and the Goddard Medal of the American Astronautical Society.
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Selected Publications
A Chandra View of the Normal SO Galaxy NGC 1332: II: Solar Abundances in the Hot Gas and Implications for SN Enrichment. Humphrey, P.J., Buote, D.A., Canizares, C.R. ApJ. 617, 1047-1058, 2004.
The Evolution of Structure in X-ray Clusters of Galaxies. Jeltema, T.E., Canizares, C.R., Bautz, M.W., Buote, D.A. APJ, 624, 606-629, 2005.
The High Resolution X-Ray Spectrum of MR 2251-178 Obtained with the Chandra HETGS. Gibson,R.R., Marshall, H.L., Canizares, C.R., Lee, J.L. ApJ, 627, 83, 2005.
The Chandra High-Energy Transmission Grating: Design, Fabrication, Ground Calibration, and 5 Years in Flight. Canizares, C. R., Davis, J. E., Dewey, D., Flanagan, K. A., Galton, E. B., Huenemoerder, D. P. Ishibashi, K., Markert, T. H., Marshall, H. L.; McGuirk, M., Schattenburg, M. L., Schulz, N. S., Smith, H. I.; Wise. The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 117, No. 836, 1144-1171, 2005.
A Chandra HETGS Spectral Study of the Iron K Bandpass in MCG-6-30-15: A Narrow View of the Broad Iron Line Authors: A. J. Young, J. C. Lee, A. C. Fabian, C. S. Reynolds, Gibson, R.R., Canizares, C.R. Ap.J., 631, 733-740, 2005.
High Resolution Spectroscopy of X-Ray Quasars: Searching for the X-Ray Absorption from the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium. Fang, T. Canizares, C.R., Marshall, H.L. Ap.J., 633, 61, 2005.
Intrinsic Absorption in the Spectrum of NGC 7469: Simultaneous Chandra, FUSE, and STIS Observations. Scott, J.E., Kriss, G.A., Lee, J.C., Quijano, J.K., Brotherton, M., Canizares, C.R., Green, R. F., Hutchings, J., Kaiser, M. E., Marshall, H., Oegerl, W., Ogle, P., Zheng, W. ApJ. 634, 193-209, 2005.
A Galactic Origin for the Local Ionized X-ray Absorbers. Fang, T. McKee, C., Canizares, C. R., Wolfire, M .ApJ in press 2006.
Determining the Nature of the SS 433 Binary from an X-ray Spectrum During Eclipse. Lopez, L.A., Marshall, H. L., Canizares, C.R., Schulz, N.S., Kane, J.F. ApJ in press 2006 (Report-no: MKI-06-22).
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