Kurt Ludwig Adelberger is an American astrophysicist and sustainability manager, who formerly worked at Google as a principal in energy and sustainability and was previously the Engagement Manager for McKinsey & Company.[1]
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Kurt Adelberger | |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology, B.S. in astronomy from Harvey Mudd College, |
Known for | Astrophysics, Sustainability |
Spouse | Amy Adelberger |
Relatives | Theodore Welton (grandfather in law) |
Awards | Junior Fellow at Harvard University |
He earned his B.S. at Harvey Mudd College and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, where he was advised by Charles C. Steidel.[2] His thesis was entitled Star formation and structure formation at redshifts 1 < z < 4 and has been cited in 31 other papers. He defended his thesis in 2001.[3]
Prior to working at Mckinsey & Company, Adelberger worked at Carnegie Observatories.[1] He has published 194 papers in the field of astrophysics, and has been cited over 2000 times.[4] In 2000, Adelberger was named a junior fellow of Harvard University.[2]
His notable publications include Lyman-Break Galaxies at z 4 and the Evolution of the Ultraviolet Luminosity Density at High Redshift, cited by 1945 other articles and Spectroscopic confirmation of a population of normal star-forming galaxies at redshifts z> 3 cited by 1766 other articles. He has spoken at GreenBiz on how distributed generation will influence grid evolution.[5] He also holds the patent for a thermostat system which allows the user to specify a range of acceptable temperatures.[6]
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