Category:Niel Brandt

**Niel Brandt**
	American astronomer
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Date of birth	10 June 1970; Durham
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	California Institute of Technology; Phillips Exeter Academy; University of Cambridge;
Doctoral advisor	Andrew C. Fabian;
Doctoral student	Sarah Gallagher;
Occupation	astronomer; researcher;
Employer	Harvard University; Pennsylvania State University;
Member of	International Astronomical Union;
Award received	Bruno Rossi Prize (2016); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019); Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy (2004);
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William Nielsen Brandt (born June 10, 1970; also known as Niel Brandt) is the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and a professor of physics at the Pennsylvania State University.