Neil Gehrels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Neil Gehrels

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 03-Oct-1952

Place of Birth: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2017

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Cornelis A.
"Neil" Gehrels (October 3, 1952 – February 6, 2017) was an American astrophysicist specializing in the field of gamma-ray astronomy.
He was Chief of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center from 1995 until his death, and was best known for his work developing the field from early balloon instruments to today's space observatories such as the NASA Swift mission, for which he was the Principal Investigator.
He was leading the WFIRST wide-field infrared telescope forward toward a launch in the mid-2020s.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gehrels died on February 6, 2017, at the age of 64.
On January 10th, 2018, NASA announced that Swift had been renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, in his honor..