Željko Ivezić
Professor Željko Ivezić obtained his undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering and physics from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Kentucky. After working on software development for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Princeton University, he took a professorship in astronomy at the University of Washington. Željko's research interests are in detection, analysis and interpretation of electromagnetic radiation from astronomical sources, and he serves as the Project Scientist and Deputy Director for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.