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Peter Nugent
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In last month's CENIC Today, readers learned of the ways in which the advanced networking provided by CENIC played a role in the discovery of a nearby supernova, thanks to the connection between the Keck telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii and the mainland researchers of CENIC's Associate community. One of those researchers is Peter Nugent, a senior scientist at CalREN Associate the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who first spotted the supernova and adjunct professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley.

Mr. Nugent received his doctorate in Physics with a concentration in astronomy from the University of Oklahoma in 1997 after completing his Master's at the same institution. His research interests include the discovery and observation of supernovae of all types with the goal of understanding the physics of their explosions, their progenitor systems and nucleosynthesis products; spectrum synthesis of supernovae; the measurement of cosmological parameters using supernovae; and, in his words, "looking for better and faster ways to solve an interesting problem." CENIC is delighted to have played a role in helping Nugent and the researchers at LBNL and UCB do just that deep in the Big Dipper's Pinwheel galaxy.