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Bruce Draine received his B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1969 and served in the Peace Corps, teaching physics and math in Ghana. He earned his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Cornell University in 1978 and completed postdoctoral appointments at Harvard and the Institute for Advanced Study. Draine joined the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University in 1982. His research primarily focuses on theoretical astrophysics, with particular emphasis on the physics of the interstellar medium. His work encompasses a range of topics including interstellar shock waves and the structure of photodissociation regions. Draine has a long-standing interest in interstellar grains, which has become a significant focus of his research. He is a member of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey (SINGS) and the KINGFISH collaboration, which utilizes the Herschel Space Telescope to investigate nearby galaxies. Additionally, Draine, along with collaborator P.J. Flatau, developed the open-source program DDSCAT for calculating electromagnetic scattering and absorption of small particles in periodic arrays and nanostructures, which has wide applications in nanotechnology and marine biology. He also co-founded the Princeton Charter School, an K-8 public school, in 1997.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.