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J Craig Wheeler is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University in 1971 and later joined the University of Texas at Austin in 1974. In 1985, he was awarded the Samuel T. Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professorship in Astronomy. Throughout his career, Wheeler has served as President of the American Astronomical Society from 2006 to 2008 and was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2007. In 2008, he became a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society. Wheeler's notable contributions include his popular course 'Astronomy Bizarre' and his influential publications such as 'Cosmic Catastrophes: Supernovae, Gamma-ray Bursts, Adventures in Hyperspace' and its later edition. His research interests encompass stellar evolution, supernovae, accretion disks, gamma-ray bursts, and astrobiology. He has played a significant role in the scientific community and received the Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award in 2019 for his textbook on supernova explosions.
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