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Richard Muller received his B.A. degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked with Luis Alvarez. He joined the faculty at Berkeley in 1978 and has been a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His awards include the Texas Instruments Founders Prize, the NSF Alan T. Waterman Award, and the MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship. Muller's research interests began in elementary particle physics but shifted to astrophysics, focusing on cosmic microwave background anisotropy and supernova cosmology, as well as geophysics, addressing questions like the origin of Earth's magnetic flips and glacial cycles. He prefers experimental work but acknowledges the need for theoretical foundations. His current projects involve studying lunar impacts, the cycles of ice ages, and the Permian/Triassic extinctions. He has published extensively, including a book titled “The Ice Ages Astronomical Origins” and continues to research various significant scientific questions.
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