Paul Louis Hertz | |
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Born | Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Known for | Director of the Astrophysics Division, NASA (2012–2022) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Institutions | NASA, Naval Research Laboratory |
Thesis | Surveys of Globular Cluster and Galactic Plane X-Ray Sources (1983) |
Website | https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/leadership/dr-paul-hertz |
Paul Louis Hertz is an American astrophysicist, and is best known for being the longest-serving[1] Director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA, with a tenure from 2012 to 2022.[2]