Michael Bolte received his
undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Central Florida,
Master of Science Degree in Physics from Florida State University and
PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Washington in
1987. After a postdoctoral position at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
in Victoria, BC, he was awarded one of the first of the prestigious NASA
Hubble Fellowships. In 1993, he joined the
faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz with a joint
appointment in the Astronomy and Physics
Department and UCO faculty. He has Chaired the W.M. Keck Observatory
Science Steering Committee, the
California Extremely Large Telescope Project Steering Committee and the
Thirty-Meter Telescope Science Advisory Committee. He is currently a
member of the CARA Board of Directors overseeing the W.M. Keck Observatory
and the Thirty-Meter Telescope Board of Directors. In 2005/6 he served as
Interim Director of the University of California Observatories.
His research areas are observational tests of stellar evolution, determinations of the age of the Universe, the origin of the chemical elements and chemical evolution since the Big Bang, and the nature of the first stars to form after the Big Bang.
Photo from Jan 2006.
(high-resolution version of above image)
With that wonderful young lady, 1999
New Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz
Return from climbing trip June 1976
Leaving on the Big Trip with Chip after high school graduation June 1972
