San Francisco State University, B.A. University of California Berkeley
Known for
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Awards
Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization (2019)
Drake Award (2021) [1]
Scientific career
Fields
Astrophysics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Dan Werthimer is co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project and directs other UC Berkeley SETI searches at radio, infrared and visible wavelengths, including the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations (SERENDIP). He is also the principal investigator for the worldwide Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER).
Werthimer was associate professor in the engineering and physics departments of San Francisco State University and a visiting professor at Beijing Normal University, the University of St. Charles in Marseille, Eotvos University in Budapest. His father, Jerrold Werthimer, was Professor of Journalism at San Francisco State University for many years.
Werthimer has taught courses at universities in Peru, Egypt, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Kenya. He has published numerous papers in the fields of SETI, radio astronomy, instrumentation and science education; he is co-author of "SETI 2020" and editor of "Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search for Life in the Universe". He received the prestigious Frank Drake Prize of the SETI Institute in 2021.
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DanWerthimer is co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project and directs other UC Berkeley SETI searches at radio, infrared and visible wavelengths...
radio interference may be the source. More recently, on 18 June 2022, DanWerthimer, chief scientist for several SETI-related projects, reportedly noted...
X-Chapters (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108499941. "DanWerthimer and Paul Horowitz to share 2021 Drake Award". EurekAlert!. Archived...
kind of natural radio interference may be the source. On 18 June 2022 DanWerthimer, chief scientist for several SETI-related projects, reportedly noted...
distribution of false coincidences (PDF). Jrerome Maire, Shelley A. Wright, DanWerthimer, Richard R. Treffers, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Remington P. S. Stone, Frank...
Cambridge. Andrew Siemion, director, Berkeley SETI Research Center. DanWerthimer, co-founder and chief scientist of the SETI@home project; director of...
the first woman to join. Others went on to other pursuits, such as DanWerthimer, who is a researcher in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence...
distribution of false coincidences (PDF). Jerome Maire, Shelley A. Wright, DanWerthimer, Richard R. Treffers, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Remington P. S. Stone, Frank...
von Korff, DanWerthimer. arXiv. 16 Aug 2011. Berkeley Radio and Optical SETI Programs: SETI@Home, SERENDIP, and SEVENDIP. DanWerthimer, David Anderson...
Peter Gleick, Co-founder, President-emeritus, Pacific Institute 2019 — DanWerthimer, Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Berkeley SETI Research Center 2020...
College of Medicine Alison Murray – biochemist and Antarctic researcher DanWerthimer – co-founder and chief scientist of SETI@home Joseph White (1932–2017)...
experiment, carried out under the direction of UC Berkeley astronomer DanWerthimer. The program consists of a targeted search for bright pulses of short...
William C.; Bower, Geoffrey C.; Delory, Gregory T.; Pater, Imke de; Werthimer, Dan (December 2011). "The Allen Telescope Array Search for Electrostatic...
Miao, C. C.; Niu, C. H.; Niu, J. R.; Pan, Z. C.; Qian, L.; Spitler, L.; Werthimer, D.; Zhang, G. Q.; Wang, F. Y.; Xie, X. Y.; Yue, Y. L.; Zhang, L.; Zhi...
Siemion, Andrew P. V.; Demorest, Paul; Korpela, Eric; Maddalena, Ron J.; Werthimer, Dan; Cobb, Jeff; Howard, Andrew W.; Langston, Glen; Lebofsky, Matt (2013)...
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