Paul R. Shapiro

Paul Robert Shapiro is an American astrophysicist.

Shapiro earned a bachelor's degree and doctorate from Harvard University, in 1974 and 1978, respectively,{{cite news |title=Paul R Shapiro |url=https://cns.utexas.edu/directory/item/11-astronomy/274-shapiro-paul-r?Itemid=349 |access-date=31 March 2022 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences}} and began teaching at the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, after completing postdoctoral research at the Institute for Advanced Study.{{cite news |title=Paul Shapiro Elected to Chair the American Physical Society Division of Astrophysics |url=https://mcdonaldobservatory.org/news/releases/2013/05/09 |access-date=31 March 2022 |publisher=McDonald Observatory |date=9 May 2013}} In 2006, he was appointed to the Frank N. Edmonds, Jr. Regents Professorship in Astronomy.{{cite news |title=Paul Shapiro |url=https://www.as.utexas.edu/astronomy/people/shapiro/shapiro.html |access-date=31 March 2022 |publisher=University of Texas at Austin}} Shapiro was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010, "[f]or outstanding contributions to astrophysics and cosmology which advanced our understanding of cosmic reionization, structure formation, gas dynamics, dark matter and dark energy, the interstellar and intergalactic media, and topics from supernova polarization to relativistic shocks."{{cite news |title=APS fellow archive |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=S |access-date=31 March 2022 |publisher=American Physical Society}}