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Hart William Hancock
  • Title
    • Research Computing Director, Division of the Sciences & UC Observatories
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division, Information Technology Services
  • Department
    • ITS-Technology & Services
  • Affiliations UC Observatories
  • Phone
    831-459-5354
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Nat Sci 2 Main Building, 179
  • Mail Stop UCO / Lick Observatory
  • Mailing Address
    • Thimann Receiving/PBSci ITS
    • Santa Cruz CA 95064

Summary of Expertise

UNIX Systems Engineering and Architecture, Storage Systems & IT Infrastructure, Scientific Computing, High Performance Computing, Configuration Management

Research Interests

The Early Solar System, Trans-Neptunian Objects, Kuiper Belt, Scattered Disc and Detached Objects, Early Universe Cosmology, Minkowski Spaces, Compact Lie Algebras, Topological Quantum Field Theory, Symplectic Geometry.

Biography, Education and Training

My academic background is in astronomy and mathematical physics, specifically topological quantum field theory, the early/outer solar system, planetary formation, small bodies, their composition and orbital characteristics.  I've worked in higher education IT since 2001 and have supported research computing since 2005.