James Binney

James J. Binney
James J. Binney
	Binney in 2013
Born	12 April 1950; Surrey, UK
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA); University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known for	Theoretical galactic and extragalactic astrophysics
Awards	Maxwell Prize (1986); Brouwer Award (2003); IOP Dirac Medal (2010); Eddington Medal (2013); Institut d'astrophysique de Paris Medal (2013); Occhialini Medal (2015); Isaac Newton Medal (2023);
	Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; University of Oxford; Princeton University
Thesis	On the Formation of Galaxies (1975)
Doctoral advisor	Dennis Sciama
Doctoral students	Brian Greene
Website	www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contacts/people/binney

James Jeffrey Binney, FRS, FInstP (born 12 April 1950) is a British astrophysicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford and former head of the Sub-Department of Theoretical Physics as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Merton College. Binney is known principally for his work in theoretical galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, though he has made a number of contributions to areas outside of astrophysics as well.

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