Titus Pankey

Titus Pankey (November 20, 1925 – September 20, 2003) was an American physicist and professor whose research specialties were magnetic susceptibility and cosmology, especially supernovas. He was the first recipient of a PhD in physics from Howard University, and was one of the first 10 black recipients of a PhD in physics in the United States. He has been cited as the first to suggest that type 1a supernovae are powered by nickel-56 decay.

Titus Pankey
Born
Titus Pankey, Jr.

20 November 1925
DiedSeptember 20, 2003(2003-09-20) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHoward University
Known forMagnetic susceptibility
Cosmology
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsHoward University
Thesis[ProQuest 302073367 "Possible Thermonuclear Activities in Natural Terrestrial Minerals"] (1962)
Doctoral advisorHerman Branson
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