Reichart’s dissertation research on distant, cosmic explosions called gamma-ray bursts was ranked by Science Magazine as one of the top ten discoveries in science in 1999, and in 2003 earned him the Robert J. Trumpler Award, for top astrophysics dissertation research in North America.

degrees in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Physics, and Mathematics, and a minor in History, from the Pennsylvania State University in 1996.

[5] To date, Reichart has published 136 journal articles, including five in Nature and Science magazines, and has raised over $12 million for his research.

[7][8] Since arriving at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Reichart has been building “Skynet”.

Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, Skynet is an ever-growing collection of fully automated, or robotic, professional-quality telescopes under the control of software developed by Reichart’s team.