Back to Article List From the February 2010 issue Astro Confidential: Our turn: Roger Blandford Roger Blandford is the director of the Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) and a professor at Stanford University in California. By Karri Ferron | Published: February 22, 2010 | Last updated on May 18, 2023 Robert Blandford. Courtesy Roger Blandford Learn more about Roger Blandford.