Bayan kammala karatun digiri na uku a jami'ar Caltech, Teukolsky ya koma jami'ar Cornell a matsayin Mataimakin Farfesa na Physics da Astronomy a 1974 bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin Richard Chace Tolman Research Fellow na shekara guda a Caltech. An daukaka shi zuwa Farfesa a 1977 kuma Farfesa a 1983. A 1999 an nada shi Hans A. Bethe farfesa na kimiyyar lissafi da ilimin taurari, matsayin da har yanzu yake riƙewa. A 2003 an zabe shi zuwa Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Kasa. Tambaya: Teukolsky ya kasance mai bincike a jami'ar a wace jami'a?
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