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Brian Paul Schmidt AC FRS FAA FTSE (born 24 February 1967) is a Distinguished Professor and astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
My name is Brian Schmidt, and I am an astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University, formerly known as Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories. I work in several areas of astronomy, most notably with exploding stars called supernovae.
Brian P. Schmidt. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. Born: 24 February 1967, Missoula, MT, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australia. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae” Prize share: 1/4. Life.
BS Phys, BS Astro, AM Astro, PhD Astro. The Nobel Prize in Physics. Brian Schmidt shares the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for their discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.
4 days ago · Distinguished Professor; Former Vice Chancellor and President. ANU College of Science. E: brian.schmidt@anu.edu.au. Flag this profile. Areas of expertise. Cosmology And Extragalactic Astronomy. Stellar Astronomy And Planetary Systems. Astronomical And Space Instrumentation. High Energy Astrophysics; Cosmic Rays. Astronomical And Space Sciences.
May 6, 2024 · Brian P. Schmidt is an astronomer who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of dark energy, a repulsive force that is the dominant component (73 percent) of the universe. He shared the prize with American physicist Saul Perlmutter and astronomer Adam Riess.
Feb 2, 2023 · Australian National University (ANU) vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt has announced he will resign in December after eight years in the role. Key points: Professor Schmidt is a Nobel prize winner and ...
Professor Brian Schmidt, astronomer. Brian Schmidt was born in 1967 in Montana, USA. In 1989 he received a BSc in physics and a BSc in astronomy from the University of Arizona. He went to Harvard University for graduate work and received a PhD in astronomy in 1993.
I am an astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University, formerly known as Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories. I work in several areas of astronomy, most notably with exploding stars called supernovae.
Brian Schmidt is an internationally renowned researcher in cosmology and also in the physics of supernovae and gamma ray bursts. In particular, Schmidt’s formation and leadership of High-z Supernova Search Team led to the discovery that the expansion of our universe is accelerating.
