Person
Schmidt, Brian (1967 - )
AC FAA FRS FTSE
- Born
- 24 February 1967
Missoula, Montana, United States of America - Occupation
- Astrophysicist, Educator and Vice-Chancellor
Summary
Brian Schmidt is an astrophysicist based at the Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory (Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics). He is a Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. In 2011 Schmidt and his research partners, Adam Riess and Saul Perlmutter, received the Nobel Prize for Physics for their use of supernovae as probes to discover that the rate at which the universe expands is accelerating.
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Chronology
- 1989
- Education - Completed Bachelor of Science (Physics) and Bachelor of Science (Astronomy), University of Arizona
- 1992
- Education - Completed Masters in Astronomy, Harvard University
- 1993
- Education - Completed PhD in Astronomy, Harvard University
- 1993 - 1994
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- 1995 - 1997
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO)
- 1997 - 1999
- Career position - Appointed Research Fellow at the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO)
- 1999 - 2002
- Career position - Appointed Fellow in the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (MSSSO, Australian National University)
- 2000
- Award - Recipient of Harvard University's Bok Prize
- 2000
- Award - Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
- 2001
- Award - Recipient of the Australian Academy of Science's Pawsey Medal
- 2001 - 2003
- Career position - Member of Council, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2001 - 2004
- Career position - Member, Australian Square Kilometre Array Steering Committee
- 2002
- Award - Recipient of the Vainu Bappu Medal of the Astronomical Society of India
- 2002 - 2004
- Career position - Chair, Australia Telescope National Facility Time Allocation Committee
- 2003 - 2005
- Career position - Appointed Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, Australian National University
- 2004 - 2008
- Career position - Member, Anglo Australian Telescope Board
- 2005 - 2009
- Career position - Appointed Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, Australian National University
- 2006
- Award - Co-recipient of the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
- 2008 -
- Award - Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
- 2008 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2009 -
- Award - Foreign Member, Royal Spanish Academy of Science
- 2010 -
- Career position - Appointed Distinguished Professor by the Australian National University
- 2010
- Award - Peter Baume Award, Australian National University
- 2010 - 2013
- Career position - Member, Advisory Committee, Australian Astronomical Observatory
- 2010 - 2013
- Career position - Member, Australian Telescope Steering Committee
- 2010 - 2014
- Career position - Member, National Committee on Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
- 2010 - 2015
- Career position - Appointed Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Australian National University Australian Research Council Federation Fellow (Australian National University)
- 2011
- Award - Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics
- 2012 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2012 -
- Award - Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2012
- Award - Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Macquarie University
- 2012
- Award - Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Theoretical Physics, Australian Institute of Physics and University of New South Wales
- 2012
- Award - Doctor honoris causa de la Universidad de Chile
- 2012 - 2015
- Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Questacon
- 2012 - 2016
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
- 2013
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent service as a global science leader in the field of physics through research in the study of astronomy and astrophysics, contributions to scientific bodies and the promotion of science education
- 2013 - 2015
- Career position - Public Policy Fellow, Crawford School, Australian National University
- 2013 - 2016
- Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Wine Research Institute
- 2014 -
- Career position - Member, Commonwealth Science Council
- 2014 -
- Award - Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
- 2015
- Award - Medal of Honour, Niels Bohr Institute
- 2016 - 2023
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor and President, Australian National University
- 2017 -
- Career position - Member, Board of Directors, Universities Australia
- 2017 -
- Career position - Chair, Advisory Board, Genomics Australia
- 2017
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
- 2023 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2023
- Award - Fellow, International Science Council
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bhathal, Ragbir, 'The Accelerating Universe: a New View of the Universe', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 144 (3/4) (2011), 63-90. Details
- Bhathal, Ragbir, 'Profile: Brian Schmidt', Astronomy & Geophysics, 53 (1) (2012), 13-15, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53113.x. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q201452. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/51463743. Details
- 'Schmidt, Brian (1967 - )', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113014429/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/2000/Pages/Dr-Brian-Schmidt.aspx. Details
- 'Schmidt, Brian (1967-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1480342. Details
Resource Sections
- Heard, Marian, 'Interview with Dr Brian Schmidt', in Interviews with Australian scientists, 2001, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/s/bs.html. Details
See also
- Bhathal, Ragbir, 'How the US Influenced Mount Stromlo', A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 56 (1) (2015), 1.19-1.21, http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/1/1.19.abstract?etoc. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 26 October 2011, Last modified: 9 November 2023