Alexey Vladimir Filippenko ( born Alexei V. Filippenko ; born July 25, 1958 in Auckland , California , USA ) is an American astrophysicist of Ukrainian origin, professor of astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley . Filippenko received his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1979 and his Ph.D. in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 1984. His research focuses on supernovae and active galaxies in optical, ultraviolet and near infrared wavelengths.
| Alexey Filippenko | |
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| English Alexei V. Filippenko | |
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| Date of Birth | July 25, 1958 (61 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Auckland , California , USA |
| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | Astrophysics |
| Place of work | University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Barbara , California Institute of Technology |
| Academic degree | Ph.D |
| supervisor | Wallace Sargent |
| Known as | Type Ia supernova research |
| Awards and prizes | The Newton Lacy Pierce Award (1992) Guggenheim Scholarship (2000) Richtmyer Memory Award (2007) |
Content
- 1 Research
- 2 In the media
- 3 Achievements and rewards
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Research
Filippenko was a member of the scientific projects Supernova and HIGH-Z Supernova Search , which were involved in observing supernova stars and the accelerating Universe . As a result, the existence of dark energy was suggested, which was a major breakthrough for science in 1998 [1] .
Filippenko developed and launched robotic telescopes that search for supernovae. He is also a member of the Newcomer team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope to study supermassive black holes [2] [3] . Filippenko's citation index is rated as the highest among space science researchers from 1996 to 2006 [4] .
In the media
Alexey Filippenko often takes part in the popular science documentary television series Universe on the History Channel television channel.
Achievements and rewards
Filippenko was awarded the Newtonian Lacey Pierce Prize for Astronomy in 1992 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000, and in 1997 the . He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.
He received many awards for student education, including the 2007 Richtmeyer Memorial Award , awarded annually by the American Association of Physics Teachers , and the Carl Sagan Prize for the Popularization of Science in 2004. [5]
In 2006, Filippenko was awarded the US Professor of the Year Award. [6] Students at the University of California at Berkeley recognized him as the "Best Professor" on campus nine times. [7] Filippenko won the 2010 Richard Emmons Award for Excellence in Teaching Astronomy at the College by the Pacific Astronomical Society. [8]
Notes
- ↑ James Glanz. Breakthrough of the Year: Astronomy: Cosmic Motion Revealed (Eng.) // Science: journal. - 1998 .-- 18 December ( vol. 282 , no. 5397 ). - P. pp 2156-2157 . - DOI : 10.1126 / science.282.5397.2156a . - .
- ↑ Tod Lauer. HST Investigations Into the Central Structure of Galaxies . National Observatory of Optical Astronomy (August 14, 2007). Date of treatment August 7, 2013.
- ↑ Gebhardt, Karl; et al. A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion (Eng.) // The Astrophysical Journal : journal. - IOP Publishing 2000 .-- August ( vol. 539 , no. 1 ). - P. L13 — L16 . - DOI : 10.1086 / 312840 . - . - arXiv : astro-ph / 0006289 .
- ↑ Top 10 Researchers In Space Science: (unavailable link) . In-cites . The Thomson Corporation (November 2006). Date of treatment August 7, 2013. Archived on February 25, 2008.
- ↑ Sagan Prize Recipients . wonderfest.org (2011 [last update]). Date accessed August 7, 2013. Inaccessible link.
- ↑ Robert Sanders . Astronomer Alex Filippenko named national Professor of the Year , UC Berkeley News , University of California, Berkeley (November 16, 2006). Date of treatment July 12, 2008.
- ↑ Alexei V. Filippenko Faculty Page . UC Berkeley (2012). Date of treatment June 8, 2012.
- ↑ ASP Annual Awards . ASP (2010). Date of treatment August 22, 2010.
Links
- Official site of Aleksey Filippenko
- Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe - UC Berkeley Webcast