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ASTRONOMER DR. R. BRENT TULLY WINS VIKTOR AMBARTSUMIAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa
July 18 2014
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa Contact: Louise H Good, (808)
381-2939 Editor and Media Contact, Institute for Astronomy
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa astronomer Dr. R. Brent Tully is
a co-winner of the 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize.
Established in 2009 by the president of Armenia in commemoration
of the great Armenian astrophysicist, it has been awarded every two
years since 2010 to those who have made an important contribution in
astronomy/astrophysics and related sciences.
The Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russia nominated Tully and
his Russian collaborator, Professor Igor Karachentsev, "for their
fundamental contribution in the cosmology of the Local Universe."
They share the prize with Professor Felix Aharonian (Dublin Institute
for Advanced Studies, Ireland), who is recognized for his contributions
to high-energy astrophysics.
The recipients were chosen by an international steering committee
chaired by the president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
which received nominations from national academies of sciences,
universities and observatories in various countries.
The US $500,000 prize will be shared, with Aharonian receiving
$250,000, and Karachentsev and Tully each receiving $125,000.
This is the third major prize Tully has won in less than two months.
In June, he was one of four recipients of the 2014 Gruber Foundation
Cosmology Prize for his role in understanding the structure and
evolution of the nearby universe, and he also received the Wempe
Award given by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"in recognition of his groundbreaking research about the structure
of galaxies and the large-scale structure of the cosmos."
On the faculty of the Institute for Astronomy, University of
HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa since 1975, Tully studies galaxies and their
interrelationships in the cosmic web, with particular interest in the
dark matter that holds these structures together. What has become known
as the Tully-Fisher relation provides a way of measuring distances
to galaxies, hence determining the size and age of the universe.
Founded in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of
Hawaii at MÄ~Anoa conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars,
planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in
astronomy education, deep space missions, and in the development
and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Maunakea. The
Institute operates facilities on the islands of OÊ"ahu, Maui,
and HawaiÊ"i.
For more information, visit:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/AmbartsumianPrize/
http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=6637
From: A. Papazian
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa
July 18 2014
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa Contact: Louise H Good, (808)
381-2939 Editor and Media Contact, Institute for Astronomy
University of HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa astronomer Dr. R. Brent Tully is
a co-winner of the 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize.
Established in 2009 by the president of Armenia in commemoration
of the great Armenian astrophysicist, it has been awarded every two
years since 2010 to those who have made an important contribution in
astronomy/astrophysics and related sciences.
The Special Astrophysical Observatory in Russia nominated Tully and
his Russian collaborator, Professor Igor Karachentsev, "for their
fundamental contribution in the cosmology of the Local Universe."
They share the prize with Professor Felix Aharonian (Dublin Institute
for Advanced Studies, Ireland), who is recognized for his contributions
to high-energy astrophysics.
The recipients were chosen by an international steering committee
chaired by the president of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences,
which received nominations from national academies of sciences,
universities and observatories in various countries.
The US $500,000 prize will be shared, with Aharonian receiving
$250,000, and Karachentsev and Tully each receiving $125,000.
This is the third major prize Tully has won in less than two months.
In June, he was one of four recipients of the 2014 Gruber Foundation
Cosmology Prize for his role in understanding the structure and
evolution of the nearby universe, and he also received the Wempe
Award given by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
"in recognition of his groundbreaking research about the structure
of galaxies and the large-scale structure of the cosmos."
On the faculty of the Institute for Astronomy, University of
HawaiÊ"i at MÄ~Anoa since 1975, Tully studies galaxies and their
interrelationships in the cosmic web, with particular interest in the
dark matter that holds these structures together. What has become known
as the Tully-Fisher relation provides a way of measuring distances
to galaxies, hence determining the size and age of the universe.
Founded in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of
Hawaii at MÄ~Anoa conducts research into galaxies, cosmology, stars,
planets, and the sun. Its faculty and staff are also involved in
astronomy education, deep space missions, and in the development
and management of the observatories on Haleakala and Maunakea. The
Institute operates facilities on the islands of OÊ"ahu, Maui,
and HawaiÊ"i.
For more information, visit:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/AmbartsumianPrize/
http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=6637
From: A. Papazian