Brian Schmidt
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Brian Schmidt is an American-born Australian astrophysicist who studies the universe and celestial objects. While specific details about his major contributions aren't provided here, astrophysicists like Schmidt work on fundamental questions about how the universe works and evolves, which helps advance our understanding of space and our place in it.
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- 1967-02-24
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Brian Paul Schmidt AC, FRS, FAA is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University. He was previously a Distinguished Professor, Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow and astrophysicist at the University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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- Great Minds — Self2021
- Q&A — Self - Panellist2008
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Brian Paul Schmidt (born 24 February 1967) is an American Australian astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. He previously held a Federation Fellowship and a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2012. Schmidt shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
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1967 births21st-century American scientists21st-century Australian astronomersAcademic staff of the Australian National UniversityAmerican agnosticsAmerican cosmologistsAmerican emigrants to AustraliaAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of German descentAustralian agnosticsAustralian fellows of the Royal Society