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Brian Schmidt

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Also known as Brian P Schmidt, Brian P. Schmidt, B. P. Schmidt, Brian Paul Schmidt, B P Schmidt, B.P. Schmidt

American-born Australian astrophysicist

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Brian P. Schmidt is an American-Australian astrophysicist and astronomer born in Missoula, Montana, in 1967. He serves as a university teacher and has been employed by the Mount Stromlo Observatory, the Australian National University, and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. His professional interests include astrophysics, supernovae, and the universe.

Schmidt holds a Doctor of Philosophy and studied at Harvard University and the University of Arizona under doctoral advisor Robert Kirshner. He is a member of the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the Australian Academy of Science, and the International Astronomical Union. His work has earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Gruber Prize in Cosmology, the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, and the Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics.

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Missoula, Montana, USA

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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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2011

    “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae”

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Given name
Brian
Family name
Schmidt
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of birth
Missoula
Occupation
university teacher
Employer
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctoral advisor
Robert Kirshner
Field of work
universe
Official website
www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian
Image
Brian Schmidt portrait 1.jpg
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Brian Schmidt
date of birth
1967-02-24
member of
International Astronomical Union
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name in native language
Brian P. Schmidt
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writing language
English language
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Australian National University
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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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