Bruno Leibundgut
Bruno Leibundgut (born 1 April 1960) is a Swiss astronomer born in Basel. His work focuses on supernovae and cosmology.[1] He was a member of the High-z Supernova Search Team and participated in the establishment of the Very Large Telescope.
Career[]
Leibundgut finished his PhD at the University of Basel in 1988 with the English written paper "Light Curves of Supernovae Type I". He is the author or co-author of dozens of scientific papers dedicated for example to supernovae[2] or the universe in general.
Until March 2013 he worked as the Science Director of the ESO. Since then he has been having his sabbatical[3] travelling around Europe holding lectures about the formation of the elements after the Big Bang, modern astronomical observatories or the structure of the universe.[4]
Awards[]
- 2007: Gruber Prize in Cosmology (co-recipient with High-z Supernova Search Team)
- 2011: Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Leibundgut's colleagues Brian P. Schmidt and Adam Riess, from the High-z Supernova Search Team for the work done by that collaboration.
- 2015: Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, shared with Brian P. Schmidt, Adam Riess, and the High-Z Supernova Search Team.
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