Andrzej Udalski
Andrzej Udalski | |
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Born | OGLE project | January 22, 1957
Awards | Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2002) Dan David Prize (2017) Tycho Brahe Prize (2018) Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2018) Strait of Magellan Prize (2020)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, Astrophysics |
Institutions | University of Warsaw |
Andrzej Jarosław Udalski (born 22 January 1957 in
Education
He graduated from the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw in 1980. In that same year, he was employed at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Warsaw. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 and then completed a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Contribution to astronomy
He has authored or co-authored nearly 400 scientific papers. In 1996, he was honored by the Prime Minister for outstanding scientific achievements. In 2002, he won the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (the so-called "Polish Nobel").[2] In 2009, he received a 2.5 million Euro grant from the program Ideas of the European Research Council that aims to support innovative research projects. In 2012, he became the recipient of the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was also awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize (2017) for pioneering time-domain astronomy,[3][4] the Karl Schwarzschild Medal (2018) as well as the Tycho Brahe Prize (2018)[5] for his contributions to astronomy.
OGLE
In April 1992, he launched the
In 2020, astronomers from the University of Warsaw’s OGLE team at the Astronomical Observatory discovered the smallest rogue planet in the Milky Way galaxy thus confirming that low-mass rogue planets are common in the Milky Way, that there may be billions of them, and that they can be detected and characterized by observations from the Earth's surface.[7]
See also
- Polish Astronomical Society
- Polish Space Agency
- List of Poles
References
- ^ "Chilean government awards Professor Andrzej Udalski for achievements in astronomy". scienceinpoland.pl. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Prof. Andrzej Udalski - laureat Nagrody FNP 2002".
- ^ "Support-Page". 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Polish scientist receives major international prize". poland.pl. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Tycho Brahe Prize". Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ^ "Support-Page".
- ^ "Astronomers discover smallest rogue planet in the galaxy". Retrieved 31 October 2020.