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*2017 [[Max Born Prize]] of the [[German Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/bilateral/born/medallists/page_38473.html|title=Born medal recipients|publisher= Institute of Physics|accessdate= 6 April 2017}}</ref> |
*2017 [[Max Born Prize]] of the [[German Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iop.org/about/awards/bilateral/born/medallists/page_38473.html|title=Born medal recipients|publisher= Institute of Physics|accessdate= 6 April 2017}}</ref> |
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*2014 [[Gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]]<ref name="Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details">https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes], ''[[Royal Astronomical Society]]''</ref> |
*2014 [[Gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society]]<ref name="Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details">{{cite web |url=https://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328004146/http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2379-winners-of-the-2014-awards-medals-and-prizes |archivedate=28 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}], ''[[Royal Astronomical Society]]''</ref> |
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*2013 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award |
*2013 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award |
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*2013 Lansdowne Visitor, UVic, Canada |
*2013 Lansdowne Visitor, UVic, Canada |
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*2011 [[Gruber Prize in Cosmology]] ($500,000, jointly w. M. Davis, G. Efstathiou, S. White)<ref name="2011 Cosmology Prize">[http://gruber.yale.edu/cosmology/2011/carlos-frenk], ''[[Gruber Foundation]]''</ref> |
*2011 [[Gruber Prize in Cosmology]] ($500,000, jointly w. M. Davis, G. Efstathiou, S. White)<ref name="2011 Cosmology Prize">[http://gruber.yale.edu/cosmology/2011/carlos-frenk], ''[[Gruber Foundation]]''</ref> |
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*2010 [[Hoyle Medal and Prize]], [[Institute of Physics]]<ref name="2010 Hoyle medal and prize">[http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/hoyle/medallists/page_43965.html], ''[[Institute of Physics]]''</ref> |
*2010 [[Hoyle Medal and Prize]], [[Institute of Physics]]<ref name="2010 Hoyle medal and prize">[http://www.iop.org/about/awards/subject/hoyle/medallists/page_43965.html], ''[[Institute of Physics]]''</ref> |
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*2010 [[George Darwin Lectureship]], Royal Astronomical Society<ref name="The George Darwin Lectures">[https://www.ras.org.uk/images/stories/awards/winners/george_darwin_lecturers.pdf], ''[[Royal Astronomical Society]]''</ref> |
*2010 [[George Darwin Lectureship]], Royal Astronomical Society<ref name="The George Darwin Lectures">[https://www.ras.org.uk/images/stories/awards/winners/george_darwin_lecturers.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Royal Astronomical Society]]''</ref> |
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*2007 Daniel Chalonge medal, Observatoire de Paris<ref name="Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 been awarded to Professor Gerard F. Gilmore FRS">[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/content/daniel.chalonge.medal.2013.been.awarded.professor.gerard.f.gilmore.frs], ''[[University of Cambridge]]''</ref> |
*2007 Daniel Chalonge medal, Observatoire de Paris<ref name="Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 been awarded to Professor Gerard F. Gilmore FRS">[http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/content/daniel.chalonge.medal.2013.been.awarded.professor.gerard.f.gilmore.frs], ''[[University of Cambridge]]''</ref> |
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*2006 [[Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award]] |
*2006 [[Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award]] |
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Carlos Silvestre Frenk University of Mexico PhD University of Cambridge | |
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| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | cosmology, galaxy formation and computer simulations of cosmic structure formation |
| Institutions | Durham University Principal Investigator of the Virgo Consortium University of Sussex University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | (1981) |
Carlos Silvestre Frenk, computer simulations of cosmic structure formation. He won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014.[1]
Teaching
He was the inaugural Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University in 2001, following an endowment by Sir Peter Ogden.[2] He still holds this chair, and is Director of the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham, which is part of the Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics. He is also Principal Investigator of the Virgo Consortium.
Education
He received a PhD in astronomy from the University of Cambridge in 1981. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Society's Council.[3]
Fellowships and awards
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- 2017 Max Born Prize of the German Physical Society[4]
- 2014 Gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[5]
- 2013 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award
- 2013 Lansdowne Visitor, UVic, Canada
- 2013 The Biermann Lectures, Max Planck Society
- 2011 Gruber Prize in Cosmology ($500,000, jointly w. M. Davis, G. Efstathiou, S. White)[6]
- 2010 Hoyle Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics[7]
- 2010 George Darwin Lectureship, Royal Astronomical Society[8]
- 2007 Daniel Chalonge medal, Observatoire de Paris[9]
- 2006 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2006 The Withrow lecture, Royal Astronomical Society
- 2004 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society[10]
- 2004 Ranked 2nd most cited author in Space Sciences in the world in the past 10 years.
- 2002 Ranked 5th most cited physical scientist in UK since 1980
- 2000–2001 Leverhulme Research Fellowship
- 2000 Ranked 16th most cited physical scientist in the UK during the 1990s
- 1996–1999 PPARC Senior Fellowship
- 1992–1993 Sir Derman Christopherson Fellowship, University of Durham
- 1991–1992 Nuffield Foundation Science Research Fellowship
- 1985 SERC Advanced Fellowship (declined)
- 1976–1979 British Council Fellowship
- 1976 Gabino Barreda medal for first place in Theor. Phys. degree
Frenk was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cosmology and the public dissemination of basic science.[11]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlos Frenk.
- ^ "2014 winners of the RAS awards, medals and prizes". Royal Astronomical Society. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ University of Durham Department of Physics, Research in the Department: Status and Outlook, March 2005. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ Royal Society Council. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Born medal recipients". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)], Royal Astronomical Society - ^ [1], Gruber Foundation
- ^ [2], Institute of Physics
- ^ [3][permanent dead link], Royal Astronomical Society
- ^ [4], University of Cambridge
- ^ [5], Royal Society
- ^ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B8.
Sources
- Carlos Frenk official site
- "Carlos Frenk curriculum vitae" (PDF). (90.3 KB)
- Institute for Computational Cosmology
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