Brian Schmidt
b. 1967
American-born Australian astrophysicist
- Born
- 24 Feb 1967 · Missoula
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 24 Feb 1967BornBorn in Missoula
- 2000AwardMalcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
- 2001AwardPawsey Medal
- 2006AwardThe Shaw Prize in Astronomy
- 2007AwardGruber Prize in Cosmology
- 2008AwardFellow of the Australian Academy of Science
- 2010AwardClarivate Citation Laureates
- 2011AwardNobel Prize in Physics
- 2012AwardDirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
- 2012AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 2013AwardCompanion of the Order of Australia
- 2015AwardBreakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- 2023AwardFellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1967 – today).
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
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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