This article is about the astrophysicist. For other people with this name, see Brian Schmidt (disambiguation).
American-born Australian astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate
Brian Schmidt
AC FRS FAA FTSE
Schmidt at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
12th Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University
In office 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2023
Chancellor
Gareth Evans Julie Bishop
Preceded by
Ian Young
Succeeded by
Genevieve Bell
Personal details
Born
Brian Schmidt
(1967-02-24) 24 February 1967 (age 57) Missoula, Montana, United States
Citizenship
Australia
Nationality
American Australian[1]
Alma mater
University of Arizona (1989), Harvard University (1993)
Spouse
Jennifer M. Gordon
Awards
Pawsey Medal (2001)
Shaw Prize in Astronomy (2006)
Australian Laureate Fellowship (2009)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)
FRS (2012)[2]
UNSW Dirac Medal (2012)
AC (2013)
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2015)
Scientific career
Fields
Astrophysics
Institutions
Australian National University
Thesis
Type II supernovae, expanding photospheres, and the extragalactic distance scale(1993)
Doctoral advisor
Robert Kirshner[3]
Other academic advisors
Robert Kirshner
Doctoral students
Manisha Caleb
Schmidt's voice
recorded February 2016
Website
www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian/
Brian Paul SchmidtAC FRS FAA FTSE (born 24 February 1967) is a Distinguished Professor and astrophysicist at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.[4][5][6] He was the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University (ANU) from January 2016 to January 2024.[7][8][9] 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.[2] 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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^Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 Announcement
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