HONG KONG: Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will probably be bestowed the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his floor-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and different variable or transient astronomical objects.
Apart from Kulkarni, who’s the George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy on the California Institute of Technology, the opposite Shaw Prize awardees are Swee Lay Thein and Stuart Orkin, each from the US, who obtained the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine is awarded in equal shares, and Peter Sarnak, one other US scientist who obtained the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences.
“The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, for his floor-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and different variable or transient astronomical objects.
His contributions to time-area astronomy culminated in the conception, building and management of the Palomar Transient Factory and its successor, the Zwicky Transient Facility, which has revolutionised our understanding of the time-variable optical sky,” The Shaw Prize Foundation stated on Tuesday right here whereas saying the Shaw Laureates for 2024.
“The Shaw Prize consists of three annual prizes: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences, each bearing a monetary award of USD 1.2 million. This will be the 21st year that the Prize has been awarded and the presentation ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, November 12 in Hong Kong,” the Foundation stated.
According to his bio posted on Caltech’s Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy web site, Kulkarni did MS from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1978 and adopted it with a PhD from the University of California in 1983. Among the numerous of his achievements, he was additionally the director of Caltech Optical Observatories from 2006 until 2018.
According to The Shaw Prize web site, Hong Kong-based movie and tv persona and philanthropist Run Run Shaw (1907–2014) based the Shaw Foundation Hong Kong and The Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust, each of that are devoted to the promotion of training, scientific and technological analysis, medical and welfare providers, and tradition and the humanities.
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