Biography:Stephen Smartt
Stephen J. Smartt FRS (born 9 November 1968) is an Irish astrophysicist who specializes in stellar evolution, supernovae and time domain sky surveys.[1] He is credited with the discovery of stars that explode as supernovae, measuring their mass, luminosity and the chemical elements synthesized.[1] He is a Professor of Astrophysics at the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen's University Belfast.[2]
Education
Born and raised in Belfast, Stephen was educated at Belfast Royal Academy and studied physics and applied mathematics at Queen’s University Belfast. He was awarded a PhD in astrophysics in 1996.[1]
Career
He worked at the Isaac Newton Group of telescopes and held a fellowship at the University of Cambridge. Stephen returned to Belfast in 2004 and established a group working on stellar evolution, supernovae and time domain sky surveys.[citation needed]
Honours and awards
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy[3]
- Fellow of the Royal Society, 2020 [4]
- Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2005 [5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Stephen Smartt | Royal Society" (in en-gb). https://royalsociety.org/people/Stephen-Smartt-10567/.
- ↑ "Stephen Smartt" (in en). https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-smartt.
- ↑ "Stephen J Smartt" (in en). 2015-10-19. https://www.ria.ie/stephen-j-smartt.
- ↑ "Stephen Smartt". Royal Society. https://royalsociety.org/people/stephen-smartt-10567/. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ "Stephen Smartt" (in en). https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-smartt/prizes/.
External link
- "Spinning black hole 'swallowed star'" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2016-12-13. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-38292733.
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