Richard Ellis (astronomer)

Richard Ellis
CBE FRS
Ellis at Caltech in 2008
Born
Richard Salisbury Ellis

(1950-05-25) 25 May 1950 (age 74)
Colwyn Bay, Wales,[1] UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Oxford
AwardsFellow Royal Society 1995
Bakerian Lecture 1998

Fellow Institute of Physics 1998
Fellow University College London 1999
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science 2001
Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.) Durham University 2002

Gruber Prize in Cosmology (shared) 2007
CBE 2008
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (shared) 2014
Carl Sagan Memorial Prize (shared) 2017
Fellow & Corresponding Member, Australian Academy of Science 2018
Honorary Doctorate (D.Sc.) Edinburgh University 2019
Michael Faraday Medal and Prize 2020
Royal Society Royal Medal 2022
Gruber Prize in Cosmology (sole recipient) 2023
International Member National Academy of Sciences 2024
Honorary Doctorate (D.Univ.) University of Surrey 2024
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsUniversity College London (2015–present)
Caltech (1999–2015)
University of Cambridge (1993–1999)
Durham University (1974–1993)
ThesisStellar abundances and nucleosynthesis (1974)
Doctoral advisorDonald Blackwell
Doctoral studentsDavid Axon, Jeremy Heyl, Ian Smail, Amy Barger, Richard Massey

Richard Salisbury Ellis CBE FRS (born 25 May 1950, Colwyn Bay, Wales) is Professor of Astrophysics at the University College London. He previously served as the Steele Professor of Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He was awarded the 2011 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society,[2][3] in 2022 the Royal Medal[4] of the Royal Society and in 2023 the Gruber Prize in Cosmology.[5]

  1. ^ "North Wales astronomer helping build one of world's largest telescopes". Daily Post (North Wales). 5 August 2008.
  2. ^ Curriculum Vitae (MS Word)
  3. ^ Lemonick, Michael D. (27 August 2006). "How the Stars Were Born". Time. Vol. 168, no. 10. pp. 42–51. Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  4. ^ Royal Medal 2022
  5. ^ Gruber Prize in Cosmology 2023