Scientist Jaan Einasto Receives Marcel Grossman Award
14.07.2009
On Monday, 13 July, the distinguished Marcel Grossman Award was presented to cosmologist Jaan Einasto in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris for his pioneering contributions in the discovery of dark matter and the cosmic web and for fostering research in the historic Tartu Observatory. UNESCO has named 2009 the year of astronomy. The Marcel Grossman Awards Ceremony is one of the most festive events of the astronomy year, and over 500 delegates of the 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting participated.
During the formal ceremony, Einasto thanked all those present for the honour presented to him and added that although the award is personal the astrophysicist still sees it as an award for the entire Tõravere crew.
The award has been given out by the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA) and the International Network of Science Institutions (ICRANet) since 1985 to recognise outstanding achievements in theoretical physics and cosmology. Along with Jaan Einasto, the award was also given to Christine Jones for contributions to X-ray studies of galaxies and galaxy clusters and to Michael Kramer for contributions to pulsar astrophysics. The Institutional award will go to the Institute of Higher Scientific Studies (France).
Jaan Einasto will give a public lecture on Friday, 17 July in Richelieu Hall at Sorbonne University.
