Brian Schmidt
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About
Astrophysicist who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for providing evidence that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. He won the Australian Academy of Science's Pawsey Medal Medal ten years before.
Before Fame
He earned his Ph.D. in Astronomy from Harvard University in 1993.
Trivia
He is a Distinguished Professor and Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow at The Australian National University Mount Stromlo Observatory and Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Family Life
He met his future wife, Jennifer M. Gordon, at Harvard.
Associated With
He and Clifford Shull have both won the Nobel Prizes in Physics.
