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Robert Kennicutt

American astronomer · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1951 · age 75

Robert Charles Kennicutt, Jr. FRS is an American astronomer. He is currently a professor at Texas A&M University. He is a former Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge.

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2019NAS Award for Scientific ReviewingAward2018Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward2011Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2009Gruber Prize in CosmologyAward2007Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsAward1951Born4 September 1951

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Awards

NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing2019
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society2018
Fellow of the Royal Society2011
Gruber Prize in Cosmology2009
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics2007

About this person

He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of the Astrophysical Journal (1999-2006) and became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics as of 2021. His research interests include the structure and evolution of galaxies and star formation in galaxies.

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Born 1951 · age 75

The same award as Robert

John CarlstromBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsMarcia J. RiekeBoth received Gruber Prize in CosmologyLars BildstenBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsJ. Richard BondBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for AstrophysicsJeremy MouldBoth received Gruber Prize in CosmologyMarc DavisBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics