Dr.
Adam G. Riess
Johns Hopkins University
Astrophysicist; Physicist; Educator
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth Sciences
Elected
2008
Professor of Astronomy and Physics; Astrophysicist. Recognized as a discoverer of dark energy. Showed the expansion of the Universe is accelerating and detected the preceding decelerating epoch. Leads the use of space-based measurements of supernovae to determine the properties of the mysterious dark energy that dominates the universe.
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